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Seems to be true that he will be back in july only. Can't think of a more abysmal way to deal with an injury. Firstly, Wenger forcing an in pain Jack play for two more months, then our physio people being unable to make the boy better.
we obviously won't sign anyone for that, jack's injury is what made wenger buy arteta. we don't need more midfielders, we have diaby coming back soon and denilson is coming back at the end of the season as well
I Hate Hleb wrote:This kind of thing has been happening way too often to be put down just to bad luck!!!
i read some posts that compare our number of injuries season-by-season (and also year by year) with other top clubs and it's truth that the number of injuries we have is no different to man united or tottenham (average around 60 injuries a season), and not much more than chelsea, liverpool or city (average of 50 a season). those numbers are the average of the last 5-6 seasons.
i'm yet to find an article that compares injury lengths, 'cause maybe that's where we're doing worse.
however, we can't forget that for every rosicky, there is a hargreaves... difference is that, once ferguson realizes he's losing an important player, he goes to his wallet...
HARLOW GOONER wrote:I heard something similar via an ex-arsenal player who's still very close to the club just the other day, and that he was possibly out all season.
I'd like to think this was a reliable source, but I'm not entirely sure who his source was. I wouldn't be surprised if the story unfolds more after the January transfer window shuts. I'm surprised jack hasn't blabbed on twitter though, unless he's under orders to keep a lid on it.
I wasn't too far off on this then.
I had it down as a more serious injury/layoff from the outset, and that it would be kept under wraps until his recovery was assessed later on, or until the Jan window shut, as there would be outcry to go and spend in the window. ( think back to the Vermaelen injury that kept having setbacks)
Let's all wish Jack a speedy and full recovery as soon as..... and if the worse case scenario happens, and he's not back this side of April/May, then he doesn't go to Poland/Ukraine either. If we can't have him, then Capello can't,either.
'Get well' soon Jacky
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HARLOW GOONER wrote:I heard something similar via an ex-arsenal player who's still very close to the club just the other day, and that he was possibly out all season.
I'd like to think this was a reliable source, but I'm not entirely sure who his source was. I wouldn't be surprised if the story unfolds more after the January transfer window shuts. I'm surprised jack hasn't blabbed on twitter though, unless he's under orders to keep a lid on it.
I wasn't too far off on this then
I had it down as more serious injury/layoff from the outset, and that it would be kept under wraps until his recovery was assessed later on, or when the Jan window shut, as there would be outcry to go and spend in the window. ( think back to the Vermaelen injury that kept havig setbacks)
Let's all wish Jack a speedy and ful recovery as soon as..... and if the worse case scenario happens and he's not back this side of April/May, then he doesn't go to Poland/Ukraine either. If we can't have him, then Capello can't either.
'Get well' soon Jacky
Up The Arsenal.