If you added the value of home grown talent , most teams would have more value. Arsenal most certainly would . What value would Harry Cain, add to Spurs group. And of course Bissaka, is not in our squad.

Is this your idea of his preferred position? His own? Or his actual best position.? As I see it Eze, has shown what he brings to the team, and it’s great to see, his ability on the ball , and most of his linking play is top rate. He is not a finished article , his work in defensive situations is still needing work. But considering he has freedom of movement in the left side of the pitch. It would seem he is playing to his strengths already.

I’m not even sure I want to change the way we play, I just want to find some players who can pass the ball to players with the same shirt on. It can’t be too much to ask at this level surely? If you have to fork out £25m in each position to be able to do this then football truly has gone mad. I’m not sure about major investment, I reckon a prudent manager could find 4 or 5 decent players at the right price that could transform this team.

His best position is behind the striker in a Puncheon role. It's widely documented, and would mean he'd not have to do as many defensive duties.

That would allow Wilf and Townsend on the wings, delivering for CB. The 3 players behind the striker would be interchangeable which would be a nightmare for defenders. With Eze and Zaha latching on to lay-offs from Benteke but also able to drop back when required. Eze isn't really a winger. Zaha isn't really a striker.

I think what he is saying is that with Eze in the 10 role, Zaha would effectively revert to left midfield/wing rather than Eze. However, neither are defenders which then raises the question when fit of having Schlupp left midfield and Zaha/Eze in free roles up top and Benteke dropped. That would be interesting but we would not have a target man.

I don't think Fulham played too bad under Roy, and West Brom played better under him then they did for Pulis. When we had Cabaye and an in-form Loftus Cheek we played good stuff, we bought in few half decent sticking plasters like Ayew and McCarthy but they are starting to peel off a bit. Maybe when he looks at the opposition his first thought is how to stop them, but the team does look vulnerable when there's too big a gap between defence and midfield, so we play deep and tightly packed and mainly on the counter, the personnel we have is what mainly dictates how we have to play to secure points. Even with a different manager it probably wouldn't be much prettier and we might have less points.