From their match at Hull in October up until Moses» recent
injury against Stoke - those nine names featured in 18 of 22 starting XIs named by Antonio Conte.
He is none too shabby defensively either as he has come on in leaps and bounds since Debuchy picked up that shoulder
injury against Stoke City.
This provoked serious opinions at the club as Wenger went in search of a new defender to buy the German Shkodran Mustafi who had been pairing with Arsenal's skipper Laurent Koscielny before
his injury against Stoke City.
Not exact matches
The spark which we saw
against Stoke City Last Stadium when he was limping off due to
injury and 10 seconds later he scored spectacular solo effort goal....
Following the recent spate of
injuries to rock the Gunners midfield, Elneny has come in to provide cover for the likes of Francis Coquelin, Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla, and could make his first appearance for the club
against Stoke City.
I'm very worried about this match; we have plenty of
injuries, we have a terrible away record
against them, this is the third match in a week,
stoke use physicality instead of skill AND bloody Anthony Taylor still hasn't been fired.
Allen was the best player on the park
against Stoke in the League Cup, and he backed up that showing with a tidy cameo and
injury time Premier League equaliser.
With Alexis Sanchez due back in action either this weekend
against Stoke City or the next game after and with our England international forward Danny Welbeck finally back in training after his long
injury lay - off, the boss feels that the Gunners have plenty of options up front, and as reported by The Mirror he feels that he will not find any better options than what he has in the January transfer window.
Guess what... an
injury to monreal then forces wenger to grant the retarded fans their wish and he plays Chambers and Bellerin together in one game
against stoke.
Then he plays
against Stoke or West Brom, and gets another long term
injury.
as poor as xhaka was
against stoke, an
injury to him might as well end our season just like the case of carzorla last season.
Following on from Mustafi's
injury concern that he picked up at the weekend
against Stoke City, Gabriel had the opportunity to slot into his more favoured position at centre back.
There are one or two more u21s that are going to have to see first action this season, the likes of moore, bielik, pleguezuelo, oconnor, kamara, Bennacer, iwobi and reine - adelaide look sure to join Macey and iliev in competing to make up the numbers, especially after our usually
injury ravaged squad returns from international break, but hey don't worry, after a bruising from
Stoke, we only have 4 away games
against Zagreb, spurs, Chelsea and Leicester to deal with, 3 defeats there could see our season resting on the fa cup again and we won't even be in October!!!!
If Man utd (with all their
injury) manage to take 4 points from Stock.Why can't Arsenal take the three points
against Stoke at home.
Flow of goals
against stoke??? maybe zagreb at mid-week though!let's just hope that
injury and fatigue does not come knocking noting we hav
stoke then comes zagreb mid-wk then chelshit.
It might seem a little unfair on our replacement keeper David Ospina, as the Colombian international has not conceded a single goal in those games
against Hull City and
Stoke City and has only just been given his own chance after recovering from the
injury he brought with him to Arsenal from the World Cup finals, but it sounds like Arsene Wenger is really trying to build a strong competitive spirit between his two main shot stoppers.
Liverpool may have won the battle
against Stoke City, but they may have lost the war for Champions League qualification — or even a lengthy run in the Europa League — after the latest Philippe Coutinho
injury.
We are now only six days away from Arsenal's next game
against Stoke at the Emirates, but we have had some great news on the
injury front.
Since their return from
injury i have tried to give Welbeck and Wilshire the benefit of the doubt when others have slagged them off for some pretty average displays.Regrettably I am now of the opinion that they will never reach the standards required to make a meaningful contribution towards the revival of Arsenal and along with 3/4 others in the current squad they should be moved on.Their performances
against Stoke was the last straw as far as I am concerned.It will be interesting to see if Gareth Southgate shares my views and does not include them in his World Cup squad.
Wojciech Szczesny is still out after suffering a hip
injury against Manchester United, but may return
against Stoke City at the weekend.
Stoke are still a very physical team but not quite to the extent that they used to be and on Saturday they are likely to be without two of their chief enforcers; with our old friend Ryan Shawcross out of action due to a long term
injury problem in his back (altogether now aaahhh) and their Scottish midfielder Charlie Adam having been one of two
Stoke players red carded in their last league game
against West Brom.
We have done very well
against the bottom 10 teams and if not for some questionable officiating (e.g. Aston Villa at home and WBA and
Stoke away) and
injuries (Swansea at home and
Stoke and Everton away), we might have done even better.
He burst onto the scene with a debut Premier League goal
against Stoke City but a thigh
injury slowed down his development and he never truly looked comfortable in England.
Expecting a comfortable win
against an
injury hit
Stoke side tomorrow..
Fabio Aurelio, Martin Kelly and Jonjo Shelvey are all long - term absentees, although Kenny Dalglish could welcome back Daniel Agger from
injury while Luis Suarez will spearhead the attack aiming to score his first goal for the club (his one
against Stoke City is likely to be chalked off by the dubious goals panel).
After impressing on the left wing for Arsenal
against Stoke City in a 3 - 0 win last weekend, Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Pierre - Emerick Aubameyang could now play more regularly in that position with the return of Alexandre Lacazette from
injury now complete.
Meanwhile Tottenham have no key
injuries and suspensions and are bouncing with confidence following an emphatic 4 - 0 away win
against Stoke City.
Sanchez has missed the Premier League outings
against both Leicester City and
Stoke City due to his minor
injury, but Wenger expects him to feature in the game at Anfield, he said: «If all goes well through the week, he should be available to be selected for the next game, yes.»
Stoke skipper Ryan Shawcross will miss Saturday's home game
against former club Manchester United due to a back
injury.
The 24 - year - old's Goodison Park career suffered a false start when a heel
injury suffered during a promising debut
against Stoke ruled him out of both matches
against Hajduk Split and the meeting with Manchester City.
Ramsey went into 2013/14 on the back of a couple of erratic seasons after a long - term
injury suffered
against Stoke in 2010.
Diafra Sakho has almost completed his rehab following the quad
injury he suffered in the home match
against Stoke City in April.
Izzy Brown made his comeback from
injury for Brighton
against Newcastle as an unused substitute, Kasey Palmer is working towards fitness
against Huddersfield, whilst Kurt Zouma was ineligible to feature for
Stoke City
against Chelsea due to Premier League rules, but did turn out for the Potters in their League Cup exit to Bristol City in midweek.
not for poor Ramsey's
injury but for the tenacity and spirit those Arsenal boys showed... 1 - 0 down (as usual)
against Stoke... Arsenal rallied and dominated..
Jonathan Walters, another summer recruit, opened his
Stoke account with the winner
against Blackburn two weeks ago meaning
Stoke will boast two strikers on Saturday,
injuries permitting, in form and full of confidence.
The 23 years old — Eden Hazard is in doubt for tomorrow's derby after the slight
injury he picked up
against Stoke City after a challenge from Jonathan Walter.