It was not a fine November for Arsenal fans.

A disappointing 1-1 draw against Spurs followed by a lucky escape but poor performance at Old Trafford. The Gunners were then held to a 2-2 draw at home to Paris Saint-Germain. The result has all but condemned Arsenal to yet another 2nd place finish in their Champions League group.

After pulling through 3-1 at home to Bournemouth, Wenger made a host of changes for the EFL Cup quarter-final tie with Southampton. It didn’t pay off and the a 2-0 defeat resulted in another wasted League Cup run.

Now Arsene Wenger has got a few tricky decisions to make ahead of the Saturday night trip to West Ham.

The two anchoring the midfield is a constant headache. Neither Mohamed Elneny, Francis Coquelin, Aaron Ramsey or Granit Xhaka are assurances. And the left-wing spot is also up for grabs.

Ignoring the EFL tie with Southampton and going off the back of the Bournemouth game, check out the two players who should miss out of the first trip to the London Stadium…

Mohamed Elneny

The Egyptian has had a solid season so far. And although he’s done nothing particularly wrong in recent games, he’s not exactly impressed.

Francis Coquelin missed out of the home game with Bournemouth last weekend. It was always to be a game where Arsenal would dominate possession and therefore nullify much of Coq’s most valuable qualities.

It’s hot potato with the Arsenal centre-midfield of late, so Granit Xhaka should keep his place and attempt to build a partnership with Coquelin.

Expect the Frenchman to return to the midfield and break up West Ham attacks.

Nacho Monreal

Nacho Monreal should miss out for Kieran Gibbs for Saturday. Though he can be seen as a bit of a scapegoat, it must be noted that the Spaniard had a very mediocre November.

Gibbs has waited long enough for another crack at holding down a regular place. The Englishman is ‘match-fit’ with minutes under his belt from games against PSG last week and Southampton on Wednesday.