Summer Transfer Speculation and Shit.

[Power n Glory]

@Kano

Would you say the same for Ozil and Sanchez? I bring them up in relation to your RVP comments about RVP's injury record. Who knows what their injury records would be like if they were raised here at Arsenal like RVP. Having no interest in the root cause of the injury problem is backwards because it may soon hit the big investment players if we don't got a grip on things. Selling up and moving on won't be so simple then.

[Kano]

@Kano

Would you say the same for Ozil and Sanchez? I bring them up in relation to your RVP comments about RVP's injury record. Who knows what their injury records would be like if they were raised here at Arsenal like RVP. Having no interest in the root cause of the injury problem is backwards because it may soon hit the big investment players if we don't got a grip on things. Selling up and moving on won't be so simple then.

Exactly, who knows what their injury records would be like. Probably terrible. But the fact is they weren't, so that's all that matters. Otherwise I'd be here all day imaging hypothetical situations that would never become reality.

Why am I not interested in the root cause? Because we'll never find the answer. I've spent my time posting, discussing and worrying about it and I'm bored of that now. My thoughts about it exist in various places online and in the ether, or in people's memories of my words were of value at any point. For me it's just a cyclical discussion that leads nowhere. All that matters to me now is our injury record in the past decade has been awful, for whatever reason and I have no time and even less interest in finding out why anymore. As a club we clearly have struggled to find a solution and for those that have suffered because of that the only solution is to get rid.

[Kano]

Walcott had 3 seasons where he played 28, 35 and 32 league games.
He had the long injury which spanned 2 seasons so hasn't played so much in those 2 seasons but given that before that he was playing the majority of games, one long injury is no basis to dismiss him as a 'crock' unless it reoccurs.

http://blog.paddypower.com/2015/04/1...er-abou-diaby/

That's 654 days injured by the way. A crock.

[Power n Glory]

It's a tiring debate but we'll see what happens this season. That's all we can do. I'm not saying we should sit here and try to figure out what's causing the injuries. That's for the club to address. Hopefully, we've done it with Shad. I'm just saying the solution isn't as simple as selling off the players because we'll end up looking at a very long and expensive list. Ozil already picked up a nasty ligament tear that had him out for over a month last season because Wenger ran him into the ground. You could see the injury coming. Will he learn from that this season? Who knows. We shall see.

[KSE Comedy Club]

I'm positive we will sign benzema by September 1st.

If it doesn't happen, then I will punch letters in the face

[fakeyank]

Walcott had 3 seasons where he played 28, 35 and 32 league games.
He had the long injury which spanned 2 seasons so hasn't played so much in those 2 seasons but given that before that he was playing the majority of games, one long injury is no basis to dismiss him as a 'crock' unless it reoccurs.

3 seasons out of 10. I think a player who has 'enjoyed' 70% seasons crocked partially or fully can be considered a 'crock'!

[fakeyank]

I'm positive we will sign benzema by September 1st.

If it doesn't happen, then I will punch letters in the face

Make sure he is wearing his orange shirt while you do it!

[Power n Glory]

http://blog.paddypower.com/2015/04/1...er-abou-diaby/

That's 654 days injured by the way. A crock.

Now look at Ozil's injury record since joining us.

http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jumpl.../spieler/35664

Two season with us and he's had more injuries and days out than his days with Werder Breman and Real. 139 days out injured, 29 games missed. Not a single injury at Real Madrid. We're crocking our players.

[Letters]

http://blog.paddypower.com/2015/04/1...er-abou-diaby/

That's 654 days injured by the way. A crock.

Interesting. Have to say that shows he has been injured more than I thought, but he's nowhere near a Diaby.
For 3 seasons in a row before his long injury he played most games, eve if he was often subbed in or off.
It would be pretty stupid timing to sell him now just as he's fit and starting to look effective again.
Another run of injuries and there's a decision to make.

[The Emirates Gallactico]

#BelieveInShad

As for Jack, he's just a permanent crock. Still far too early to even entertain the idea of selling him especially given that he provides incalculable benefits such as his Ghellnishness and the spirit & connection he's has with the fans given he's a true homegrown star. Just got to hope that he's able to put it to bed eventually just like RVC really explode one year and there's no reason to risk letting that happen at City, especially considering he's made no indications that he wants to leave and seems to love it here.

However it's probably time he tried to visit a pure ankle specialist to try and fix this for good now.

As for Ozil's increase in injuries since joining us ...... hardly surprising seeing as he's now playing the full 90 mins every week in a more intense league than La Liga where he was regularly subbed of after 60 mins. It's probably going to take time for his body to get used to that.