We are all guesstimating on the availability of the players , but for me , IF Kitchin is missing, Wolfie is there & ready to play his part , as he did at Southampton .
Saka will hopefully be back & with Ephron being on fire , their full backs will be working overtime, to stop the crosses going in .
I like this if we had our core back 4. You’d play grimes/Rudoni with sakamoto and EMC assumedly so your dropping Torp for Simms… Unless your not playing Tats and Rudoni is on the right 442…. as the squad gets better, when all fit, the choices get harder - each question of who to play becomes who to drop. However, missing Kitching and JDS, chance we’ll see a back 5 rising - Torp still needs to be dropped in this model though…
I’d go Brau and Simms, but he won’t and I do sort of get it.
Bidwell will limit us offensively but he’ll likely be asked to hold his shape and keep it tight defensively. Hoping we score 1 or 2, so he can give Brau a go with a bit less pressure.
Simms was unlucky to be dropped and I’m not sure Wright has justified the decision yet. But it’s very clear Wright is Franks main striker so I can’t see him being dropped.