While Justin Hoyte is a very able deputy, Eboue if fit could have been used as well as Hoyte, because we're a bit light when it comes to right wingers. Eboue and Hoyte played well together on Wednesday.

We went into detail on the options for the right hand side earlier in the week, following the news that Alexander Hleb is out for a month. The upshot is that with Freddie Ljungberg still out (but hopefully not for much longer), along with Robin van Persie (for a lot longer), the only right winger we've got left is Theo Walcott. And, to be frank, Theo hasn't quite been cutting the mustard as a starter in that position. Jeremie Aliadiere has been passed fit though, so perhaps that's an option. Cesc Fabregas could be moved wide right, he's done it before, but with Gilberto suspended that'd mean partnering Mathieu Flamini with a less experienced central midfielder like Abou Diaby or Denilson. Turns out that might be on the cards anyway because Le Boss says he's not sure whether or not to give Cesc a rest. "I am tempted to count one game out for him, either on Sunday or Wednesday." Make it Sunday, Arsene. We'll have Gilberto back then.

We'll see. At least we have Tomas Rosicky available on the left of midfield and Emmanuel Adebayor and Thierry Henry up front (Wenger says he thinks Thierry will play) but with Julio Baptista also making a decent case in recent weeks. In defence William Gallas and Johan Djourou are both out, the latter expected back for Wednesday but Gallas not expected back till god-knows-when. So it should be Kolo Toure and Philippe Senderos at the back with Gael Clichy and Hoyte.

In goal, I was thinking that the fact that Manuel Almunia's got 2 Wednesdays in a row against Tottenham might see Jens Lehmann given this one. But Wenger has said that no, Jens is out "just to rest him".

Bolton will be without the diving, spitting, but dangerous striker El Hadji Diouf, who serves the first of a 2 match ban following a sending off against Middlesbrough last weekend. He's likely to be replaced by Stelios, who scored the winner when we lost to Bolton at the same stage last year, but they also have striking option in Kevin Davies and Nicolas Anelka, who did for us at their place in the league a couple of months ago.

Henrik Pedersen is back from an achilles injury but Quinton Fortune and Joey O'Brien are out. Nolan's another that's always worthy watching out for, and Jaaskelainen's usually hard to beat.