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Saka

Meatwad

Tam
at least rice had that long international break off. saka chose to play for england, rice chose rest.

TambourineMan

Dude needs to do more Bulgarains.

awooga83

Tam this I was thinking we would be trying to give him an easier run in given the problems he's had. It's gutting one for him if it sits him out for months. It also is hard to assess that his body is just not going to be upto it after what he's gone through

Meatwad

great opportunity for dowman.

Gurgen

Saka is a victim of overplaying upon overplaying. I fear he is done as a world class player, we need to start looking for a plan B. It’s shameful the way we have handled his fitness and career over the years.

awooga83

Gurgen yep not a conclusion you want to come to but this becoming multiple years of problems for him it's hard to not admit it's impacted him and limited what we hoped he'd become which needs major changes to our attacking talent to accommodate now.

Qwiss

Tam I wonder if a good stretch off where he was actually able to rehab would sort it all out. Look at Ode, he was rushed back time after time but then got a proper break and now he's back to his best.

MistaT

Qwiss different styles of injuries though.

Odegaard had a serious ankle injury that was likely bone and ligament. Once those are healed you don't drop off because it doesn't necessarily impact/degrade the muscle, though tendinitis and other issues may arise in the future.

Saka is struggling with injuries to major muscles that bind his lower body together. If his hamstring is shot, he'll be overcompensating with other muscles and putting them at risk. He'll also have stiffened up considerably and in doing so last his burst/pace.

I think a better comparison for Saka would be someone who's done their ACL.

SimplyTheBest

Qwiss I think you're on the money here, Qwiss. Maybe we ought to just write him off for the season and let him actually recover.

JazzG

Qwiss Agreed, clearly we aren't going to rest him otherwise so having 6-8 weeks out now and let him get on top of all the niggles he has and then come back strong for the 2nd half of the season.

Meatwad

MistaT
bellerin.

Qwiss

Meatwad Xavi

Mirth

If he comes back in 6-8 weeks and still looks like this would you be worried?

Qwiss

Mirth worried about what? I still think he's been our best attacking player this season. If he comes back at the same level I'm fine with that. I would like him to come back a bit freer in his movement and with some burst restored but he's still an excellent player without that. I heard people saying things like "but he'll never be Salah level" and I think yeah but no one at Arsenal has been at that level since Henry. Saka is still class.

Mirth

Qwiss I still think he's been our best attacking player this season

You keep saying this but our attack is pretty poor so it’s damning with the faintest of praise.

I don’t think he’s been a top attacker in Europe for over a year now and that’s the real worry.

To be clear, he’s still someone that walks into the starting 11 for us but we can’t build the team around him

Qwiss

Mirth so if he comes back and he's only this good he still walks into the team then. The way I see it we have a lot of issues to fix before I start worrying about Saka.

FEBravo

There was a time where as soon as he ended up 1v1, either because we caught the other team out or a European team was foolish enough to try it, he could do whatever he wanted, inside or outside and create a good chance. It's not the case anymore. He's still an outstanding player, but not one of the top 3 or so right wingers in the world he was 2 years ago

Tam

Qwiss I may be reading too much into the meaning of @Mirth ’s original comment, but I’d rather take our time and have Saka back firing in 10 weeks than have him back at this level in 6-8 weeks.

Gurgen

Saka’s body has seen Nadal style torture. It’s sad to think we might never see him at his best again. He was so elite in every way.

Claudius

Gurgen it’s sad to watch. But it happens. Dembele lost most of his career and he could be the most talented of his generation. We also just lost him, Kvara, Semenyo, Saka and Luis Diaz in one match week. Hard to come to any conclusions because some of these guys are famously coddled but it’s not good for the game if we can’t see the biggest names facing each other when we turn on the television.

Irishgunner

Big opportunity for Dowman this - exciting

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