Beyond Marcos Alonso, Antonio Conte's side do not have much depth in this area of the pitch and the 25 - year - old would provide a good attacking
option at left wing - back too.
That is because the Chelsea boss currently has just Marcos Alonso as
his option at left wing - back.
He would strengthen Conte's attacking options, but could also give
him another option at left wing - back.
Not exact matches
Despite his impressive term, he still remains as a squad member, and not an integral first - team
option, but has been selected to start in our last two competitive matches, the Community Shield and FA Cup final both
at left wing - back.
Mustafi Holding and Kos or Monreal / Kolasknac in there or
at left wing back... some good
options pkus Ox and Bellerin
at Right
wing back with maybe also Nelson now as squad player if he kicks on
Monreal has been impressing on the
left of the back - three however, and could well find himself continuing as a makeshift centre - back, which would increase the need for
options at wing - back.
But if the academy graduate really is out of the first team frame you would think we would make a deal to free up the wages and the place in the squad, so I wonder if Wenger may just be thinking about Gibbs as the
left sided
wing back in the new back three formation, or
at least as his second
option after the summer signing Kolasinac.
If the problem worsens or if Wenger thinks it is too risky then he may decide not to play the Bosnian and one of the first
options to replace him in that
left wing back role would be Nacho Monreal, but the Spaniard is also the first choice for the
left sided of three players
at the back and without Koscielny that
leaves Holding or Mustafi with Mertesacker in the middle.
I think Gibbs might well be one of best
options at the moment as a
left wing back.
Ejike had a two week trial
at Liverpool last season, but the club opt against offering him a contract,
leaving the quick, tricky and prolific
wing forward with no
option but to return back to Nigeria.
It was clear that he was not in Vincenzo Montella's plans for the new season,
at least not as a primary
option for the
left wing, and the new management knew he was still worth a «lot» of money.
Ben Davies 6 — A very safe
option at left - back but was given a tough time by Grbić on the
wing.
At the other end, Olivier Giroud and Joel Campbell, making his first Premier League start with all other right
wing options injured, both curled efforts past the far post from presentable
left - footed chances.
It's a telling response, because it vindicates the central argument Caroline Lucas will make
at the party convention in Birmingham tomorrow: that the Greens are the only
left -
wing option available to British voters.
Steve Gummer
at LabourList also blames AV's failure on disunity on the
Left and, in particular, Ed Miliband's refusal to campaign with Nick Clegg: «If Clegg and Ed Miliband had put their personal differences aside and campaigned together for AV, then I think people would soon have realised it was the best
option, a defeat to David Cameron could have been delivered causing him problems with the loathsome right -
wing of his own party.»