Let's get him a comfy spot on the bench to watch these bad boys strutting their stuff

The clip of Partey on a treadmill doesn’t actually mean much apparently in terms of when he’s likely to return. Could still be weeks.

Qwiss! wrote:

Sicario wrote:

Question for you guys.

Would you look to replace Tierney and Partey next season due to their horrendous injury records?

I just can’t see how we are going to rely on them next year given the increased number of games as well.

No. You can mitigate these issues. Tomiyasu has missed half a season nearly but we cope better with it because Cedric is a capable back up. Martinelli missed the first half of the season too but we have ESR and Pepe so it doesn't matter as much. Get better back ups than Elneny and Tavares and it becomes much less of an issue.

Personally think the best way to mitigate is to have better first team XI players. The better the team is the less you crumble when you lose someone to injury. Sounds weird, but the best way we can compensate for Partey getting injured is the make sure we have a top CF and a more creative upgrade for Xhaka. That way if/when Lokonga steps in, there isn't quite as much burden on his shoulders.

goon wrote:

Qwiss! wrote:

No. You can mitigate these issues. Tomiyasu has missed half a season nearly but we cope better with it because Cedric is a capable back up. Martinelli missed the first half of the season too but we have ESR and Pepe so it doesn't matter as much. Get better back ups than Elneny and Tavares and it becomes much less of an issue.

Personally think the best way to mitigate is to have better first team XI players. The better the team is the less you crumble when you lose someone to injury. Sounds weird, but the best way we can compensate for Partey getting injured is the make sure we have a top CF and a more creative upgrade for Xhaka. That way if/when Lokonga steps in, there isn't quite as much burden on his shoulders.

I actually fully agree with that. Its also magnified when the best players in the team are all under 24 once Partey is out. Our older players being our weaker ones in the first XI (bar Partey) is not ideal when you are trying to carry 2-3 back ups.

However I just have a thing about rotating fullbacks. And I think after this season its a no brainer.

Hoping for positive news about Tomi , but it didn't look good today when he came off.

Teta said he's not worried, just that he hasn't played a while. Here's hoping that's the case.

ESR and Vieira not training with the group again. Probably injured...

Frustrating but no need to rush them. If we can get them both fit for the EL groups we'll be in good shape.

Any news on Ode or Zinny ahead of Sunday?

We'll find out today I guess. Zinchenko was in training I think.

Fingers crossed. Am pumped for this and I love watching Ode.

Elneny is out for months, Partey weeks or hopefully sooner. Ramsdale & Odegaard we will know more tomorrow. Zinchenko hasn't trained yet with the team.

there was also an article that blanco didn't train yesterday. might tomi time. thankfully he's looked ready in his cameos, just a case of if he's ready fkr a high intensity 90 minutes

Remember that 1 game when we had a fully fit squad

Gazza M wrote:

there was also an article that blanco didn't train yesterday. might tomi time. thankfully he's looked ready in his cameos, just a case of if he's ready fkr a high intensity 90 minutes

Think Tomi coming on quite early last game was an indication he's ready to start. I'd expect if he does start White will be on by the hour mark though.

we flew too close to the sun

Needs to stop eating nandos

Poor boy just can't catch a break with his injuries.

partey should have a quicker injury turnaround than initially feared, according to a few arsenal scribes. possibly back after the everton game

Good news, Partey is back in training.

Zinchenko injured again, will miss Brentford and the international break.

We really are cursed at CM and fullback positions aren't we?

Didn't realise he had so many Injuries at city as well. Hope he doesn't turn out to be another crock.

yeah didn't realise zins record was that bad

That's scary. We bought a crock to replace a crock.

Zinchenko is definitely one we bought while knowing his issues and taking a risk. Not like Partey where it suddenly started when he got here.

Nelson is back

Back wid the mandem. Okay Reiss. Let’s keep fit and not go the way of Ainsley

ESR had surgery some days ago and is out until December. If this is old news I hadn't seen it until now.

Guess we'll see a fair bit of Vieira and Marquinhos in the next few months so

Bit gutted for Emile, but anyone who's watched any amount of football with James over this calendar year (as I have) will have heard James observe - repeatedly - that he hasn't looked right at all. Hopefully, the operation is successful and he can get back to his best because I think we're a better team with him in it.

One of our best talents despite some of the hate he gets so kind of gutted we'll see even less of him that we already were over the last 12 months. Calndar wise he won't be missing for long, plus we don't play after mid November until January anyways because of the world cup. Problem is with the way things are scheduled at the moment, there are tons of games to go around for the next 6 weeks or so.

RocktheCasbah wrote:

Bit gutted for Emile, but anyone who's watched any amount of football with James over this calendar year (as I have) will have heard James observe - repeatedly - that he hasn't looked right at all. Hopefully, the operation is successful and he can get back to his best because I think we're a better team with him in it.

Who's James?

A Roaming playmaker

jones wrote:

RocktheCasbah wrote:

Bit gutted for Emile, but anyone who's watched any amount of football with James over this calendar year (as I have) will have heard James observe - repeatedly - that he hasn't looked right at all. Hopefully, the operation is successful and he can get back to his best because I think we're a better team with him in it.

Who's James?

You don't know who James is? I don't know what to tell you... Other than, as flobaba says, he's a Roaming playmaker.

The colombian guy, James Rodriguez.

The poster here with the tagline? Does he work for Arsenal or why would anyone have heard or observed anything with him?

Well, basically because some people on here are not just keyboard pals and are actually mates in real life. There's quite a few of us - even if we haven't all been together for a very long time.