Burnwinter You don't rate Saka highly enough to think he is capable?

    Leaker says Saka will play against Citeh before deleting the tweet

      Who leaked it? @m8arteta?

      i thought con harrison was an english person. he spelled "his" like how someone with borat's accent pronounces it.

      https://www.arsenal.com/news/arteta-whether-saka-will-be-fit-man-city

      “He is in contention, we'll see how he progresses from here to Sunday,” the boss said. “Obviously he had to leave the pitch [against RC Lens], that's never good news, but let's see how he recovers.”

      I'm worried he is going to end up out for a long time if this continues. He better be on the bench only.

      Nice 1 Southgate calling him up for the break too plonker. Hope he withdraws.

      Yeah I don't trust Arteta with that call to leave him out. If he is not crocked I feel he is going to play him whatever is going on in terms of carrying injuries.

      managers and players aren't suppose to make this call.

        We are going to wilshere our Starboy.

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        Meatwad managers absolutely should. And that's what disappoints me the most in Arteta. Managers should be able to save certain players from themselves. Imagine how far Saka would go for us, how much more of himself he would be willing to give. The boy has been digging deep, exhausted since last season. Players would run through walls for him, and for Arsenal.

        And instead of saving such players from themselves he just lets them.

            flobaba
            his job depends on wins and losses. he doesn't plan on being the arsenal manager in 3-5 years if things go according to plan (and if it goes the other way he'll be fired) so why would he care if arsenal fans get to enjoy saka when he's 27 years old? ride him until the wheels fall off. that's why someone who is paid to evaluate whether a player is match fit and doesn't need rest should be the one making that decision. concussion protocols now exist because nobody gave a shit about the players including themselves, so take it out of their hands.

                Meatwad his job depends on wins and losses. he doesn't plan on being the arsenal manager in 3-5 years if things go according to plan (and if it goes the other way he'll be fired) so why would he care if arsenal fans get to enjoy saka when he's 27 years old?

                I get people think Arteta should rest Saka more (I'm inclined to agree) but this is some hot take. Not sure where you're getting this from.

                    Don Pacifico
                    a hot take that managers don't give a shit about anything other than their job? why should they care about anything else? or that arteta doesn't plan on being here long term?

                    anyway, he doesn't have an incentive to save players from themselves, it's a what have you done for me lately job.

                      Imo it's a hot take that humans don't give a shit about the people they work closely with and don't care about breaking them if they they have plans of switching jobs.

                      That and the notion that Arteta isn't planning on being here beyond 3 years.

                      I think it’s on Arteta fwiw and don’t really understand the odd complex he has with Saka. Even out of short term self interest, you’d think he’d want to manage his best players conditioning especially when he’s not in great form.

                      At the same time I don’t think it’s as dramatic and exciting as some of you lot make out.

                      FWIW I don't think anyone's particularly excited about the Saka situation.

                      Not meeting up with England (good) but hope the injury isn't too bad. Hasn't trained since Lens, which I don't really know what to read into.

                      Considering he was originally in the squad am hoping this is just a precaution. Also he could do with a couple weeks off, has had a few little knocks recently.

                      Southgates an idiot, he doesn't need Saka for those games and has the room to rest him. He should be thinking about Sakas levels at the actual tournament.

                      BBC have just reported that England have confirmed Saka will be unavailable for international duty in this window.

                      On the other hand it could be a worry that the injury might be worse than we thought. Hope he recovers well.

                      Honestly, what would have happened if they'd said he was fit? I wonder how this whole topic was as handled between Gaz and Mick...

                        Don Pacifico if they say he's fit then they can play him. Arteta has no way to stop it, if we push the issue we could be fined and player could be suspended.

                          Clrnc I don't think he technically can. I remember someone getting in trouble with their nation over it, think it was Kante, the French threatened him with some sort of sanction. Most nations wont call out their players like that. Roy Keane always did it to Ireland, Giggs to Wales, etc but I think they can pursue punishment if they want.

                            Hasn't Southgate effectively banished Sterling and Pope for the same reason?

                            But yeah, nations have a right to inspect the players themselves when clubs claim they're injured.

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