Nicolas Jackson is suspended for tonight’s match against [Manchester United](https://thebusbybabe.sbnation.com). Marc Guiu is injured. Christopher Nkunku is unavailable. That means we’re fresh out of strikers or striker-adjacents, and will need to come up with a different solution.
For Enzo Maresca, that will likely involved either Pedro Neto or Tyrique George, or both. For the [WAGNH Community](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWJJUAcfIH2Mb3-7vw3fNE6KP6fsvzrXqw_HM9hlSi4sx1Vg/viewanalytics), the solution involves ... Reece James?
Obviously, he wouldn’t be a like-for-like replacement. Instead, James might slot in at his natural, right back position, and perhaps even play as just that, a right back. Moisés Caicedo and Roméo Lavia would handle the midfield, with Enzo Fernández pushing forward. Up front, Cole Palmer, Pedro Neto, and Noni Madueke would handle the burden, perhaps with Neto central and Palmer wide right.
It may not be ideal, but it just might work — even if United were to sit back with a “line of five”, as Maresca says he expects.
**4-2-3-1 (67%)**
Sánchez (89%) | Cucurella (99%+), Colwill (95%), Chalobah (97%), James (72%) | Caicedo (99%+), Lavia (89%) | Madueke (90%), Enzo (97%), Palmer (99%+) | Neto (95%)