Not including Abou Diaby, there are now just four first team
Gunners out of action; with Mesut Ozil, David Ospina, Laurent Koscielny and Mathieu Debuchy remaining on the Arsenal injury list.
And to be fair, there were not many
Gunners out of action for us to worry about.
Not exact matches
Even assuming that Chelsea's three strikers are
out of action though, it does not mean that the
Gunners will have an easy task on Sunday as it will make Mourinho even more negative than usual and that means a massive blue bus and plenty
of gamesmanship is heading to north London.
Although initially ruled
out of action until 2015, the
Gunners star has made excellent progress in his recovery, and will return to
action far earlier than that first diagnosis suggested.
You can see the table
of EPL clubs and the number
of players each has missing with various illness and injury issues on physioroom.com and while the
Gunners may not be right at the top for a change, we are at number five with seven players
out of action.
The Arsenal and Germany international star Mesut Ozil has been
out of action now for 10 weeks, ever since he heard that crack while the
Gunners were playing Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and it turned
out to be a much bigger problem than anyone first thought (surprise, surprise).
A few
of the
Gunners were in
action, with Jack Wilshere, Oxlade - Chamberlain, Chambers and our new signing Danny Welbeck all getting a run
out for England.
The
Gunners are in real danger
of missing
out on the Champions League for the first time under Wenger and it could be one
of his final courses
of action for the club.
Arsenal will surely be desperate to keep him though, as having overcome his injury setbacks to prove his worth this season, albeit he has just suffered an issue which ruled him
out of action for England over the international break, it seems like a sensible decision to prolong his stint with the
Gunners.
The centre back explained to Arsenal Player that as well as knowing that being
out of action is leaving his team mates and manager with a problem to deal with, especially when the
Gunners have had so many
out of action at the same time, it was really tough on a personal level.
Arsenal fans are already well aware
of how important the Chilean international star is to Arsenal and any chance we have
of winning a trophy and more importantly the title
of Premier League champions, as we have seen how much the
Gunners suffer when the fantastic forward is
out of action or struggling for form.
The defender has been
out of action since picking up a hamstring injury on December 12, and his absence was immediately followed by two defeats, something that the German defender is yet to taste in a
Gunners shirt.
But the same thing can be said
of all our major rivals for the Premier League title and that leaves the
Gunners yet again with more
of our players
out of action than the others.
The France inter4national has been
out of action for a couple
of months, but it should not take too long before he is fit again, so there is a chance that he could be ready to play for the
Gunners again after the international break.
After seeing Alexis get substituted towards the end
of the
Gunners fantastic win over Man United on Sunday, it looked like our star man would be
out of action for some time, but as usual our star man bounced back in style.
I don't suppose it would stop Arsene Wenger and his backroom staff at Arsenal from working towards getting the rest
of the summer transfer
action sorted
out or at least in place, but I am starting to get a little concerned about the fact that there is little sign so far
of the
Gunners clearing
out the dead wood from the current squad.
The Arsenal winger Henrik Mhkitaryan is definitely
out of action for the next few weeks, and his absence will give Arsene Wenger a headache on who to play in his place for the
Gunners League games, but who could replace him
out n the wing?
We are still waiting on the fitness
of Abou Diaby and Serge Gnabry, who have just a single appearance between them this season but according to physioroom.com three other
Gunners currently
out of action could all be available to face Man City at the Etihad stadium on Sunday.
When you compare their problems to those facing Arsene Wenger, however, with important
Gunners like Cazorla and Bellerin
out of action, then it is the visitors rather than us who have been helped by injuries.
Just when we get our first choice central defender Laurent Koscielny back in the
Gunners line - up, there is a chance that both
of our front line left backs will be
out of action after picking up knocks in the same match.
The
Gunners have been dealt a big blow by the news that Danny Welbeck will be
out of action for up to nine months and Wenger is now willing to step up his interest for a centre - forward.