I would probably go with this myself.Imagine we will go 343 for this one too. Willian and Laca more than deserve to keep their place in the starting 11 for this game.
Leno
Bellerin
Holding
Gabriel
Tierney
AMN
Xhaka
Ceballos
Willian
Laca
Auba
Think this will be the team, unless Pepe sneaks in. We will by a couple of goals.
I'm sure we'd all like to hope we can get them with ease but we can never say it will be too easy no matter the skill levels between the 2 teams.West Ham are horrendous. They got outplayed at home by Steve Bruce's Newcastle yesterday.
Don't think we'll see Saka there again unless injuries. Mikel has been vocal about him being higher up on the pitch. Hasn't said the same about Ainsley.I know we want to keep him but I don’t see how AMN is a better left wing back option than Saka. Unless he’s nullifying an elite opposition winger. We’ve got a few tweaks to make before we see some consistency in our attacking threat I feel.
I have to say something:Team i'd want to us to go with (same tactics as when we played Fulham) -
Leno
Bellerin - Holding - Gabriel - Tierney - Saka
Xhaka - Ceballos
Pepe - Auba - Willian
Team I think Arteta will pick -
Leno
Bellerin - Holding - Gabriel - Tierney - AMN
Xhaka - Elneny
Willian - Laca - Auba
@HairSprayGooners Why would you want Auba in the middle when he’s been scoring for fun on the left?
Doesn't matter where he plays hes gonna score goals.
@HairSprayGooners Why would you want Auba in the middle when he’s been scoring for fun on the left?
Because he’s a much better centre forward than Lacazette and was scoring goals for fun there too?