While I'd be inclined to concur in the past we always have survived much longer than the annual surprises because of the depth in our squad - I'm not yet convinced that our squad depth is as strong even as last season, the first XI is better but beyond that. I think this coming week will tell us a lot about our squad until January when/if we get some additions to the squad.Chelsea are a shambles and it might take Klopp some time to get Liverpool back on track. You just know that West Ham and Leicester are going to drop off. This may be our best chance in years to retake a CL spot.
Not saying we shouldn't have shifted them but in the last two seasons we've lost; Dawson, Kaboul, Chiriches, Paulinho, Siggurdson, Friedel, Sandro, Naughton, Capoué, Stambouli, Soldado, Adebayor, Lennon, Holtby and Falque. But their departures means our squad is not significantly or even slightly larger than the squads of Leicester and in particular West Ham.
With luck Bentaleb will be back and remind us how good he is, biggest week of the season so far coming up.
Villa + Woolwich
Lloris
Walker - Alderweireld - Veronghen - Rose
Dier - Alli
Son - Dembele - Eriksen
Kane
AnderlechtWalker - Alderweireld - Veronghen - Rose
Dier - Alli
Son - Dembele - Eriksen
Kane
Vorm
Tripper - Wimmer - Fazio - Davies
Bentaleb - Carroll
Lamela - Mason - Townsend
N'Jie
Tripper - Wimmer - Fazio - Davies
Bentaleb - Carroll
Lamela - Mason - Townsend
N'Jie