Arsenal 2025-2026 Thread

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TXAggie2011
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Thank goodness Kai Havertz should be back soon.
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Looking like no Gyokeres till after the break. Even with a bigger squad, we are more or less in an injury crisis in our attack.

Martinelli
Havertz
Gyokeres
Jesus
Odegaard
Madueke

That is a ridiculous injury list.
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Whats in the water over there. Have they had the same trainer staff. Same conditioning staff?

I feel like you could pull up any roster from the last 20 years, but especially during artetas time and find something similar.

Its crazy
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I'm bothered by the number of soft tissue injuries that appear to come from minimal contact. Odegaard's injury was pretty violent but the rest are frustrating.
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Very frustrating, but if we are going to have an injury crisis, now is probably the right time to have it. The defense is playing out of its mind, not the most difficult Champions League match today, and while Sunderland is good, they struggle to score and its a game we still have a good chance to grind out a win from. Then, the international break.
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Word is the Gyokeres is another hamstring injury but hopefully minimal since we pulled him off immediately.
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What are the timelines for Martinelli and Madueke returning? Or has that not been put out there yet?
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chjoak
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Think the current timeline for everyone is after the Nov international break.... Except Jesus
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A week ago our bench looked awesome. Now it looks like last year with a bunch of academy players
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chjoak said:

Think the current timeline for everyone is after the Nov international break.... Except Jesus

When do they think he'll be available? January?
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Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:

chjoak said:

Think the current timeline for everyone is after the Nov international break.... Except Jesus

When do they think he'll be available? January?

They're saying return to full training in December.
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wangus12 said:



A week ago our bench looked awesome. Now it looks like last year with a bunch of academy players

All that depth, and back to Merino starting up top again
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Wasn't all that impressed with Harriman-Annous when we saw him in the FA Cup. He's young and could still come good but I would like to see us grab a u21 ST with a little more upside in the summer to be our #3 ST next season.
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Penalty for hand ball! We'll take it!
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that was the quickest check from the monitor that I've ever seen
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SAKA!! 1 nil!!
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I thought he had a rough first half and then greatly improved in the 2nd as he grew into the match. He started showing more for the ball and making some really good runs. Really should have had a goal with the attempt that Saka finished up.
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OneBlitzer said:

Penalty for hand ball! We'll take it!

Pens count as Set Pieces right. I don't want to break our streak
chjoak
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He has some potential for sure. I'd just rather snag someone with greater immediate upside that would allow us to play Havertz in different spots (SS/AM behind the ST). Maybe snag a ST/W so we can find minutes for him in multiple spots? Maybe Yildiz for Juve (whom we have been linked)? He can play LW, ST & AM.
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I'd get killed for posting this on reddit, but man sometimes I feel like Saka goes down really easy under challenges. There are plenty of times where he gets kicked to high hell, but sometimes he goes down really easily
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Your not wrong. Sometimes the biggest defender can't take him down. Sometimes he folds at minor touches. Reflecting on that, it seems he folds when maybe the freekick would be better than whatever shot he gets from powering through?
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I think you're right. Its usually on the cut ins where its at the top corner of the box. God spot for a lefty going direct or swinging in.

But I do think refs catch on to it its why it doesn't get called.
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Merino!!!!!!!!!
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This is a small question but where is Kepa?
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There he is! Merino the super striker 2 nil!
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Merino in Europe is unstoppable! 3 nil!
chjoak
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Need to take off Rice to make sure he doesn't get a yellow. Personally, I would bring in MLS and let him play MF.
TXAggie2011
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Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:

This is a small question but where is Kepa?


Yeah mildly surprised we didn't give him this start after his good match against Brighton.

But also I bet Arteta wasn't thinking this would be a (so far) relatively straightforward 3-0 match.
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TXAggie2011 said:

Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:

This is a small question but where is Kepa?


Yeah mildly surprised we didn't give him this start after his good match against Brighton.

But also I bet Arteta wasn't thinking this would be a (so far) relatively straightforward 3-0 match.


Also, even if he was playing he wouldn't be getting much work
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Low bar for yellow cards both ways today.
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Another thought on the young ST front..... curious if Dowman may have a future as a #9? He's already 6' at 15yo and I've read that his dad is 6'2". Don't see him getting as thick as VG but he could be a quicker Havertz.
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Ghost of Andrew Eaton said:

This is a small question but where is Kepa?


Sick I believe
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Wow a VAR overturn for us.
chjoak
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If that was to be a foul it should have been on the Slavia player. White got all ball. Slavia player kicked White on the follow through.
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chjoak said:

If that was to be a foul it should have been on the Slavia player. White got all ball. Slavia player kicked White on the follow through.


Yep just we never get those calls in EPL
 
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