Wenger should sack his medical staff (24/3)

[gooner.ed]

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usual thread starter… Strong words, but quite probably, justified. Having an inexperienced group of players is one thing, but do we need the extra handicap of having some of them continually missing? The consequence is that Arsene cannot rest players and when the injured do finally return, they take time to regain match fitness – just take a look at RVP as an example.

Do you think Arsenal’s medical staff are at fault or is this just plain bad luck?

Is this season a one-off or is it always like this?

[proudtosaythatname]

Not sure . Gary Lewin is a legend, isn't he But the suggestion does strike a chord...

[Cus Geezer]

The state of our injury list is f***ing shocking. Why do we get so many injuries?

er......because football is a physical game and people believe kicking Arsenal is the way to stop them sherlock.

[g88ner]

I guess the authur is playing devil's advocate here.. as obviously we can't be sure if the medical staff are at fault or not.

However, this is an issue worthy of a mention; and one I have often considered... are we very unlucky with injuries? or are we, in some way, the architects of our own downfall?

However, Wenger is an intelligent man... and i'm sure IF our medical staff were as incompetent as the this article is suggesting, then Wenger, and the Arsenal board, would surely act!

To be honest, I think that Wenger just seems to sign injury prone players. After all, its not as if Aliadiere, Henry, Vieira and Ljungberg have faired any better with injuries since they left, is it?

We can only hope that Rosicky & RvP have better luck from now on, but I do think we need to plan without them!
- through NO fault of their own, they have disrupted the last 2 seasons for Arsenal. The warning sign are there now, and it can no longer be thought of as "bad luck" if they miss large portions of next season, and adequate cover has not be brought in.

In Arsene We Trust...just

[QuartzGooner]

As outsiders to the club, we cannot comment for certainty on any injury to any player, without seeing medical reports, and without the training to understand them.

I do know four things though:

GARY LEWIN likely save Eduardo's foot from being amputated by his quick thinking.

TONY COLBERT is the strength and conditioning coach. In his first three years of employment, there were no hernias amongst any Arsenal players. Previously there had been fie or six per season. This improvement was because he changed the exercise routines used by players, particularly with regard to core strength training.


TIBURCE DARROU is the specialist rehabilitation trainer used by Arsenal. He is superb at bringing players back to match fitness after serious injury. The log difficult process to achieve this is detailed in the well worthwhile Robert Pires' book "Footballeur".

PHILIPE BOIXEL - the club use an osteopath, also used by the French and English national teams. He is suposed to be the best in the world for sports injuries, and Ray Parlour has described him as getting fast and effective results on injuries.


I think that the situation is one where the modern game has hard pitches and is faster than ever before. It is also extremely physical, though that trend has always been in the English game.

Injuries that in the past would have been ignored are now being taken seriously. In the past players played with these injuries, but it shortened their careers. Today they are treated more seriously.

[proudtosaythatname]

Thanks QG. Very enlightening

[gunnerhead]

I think the author's frustrated and is looking for a scapegoat. Season's not over yet so hold your heads up high and remember that before the season started, most of us thought it would be a write off.

Cause and effect going on here though: injuries because of medical staff incompetency or injuries because of our small squad leading to tired legs leading to fragile muscles? Goes hand in hand.

[Gunnerz4life]

The state of our injury list is f***ing shocking. Why do we get so many injuries?

er......because football is a physical game and people believe kicking Arsenal is the way to stop them sherlock.

And they dont need to kick United to stop them? Or kicking United does them no good? If teams do play a more physical game against us than other big teams, then its no ones fault but ours. The idea that you need to kick Arsenal to stop them will vanish, once we start getting results against those physical sides on a consistent basis.

Coming back to the thread, I dont think it will be unfair to blame the medical staff to a certain extent. I remember reading somewhere than in the game against the spuds, Denilson got a muscle tear if im not mistaken and was told it try and run it off before he got substituted. Again the medical staff and Wenger as he himself admitted did screw uo by bringing in RVP too early after his injury. But mainly I think we have had quite a few injury prone players in our team. Henry has struggled at Barcelona too, Ljunberg have had his share of injuries in West Ham. Rosicky have had injury problems while he was playing for Hamburg. Maybe next time we go for a player, we need to look at their injury record before signing them irrespective of how good they are.

[jay.asnl4life]

Despite the fact that Rosicky has been out for an entire month with a hamstring problem, Wenger hasn't considered buying a winger in the summer. Diaby is horrible on the flanks, let's face it, he is too leggy and lacks the skills and pace to be a winger.
I hope the recent speculation about Hatem Ben Arfa is true and Wenger buys him in the summer. This ought to keep players on their heels and not take their place in the squad for granted. Hleb for one is getting lazy.