AP will have to make some changes with CW out for the rest of the season.. good luck Connor for a speedy recovery.. and YC suspended after getting a poor booking at Swansea.. still don't understand why he was booked and the two defenders obstructing him weren't even spoken to.. feel AP needs to bring in Delaney to organise the back four and Flamini to sit in front of them and organise the rest..

I'd play Fryers as he cant do any worse than Kelly. I feel sorry for Kelly playing out of position but his confidence looks shot - at least Fryers can get forward and his defending certainly cant be worse than Kelly at the moment.

Incidentally, why did we bother to play Fryers in the friendlies? He did okay and we are crying out for cover at that role - he must be seriously bad in training.

Edited by Littlebogreek (02 Dec 2016 2.23pm)

This is where AP lets himself down.He does not pick Fryers from the start.
We go behind by up to two goals then we bring Zeki on and take Kelly off.
Sunderland Win, Swansea lose.
Two examples

I would be more inclined to see a 4-1-4-1 formation with a defensive midfielder like Ledley and Flamini helping give cover to Fryers and Kelly.

I would hope that Fryers starts, but the way Pardew is I know Kelly will start at LB. Basically what I was trying to say in the 4-1-4-1 formation is our defensive midfielder would give cover to whomever starts at LB in open play and can only help on set pieces.

That's what you have training sessions for which, given our performances must be alien to him.

Bring back Brolin