Gibbs and Djourou added to injury list ahead of Liverpool game
The Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has invested heavily in his team this year and is expected by the new owners at Anfield to be challenging for a Champions League place this season, and this weekends game against Arsenal will be a big test of their credentials.
But Arsenal are looking decidedly shaky going into the game. Arsene Wenger should really concentrate on keeping his best side fit for the return leg of the Champions League Qualifier at Udinese, but he can hardly afford to field a weakened team against Liverpool.
Gervinho and Alex Song are already on the missing list for both the Liverpool and Man Utd games after their “over-reaction” last week at Newcastle and with Abou Diaby and Jack Wilshere out injured, and of course the departures of Nasri and Fabregas, the midfield is looking weaker and weaker by the minute.
Now the news has come in that both Kieran Gibbs and Johann Djourou suffered hamstring problems in last night´s game against Udinese and are set to be on the sidelines this weekend as well. Arsenal released a statement which said: “Kieran Gibbs and Johan Djourou both picked up minor hamstring problems during Arsenal’s 1-0 win over Udinese on Tuesday night.
“Gibbs was replaced by Djourou at half time and the Swiss defender was in turn replaced by Carl Jenkinson 10 minutes later.
“Both players could miss Saturday’s game against Liverpool.”
God help us if anything happens to either Thomas Vermaelen or Laurent Koscielny in the meantime, or Arsenal could be subject to the “Curse of the Squid” next week…..
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forget quality signing, at the moment we just need to sign pair of legs!!!
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Its gonna be a bumpy ride! We brought this on ourself!
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from what was on display last night, Rosicky needs to be dropped. you’d need two hands to count the number of times he gave the ball at dangerous positions. play frimpong and song in front of our CB and ramsey as the AM/playmaker.
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also what on earth is going on with chamakah? i hear a lot of pundits say that he’s short on confidence, but he was completely lethargic last night; looking completely disinterested in the game. We’d fared better with bendtner…
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Chamkh n rosicky were disgrace!!we nid a strong LB n 2 mid. Othaiz 4 livpul n man u game we gona b f*cd!
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Just look at what’s happening wt our squard now, may b dat day, Aw himself ‘ll play d role of center bck. U can nevr eat ur cake n have it.
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A lot of pundits are saying that we will finish 5th this seasons and maybe win only carling cup….i’m starting to believe them…our real curse is Arsene attitude and the board
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wilshere might be back for tht game
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Our game style is definitely a problem that needs super-urgent addressing. Too many injuries happen too often.
Of course other teams suffer injury, of course their players are sidelined as well, but not as so many at the same time or so often as with Arsenal.
Why has no one done anything about this obvious problem?
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Really really really scared about this season. “Only want to buy quality” chamakh, jenkinson, shitaquli. I mean jesus was it just me that saw how we played second half last night? Was like they were playing a friendly! We will have to say bye bye champs league this season and for a good few seasons to come. With 2 weeks left to buy someone I’ve lost all hope.
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We gonna be f*ckd hard this time. I wont show the games against Liverpool and ManU in my night club. Most kids in Africa are not excited any more about Arsenal!
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play walcott upfront!!.. its simple math look at the number of successful crosses and number of shot on target… play him as a striker of sell him HE IS NOT A WINGER for crying out loud!
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Play 442 with frimpong and Rambo in the middle. Theo and RVP upfront! Arshavin and gervinho at the wing. Not too shabby I say.
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this is what we suffer if our manager has refused to purchase !
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Everyone has to remember that Arsenal are just going through a dip. Man U didn’t win the title for 26 yrs at one point in time, Liverpool 21 yrs and Man City 35yrs and look where they are now! Sometimes trophies are hard to come by, and the one thing not to do is panic when we have the right manager.In the last six years, it’s been clear that Arsenal have not been able to spend huge amounts on the team because they’ve invested £390million in a stadium to set themselves up for the next 60 years, not for the next six years. They’ve invested in the infrastructure of the club and it’s a sustainable model. That’s why in 50 years’ time, Arsenal will still be a great football club.
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SMH for us this season…judging from what i’ve seen on this squad,then i lose hope for this season and considering the fact that the market closes in 14days…the best we can get is a CB.
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I completely agree with Teck…if only Arsenal could play 4-4-2 we would open up defences better…the pace of the game last night was excellent…I want to see Gervinho and Walcott on the wings more often. Song played his ass off yesterday and Chamakh didn’t do shit…
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There is no hiding the fact that we need a defensive holding midfield player,at least one quality centre back(Cahill,needs to be bought now ),and a quality left back(what was wrong with Enrique)?And we want a central creative playmaker.
No sign of any of these!!!
We were dead lucky against Udinese,woeful at Newcastle(still should have won)and look at the next 2 fixtures!
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The main thing was our effort and the willingness to play as a team. That is the only way to respond to losing Fabregas and Nasri. It will not be enough for the whole season but encouraging. Sagna, Ramsey and Vermaalen were key. Walcott looked tuned in. Chamakh is clearly not the player we all thought he might be. Rosicky huffed and puffed and looked shattered when he came off. Song and Gervinho being suspended is plain stupidity. Same old same old with the injuries..Djhorou and Gibbs(who has impressed). Team for Liverpool..anyones guess: Wilshire doubt, Gibbs doubt, No Gervinho or Song
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Stubborn Wenger!!! Arsenal fans do not deserve this from u
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Is the curse of the squid already here? TV to the left and KOS and Squid in the middle?
Can’t really see him playing Jenkinson or Traore out left so things are looking even worse for our defence.
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Well Arsene would learn now but nothing seems to teach him a lesson. The free fall after carlin cup loss to birham – no lesson. Lost automatic CL place- no lesson. Nasri, clichy, fab etc insist on leaving- no lesson. Perseason injuries to key players-no lesson. 3match ban for 2 key players on season opener-no lesson. Further injuries to Djorou, Gibbs 3 days later-no lesson. ALL fans begging for reinforcement considering previous experience-no lesson. Reasons are ready: my captain and myself will be in Italy next week-no shaking. Liverpool and man u will be taught a lesson – games are not won by spending money. Remember, I am arsene wizard, I achieve the impossible. The board is always behind me.
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this is now getting ridiculous. wenger has just said on arsenal.com that getting Joel campbell is “a gamble worth taking”. when is wenger going to realise that now is NOTt the time to gamble with so many fans already fed up with him and his transfers. wenger said: “it is important to look at quality, not the price tag”. I have had enough of this because I just don’t understand why he won’t buy more experienced players and splash the cash for one season and hopefully make up the money by actually getting a trophy or proceeding in the CL. last night was clear that we need more players. not only do we need at least one other centre back, but now we probably need a left back. furthermore, we are in desperate need of someone creative in midfield!! yesterday was appalling. there was no creativity, no one successfully getting past their man with flair and basically no skill. we were lucky yesterday but, knowing arsenal, this luck won’t last. wenger get a damn centre back and stop putting it off when u should have sorted this out months ago! get two creative midfielders at whatever cost and possibly a left back. a fast, Ronaldo-type winger would be nice as none of our players take anyone on, preferring to pass backwards when on the wing. wenger, I am not the only frustrated arsenal fan out there so do it quick.
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I pray Wenger should die for his mismanagement in beloved teas instead of seeing my beloved Arsenal loss totally as we begins using amateur as Wenger strong pole. chalmak, ramsey,walcot,and rosicky are all Wenger bribery players. Wenger is sharing from there wages I guest. Because is becoming abnormal as this Idiot manager having rubbishes as excuses
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to be fair on the current squad.wenger needs to uplift them with new signings to give them confidence.TV5,sagna,sczesny,RVP,wilshere,ramsey and probably kocielny are the only good things in this teams so far.we need someone to lift their spirit big time.
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We also need a defensive coach who can do tactics … and a new game plan. But we won’t get one.
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i will be disastrous for arsenal this season. no mildfield, no attack, no defence. too bad wenger just too bad
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when wenger like to keep player who all are made of glass so what can we do….this is not new news i have been hearing since 2002 and at the end wenger will say we lost our title or cup bcz of injuries.
fcuk wenger out!!!!!!!
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its high time we gunners get up and smell the coffee..some gunners think if u criticize the way things r being done in our team then u aint a true gunner…fuck that, wenger has messsed us up for real..he had this whole transfer window to strenghten the team,he wastes all this time and now look at us..whiles other serious teams are now working on making their teams gel we r here still struggling with rumours..are we serious at all????
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Carroll will have a party with our short men…. Buy Samba until saturday…
———Szczesny
Sagna Samba Koscielny Traore
——Ramsey Frimpong
Walcott Arshavin AOC/Ryo
———–RvP
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Gibbs injured? Never saw that one coming…………….
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Jan vertonghen is the man to buy. him and vermaelen would be a solid partnership at the back. hazard on the wing and another defensive midfielder like ever banega and we will be good to go!
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I’m really pissed that he doesnt seem to be fixing our problems right now, but any of you who think this is going to be the end for Arsenal are stupid. It was obviously gonna be tough for a while after the move but putting £390m into investing for a new stadium is what will keep us safe for years. Arsenal and Man Utd will always be big clubs now. It’s clear Wenger and the Board are too focused on finishing our debt problems and are being ignorant to the problems right infront of them. Yes we’ll probably fall this year but I honestly dont think we’ll be waiting too long for a trophy, especially as the only two clubs bringing in more money than us are Utd and Madrid and we arent in shitloads of debt or spending more than we earn like they are…
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Can somebody tell me where Armand Traore is please.
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Shambles total shambles! Wenger knew cesc and Samir were and are leaving the fact we haven’t signed adequate player and keep signing kids is killing our club! Yes we have quality but two knocks and two suspensions and we are on out backside already! Total mismanagement
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AW is trying to play the type of football that he seems to know nothing about I don know when he ĺl get it right but at the moment arsnl are so predictable and its just a matter of time before we start get beaten week after week I don see this team competing with manutd,chelski,mancity,lvpool, even spurs I don even expect a 5th position AW really S.U.C.K.S
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is it me thats starting to belive all the media and pundits
when they said we will finishe 5th.
are team is falling apart from players leaving and injuries.
and is anyone suprised in gibbbs being injoured.
so what nmow we going to use traore who coudnt get in the porsmouth team .
is that what arsenal have come to
also using rosicky in the middle
we are going down hill
unless we bring in 2-3 players and pray that we stop getting this injouris
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If arsenal going on like dis without signing a player may be they are going to end season with 6-8 position,arsenal need a lot of player to strength the team b4 they will be competing with all titles they participate on.arsenal need a bench.
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I agreee. We have one of the best first teams in europe, but we need a good bench because the players in that first team never seem to stay fit for long…
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In arsene we trust,let us put arsenal hope on him,sooner or later mr wenger(coach of the decade) we sign quality player. GUNNERS FOR LIFE.
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On 01/09/2011 Wenger and Ivan need to be honest to the fans. Either –
1) They would have made the big signings they themselves mentioned at the close of last season and should clearly explain then the direction they are taking for the future – none of this ‘we were very close last season’ crap because Mr Wenger you won’t close. You finished fourth. Thats 3 positions away.
2) They do not make signings – Firstly apologise for misleading the fans. Then clearly explain that this team is no back at where we were 5 years ago and that it will take another 5 years to get to where we were last season under the clubs current policy.
Too many restless fans now mostly because they were told money would be spent to strengthen and instead the team is actually weaker. At least with honesty many fans will appreciate the situation.
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Wenger must be sacked ASAP!! Wenger has well and truly lost the plot!! I don’t blame Nasri or cesc to want to leave us for a real football club and not Arsenal academy whom buy talented kids, then sell them when they become world class!! WE NEED TO CHANGE FROM A ADAMEMY TO CLUB WHO IS HUNGRY FOR SUCCESS!!
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I don’t understand most of the above comments, and i’ve been wondering if we were watching the same game. I think our defense was superb, our midfield was strong(except when song became a little bit tired on the final minutes of the second half), but our attack is not dangerous enough with chamakh upfront. It’s been a long time since i saw arsenal play with not just creativity, but resilience and killing intense. Oke, the result was not optimal, but every player played with their heart. Rosicky was superb, the only thing missing was his long distance shoots. The back four were superb, even jenkinson, except djurou (a little shaky).
All we need now is another cb to get rid “the curse of the squid”, and put another striker above chamakh in the pecking order (bendtner, afobe, or anyone else please).
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Mr wenger u must make direct replacement for Cesc and Nasri, M’villa and Hazard.
remaining amount sign Hugo rogdella/loic remy bcz Chamakh he is worst then Bendtner.
budhet for CB should be from mr kroenke. no maore game wenger this time.
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Elvi, please explain how M’Villa is a direct replacement for either Cesc or Samir?
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Players Wenger should buy:
Moussa Sow has said he wants to leave Lille and play at Arsenal. Highest scorer in Ligue 1 last season. Wenger, BUY HIM. He WANTS to play for YOUR team and he can score goals. 25 goals in fact. He’s only 25 years old and won the league with Gervinho so there’s automatic chemistry there. He can fill in for RvP or play as a second striker.
Juan Mata is your answer to Samir Nasri but he’s smarter and like Moussa Sow, he’s experienced but not old at the age of 23. Great left winger and well within your price range.
Jadson is experienced and is a centre-attacking midfielder. You already want him, buy him.
Those three players are likely to cost less than 50,000,000 pounds and Arsenal well and truly has this much money! In fact, Ramsey is so good now that you don’t even need Jadson.
I don’t know who but buy a solid defensive mid-fielder to pair up with Alex Song. Arsenal needs to be able to play defensively if we want to go far in the Champions League. Win the home game, draw the away game. But preferably win it. Simple.
Sakho is young and a brilliant LB/CB and he is one of the youngest captains in the history of football. Buy him.
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@Baz
You clearly hate Arsenal, on every article you’re incredibly rude about Wenger, and now you have insulted the club. The things you say make it obvious that you know less than nothing about football. You think Na$ri and Cesc are going because of Arsenal? Idiot. Na$ri’s leaving for money, he’s going to a club who are going to double his wages (He’s just a greedy C*nt), and Cesc is going back home, to the best footballing side ever, who he has supported his whole life. You’re not an Arsenal fan.
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@ gunner u don’t know, as u are a idiot!! You my friend are a very stupid AKB!! both them players left due to lack of ambition from Wenger and the club, ok who will Wenger replace these two world class players with??? Either with nobody as we got kids coming through to take their places to keep the academy running, or he will replace them with more kids to strengthen his academy. Lol u idiot I am a true fan of the old Arsenal the working mans club that wanted to compete and win things, this shambals that Wenger has turned as into!! I SUPPORT ARSENAL FC NOT ARSEN’S ACADEMY!! So gunner go do one u loser!!
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@baz i support u a lot @gooner u are a stupid idiotic senseless twerp!any one if we are to be truthful n fair i think Koscienly is our best cb now irrespective of his mistake at de carling cup final bcos he uses both legs incredibly,a gud passer n a very wise tackler if a cb should be bought i think he should be paired wid kosc n Verm moved to left back.our team 4-2-3-1. 1.sczszensy 2.sagna 4.kosc 5.Samba 3.Verm Song wilshere 7.Hazard 8.Rambo 11.Gerv 9. RVP
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@Baz
Everything you say is untrue. Everyone knows that Cesc left because he loves Barca, and he gave his support to Wenger after leaving. Stfu with your lack of ambition bollocks. Na$ri’s a greedy bast*rd and Cesc left to go home. Simple. People who love the club (Dixon, Henry, Parlour) know that Wenger’s still the man. Also, Wenger came along in 1996, and we won the league the year after. Before that we hadn’t won or come second in the league for seven years. Also, by “working mans club” you mean boring, 1-0 Arsenal of the 70s and 80s right? Well f*ck that, i like nice football, and financial solvency.
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@george.where is Vermalean in ur squad?think well idiot
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@gunner what proof do you have that what I say is untrue?? Everyone dose NOT know cesc left to be with his boyhood club, it is partly true that cesc wanted to return to baca at some point in his carear but not at 24 the peak of his carear, if we had a ambitious manager who showed that he was serious about winning trophies, cesc would still be here as would Nasri. Both these players and others were frustrated at as nearly winning trophies, year after year Wenger would promise he would put it right and strengthen the team with world class players, he always failed to do that as he has done this summer. Players and fans know that Wenger was a great manager, as Tyson was a great boxer but in time both lost it, they become washed up and and useless!! We need a new manger, a hungry world beater now, not sum old has been. I prefer as to win 1-0 then lose 5-4 and play great football, the reason for that is that I am a winner as are the vast amount of Arsenal fans. (except AKB’s like you) it’s not about the £££££ it’s about winning and making history, no body remembers nearly winning,
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@Baz
Cescs leaving comment: “If Arsenal want to keep being the club they have been, they must always remain under his control because he is the best and everyone respects him. He will always be the best person I have met in football. [And] I am sure that they will be a strong team again – they are one of the biggest teams in the world. They will be OK without me as they were without Vieira, without Henry, without Bergkamp.”
Henry on wenger: ”I know some people have had a go at Arsene recently. But I wouldn’t want to be the one to have to be the manager after him.
“The Boss changed the face of the club and, for me, I would keep him here for life.
“I know he got a bit of stick recently but I thought it was unfair and hopefully they can change that this year.
“They were close enough to win it but they didn’t. In football, you get judged on what you win.
“But they will realise what Arsene was all about the day that he stops. Then they will see.”
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We really need to fast and pray for arsenal team this season, because the thing is becoming too much ……….. Arsen wenger you are so funny,……….if you need to win, you have to buy quality players not kids all the time….you make mouth too much …………..men
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@wenger is a joke.
my point is not to wait for kids again n keep the money.
m’vila is 2 time better then our slow song and hazard as well then any one in our squard beside nasri.
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i know diego will be perfect replacement for Cesc but wenger will not move for him.
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@gunner obviously players will say nice things when their leaving or left, cesc also said he was frustrated with nearly winning!! We all know Wenger has past it!! Now is the time for change!! Wenger must be sacked ASAP
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@Baz,
We need less fans like you. Stop disrespecting the club we love. Wenger is still the man we need, I’d rather have a stable manager for several years, decades even, than a chelski or a man city type manager who is sacked after one/two years. Wenger will pull through with some decent quality signings on the closing days of the transfer window. He just has the courtesy to keep talks out of the press’ ears so they don’t twist and change what he says to influence cunts like you.
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Elvi, gotcha. I agree about Song. Never really rated him.
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