Very worrying that the leading candidate is not obvious. At the relevant moments: Deano was an inspired choice, O'Neill was a present surprise, Lambert was clear cut. Now, we are hoping for the miraculous permutation manager, who understands the league & the players & the club & the city. I reckon, that leads either to Nuno or a wildcard like the Dane. Not any ex CFC nor LFC wannabes.
List potential managers: John Terry, Frank Lampard, John Terry & Frank Lampard, Paolo Fonseca, Ronald Koeman, Roberto Martinez, Steve Bruce, Sam Allardyce, most Watford coaches in the last decade.
The VAR referee is Stuart Atwell and he had a choice between Hause or Konsa to miss our next 3 matches against beatable opponents. As a Bluenose, he obviously went for the most important one...
At least the first 11 for West Ham is clear now: Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Mings, Targett, Luiz, McGinn, Sanson, Bailey, El Ghazi, Ings (4213). Most likely subs to come on: Ramsay, Buendia, Tuanzebe. Assuming no injuries.
Villa's best season since 2010 was when no fans were allowed inside any stadia. Are NSWE rich enough to take control of all Chinese livestock inter-breeding...?
If the miracle of getting to HT at 1-0 undeservedly had happened, I was ready to say Mings & Watkins off, Ramsey & Bailey on. But now, it's simply necessary to keep Arsenal to lower than 5-0.