Bournemouth away sat 30th 3pm

KingslandBarge

             Raya 
        White     Gabriel
 Tomiyasu  Jorginho  Zinchenko
   Ødegaard        Havertz
Vieira     Nketiah        Jesus

Not a fan of Vieira on the right but maybe it's what completes the lineup. Perhaps he can whip in a killer ball to Eddie,Kai,Gabi central or backpost run. Nelson in if he can't make it. Really miss watching the best left-winger in the league but if he hasn't trained, Gabi needs to be brought in safely. Think I'd prefer White filling in at CB rather than RB.

Clrnc

KingslandBarge very much prefer White at RB. The 3 games he started at CB we conceded goals at his side and his positioning as a CB still leave alot to be desired. He's better at RB while Tomi is more solid at CB

MistaT

— Jorginho —
— Ode — Havertz
ESR - Jesus - Nelson

Wouldn’t mind seeing this, though I’m expecting Viera to start ahead of ESR.

Line up feels small if you have Viera in for Havertz so ESR may be odd man out.

RowJimmy

MistaT — Jorginho —
— Ode — Havertz
ESR - Jesus - Nelson

I would go for this but with Nelson on right and ESR on left.

MistaT

I would also love to see this:

White - Saliba - Gabriel - Tomi/Kiwi
———— Jorginho ——————-
—- Ode ———- Zinchenko
ESR —— Jesus ——- Nelson

I think that team could shred Bournemouth if they stepped out (upfield).

KingslandBarge

Clrnc Got an open mind more broadly, but the thought was explicitly for today, having Tomi's defensive quality present further up field, a little freedom to help in central areas because not feeling very assured by Zinchenko and Jorginho against Bournemouth. If Saliba is due to start, thats quite assuring.

Gazza M

jorginhio and havertz together in an away game is a recipe for problems

Bernard Woolley

Of course. It's great to see these 2 struggling at Chelsea. D'oh!

Dragan

Saka, Rice and Saliba all traveled with the squad. I suspect Saka will start if he is 80% fit, Rice and Saliba could be given a few more days rest to recover considering we have able replacements in Jorginho and Tomiyasu.

Gazza M

rumour is saka and saliba will start

haven't heard anything about rice

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Unforgivable if Saka starts.

Don Pacifico

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert if Saka and Rice aren't 100% then they shouldn't start. The alternatives need to prove they're good enough and playing (teams like) Bournemouth should be the way they do it. If we can't beat them with some reserve players mixed in then that's a problem because we're not going to be able to rely on them later on in the season when we've got tougher opposition.

awooga83

Agree on that, it will be further evidence of Arteta not able to try and utilise his squad and find a way to manage our players through these sorts of moments. We are still early in the season and we shouldn't be trying to rush or force players who might not be 100% into these matches.

Clrnc

Panda

What's the point in having a squad if he refuses to use it?

Clrnc

Panda is that still news? Arteta doesn't rotate ever in the league

Meatwad

Panda

Sicario2 - Tier 1

Why Eddie over Nelson?

Burnwinter

Sicario2 - Tier 1 All the players carrying injuries start and he doubles down on the dumb experiment from last time ... that's an Arteta XI alright

Panda

Clrnc Not like he hasn't built a strong squad. Makes no sense.

Dragan

Strong team. Hopefully we get the job done and can sub out Saka early.

HomeSteak

He snuck Havertz back in the first 11 lol