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I am alarmed  at all theinjuries we seem to take on. Are the boys still too young(?) to stay with more robust people like Rooney et... Are wde training too hard - do we seen gthem back too soonand so on.... Somebody enlihjten me.     If we can put a consistant sided out each week we could accomplish great thing bbut we seem to have a different line up each week or too. whats with Eduardo injured again after 5 minutes play......???LaurieB

Yes Laurie, this injury probelm which has plague Arsenal had cost us a great deal in term of putting out a full strenght squad for the FA cup  and Champion League semi-final matches. We are indeed weaken by it.  No other team on earth face a probelm like ours at this moment. Just unfortunate when we thought everything should be okay especially with the team performing well in the EPL and injured players coming back, these things happen again. But then again, i do believe not many teams can survive like us.

Sometimes, by looking at these injury probelms, I can help but to wonder whether is there anyone out there has put a ' curse' on us...LOL

at 10:36PM on Apr 30, 2009

Yes Laurie, this injury probelm which has plague Arsenal had cost us a great deal in term of putting out a full strenght squad for the FA cup  and Champion League semi-final matches. We are indeed weaken by it.  No other team on earth face a probelm like ours at this moment. Just unfortunate when we thought everything should be okay especially with the team performing well in the EPL and injured players coming back, these things happen again. But then again, i do believe not many teams can survive like us.

Thanks for yours !! I have been giving more thot to the injury problem. Watching several times the way big Fernandez fell on little Eduardo and the way Rooneywas able to turn and push our guys around - all quite fairly . I don,t think Ade uses his height and strength enough and seems always to have his back to the gaol inhibiting is turning movement surely he needs to stand a little sideways to give himself some leverage.  In he old days us center forwards were taught that continually. We have some great players but mainly they are thin and wiry although skilful and fast.    Don,t we need a couple of big tough guys in there, like Zac Knight etc...  We need brawn and well as brains!! What think you??LaurieB

Yes Laurie, our present squad lacks steel especially in the middle of the park. Often times, we have been bullied by teams which resort to physical play. We do need brawn with brains. As for Ade, your observation regarding the way he position himself need to change. I like the way Jurgen Klinsmann did it. He did it so well often times he will leave defenders behind at a turn of his body.

Randy, got some news on the injuries? Or will everybody be fit at the beginning of next season (if no one gets hurt in the international games)