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Official Injury Thread 2013/14

Rex

We are consistent, but ultimately it is another title we haven't managed to win. 🙁

Ray

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32276547

Maybe improving recovery from matches will improve the injury record. Is Wengers methods up to date anymore, because our injury record shows he isn't.

Gunner89

Wenger's method is overplaying certain players and having some completely un-utilised.

Patters

Another Jeremy Wilson article on Arsenal injuries - this time a lot more positive:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/arsenal/11604578/Arsenal-find-cure-to-their-injury-woes-as-Gunners-go-from-the-bottom-to-the-top-of-the-table-for-fewest-problems.html

[....]The feeling at Arsenal is that, while part of the improvement on injuries can be explained simply by a lighter fixture schedule and good fortune (Olivier Giroud, Jack Wilshire and Debuchy suffered fairly freakish impact injuries), the benefits of subtle changes are also being felt. The sports science department at Arsenal has grown significantly at every level and the advice to Wenger on further tailoring individual programmes has been increasingly heeded. There had been a definite suspicion that Wenger and his senior staff tended to push through with short but intense training sessions at periods earlier in the season and in previous years when some players would simply have benefited from rest. It has not been a new problem.

According to Dinnery’s research of the 11 completed seasons from 2003-04 to 2013-14, Arsenal suffered 312 significant injuries which led to a player being out for 10 days or more. That was exactly 100 more than Chelsea and above the Premier League average in each of the last seven seasons.

Wenger has openly admitted to making changes this season and focusing heavily on the individual “load” on players. The team behind him and their technology have also developed.

Shad Forsythe arrived direct from helping Germany win the World Cup as the new head of athletic performance enhancement. StatDNA, the United States-based football data analytics company, is being used across the club’s football operations, from player recruitment to match preparation. The available data on the physical reaction from every player to each training session is more complete than ever before.

JazzG

You do get the feeling we are getting to the bottom of the problems we have had in recent years. Just sorting out the injury crisis we have every year will be worth more than signing a world class player for this team imo.

Also been quite noticeable how much quicker our players are returning from injury and in the case of Ozil + Giroud they've both returned in much better physical shape.

Rex

Ox has been out for a worryingly long time though.

JazzG

True, I think he may require surgery and the club have been trying to avoid that if they can. Probably for the best if he doesn't play this season, gets rested up properly over the summer and starts fresh for next season.

goon

He's groin is fine now apparently, he just did his hammy in training.

on if Oxlade-Chamberlain will play again this season…
He will not play next week and after that there’s only one week to go for the cup final. I think he will be short but you never know. If he can be available for West Brom, maybe that’s the earliest he could be. It’s difficult to predict today.

on if the injury is down to inflammation in his groin…
No no. He has done his hamstring in training. No [he won't need surgery].

flobaba

Hmm, I wonder why it is that In basketball players seem to sleep over injuries.

Chris Paul had a hamstring injury, recovered in 5 days.

John Wall had multiple fractures in his hand, recovered enough to play in about a week or two.

Even Paul George is back playing after his horrific leg break last summer.

Either the sport is not as strenuous, or American sports science is way more advanced.

Klaus

It's the former.

Timbob

Vast amounts of PED's innit.

Rex

I lean more towards what Tim is saying. Anyone who has ever played basketball at any sort of level knows that you do a lot of sprints, albeit over shorter distances. Especially as a guard.

speedy

Sounds like that guy just played with a broken hand. Probably had an injection to numb it. There's no magic bone healthcare.

That wasn't a hamstring tear. He probably almost pulled it they scanned it saw it was clear and he returned to play.

The leg break depends largely on what damage the sharp ends of the bone does internally and how many bits the bone breaks into.

HomeSteak

flobaba wrote:
John Wall had multiple fractures in his hand, recovered enough to play in about a week or two.

The John Wall thing was freaky man, he had five non-displaced fractures. He was back in no time, just took the thing off his wrist on the court and started shooting.

Shady

What's the deal with Arteta? Is he expected to play again this season?

Such a lengthy spell out at his age and given his decline probably means he's finished now.

Rex

Wenger said 'perhaps' in his pre-match presser as a reply to a question if Arteta would play for us next season. 🙁

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