Injury bug bit us again.

Big Gabi down. Knee? We're jinxed!

looks like hammy

MIKEL MERINO!

Merino! Dude just finds the back of the net. Appreciate what he's done for Arsenal this season.

Gotta be getting close to Saka Time

Yep. Here he comes. Saka on for Nwaneri.

BUKAYO SAKA!

Saka! 2 nil

Nice assist from Martinelli!

I'm definitely not sad seeing ESR out there in purple high-fiving Saka coming on

3 points

Put the pressure on Liverpool and see what happens. Good win overall

At what point does the club start investigating the cause of all these soft tissue injuries?

Hope y'all are ready for the terror lineup of MLS-Kiwior-Saliba-Partey against Madrid next week. Definitely reminds me of 2006 when our back 4 was completely makeshift as well against RM.

If White and Timber are fit enough to play (I think big Gabi is done for at least a month, possibly more), I'd start both of them over Kiwior. Have Timber at RB, White at RCB and move Saliba to LCB

Ah yes, the Herculean matchup the world has been waiting to see.....Thomas Partey vs Vinicius Junior

Gabriel officially out for the season

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Gabriel officially out for the season

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Ugh, this season!

Guess we gotta hold onto our butts in the CL!

So just for the fun update. We currently have 24 players in the first team squad. Here is how much time they've missed.

GK:
Raya - (Available)
Neto - (Available)

DF:
Saliba - (Available) Missed 2 matches w/ hamstring
Tierney - (Available) Missed first 18 matches (nearly 4 months) w/ hamstring injury from Euros
White - (Injured again?) Knee injury + surgery. Has missed 26 matches and 3.5 months.
Gabriel - (Out for Season) Will miss a total of 15 matches/2.5 months out total
Timber - (Unknown) Has missed 5 games with a couple knocks
Kiwior - (Available) Boris level invincibility
Zinny - (Available) Has missed 12 matches and nearly 2 months with injuries in fall
Tomiyasu - (Out for Season) Has missed entire season except 1 match with knee injuries
Calafiori - (Currently Injured) Has missed 14 matches so far. Has been injured for total of 2.5 months
MLS - (Available) Missed 3 games over 2 weeks in late Nov.

Midfield:
Partey - (Available) Shockingly has only missed 1 match this season
Odegaard - (Available) Missed 13 matches (2 months) due to ankle injury
Jorginho - (Available)
Merino - (Available) Missed 8 matches, most due to shoulder injury. Just over a month out
Rice - (Available) 1 match with broken toe in CL

Forwards:
Saka - (Available) 21 matches over just 3 months with hamstring. Right at 1/3rd of the season.
Jesus - (Out for Season) ACL 25 matches and 4 months + next half season.
Martinelli - (Available) 4 matches (1 month) due to hamstring
Trossard - (Available)
Havertz - (Out for Season) Hamstring tear - 18 matches and 4 months out.
Sterling - (Available) Who actually cares. 4 matches over 2 weeks in Christmas
Nwaneri - (Available) 4 matches over 2 weeks.

read this morning that we had missed (will miss) 180 "man matches" this season due to injury and that was before Big Gabi.

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Happy St. Totteringham's Day

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It came especially early this year.

Ange is a gift that keeps on giving. And the fact that he hates spurs fans after they cheered losing to City last year makes it better

Terrible call

Yep.

https://bsky.app/profile/theshortfuse.bsky.social/post/3lm32iuygv72h

Bad call but our lack of offense is still the main issue

And Liverpool getting thumped so far by Fulham…

Arsenal doing buy one get on free on drinks tomorrow night, what can go wrong with that?

Seeing claims that conversations with Nico Williams have stalled over wage demands. Supposedly looking for a salary that would make him our highest earner.

He is far too inconsistent to be in a position to become our highest earner.