I mean, do we even have a strongest XI?
Is there much difference in quality between this team:
Ederson
Cancelo
Stones
Dias
Zinchenko
Rodri
Gundogan
Bernardo
Mahrez
Jesus
Sterling
and this team?
Ederson
Walker
Dias
Laporte
Cancelo
Rodri
Gundogan
De Bruyne
Sterling
Bernardo
Foden
We have a lot of variety. At the moment it's a bit in vogue in some parts here to say De Bruyne might not be in our strongest side but some time soon he'll have a game where he plays 5 insane goal creating passes, goes on driving runs, wreaks general havoc, and all of a sudden he's back to being 1st name on the teamsheet again.
Some people think we're better without a striker (eg every post before mine), some think it's necessary. Some want Bernardo in the team, some want Sterling, some want Foden, some might even want Mahrez. It's good to have options.