Injuries Thread :ilt:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Why not just look at it another way? We got 30 mill for Eddie but wouldn't pay 60 mill for Watkins.

Don't know how much we got for ESR, but we could sure do with him here right now. Add his money on top. Yes, I know we can't just assume money coming in is available to spend. But this is like a leak in the roof, you have to fix the damn thing. You don't want to spend that rainy day fund, but now you have to unless you want the roof to fall in.

Not sure why you are so keen to defend these bastards who don't give a shit about the club beyond how it serves their personal ambitions.

No im not defending them, you’re defending Arteta. It’s not an either or. There’s plenty of blame to go around for transfers. With the injuries, I think Arteta takes the lion’s share

[dazthegooner]

Alright, Internet Explorer!

DuckDuckGo well Skysports to be precise

[Mac76]

Arteta's job is to tell the board what he needs.

And Arteta clearly failed to tell the board we absolutely HAD to sign an attacking player over the summer or failing that in January

Instead we squished the money on Calafiori who's already looking injury-prone and Merino who feels like a luxury atm

He also had the option of bringing Vieira back from loan in January plus looking for some additional bodies to make up the numbers

He's also responsible for so de-prioritising signing an attacking player in the summer we ended up with Sterling who (along with Neto and what a dumb signing that was) is blocking us from signing another PL player on loan

[Niall_Quinn]

And Arteta clearly failed to tell the board we absolutely HAD to sign an attacking player over the summer or failing that in January

Instead we squished the money on Calafiori who's already looking injury-prone and Merino who feels like a luxury atm

He also had the option of bringing Vieira back from loan in January plus looking for some additional bodies to make up the numbers

He's also responsible for so de-prioritising signing an attacking player in the summer we ended up with Sterling who (along with Neto and what a dumb signing that was) is blocking us from signing another PL player on loan

Don't disagree with that, but I'm talking about the January window when everyone had made their mistakes in the summer. And I'm talking about the emergency situation the club now finds itself in. Arteta wanted a striker in January, for the most obvious of reasons. We didn't get one because we put in a low-ball bid and got beaten to the punch. Which takes us back to everyone FINALLY agreeing a striker was urgently needed, but the board refusing to sufficiently fund it. Plenty of blame to go around but it's clear enough where the lion's share of it belongs in January and during this emergency.

[Mac76]

Don't disagree with that, but I'm talking about the January window when everyone had made their mistakes in the summer. And I'm talking about the emergency situation the club now finds itself in. Arteta wanted a striker in January, for the most obvious of reasons. We didn't get one because we put in a low-ball bid and got beaten to the punch. Which takes us back to everyone FINALLY agreeing a striker was urgently needed, but the board refusing to sufficiently fund it. Plenty of blame to go around but it's clear enough where the lion's share of it belongs in January and during this emergency.

But we'd have been much better prepared to sign someone if Arteta hadn't been delusional about not needing anyone, look how quickly two years ago we got alll of Leo, Kiwior and Jorg once the Mudryk deal was off, clearly a lot of prep there that was entirely absent this time it seems

[Niall_Quinn]

But we'd have been much better prepared to sign someone if Arteta hadn't been delusional about not needing anyone, look how quickly two years ago we got alll of Leo, Kiwior and Jorg once the Mudryk deal was off, clearly a lot of prep there that was entirely absent this time it seems

I get it. But we were all giving the manager time during that period, so what's the point of going back over it? I realise one links to the other, but new manager, developing squad, the fans put up with a lot in the hope something will come at the end of it.

Now we are at the end of it and we don't have enough players to challenge for the competitions we are still in. There's the answer. The plan was flawed and we ended up here. Now we can give some grief out about it, now's the time.

I really wouldn't focus on anything other than the body count and the response to it, this January, when the squad was on the verge of critical in terms of numbers. Focus on anything else and you end up in the weeds arguing about the minuscule details in Draxler's contract, which is still coming I assume?

Every answer you need is in the Jan transfer window. We made many mistakes before the Jan transfer window, but could have fixed them (determined pursuit of Gyokeres) or mitigated them (sofa change for Watkins). We didn't. That's the primary charge.

[Chippy]

The Athletic's David Ornstein has confirmed Kai Havertz will miss the rest of the season.

That's it then.

That really is it!

How can this happen every season??

We call Spuds bottlers... we are as bad.

[Mac76]

That really is it!

How can this happen every season??

We call Spuds bottlers... we are as bad.

How is someone getting injured bottling it...?

[Chippy]

How is someone getting injured bottling it...?

Not buying a striker in January when we clearly needed one is bottling it. Simple.

[HCZ_Reborn]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c8xqkwl8e5do

So what seems clear to me is that this injury was inevitable. If it didn’t happen in Dubai it would have happened against Leicester on Saturday. And what’s more, I suspect the medical team knew that Havertz was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.