Arteta injured out for 6 weeks

[spendsum4uckingmoney]

Arsenal's physio team strikes again!

[Bradywasking]

And six weeks will become....six months ? a season ? never fully fit again ? ...if it wasn't for our super quality signings I would be worried.

[SE12red]

Whose gonna be our penalty taker ????

[arseofacrow]

No problem.

[officepest]

Arsenal's physio team strikes again!

That surgery simulator is piss funny.

[officepest]

Anyway, I'm sure it's an opportunity for one of our outstanding youth prospects . The Lord (Wenger) giveth, the Lord (Wenger) taketh away..........

[SteveO 35]

Another area of the squad that has consistently needed strengthening since 2008 and known to everybody in the universe apart from the bloke who has worked in football for 30 years

Arteta is the only player in the squad with the maturity and discipline to play in this key role and its no surprise to me that our overall defensive strength has got 100% better with him in the role.....nor is it a surprise that when he doesn't play there our record is poor

Of course we've had all summer to strengthen that position including several weeks when the top 3 clubs in the country were changing manager but as Wenger says "the transfer market is different these days", conveniently forgetting that even clubs like Sunderland have managed to recruit virtually an entire new squad whilst he's been doing his economic lectures throughout the world