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The Havertz's Knee Memorial Injury Thread

flobaba

Panda his return gives us a decent chance against Madrid. Defensively I expect us to hold our own. Gabriel / Saliba should be able to handle whatever Mbappe / Vini have for us. Just don't give them room behind to run into. Wish we had a striker to give their center backs something to think about though

USArsenal

flobaba

I think our defense can do ok against them, but the problem is that they have threats from all sides. Between Vini, Mbappe, Rodrygo and Bellingham, it will take a colossal effort to keep them out, and particularly on the left side (Cala or MLS), i think they could get found out quite a bit if they are not extremely 'on their game'. Im a little less worried about our right side between Timber and White. Saka being back is great for us, even if he is 70-80%, but as you said, we will really miss Havertz up front to keep their defense occupied.

JazzG

Good stuff, wonder if he'll start and take him off early or bring him on later in the game. Massive boost getting him back.

USArsenal

Zero chance he starts IMO. He might bring him on for the last 20-30 minutes of the game just to give him a runout and get his game-timing back a bit.

Burnwinter

Bloody brilliant if he can get a couple of good runs before we get to playing Madrid.

I know we've still gotta work to secure top four (or five), but it's hard to feel much about the season matters other than Europe and our dignity now.

USArsenal

Other than the CL, it will be good for us to finish the season with a few additional wins under our belt. Not only would it lift the mood of the club, it will make us look a bit more attractive to potential summer signings.

QuincyAbeyie

Big Gab out for the season and probably preseason (?)

https://www.arsenal.com/news/injury-update-gabriel-magalhaes

Fuck this timeline.

Claudius

QuincyAbeyie anything that could've gone wrong has gone wrong.

i think before this season, i mentioned that football is going to reach breaking point soon due to the overuse of players. i expected players to just complain that they are tired. i never really expected this level of injury.

every big team except Liverpool is going through these horrific injuries - us, City, United, Spurs, Chelsea, etc., have all bee devasted. we have actually managed it best but it's really fucked our season.

Burnwinter

QuincyAbeyie And preseason? Fucking hell, it's almost Havertz all over again. What are we doing to their hamstrings?

JazzG

Wow, something is seriously wrong for so many players to get serious Hamstring injuries. I get the players are overloaded with workload but other clubs have players who have played as much and not broken down like this.

Claudius

JazzG Hamstring is the new word in 2024-5

Arsenal: Saka, Gabriel, Havertz
Chelsea: Jackson, Madueke, Kellyman
Spurs: Udogie, Danso, and Bissouma had apparent issue as well
United: Diallo
City: Stones
Everton: DCL
West Ham: Nelson
... etc., etc

Panda

If I hear hamstring surgery 1 more time I might break something 😭😭

JazzG

Claudius Arsenal: Saka, Gabriel, Havertz

Those are serious tears which required surgery, I can't think of another club who has had three hamstring injuries so bad they required surgery in one season. I think Martinelli injured his hamstring this season and there might have been more.

Don Pacifico

What an absolute stinker of a season.

flobaba

Going forward squad depth is going to be super important for football clubs. Raising the floor becomes as important, if not more important as finding opportunities to improve quality of our first team.

I hope we considered this in our acquisition of Berta.

Claudius

flobaba the problem is you’re adding more players. Each of whom wants more money. A few years ago a good player earned £100,000. Now it’s already £200,000. To support all these extra players and wages you either need to raise ticket prices or add more high value matches (like the extra 2 games in the champions league this year, and the club World Cup). More games means more stress.

What we need is lower wages and fewer games. Otherwise vicious cycle will continue and the game will gobble itself up

flobaba

Claudius yeah, that horse has bolted already. Wages aren't going to be regulated (especially now with Saudis involved), and FIFA/uefa greed will only see more games added. The gobbling is already in progress.

Coombs

Claudius What we need is lower wages and fewer games.

Ha!

tazmania

Fuck these injuries. That's all

QuincyAbeyie

Burnwinter And preseason?

Not sure about that part, just my interpretation of "with the aim to be ready for the start of next season."

Panda

Burnwinter 3 of our most durable players as well before this season.

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