Could Cavani play on the right? Assuming Ronaldo has to start every single big game (
) a front three of Rashford, Ronaldo, Cavani could be decent.
He would get stranded out wide. Could have worked with Trippier, not AWB. Dalot is a bit shit so nothing should be predicated on him starting. Don't see how that upgrades on Greenwood/Sancho.
With Shaw/Telles providing decent width on the left I'd go Ronaldo-Cavani-Greenwood/Sancho/Lingard, allowing Cristiano to regularly tuck in as a second striker.
In midfield we really have to try VdB and Matic (I can't see VdB working well with either of McFred right now).
Leaves out Pogba, who clearly isn't a fecking midfielder for a CM pair and keeps getting shoe-horned in ways that brings our balance completely out of kilter. I have a lot of time for his quality, but we can only really exploit it as LF. That only anticipates the issue once Rashford is back, as he absolutely should start on the left.
My gut is we won't sacrifice Pogba now, nor Rashford later, so there's just a single spot for CR/Cavani and he will just be used as supersub. So long as it works like yesterday and we don't run out of time, that will do.