Injuries are always going to happen, but I’d much rather they happen now than a few months down the line.
If we are lucky Theo will just miss this weekends game against Bolton at home which is no real biggie, Robin van Persie will be missing for Bolton, Braga, Sunderland, Spurs, West Brom, Belgrade, Chelsea and Birmingham – the majority of them we can survive without him. There are a couple of big games there but it really could have been worse.
Its time to completely discount van Persie from being a regular because it is something he will never be, is is his physiology or just the Arsenal medical staff? It is a question that will probably never be answered but it is so frustrating to see such a gifted player permanently injured – its similar to the situation of Ledley King at Spurs, only van Persie is on another level when it comes to talent.
Yes, it does restrict the options we have up front for a little while with Bendtner missing as well but this is what a squad is for, how are Chamakh and Vela going to get game-time otherwise? I am really looking forward to Vela getting match time this season because he really impressed me in pre-season, its time a bit of faith was put in him this season.
It might seem a bit ‘of same old Arsenal, always injured’ but there is nothing we can do to change it apart from just get on with things and look forward. We just have to put our faith in a few players who would not make the starting eleven now, I can see Eboue maybe starting on the right against Bolton and Chamakh almost certainly starting up front.
One worrying bit of news is the reports coming out of the Czech press over the past few days, Tomas Rosicky sat out a couple of training sessions due to a groin niggle. Nothing else has been said about it so it might well be completely fine but whenever you hear the word injury followed closely by the name Tomas Rosicky you always worry.
There is still naff all about so I’ll leave it there.
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‘it is so frustrating to see such a gifted player permanently injured’
Such is the tragic side to the beautiful game. It makes the times when he’s fit and playing well all the more sweeter.
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your living in cloud cukoo land……
There Is also JET.Rosicky played 60 odd minutes for Czech yesterday so hopefully he is ok
No, your just miserable
yeah,lets all pretend things are great at the club shall we.
Well its more miserable pretending that everything is terrible.
Its not all perfect at the club, but we could be doing a lot, lot worse!
Ha you rather get the injuries out the way now. Don’t worry they will also happen months down the line too. I hate internationals
I’m not pretending everything is great but this defeatist, miserable mood that some fans are in is totally ridiculous.
don’t worry this is just the beginning,it’s going to go from bad,to which they are now to worse,all because of wenger and his cheap ways.
martin,wenger has failed to bring in a keeper,we all know almunia will cost us as he has done for the past years now and will continue to do so because he is not good enough,wenger still has not fixed the defence,as a back 4 and as a team,and to top it off walcott and v.p are already injured,what the hell is there to be happy about?.
Can you explain how they are bad? I’ve seen worse Arsenal teams?
This team is continually in the top 8 teams in Europe? If that’s bad how do you describe the likes of Everton etc
forget the likes of everton,this is arsenal.
heh even everton have got a better keeper then us.
i blame the board for continually lying to the fans that there is money to spend when clearly there isn’t. why didn’t we sign cover for walcott, van persie and djourou who, as the whole world knows, are always injured for half of each season. i also question why we didn’t buy a decent keeper like stekelenberg, romero, given, marchetti or buffon all of which we could’ve got if we spent a bit of money, mertesacker and tasci were both willing to come as well. i feel sorry for wenger cuz i think he’s being lied too as well. bring back david dein, at least we won trophies when he was in charge.
Like your style sir. Some gooners do need some serious cheering up and it’s good to hear a positive post.
I’m really not convinced that Theo will only miss 1 or 2 games. Personally I see him out for as long as VP coming back for Brum at Home. Only my opinion though,
I fully agree that the squad player (which are paid handsomly) need to step up. As stated, Carlos Vela could have a role to play on either flank. Particularly with CL games starting to come thick and fast.
Rosicky is another who is just never going to fit for long periods of time. He barely completes 90 mins when he does play so he is another who I expect to be out for large chunks of the season.
We just have to hope (as ever) that no other key personnel get injured.
With all that in mind I am looking forward to getting to the grove on SAturday and watching us tear Bolton to pieces
What has a keeper got to do with it when as a club we finish higher and are constantly in the top European competition?
Even with a better keeper Everton haven’t done what Arsenal have done these last few years.
It’s not bad what Arsenal have done these last few years, its just it could have been better.
Don’t be retarded by comparing Arsenal to Everton. Arsenal are in the top 5 highest total revenue amongst clubs. Arsenal should be compared to the Real Madrids, Barcelonas, and Man Uniteds of the world.
With these injuries our forward line isn’t in the same class right now with Chelsea, Man United, Man City, or even Tottenham.
Pushing Rosicky up to RW hasn’t worked in the past, he needs space in front of the back four to operate, he just isn’t a forward. Vela and Arshavin play the same position, and we’re now stuck with Chamakh as the lone striker. While I think his aerial ability is second to none, it’s still a big ask that he battle for crosses by himself in the box.
I would like to see Wenger bring up one of the kids from the reserves to start on the right. Maybe Emmanuel-Thomas. He’s 6’3″ and combined with Chamakh would make a formidable air duo.
Eboue mostly impresses when he’s deployed in an attackin possition. He’ll definately start against Bolton in place of Theo, maybe Rosicky in midfield instead of Diaby and Squillaci to partner Vermaelen in defence.
I honestly believe that now we’ve got a stronger squad compared 2 last season, injuries or not
I feel Fabregas should step up. He proved he can score the goals last season, let him lead by the same example. When the strike force is limited it’s down to the midfield to chip in. Chelsea have had lampard scoring his deflections and penalties for donnkeys..
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not even, because clearly you’re a sad f*ck dollar.
so even if you try and make your ridiculous, embarrassing (or they would be embarrassing to almost any gooner) comments, most won’t listen because your exactly the type of loser people in the REAL world like to avoid and despise
the supporters like you are a poison to the club. thinks aren’t absolutely rosy, but you’d have to be a retard to say we’re out of the running. i don’t think i can go to the internet for news now. there’s tooo many sad fucks!
We definitely need a striker in the january market and stop relying on R.V.P.when he is around he is realiable,but he cant go for 3month without injuries.so,we need a cheap,realiable and experienced striker to do it with chamakh.
you including supersam,another prick that’s deluded.
It’s all well and good saying we need better cover but be realistic, who is going to sit on the bench who is any good? You just end up like tottenham with a bunch of average joes eating up the wage bill. How is dos Santos any better than vela? Or say how is Owen any better than him it’s ridiculous.
Here’s my idea regarding internationals. In the same way as the U17, U19, and U21, we could have a split with higher ages and larger ranges, such as U24, U27, and over 27.
im happy just to see arsenal play . no matter who is injured i’ll keep my fingers crossed n hope we win all we can .
for arsenal to win a major trophy again , we need to do one thing and one thing only………………….sell all the sick notes taking the piss at arsenal, van persie every season injured in september or october,then again in december till march but is ok to play for holland with out so much as a itch in the world cup.
rosicky great player but like van persie hates the cold so normally out from november, walcot improving but is a genuine injury prone player, diarby needs time off too spend his cash.
sell them replace them with players who want to play a whole season then we might get some where…………..only joking,
up the gunners
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@ Tommusso well said. Who needs a bunch of overpaid failures (am sayin this with Man Shitty in mind) when u can give the likes of Vela, Wilshere, Gibbs, JET and Ramsey* a chance to shine?
You joking @phylwenger?
All clubs face injury problems but Arsenal seems to suffer more ?
The training methods and the physio dept should be independently reviewed (maybe by outside experts).
Professor Scrooge will never spend money to have a squad like Chelski (just pathetic waiting until the 24th hour for a 4-million quid keeper and worse missing it: should have gone for top class 10-million plus quality!!!).
It is miraculous that we still keep fighting for the top-4 with 2 dodgy keepers the past 5 years.
Also feeble and brittle first-teamers!!!
I trade “1-0 to Arsenal” with pretty passing any day.
TazDevil…We’ve won more cups playing pretty passing than the “1 nil to the arsenal”. People do say the funniest things.
Thanks for the update and break down. I am not sure why Vela didn’t play many minutes for Mexico – I assumed he was injured, but its great news if he’s fine.
Also RVP should think about retiring from international football, it will help extend his career and his team mates don’t pass the ball to him anyway.
@ dollar your a spud go play some where else you loser