Whoever plays on the wings is going to need to ensure that they support the full back defensively, with the Cardiff fullbacks, particularly McNaughton, looking to get forwards when possible. This said, there will consequently be gaps in the Cardiff defense that we can look to exploit on the counter attack. For this reason it may be good to have De Ridder's pace, though I don't think he will start.
I'd like to see something like this:
---------------Davis---------------
Richardson--Fonte--Hooiveld--Fox
--------Morgan--Hammond--------
---------------Cork-----------------
----------Connolly--Lallana--------
-------------Lambert---------------
With the 3 CMs giving the defense support when Cardiff are attacking, doubling up on the wings and also nullifying Whittingham a bit, but still enough going forward to cause them plenty of problems.