Image source, Getty Images

Kane, Lukaku or Aguero? Salah, Sanchez or Silva? It’s that time of year when you decide who makes your team of 2017.

Yeah, good luck with that!

Feel free to have a stab at shoehorning as many of the standout performers of the last twelve months into a neat 11 with our team selector.

Don’t forget to share it on social media so others can tell you how wrong you are!

Stoke City

Stoke boss Mark Hughes has made six changes for today's game, a foolish move against the reigning Premier League champions? Or wise with Newcastle coming up on Monday?

"I have had to make team selection decisions today mindful of the fact that we have another important match on Monday. I have had to use my resources wisely," says Hughes.

"I am confident in the ability of the players that have come in and some of them that have not had too much game time recently are raring to go."

Matt Elliott
Former Leicester City captain for BBC Radio 5 live

Sam Allardyce is capable of playing with a bit of enterprise. The team he had at Bolton with Anelka, Okocha, Djorkaeff for example, but his recent jobs have been emergency situations - he has sorted them out. His biggest asset is that players play for him. Players I know have said he gets you on board and he gets you into his way of thinking.Getting players on side is massive.

John Motson
Match of the Day commentator on BBC Radio 5 live

With Sam Allardyce you get what it says on the tin. He is a master of going to a club that is in trouble and lifting them with his coaching philosophy to a respectable position.

I am not at all surprised by Everton. They have some terrific young players, some established internationals and with Sam you get organisation. He has said he will get a goalscorer in January and that is what Ronald Koeman didn't do.

Bournemouth are unchanged from the side which dramatically held West Ham to a point on Boxing Day.

Striker Joshua King has passed a late fitness test to continue for the Cherries in attack while Callum Wilson, who scored that controversial late goal against David Moyes' team, retains his place.

Harry Arter and Charlie Daniels, who have missed the last two games, are among the substitutes.

Image source, BBC SPORT

For Everton Sam Allardyce makes four changes to the line-up which was held to a goalless draw by West Brom at the Hawthorns on 26 December.

Idrissa Gueye makes a surprise return to first-team action after limping off during the 0-0 draw with Chelsea before Christmas, but his central midfield partner James McCarthy is an even more interesting selection. The Republic of Ireland midfielder has not played for Everton since their Carabao Cup defeat by Chelsea on 25 October.

The pair replace Mason Holgate and Tom Davies.

Club captain Phil Jagielka and winger Aaaron Lennon also start in the place of Ashley Williams and Yannick Bolasie.

Wayne Rooney, who has been sidelined for the last two games with flu, is on the bench.

Image source, BBC Sport

Watford make one change to the side that beat Leicester on Boxing Day, with striker Stefano Okaka replacing Roberto Pereyra.

Image source, .

New boss Carlos Carvalhal makes three changes to the Swansea side that was thrashed at Anfield last time out.

Renato Sanches, Tammy Abraham and Sam Clucas are all in, with Wayne Routledge, Oliver McBurnie and Leroy Fer making way.

Swansea remain without striker Wilfried Bony with a hamstring injury.

Image source, .

Chelsea rest Eden Hazard, who drops to the bench along with Tiemoue Bakayoko and Cesc Fabregas. Danny Drinkwater, Pedro and Willian start.

Image source, .

Stoke make SIX changes. Ryan Shawcross is injured, and Kurt Zouma ineligible. Xherdan Shaqiri is benched. Saido Berahino, Charlie Adam, Ibrahim Afellay, Josh Tymon, Mame Biram Diouf and Ramadan Sobhi all come into the team.

Image source, .

Virgil van Dijk is at Anfield to see his new team-mates in action.

Rafael Benitez makes seven changes to his starting XI - Karl Darlow replaces the injured Rob Elliot in goal, with Ciaran Clark, Isaac Hayden, Mikel Merino, Christian Atsu, Matt Ritchie and Dwight Gayle all coming in. Out go Chancel Mbemba, Javi Manquillo, Rolando Aarons, Mohamed Diame, Jonjo Shelvey and Jacob Murphy.

Newcastle starting XI: Darlow, Yedlin, Clark, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Hayden, Merino, Atsu, Gayle, Joselu

Image source, BBC Sport

Chris Hughton also rings the changes for Brighton in come Bruno, Gaetan Bong, Anthony Knockaert, Pascal Gross and Glenn Murray - out go Ezequiel Schelotto, Markus Suttner, Baram Kayal, Jose Izquierdo and Tomer Hemed.

Brighton starting XI: Ryan, Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong, March, Stephens, Propper, Knockaert, Gross, Murray

Image source, BBC Sport

Huddersfield make three changes to the side that drew with Stoke City on Boxing Day.

Scott Malone, Florent Hadergjonaj and Laurent Depoitre come in for the Terriers, with Tommy Smith and Steve Mounie dropping to the bench. Chris Lowe does not make the squad.

Meanwhile, Sean Dyche makes no changes to the Burnley side that drew 2-2 at Manchester United.

The Clarets continue to be without defender Stephen Ward, who is missing for a fourth game due to a knee injury.

James Tarkowski is serving the final game of a three-match suspension while Chris Wood, who missed the draw at Manchester United, is not named among the away substitutes.

Former Huddersfield striker Nahki Wells is on the bench for the visitors.

The big change in Jurgen Klopp's team is that goalkeeper Loris Karius has come in for Simon Mignolet.

He is one of five changes for Liverpool, as Sadio Mane also returns to the side after he was rested against Swansea.

Liverpool XI: Karius, Gomez, Lovren, Matip, Robertson, Milner, Can, Coutinho, Mane, Salah, Firmino

Image source, BBC Sport

Leicester manager Claude Puel has made four changes to the side who were beaten 2-1 by Watford on Boxing Day.

Demarai Gray is back in the side - a player who could cause Liverpool a few problems today.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Morgan, Fuchs, Gray, Vardy, Albrighton, Maguire, Amartey, Iborra, Ndidi, Mahrez

Image source, BBC Sport

Newcastle United

Newcastle have to find a win from somewhere - and Rafa Benitez has made SEVEN changes. Dwight Gayle and Joselu both start up front.

Brighton will hope that Glenn Murray can bring the goals once more.

Burnley

Despite my efforts earlier to call this one the Nahki Wells derby the striker stays on the bench for Burnley. Ashley Barnes stays up front.

The hosts start Laurent Depoitre and Collin Quaner.

Liverpool

Mane, Firmino, Salah and Coutinho all start for Liverpool, as Loris Karius starts in goal.

Leicester have a player with no squad number on the bench - George Thomas.

Swansea City

In his first game in charge Carlos Carvalhal recalls Renato Sanches - Swansea make three changes in all.

Watford bring back Stefano Okaka.

Bournemouth

Bournemouth have Jordon Ibe and Callum Wilson in attack, while Wayne Rooney is back on the bench for Everton after his festive illness.

Chelsea

One that will annoy plenty of FF players - Eden Hazard is on the bench for Chelsea as Danny Drinkwater gets a rare start. Stoke have a defensive shortfall so Josh Tymon and Thomas Edwards both start.

Team news then?

John Motson
Match of the Day commentator at Vitality Stadium

This is a tale of two sides in very different veins of form.

Bournemouth are enduring a barren run under Eddie Howe with their ever-popular manager seemingly under pressure for the first time, both for results and his methods.

They have conceded 11 goals in three league matches, and are winless in eight. A deviation from their adventurous style may be required to steady the ship and stave off fears of relegation.

Sam Allardyce is an advocate of pragmatism and unapologetic for an often defensive approach, but when you are unbeaten in seven games in all competitions, and have kept five clean sheets, your methods are so much more difficult to question.

Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez: "We want to win and we think we can win, but Brighton will be thinking exactly the same. We'll try to score goals and play at the level we did at West Ham.

"These are the games where people expect us to compete and to win, so my concern is to approach the games with the belief that we can win."

Brighton manager Chris Hughton: "Newcastle are a team we know very well, we know they have a lot of quality.

"They haven't had the best of times of late but we know on a good day for them they can be a fairly formidable team, they have enough quality to make them very dangerous opponents."