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Calafiorication

JazzG

Something about him, a real maverick on the pitch. Defends a bit liberally at times but has something about him.

QuincyAbeyie

Saying he's a healthy streak away is like saying he's still a long way from people realizing it.

banduan

I like watching this guy play, there's some some sort of manic elegance about him. Thing is I also like watching Myles play. That's some conundrum there. Blessed to have them both.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Sicario2 his technique is so crisp. That's why I could see him making a quality midfielder.

Don Pacifico

Was Sunday his first match for us at CB (may have got a few minutes in another fixture but don't remember)?

I really like him as an option to bring on when we need his ability on the ball to both give us more control in transition and more threat in attack. I expected to see gaping holes at points when Newcastle broke but it didn't seem to really happen if my memory serves me correctly (maybe once when Kiwior made a last ditch tackle...?).

banduan

Don Pacifico Was Sunday his first match for us at CB

it was, though he was barely there... it was like we had two inverted left backs.

Sicario2

Can’t be considered for next season for me

RowJimmy

Sicario2
Not as if you're making decisions for the club.

HomeSteak

I looked it up, he has missed 119 days and 28 games in his first season with us(+Sotton game and whatever days he missed, I'm not even adding that).
In general he misses 100 days and 25 games per season, so this is his regular season lol.

He had a huge ligament injury in his knee in his first season, something went wrong, as he fucked it up again the second he came back after...since then he has had 12 muscular injuries, almost all on his hamstring, and a few more injuries to his knee. We have seen this happening before. We fucked up big with him.

JazzG

Hopefully after a proper preseason and good rest this summer things might improve. The injuries are worrying though

Panda

on Riccardo Calafiori missing out:
We pushed Richy a lot to make sure that he
was fit for the last few games and he was
two, three weeks ahead of schedule in his
injury. He's been constantly dragged into
areas where he was really, really stretched
and he wasn't comfortable the last week or
two. With a lot of things, he still wanted to
carry on but we decided to give him a break.
He needs a rest, he needs to now make sure
that he has proper preparation, a clear
pre-season and give him the best chance to
have a successful season next season.

Sounds like they left him out for his own good. Let's hope he can manage a full pre-season without injury and build from there.

If his availability continues in the same way next season it would be a real shame and we'd have to start thinking about cutting our losses.

Claudius

Panda let’s give him and others the summer to rest and repair. There are several guys on the team that just need to get fit. And the overall poor health of the squad probably makes it harder for all players given the extra work one needs to do to cover out-of-form players.

Coombs

I don't have a lot of hope.

Sicario2

I think we need to sign another LB this window or keep Zinny. I don’t trust Ricky to stay fit, he’s made out of fucking glass. Shame as he could be a top, top player for us and offers something unique but he could easily be the next Tomiasyu for us.

lorddulaarsenal

What’s the news on him?

Sicario2

@"lorddulaarsenal"#

As you can tell I got a massive pet hate for injury prone players as they give the impression our squad is better than it is. But availability is huge if you want really claim you have a deep squad not just numbers.

awooga83

Sicario2 the frustration is the was reluctance to sign him from the board due to injury issues but Arteta pushed for it. It's looking like an awful decision to give his way on this.

lorddulaarsenal

Yep that is a concern with him. But Zinny can go.

MLS, Timber and Kiwior can cover left back

And Kiwior and Mosquera can spot Gabriel

USArsenal

I dont think its anything serious with Cala.. A small tweak in a pretty physical pre-season game. He'll be OK im sure. I just hope his little '2 weeks here and there' niggles don't continue throughout the whole year. He needs a run in the team to get up to speed.

Dom

USArsenal

Paying over £40m for a guy who tore every ligament in his knee is honestly negligent and stupid.

Tendons from Calafiori's hamstrings and/or quadriceps would've been harvested to reconstruct ligaments in his knees.

It's a worse injury for a footballer than Ramsey's leg break because other parts of the leg are partially weakened to fix the busted knee. I enjoy watching Calafiori, but he ain't going to be playing more than 20 games a season in the PL.

HomeSteak

Pay him to fuck off like we did Tomyiasu. Need a real player

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