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William Saliba

Don Pacifico

Hang on, have you guys read the article? Not sure much of the above is the take-out I would get from what's said.

lorddulaarsenal

The kid is unreal. At no point did it enter my mind “oh shit we’re up against Haaland here”

RocktheCasbah

I found myself saying to Jo, we were him not getting injured away from winning the league. I'm not sure that's actually true, but we would have picked up more points with him in the team than we did without him. Great to see him back.

Mirth

Legit claim to be the best player in our team.

Don Pacifico

Barely noticed Haaland was playing.

JazzG

Rolls Royce

Clrnc

Out of all the things we did in the summer, he's our most important signing. Without him everything else falls apart. What a player

Claudius

Clrnc with the integration of Kiwior and Timber, I’m not too worried about a Sskiba injury. There will still be a big fall off. The injury wa I’m most worked about now would be Odegaard and Saka. Vieira would have gigantic boots to fill for either guy. Everything else is manageable.

Btw, I’m fine with this. If City lost KDB, nobody would replace him. So lacking back iOS to elite players is not unusual

Qwiss

Claudius The injury wa I’m most worked about now would be Odegaard and Saka. Vieira would have gigantic boots to fill for either guy.

That'd be the biggest fall off in any position if it happened (assuming Raya comes in). However I think we could use other players in those roles and be stronger. Trossard at RW isn't natural but much better than Vieira there. In midfield you could play 3 from Partey, Rice, Havertz, Trossard, ESR and Jorginho and be stronger.

goon

We have options everywhere now and hopefully that will make us much more resilient.

If pre-season is anything to go by, it looks like Arteta intends to make us much more fluid too in terms of lineups and the players we use, which should dampen the shock of injuries.

If we play a few games with ESR in for Ode for example, then it will be a much easier transition if the latter picks up an injury.

Qwiss

goon I hope you are right but we'll have to wait and see. Could just be that he wanted to look at options in pre-season. He's been very consistent in his selections so far, it'd be a big departure to change like that now but he's shown quick evolution on some of his ideas before so its definitely possible.

goon

Qwiss

Yeah time will tell. I think he’ll take a leaf out of Pep’s book. Heavy rotation in the first part of the season and then settle into a go-to lineup for the run in.

Panda

Agree we have better cover for Odegaard than we do for Saka. I would play Martinelli/Nelson there and switch Trossard to LW. Even Jesus RW and Trossard up front. Although Arteta usually just plugs the gap without moving anyone else around.

On Saliba, he looks back to his best. Well on his way to becoming one of the best defenders in the world.

Qwiss

goon last season I thought Pep did that out of a lack of a working plan more than anything. He rested DeBrunye very carefully even late in the season too, rested before most CL games. I know our lads are younger but Saka and Odegaard will need that sort of minding if we want them to go the distance.

Sicario2

Arguably our most important player, even more so than Saka/Ode.

banduan

Part of the reason we signed Timber I feel was to fit the profile of a technically proficient recovery defender. Despite the fact that their personalities are so different.

JazzG

He has also pulled out of the France squad as he played this game with an injury, good stuff.

Sicario2

MOM of the match for me.

Saliba, Partey, Rice, Jesus.

That is a title winning spine if I ever saw one.

tazmania

Monster. Amazing player

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