It's sad - sounds like the injuries are having their toll on his mental health based on what Arteta said. Wonder if his desperation to be fit is indirectly contributing to his inability to overcome his injuries...?

Worried about us being down to 1 RB with the White and Tomi injuries. Can't expect Timber to be playing every game after the ACL.

Any chance of us repurposing 1 of our current 5 LBs (Calafiori, Zinchenko, MLS, Tierney, Kiwior LOL) to RB?

    Panda think it'll be Partey, rightly or wrongly. Maybe we can bring in a loan in January?

        I don't we need another body there. We will be fine.

          Don Pacifico Ah yeah you are right will be Partey, not ideal, but shouldn't be a problem when Timber needs to be managed.

          Clrnc Yeah don't think we will bring anyone in.

              Qwiss cool saw it. We are the only big team in that list. A madness. But hopefully we are relatively fine now.

              Arteta in his recent interviews has spoken a lot about the inability to practice properly with a team of missing and unfit players. He was really holding things together last few weeks. Hopefully, we can fly now

                  Claudius I think he needs to find ways to stop it happening. Obviously a lot of injuries are unavoidable but there is a big difference with players like Odegaard looking fresh. Its the same as the post-Dubai period. Freshness is huge for this team and the way Arteta wants to play. He's got to trust the likes of Nwaneri, Merino and Jorginho, maybe even Sterling to do more in the coming months.

                      Qwiss

                      I think it also helps mitigate injuries when they do happen too. If Saka gets injured it will be a disaster regardless. But there's also a difference between Sterling coming in having played 1 game vs Sterling coming in having played 6 and scored a couple.

                          goon I'm hoping Sterling will do more second half of the season and Arteta has just been getting him up to speed. He definitely offers something going forward but I can see why Arteta doesn't trust the rest of his game.

                              Qwiss

                              I get what you're saying with this, but i never like loan signings that take half a season to get up to speed. Granted, we're only paying a fraction of his wages, but we're in December now and he's done just about nothing.

                                6 days later

                                When's our back up right back going to be fit again?

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                                  JazzG what a show of shit. Our defenders have our highest share of the ball. Without our first choices, we are severely degraded.