23 Nov 2015 20:47:55
Missed opportunity for headline of the week: "Arsenal caught short with Coq out"
On a more serious note, back to the pressing concerns. Every Arsenal fan has learned to expect injuries (and to key players) followed by makeshift, usually below-par backup. Seriously, what has baffled me since the summer is the fact Arsenal sold, released and above all, loaned out enough players to put together a squad in its own right.
A fair few of them made sense but our situation might not look as desperate if we'd at least waited to sign someone before deciding whether to loan out Akpom, Hayden and, above all, Gnabry. Just seems that while our squad is depleted, while too many of the loanees are getting too little time to develop elsewhere.
23 Nov 2015 23:27:48
Very mixed emotions when I read that one-liner. Fair play but still REALLY no need to go reminding us
As for the team chat, fair point. Problem is Arsenal should be targeting higher calibre players than over half the options they've loaned out (who, let's face it, will NOT ALL make it at Arsenal - in fact, half probably never will) so not loaning them out is still not exactly addressing the problem of a lack of quality. If they'd managed to sign worthy backup for Coquelin, chances are we'd not even be mentioning loanees. Still, a little more squad rotation could avoid such regular injuries and we're denying ourselves those options. A good two or three of them don't seem to be getting much out of their loans too; January recalls would be very helpful in the circumstances.
Peace.
24 Nov 2015 23:20:28
Made me chuckle like a Chuckle brother :-)
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