As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
QuartzGooner wrote:Wenger has said he will ration Ramsey and Wilshere's appearances at a young age, because he does not want either to end up like Fowler and Owen who played too much too soon, resulting in tiny bone fissures that hampered their career from mid twenties onwards.
Yeah. Perhaps he should be looking at Raul who started out at 17 and is still going strong breaking goal scoring records. I also don't see "starting too young" hindering Messi too much right now. Owen suffers from dodgy hamstrings - an individual problem in its own right. Fowler always suffered with weight and was obviously going to bulk up in later years. If AW is such a pioneer with his training and dietary methods surely age should not be a problem.
Almunia 7
Sagna 6
Toure 8 (Probably our MOTM)
Gallas 7
Clichy 5
Arshavin 7 Faded quickly
Denilson 7 Beauty of a pass to van Persie in the first half
Song 6
Nasri 6
van Persie 7
Bendtner 5
