Team News & Lineups:
With season ending injury to Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero is set to start upfront and what will be crucial couple of games for the Argentinian to prove his worth.
If Coq was out
with a season ending injury we will not be relying on Arteta alone.
Not exact matches
Nick Foles proved he could still play
with a steady performance against the Giants in his first start for the Eagles this year after Carson Wentz went down
with a
season -
ending injury, and the Philadelphia defense proved they're still fearsome when they essentially won Eagles» Christmas game against the Raiders on their own.
Manchester City ace Fabian Delph could see himself earn a new deal
with the club come the
end of the
season should he remain
injury free.
Arsenal's
end - product this
season, contrasting to previous
seasons, depends hugely on Wenger's man - management skills, and how he juggles around
with his
injury - hit squad.
Chris Taylor is whomever and whatever the Dodgers have needed him to be, and that's been huge for them as they tried to deal
with injuries, a record pace, and stopping the bleeding near the
end of the
season.
you can not rely on those time table
injuries then flopped and come at the
end of the
season with the same LAME excuse as every single year for 12 NOW.If we do not show AMBITION..
Still, Vidal has suffered a dip in form this
season and a number of
injury problems, meaning Juventus could now let him go on the cheap at the
end of this
season,
with United still thought to be interested in his services.
Then the
season unravels.We start well but towards
end of December we have handful of
injuries and we are struggling
with our title challenge.But still great Wenger who does not believe in January transfer window does not buy anyone or buys Kallstrom and by march we have no chance of winning the league and we are looking at getting Wenger Trophy (Top 4 finish).
Both Premier League clubs are in the market for a world - class forward,
with United particularly in need after seeing Zlatan Ibrahimovic suffer a serious knee
injury to
end last
season.
Come
season's
end, if the Bears have avoided notable
injuries and have developed some chemistry on the defensive side coalescing around the strength of their cornerbacks, they might be able to reach another decent bowl game
with a win here.
now i known your saying a miracle of having an
injury free
season, but when he gets tired and there is no one on the bench to replace him so we can rest him... fatigue does play a factor in form... we will
end up
with him going on another run of not scoring goals.
From day one to the
end of the
season, no Gunner will be sidelined
with any
injury.
Picked out as the future of the Azzurri midfield, Verratti suffered late
injury woe to
end the
season with PSG and didn't make Antonio Conte's squad.
Still, despite a devastating
injury to Pro Bowl center Alex Mack in Week 6, the Browns went 7 — 9, which, even
with five straight losses to
end the
season, wasn't all that bad.
Typically these periods in past few
seasons has seen us chasing the top table team
with average of 10 points, then comes our
end of
season charge which has seen us having more points than any other epl team in the final two months of the
season over the past few years as well.This is mostly due to
injuries plaguing key members our team around this period every year, apparently we've gone through our rough mid
season patch again or might still be going through seeing as we have list some key players like carzola, bellerin to
injuries again.
It is unfortunate that Gronk's
season ended prematurely
with an
injury, and I wish him a full and speedy recovery.
Kris Letang suffered a
season -
ending neck
injury in early April that came
with a lengthy recovery timetable.
Five days later,
with Jones sidelined by a back
injury that would
end her
season, Miller dropped her 200 - meter best from 22.10 to 21.77, a stunning improvement that sent Miller bounding and high - stepping in celebration.
The 32 year old has been training
with the Old Trafford side for some weeks, no doubt
with the Premier League side keen to see that the former Barcelona man has recovered from the knee
injury that he suffered towards the
end of last
season.
The Celtics struggled through an up and down regular
season and enter the playoffs without one of their most dynamic playoff performers, Rajon Rondo, who went down
with a
season -
ending injury in January.
The Sky Blues come into the game on the back of a 1 - 1 draw
with crosstown rivals Western Sydney Wanderers, but will be without the influential Ali Abbas who suffered a
season -
ending injury last Saturday.
After the
season he had last year, combined
with the suspensions and
injuries at his position, Baltimore tight
end Crockett Gillmore is absolutely ready to breakout this year.
With any luck, the
injury isn't as serious as the similar - looking
injury to Man United defender Phil Jones that
ended his strong
season abruptly back in September.
With Lynch on the shelf since Week 10 and rookie running back Thomas Rawls going down with a season - ending injury as well, the onus fell on Wilson to carry the Seahawks offense to the postsea
With Lynch on the shelf since Week 10 and rookie running back Thomas Rawls going down
with a season - ending injury as well, the onus fell on Wilson to carry the Seahawks offense to the postsea
with a
season -
ending injury as well, the onus fell on Wilson to carry the Seahawks offense to the postseason.
The NFL was wracked
with injuries on Sunday, including a potential
season -
ender for Robert Griffin III.
I hated to see Cowboys running back Lance Dunbar go down
with a
season -
ending injury after playing so well in their win over the Raiders on Thanksgiving Day.
Foles» only real chance of being the # 1 QB is if somebody goes down
with a
season -
ending type of
injury — on a team he wants to play for.
Richmond has missed 29 games this
season with injuries to both knees and at week's
end was averaging just 16.2 points on career - low 40.7 % shooting.
Cazorla being ignored by the new manager Julen Lopetegui is a bit easier to understand I suppose, because the creative midfielder's fitness could be an issue after he did not make the Euro 2016 tournament team after missing the
end of last
season with injury problems.
Wilshere has had a really strong
season in terms of fitness until his recent
season ending injury, and it was promising to see that he could still potentially have the fitness levels to remain
with Arsenal.
To my surprise, Clowney actually thrived at defensive
end early in the
season, which the Texans sorely needed
with J.J. Watt trying to come back from a serious back
injury.
The 25 year - old has endured a number of campaigns having been cut short due to
injury, and his stay
with the Cherries last term looked like it had helped him to build up his strength and fitness, but ultimately
ended like most
seasons.
Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by
season's
end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous
injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined
with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off
However, Ceballos would arguably bring a different dynamic to the midfield, something that has been missing since Santi Cazorla was ruled out of action
with long - term
injury problems, while Wilshere's contract will expire at the
end of the
season.
the folly or otherwise of Wenger's transfer policy last window will not be known until the
end of the
season... we are on a good run now, coping admirably
with the
injuries so far but I advice cautious optimism..
The knee
injury he picked up over a year ago has put a big brake on his progress
with the Gunners and barring a miracle in Arsene Wenger's team selection for the FA cup final on Sunday, Gnabry will
end the
season without adding to his 18 first team appearances.
but FFS, the guy scored 22 goals last
season, did nt pick ONE
INJURY, passed the ball for Ramsey to
END our TROPHY drought, and put the game TO BED
WITH HIS GOAL vs CITY for another silverware.
Nino don't look like his old shelf so i wouldn't be surprised if he will undergo surgery by the
end of the
Season — or at least they will say that he played
with injury almost the whole year.
The Patriots could also use help at safety (both Devin McCourty and Patrick Chung will be 31 years old this
season) and at cornerback (Jason McCourty and Eric Rowe will be free agents, while Cyrus Jones and Jonathan Jones are coming off
season -
ending injuries), but
with only three defensive backs off the board at this point, I felt confident that some top talent would still be available when the Patriots pick again at 43rd overall.
This is 100 % wrong, we are third in terms of
injuries this
season; last
season we
ended as 1st by a mile
with 289
injuries (1 player out for 1 weeks = 1 point)(about 80 extra weeks of
injuries more than # 2).
Mertesacker had to withdrawn during the Reading game
with an
injury, but is looking forward to more «honour» before the
end of the
season.
That's actually a plus because now there isn't much chance of him going down
with a
season -
ending injury before the
season even starts.
This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own
end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last
season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off -
season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last
season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played
with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when
injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front
end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent
with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the
injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the
season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits
Jesus was in tears as he left the pitch at Crystal Palace on New Year's Eve
with a knee
injury, but it looks as though he'll return in time to play his part at the business
end of the
season while also staking his claim for a place in the Brazil squad for the World Cup in Russia this summer.
In the 2014 playoff opener, few thought that the Grizzlies would lose to Chavez, especially
with the Titans» primary offensive weapon «'' senior running back Priest Jennings, who rushed for 1,661 yards and 19 touchdowns «'' sidelined after suffering a
season -
ending injury in Week 10.
The 29 - year - old, who was linked
with a transfer to fellow Premier League side West Brom last week, had been a free agent since being released by the Gunners at the
end of last
season following nine years in North London, but was let go due to his wretched recent
injury record.
There is an interesting piece by John Cross in The Mirror on Arsenal's never
ending problems
with injury and he seems to lay a lot of the blame on the manager and his insistence on keeping a small squad and not signing suitable cover, which has left our defence stretched to breaking point already this
season.
Of course Wenger was unlucky
with all these
injuries, and of course the players have some responsibility but it is my view that wenger not buying Fabregas and thus offering him to Chelsea is was a criminal act and Wenger will regret it in the
end of the
season.
With the Catalan giants still battling on three fronts between now and the end of the season, they'll be desperate to get their squad back with as few injury issues as possi
With the Catalan giants still battling on three fronts between now and the
end of the
season, they'll be desperate to get their squad back
with as few injury issues as possi
with as few
injury issues as possible.