Weave poles, the seesaw, and the tire accounted for
the fewest number of injuries
Top two teams last season were the same two teams with
the fewest number of injuries.
Not exact matches
Last season those
numbers did drop to 14 and 19 but because
of injury he played a lot
fewer games and his goals per game ratio actually went up.
Few clubs have the depth to cover the
number of injuries Arsenal has suffered in the midfield.
Brendan Rodgers will be hoping it's an
injury that won't keep Lallana out for much longer with a
number of key fixtures coming thick and fast over the next
few weeks.
I think we should sell Szczesny (use Martinez as
number 2), Ospina, Debuchy, Jenkinson, Gibbs, Coquelin, Ramsey (a
few good performances do not hide seasons
of poor performances and
injuries), Wilshere, Walcott, Perez and Giroud.
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
From a
few weeks ago when the Gunners were missing a large
number of players and key members
of the first team at that, the manager has revealed that the
injury list is down to just two.
One
of the reasons I think the boss needs to do some business in January is to cope with the usual lengthy
injury list at Arsenal, even though the sports
injury website physioroom.com shows that the Gunners are hoping to get back a
number of players over the next
few weeks in the shape
of Aaron Ramsey and Shkodran Mustafi.
We definitely need a
few more players as I don't think we've got the physical
numbers to get through the season unscathed given the amount
of injuries and bookings that we get.
The stats do back up Pires, because Arsenal took 19 points from the eight EPL games before Cazorla's
injury in mid October and if we had carried on that
number of points per game the Gunners would currently have 76 points, two more than Tottenham and two
fewer than Chelsea but with an extra game to play.
Arsene Wenger's
injury woes could be subsiding as the Arsenal boss prepares to welcome back a
number of key players over the next
few weeks.
The Belgian goalkeeper has been a mainstay in the Chelsea team after completing his three - year loan spell at Atlético Madrid to displace Petr Čech as the Blues»
number one at the start
of the 2014 - 15 season aside from missing a
few games through
injury and suspension in 2015 - 16.
All
of the good spells that the
number nine seems to have are disrupted by needless red cards, international breaks or small niggling
injuries — although, these have been very
few compared to his Liverpool days.
Arsenal have endured a
number of injury setbacks over the past
few weeks but the Gunners will only make a return to action next weekend, when they square off against Liverpool at Anfield, and the mini rest will certainly prove to be a blessing in disguise for the North London side in terms
of the overall fitness
of the squad.
But
few are well equipped to handle the strain
of a hectic festive schedule than Tottenham's squad and with key personnel returning from long - term
injuries at just the right time — Michael Dawson and Jermain Defoe both back from
injury and involved in first - team affairs — this could be a defining period
of the season for Spurs, a period where others may falter as they capitalise by defying the physical demands
of Christmas fixtures by using strength in
numbers.
«A
few seconds
of warning can more than halve the
number of injuries.»
Despite the escalating
number of brain - damaged patients, there are
few brain
injury case managers dedicated to helping them get the care they need.
This study is one
of few to include the much broader
number of children affected by gunshot
injuries and served by 911 emergency services, both in - hospital and out -
of -
of hospital measures
of injury severity, and children with gunshot
injuries treated outside major trauma centers.
A
few isolated court cases in the U.S. and elsewhere have recognized post facto that a limited
number of well - documented genetic susceptibilities to vaccine
injury — including some mitochondrial disorders — have caused certain children to suffer permanent neurological damage.
After 20 years
of declining bicycle accident rates, the National Highway Transportation Association (NHTSA) has released statistics showing the
number of bicycling
injuries and deaths have rapidly increased in the past
few years.
In the last
few years, both Kaufman and Rockwall counties have seen spikes in the
number of truck related accidents,
injuries and deaths.
The
number of injury - causing and fatal traffic accidents reported in Bakersfield has risen steadily over the past
few years:
But let's look this some more: My research has shown that «non legacy» legal sites, that are just a
few years old, that never ranked for anything, with almost 100 %
of their links from the Findlaw Blog Network, are ranking
number one on the first page
of Google, for terms like «Los Angeles personal
injury attorney.»
The most unfortunate thing with the Ontario region is that the
number of personal
injury lawyers is very
few and this has raised a point
of concern to the legal system.
Realization
of this objective will result in
fewer accidents, less property damage, a decrease in the
number of personal
injuries and a
Together these components allow greater support for everyone involved in the therapeutic process and a
number of scientific studies have demonstrated that comprehensive DBT results in
fewer days
of hospitalization, self -
injuries, and suicides.
In New Zealand, recent strengthening
of the Māori health workforce has led to a
number of successes: interventions led by, focused on, and targeted to Māori; consistent investment in Māori health over a prolonged period; and an emphasis on the development
of dual cultural and clinical competencies.14 In the United States, successful Native American health service development in the early 1990s appears to have been shaped by federal government administration, the separation
of the Indian Health Service from other Native American affairs, and provision
of an integrated health service.15 In both countries, recent reductions in overall death rates for indigenous people have been noted; in the US this relates to
injury prevention, whereas in NZ it relates to
fewer deaths due to circulatory conditions.16 Although it is not known whether improved health services for indigenous peoples in the US and NZ have a causal relationship with decreased mortality, the two appear to «travel together» well.
Even if the
number doesn't reach zero, there is a growing consensus that the vast majority
of highway crashes,
injuries, and fatalities could be eliminated within the next
few decades.