d'angelo is in form and manu is unfortunately not. the aston villa attacking threat has not been strong this season and this is a good, lower risk game to make sure d'angelo is integrating well with her defense and see if she could be the better option for the game against chelsea
defense:
i know we love leah williamson and i do too but she's returning from injury and she's been overplayed. codina is aggressively in form now that she's speaking better english and her and lotte have been partnering up well. i think it may be the better partnership for chelsea in the final. leah williamson should join the game in the 70th minute to rebuild her minutes properly.
i don't need to justify playing lotte. if there is a very very comfortable scoreline (4-0 and above) in the 70th or 80th minute, i would sub her off to give katie reid a chance. she's been recalled from loan and she needs minutes to develop.
emily fox and katie mccabe are the most in form full backs and fox needs to be reintegrated into the defensive line ahead of chelsea in the conti cup final.
midfield:
with wälti injured, kyra is the obvious central defensive midfield option. if we then consider the central attacking midfield options of little, pelova and maanum. little is the most in form at the moment and is consistently the team's player of the match. sub her off in the 60th minute tho to give maanum minutes. pelova needs more rest, she's obviously tired in how she's been playing.
the wings:
caitlin foord needs rest. lacasse is in form and mead is in form. keep foord on the bench the whole time and sub mead off for vivienne lia in the 60th or 70th minute again she needs minutes to develop and she had a really positive game against london city.
the nine and the ten:
JONAS EIDEVALL PLEASE UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY CAN YOU PLAY STINA AND ALESSIA TOGETHER DOING SO WILL SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS
stina is a classic nine but russo isn't she is more like viv in how she plays. they both can be in the box but they also drop back to create chances. viv describes herself as a 9.5 and that is the best description for alessia too.
the reason viv and stina works is because viv creates chances that stina gets on the end of. the reason viv and alessia works is because one can create chances and the other can get in the end of them and then switch.
the reason NOTHING IS WORKING at the moment is because stina is there but no one creates chances for her. and then alessia is creating chances and no one is on the end of them. IF YOU MIX THEM TOGETHER YOU GET A SOLUTION TO BOTH PROBLEMS. alessia creates a chance and instead of no one being there, who's there? stina.
it works. it worked against villa in the conti cup, brighton earlier on in the wsl. PLAY STINA AND RUSSO TOGETHER JONAS AND STOP BEING A FUCKING IDIOT.