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Has arteta cooked our players?

QuincyAbeyie

daredevil Until someone on the internet can show how to manage a top-flight squad competing for multiple honours, while somehow avoiding injuries altogether, I have very little appetite for these kinds of discussions.

Lol. What does avoiding injuries altogether have to do with anything? Nobody has suggested that resting players will result in zero injuries.

daredevil

QuincyAbeyie

Altogether, a 50% reduction, 25% reduction - whatever reduction in injuries you think is achievable by an approach that Arteta and other football managers are oblivious to - be sure to share it - you could make millions.

QuincyAbeyie

daredevil cool. Whenever you have an opinion about a player we should sign, make sure to tell it to Arteta as well because you make millions. Actually, whenever you remotely disagree with anything that happens in the football world, be it lineups, signings or subs - you should tell it to the person in charge at that club.

QuincyAbeyie

daredevil Cool. I'll just assume that you will never voice an opinion on here, whether it's a referee decision, United/Chelsea/Tottenham have done something stupid, some club has made a wrong sub or lineup, without also informing said club that you know better than those in charge there.

Burnwinter

Gurgen the intensity of play is much higher now.

It's not even about the amount they're playing or at least not until they're injured by one of the 110% actions they're continually attempting.

Claudius

It’s both the frequency and intensity. If you’re going to be pushing your body hard, it needs recovery, not games every 3-4 days.
The money men won’t fix the schedule. So clubs will either need to buy more stars, or change playing styles to reduce sprints for breaking and pressing

Claudius

It’s both the frequency and intensity. If you’re going to be pushing your body hard, it needs recovery, not games every 3-4 days.
The money men won’t fix the schedule. Do clubs will either need to buy more stars, or change playing styles to reduce breaking and pressing

Gurgen

I was watching some extended highlights from the early 2000's and it was basically walking pace compared to now. Every PL game is war.

daredevil

Gurgen

I remember watching the Wolves games and being astonished how hard they were fighting for every ball when they were chasing the game.

Dom

There have been studies into how locomotion patterns have changed in football in the last few decades.

Top players are not running more than they were 20 years ago, but the number of sprints has increased quite dramatically.

Football in the last ten years or so is now bursts of high speed followed by prolonged slow play. We see that clearly with Arsenal.

Coombs

Football has always been a game of intermittent sprinting. Now they are both more frequent and at higher speeds. Distance covered has also gone up, but it is soft-capped due to physical constraints (i.e. pitch size, etc.) as well as the game itself.

Gazza M

Klaus

Some sort of procedure haha. "It involves a doctor and some tools I believe, possibly anaesthetics."

Burnwinter

Klaus Some sort of procedure

Others have disputed this, but rest assured I'm continuing to hear Mr ITK is also reliably informed by his sources Arsenal remain committed to advancing the use of some sort of tactics next season. This outlook is entirely separate to the lack of appetite at the club to change its name. However, I'm not obliged to comment on either of these files at this time: I'll give full details when the time is right.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

HoA is a complete cretin.

Gunner89

getfootballnewsfrance.com/2026/arsenal-anticipate-4-5-month-layoff-for-william-saliba/

Saliba out till new year

JazzG

Gunner89 The L'equipe article doesn't mention any time scale.

The fact that Saliba, Rice and Saka are in this kind of physical condition is simply not acceptable, the squad management cannot continue like this and we have a very big month coming up in the transfer window. Our squad isn't ready for next season.

Sicario2

Next season we are fucked.

Good thing we celebrated the 22 years so hard. At lesst we will always have that.

GooneriC

We should forget the title next season. Put all the effort into staying top 5 and FA Cup / CL runs

Gunner89

nah use the player's prime ages to the fullest when the only real challenger is that fraud maresca

go in with proven players, make bold decisions for sales if needed

MistaT

Need to sign a RB if Saliba is out.

Can't trust Timber and White to be fit, and we just lost our emergency cover in Mosquera.

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