QuincyAbeyie It's confusing that you make it sound like you don't agree with those fans, but at the same time still think it's indicative of our depth..?
I think we're really, really good. I think the folks who seem to want us to put up 3 xG every game are being a bit silly.
lorddulaarsenal there's another Timber??
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert it's his twin brother.
QuincyAbeyie nice. Need to check him out.
Neto and Toney will be excellent, but we need to ship people out
Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert yep add to basket
lorddulaarsenal if only Black Friday was in Jan.
Neto is a must this January
Toney maybe less so if Havertz can give us that different option up top.
Havertz is one of the worst finishers in the league going by G/xG ratio. Why would you want him regularly up front?
He's not going to play as a 9 but I've noticed this season that he goes up alongside the 9 quite a lot (at goal kicks in particular, and sometimes when we're playing it around at the back) which I think is by instruction, Arteta wants to be able to stretch the opposition by having the option to go long.
Pepe LeFrits ... so I wouldn't be surprised to see a move for Toney in January
So we played Saliba through injury? Wonder what people think about that, and if they're consistent.
daredevil So we played Saliba through injury? Wonder what people think about that, and if they're consistent
No, people only care and worry about Saka. Saliba is expendable so feel free to break him.
This further proves Daredevil's point that Saka doesn't back himself and isn't elite because he didn't even bother playing against City while injured like Saliba did.
No player is 100 percent injury free.
Stop mummying them and let them play.
Nadal played with no right foot and won French Open in 2022.
For the record, I appreciate there are varying degrees of injury (for example Saka was clearly in the ‘red zone’ and shouldn’t have played v Lens). I’m no doctor but if it’s just a knock I think they can play esp if it’s a big game like Sunday was.
Being linked to JBG
JazzG This all has a strong ring of truth to it.
Exactly. Saka should take a leaf out of Saliba's book. j/k
I agree.
For me it's binary, and appears likewise for football managers. Either you can participate in training and play at your full capacity in spite of your injury, or the injury limits you from participating. In the former case, the players will almost always play, in the latter they won't, until they can participate fully in training.
and the barometer for whether a players plays on matchday or not is whether they participate in the training session before the game, and thus be declared fit.
