I'm over here praying the "first choice or bust" Emery comment was a bluff or something. Going into the season being forced to keep playing 5 at the back would be disastrous, I think at this point the only person at the club that wants us to keep playing that formation is Kolasinac
He didn’t say first choice or bust. He said “we don’t want now to go to the second line players” and he spoke about waiting/being patient. That could mean what you said (first choice or bust) or it could mean they’ll wait for as long as they can to get the first choice before moving to the second.