I think Conte has been a bit too cautious in sticking with last year's team. Whereas Arteta has played his new boys and it's given them a new impetus we look a bit stale. Bissouma is a prime example. It's obvious he's good enough to start, so I hope Conte will play him sooner rather than later and not wait for a bad result before making changes.
There's no basis for this in reality.....
Bissouma had covid and missed a significant chunk of pre-season.
Perisic IS now starting (having also missed much of pre-season and had an injury to recover from)
Rich IS playing in the role we expected.
Lenglet is injured.
Forster - For Emergencies.
Spence - Work to do.