This is possibly a consequence of a relatively small, and seemingly always
injury hit squad.
Arsenal fans will be hoping that this early signing will prove to be the first a few new players that Arsene Wenger will add to
our injury hit squad over the next few weeks and if you believe even half of the Arsenal transfer rumours doing the rounds then young Mohamed Elneny will certainly not be the only addition.
The Arsenal manager is naturally used to dealing with
an injury hit squad by now, as it has become the norm at the Emirates over the last few years.
Pellegrini who spent 130m on city's squad in the summer are also inconsistent and struggling with
an injury hit squad.
Mysterious manager,
injury hit squad and gullible fans screaming for signings.
Not exact matches
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.
It was just a few short years ago when many Arsenal fans, myself included, believed that the Gunners would have gone on to lift the Premier League trophy if it was not for
injury problems
hitting our
squad at just the wrong time, especially the loss of the Wales international midfield star Aaron Ramsey.
And with the team really starting to
hit form and the
squad being slowly filled out as the
injury list dwindles, there is a real belief and momentum around Arsenal at the minute.
With his
squad hit by
injuries, Wenger admits it is unlikely he will be able to make many changes for Saturday's Premier League game against West Brom.
The fact he did NOTHING this summer (and in January for that matter) and we all knew we would once again get
hit by
injuries and we all knew there was room to strengthen this
squad.
«Fingers crossed
injuries will not
hit the strength and depth of our
squad too much and then we can make a charge and hopefully win another trophy.
Man United's
squad was also
hit during this break, with England defenders Smalling and Jones ruled out through
injury and Fellaini a doubt with a toe problem.
With the Gunners having been extensively
hit by
injuries so far this season, it has to be said that the long - term
injury to Koscielny was the most bitter blow considering that the
squad does not have quality cover in that position.
O am hoping, without too much confidence or conviction to be perfectly honest, that Arsene Wenger goes transfer crazy in January and adds a fair few top quality players to the
injury hit Arsenal
squad.
And with the Arsenal forwards struggling to find the net in recent weeks, the fact that the United defence is the area of the
squad that has been
hit hardest by
injuries could be just the thing to get us firing again.
If u are an arsenal fan u wil realise there are two parts in an arsenal season... the first part is when we are winning and we think that we are the best team in the world at that point Wenger is a god and every Arsenal playr is a world class player at this point also Arsenal need no signings... then the 2nd part is when reality
hits us hard in the face, we are eliminated in all competetion
injuries come in and everyone is singing WENGER MUST GO... haha i ges at this time we are in the 1st part, we nid no signings and the
squad is good enaf, there will be no
injuries the whole season and Arsenal will win the EPL and the Cl next year hehe!
Arsenal are in need of new additions in midfield this winter and either one of these players would have fit the bill for Arsene Wenger's
injury -
hit squad, which has no gurantees of a fourth - place finish at the moment.
We should have thrown some of our young gunz out there last season when we were
injury hit... The only way they're goin to get the confidence as well as experience is to be playin in the 1st
squad.
It really
hits home how badly Arsenal's
injury list is affecting the
squad, when Kieran Gibbs admits that he thought he was probably the most likeliest to be sent on when the Gunners were searching for an equalizer against Tottenham.
He scored just once in an
injury -
hit campaign, missed out on selection for Colombia's Copa America
squad and now looks set to head back to Monaco from his loan spell.
It was the same opposition that marked Moyes» first Premier League game as United manager, but where he guided us to a 4 - 1 win, Van Gaal's
injury -
hit squad sank to a 2 - 1 defeat, this time on home soil too.
But he was unsure whether Harry Winks will have to withdraw from Gareth Southgate's
squad after the midfielder went off with an ankle
injury in a below - par victory where Spurs failed to
hit the heights of their thrilling midweek 3 - 1 success over Real Madrid in the Champions League.