Not exact matches
And we have had a boost for the following
game as well, at home to West Ham who have also lost their main striker as Andy Carroll picked up an
injury last night that will
see him
out for at least a month.
We'd
seen the
game out and god knows we do nt these guys getting added to our
injury list.
He is the ultimate utility player and a under 4 million I couldn't
see him pushing Chambers
out of the team, he would be cover for
injuries wherever they may occur and a sub to close
games off.
So what if it takes 20 seconds... How many times do we
see a player fake an
injury, just to take the sting
out of a
game or just to breakup play?
does anyone think the reports of us getting psg's youngster rabiot are true and if yes is he what we need atm i guessing as he is a big lad he's probably diaby long term replacement i have
seen a picture of him and he doesn't look like a very strong build but i am sure a year in the gym will sort that
out he would add much needed height to our midfield and he doesn't seem to be a
injury prone as diaby he has a good general skill set am sure wenger can convince him with plenty of
game time any young french player knows wengers rep with youngsters he should jump at the chance to work with wenger NOW with a bit of strength work he could be a handy d / m also if wenger could mould him to play there,
You could
see how well his
game improved when he was moved behind the striker when Kroos went
out with
injury.
Our opponents have just hit a rocky patch in their recent return to form and with a huge
injury list their manager Sam Allardyce would surely be happy with anything from tonight's
game, but that also adds to the pressure on the Gunners to come
out firing and carry on the improvement we have
seen lately.
I like isco, but I like him at Madrid for now... do nt think he has the physicality at the moment to fit into the pl... he'll be the perfect replacement for carzola but for now might be too soon and too much of a luxury to have at arsenal... jack needs to have some time next to le coq and lets
see how that works.i guess jack and Ramsey got ta fight it
out for that position, though Ramsey always seems to come a across as inconsistent n not as naturally talented as jack... ramsey will always have the odd off
game with his passing and decision making.jacks seasons mostly get interrupted by
injuries though I thnk he would do well alongside le coq... a backup dm would be great though in transfer window and OT: Get dyabala or watshisname... before Maureen gets his hands on him!!!
You can argue there are for reasons to have a bog squad: 1)
injuries; 2) tactical changes; 3) avoid burn
out; 4) keep players on their toes Cazorla is great but from what I've
seen lately, he need a week's rest between
games.
if you watch arsenal place I
see so much space and no runs no runs at all only when in the box if you watch Leicester they are always makeing runs all over the place that's how you score goals against a team like Southampton they controlled the
game it was not unlucky just like chelsea can do control the
game and won arsenal players don't believe they can win the title the players in that team play without heart you know why because Im sure wenger tells them becareful we don't need anymore
Injurys what kind of mentality is that also I will pick
out Ramsey he is playing like a player who is leaveing the club he and flamini just don't work Ramsey is not playing good at all wenger can blame make excuses but truth is he is the manager he make the tactics and he gets it wrong all the time giroud has no pace none bench him against some teams and play pure pace make runs ox Walcott but they don't Walcott has lost it his pace has gone its clear or he fears I jury how if a player is fit put your all in forget
injury if you get Injured then so be it but if your fit and your Walcott run put yourself about wenger should leave because he.
Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will
see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan
out Chambers to
see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of
injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the
game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...
With the heavy rotations we have
seen this week, Giroud starting against Dinamo told me that Walcott would be starting the Chelsea
game, but then the
injuries picked up by Pedro and Willian, two key attacking players, could have Wenger thinking that Chelsea might bring
out that famous old bus.
I've noticed since his
injury were creating much less CLEAR goal scoring chances his pace and movement was sorely missed imo, this
game was screaming
out for walcott as the ST. Numerous times sanchez or alexis had the ball after beating a guy and looked up to
see giroud making a run but not having the pace to break away from the back 4.
Arsene Wenger and the other Arsenal players have both pinpointed the additions of Mohamed Elneny and Alex Iwobi to the Gunners first team in recent weeks has brought about an immense improvement in our form, and I honestly can't
see that either of them will be dropped from the remaining League
games unless they are forced
out through
injury.
The Arteta substitution can not be justified at all.He has just come back from
injury, yet there were far more fitter and far much better options on the bench in Chambers and Gabriel.If you want to
see out a
game, you don't bring on a half fit 34 yr old with neither pace, height nor power and with very little defensive capability.
News is coming
out that Koscielny has sustained an
injury that will rule him
out of this weekend's
game and could
see him miss that all important
game against Besiktas midweek.
The following season again
saw Bovington as a regular starter in his man - marker role but in March 1965 he suffered a bad kneecap
injury which kept him
out for the remainder of the season, including the concluding
games of the European Cup Winners Cup campaign.
In addition to Anthony Martial's inclusion, the
game saw left - back Luke Shaw earn himself a place in the starting eleven after limping
out at half time in the EFL cup quarter - final against West Ham United, with a problem Jose Mourinho described as a «little
injury» at the time.
As supporters we
see these tackles happen on Diaby every once in a while, because he is
out with
injury so often, but for the man on the receiving end they are happening almost every
game he actually plays.
Scott Arfield remains
out with the calf
injury that has
seen him missing since the Swansea
game seven weeks ago although it does look as though Jόhann Berg Guðmundsson should be fit to play after coming off injured playing for Iceland this week.
A free kick in the dying minutes of
injury time, left Klopp with a sarcastic smile on his face almost accepting the inevitable, however, his boys managed to
see the
game out in the end.
To complicate matters further, a number of key players are nursing
injuries ahead of the
game that could
see them miss
out.
With that in mind, I think I'd like to
see Mills having to sit this
game out through
injury, so he can be rested.
Arsenal dropped off too much as the match went on, inviting late pressure from Sunderland, and brought on all the full - backs to try and
see the
game out, but the Gunners
saw the
game through with a late clincher in
injury time.
Jonny Evans sustained the
injury when ex-Manchester United player Darren Gibson tackled him in the
game which
saw Everton snatch a 4 - 4 draw and although United medics at first though rest would ease the problem, it turned
out to be worse than feared and surgery was required.
Central defensive duo of Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly, who are
out with
injuries to their knee and toe, are unavailable for the
game, which could
see Jose Mourinho keep the entire back four from the mid-week Europa league
game against Feyenoord.
David Luiz, though, misses
out for Chelsea with a knee
injury whilst Juanfran is a doubt for Atletico KEY FACT: Atletico need to win and hope Roma do not to finish second MATCH ODDS: Chelsea 6/5 Draw 12/5 Atletico 5/2 ANDY SAYS: Close
game for sure, can
see it ending in a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think Atletico need the win here and might just sneak it... 1 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Don't
see much in this, be close and hard fought, goal-less too... 0 - 0 BOYLESPORTS PICK: Draw half time, Chelsea full time @ 4/1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Antoine Griezmann has dropped
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