I'd actually like to see him on the bench now. Our bench options yesterday weren't exactly game changers if we were losing, we had 3 defenders on the bench yesterday, Shaw and Lindelof would have been enough to cover the back 4.
With us playing 2 right footers on the left in most games, it would be good to have a left footer with pace to provide something different if we need it. Yes he may eventually turn out to be a right sided player but that doesn't mean we can't use him on the left to provide something different.
With Martial out of the last 2 games, Darmian's place could and should have been filled by Chong. With Gomes struggling with injury again, I really think we need to give this lad the experience of sitting on the bench next weekend in the cup and perhaps even get him on if we're comfortable or need something different than Darmian's time wasting expertise.