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The Havertz's Knee Memorial Injury Thread

KingslandBarge

Saliba is rumoured to be unavailable for the weekend, which isn't all that surprising. Hopefully is good shape for the trip to the Etihad.

Bernard Woolley

Didn't Arteta say something like I hope he will be available for us this season? Means that an immediate recovery is all but ruled out?

KingslandBarge

just checked out the Leeds pre match conference and I think he indicates this. Questions were quite loaded though.

More recently, I think the rumour is that he's short for Anfield but there is hope beyond that. There is a part of me that wonders if we should only consider him we lose a game again.

goon

Yeah the reporter asked if he’ll play again this season and Arteta just responded he’s very hopeful.

Burnwinter

I'm sure it'd be tempting to pump him full of painkillers and send him out, but spines really don't work like that.

Doc

Don Pacifico

Tierney and Kiwior it is then.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

This fucking cursed club.

goon

Would have liked to have had Zinchenko in the team for Brighton I must say.

Sicario2

Out for the rest of the season? You mean 3 games!

Saliba we knew was out for a while and if we were ever going to play Tierney it would be now whilst his stock at its highest it’s been and Zinny’s the lowest it’s been all season.

DiabyKungFu

I think the late season performances of Partey and Zinchenko make a lot of sense within the context of them being physically worn down.

Sicario2

DiabyKungFu

Yep all those mid - week European games must have taken its toll

Burnwinter

Wasn't expecting Willy back, but if you're not worried by this "back injury" by now (I have been since day one), it's time to get worried. Seems like it's a pretty fucked up issue.

goon

Burnwinter

The rumours were that he’d potentially need surgery when it first happened so yeah, it always sounded like a bad one. Good news is that he doesn’t need surgery.

May be that given we’ve only got 2 weeks to go they’ve decided to write off the season rather than risk him for the sake of one game. Hopefully he’s ready for pre-season.

Burnwinter

goon Good news is that he doesn’t need surgery.

Not sure that's such great news, as rehabilitating a back injury certainly doesn't leave you invulnerable to a recurrence. This one's a bit of a bugger any which way really.

KingslandBarge

Ornstein says Martinelli out for the season with some ankle ligament damage (he playing down concern). It was the left leg right? Same one where he underwent surgery to repair cartilage in the knee in 2020. Real bummer and hope the kid can properly enjoy his holidays.

daredevil

Zinchenko is unreliable and whilst Tierney isn't suited to the role, he's a good fullback. Selling him to Newcastle would be incredibly dumb.

Doc

Yeah. I think if we get an inverted right full back as well, which we seem to be potentially looking for.. He could do incredibly well playing the left sided Ben White role, would really suit him, great engine. Could surprise some people next year if he stays.

Burnwinter

My thinking re: Tierney is that we should let him leave if he'll only play as much as this season. Just think it's a shame for a decent player to go to waste.

The "Zinchenko role" is not for Tierney though, heck it's only for Zinchenko on a good day.

flobaba

Arteta managed Tierney very badly. Hope we keep him. Pre-injury he was being looked at as potential future captain material. There's a very good player (and excellent defender) in there even if he's not as good on the ball as Zinchenko.

Coombs

flobaba he's way too limited on the ball, and not that good defender. His absence has made everyone forget that he's very mediocre in just about everything except the overlapping run and tackling. Positional, he's never been great, and he's not very clever even when he does get to the byline.

Even if specialist LBs were in style, he's not even elite at that.

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