Beto for DCL means you have to change the system. DCL whilst not being a prolific goalscorer, leads the line with the best of them. Strong, good hold up play and good in the air. All things Beto isn’t good at. Beto plays on the shoulder of defenders and relies on through balls from the midfielders. That’s why if you’re playing Beto, you can’t play Doucoure. Armstrong should be trusted here. Has already shown he has fantastic vision and can thread a ball through the eye of a needle, a skill none of our other midfielders have. People will say “it was only Peterborough” and fair enough, but that was an example of Armstrong’s vision. Threaded a ball through a flock of players in front of him for Beto to run on to and round the keeper.
That’s Beto’s strength. Play Armstrong centrally between Ndiaye and Lindstrom, with Gana and Garner sat behind them.