Theo as always needs to be carried by fellow players.
So Gabriel is back, but no Wilshere. Hopefully this simply means that heâll be training in London and back for the start of the season.
Thank you sir ! Excitement was justified then !
Wenger said the other day that it was something to do with his knee, hence why he didnât make it for this trip.
Wonder if we can ship Theo off to the Vikings?
UhmâŚno Jack. Injured again? 
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Yea, I heard as much, but there have been no follow-up news on the injury. iâm just hoping that itâs nothing too serious and that itâs not going to be another missed pre-season, missed X amount of games due to not being match fit thing.
At least it is knee and not his glass ankles⌠canât possibly be more than a week or so, right? Riiiggghhtttt???
I chuckled at the desperation of this post, no offence meant, but isnât it typical of us to take comforts from things like âoh at least itâs his knees this time, not his anklesâ.
Here is some free advice, just assume that you wonât see Wilshere play for us ever again, in any season. That way, whatever few games he does play in a season would be a welcome surprise. Thatâs what I do.
Looks like we have bigger support in Norway than I realised. Currently on the ferry to Stavanger for tonightâs game and itâs packed with Gooners. A good mix of old and very young, so a lot of future generations of fans.
Seeing a lot of Xhaka shirts too.
Jaysus.
Bielik is still showing character and composure like CB, despite this isnât his natural role. He deserves much more than a chance. For the rest, apart Santi who is the light as usual, Iâm happy to see players like Gibbs, Joel and Debuchy ready to fight for a shirt into the XI. If Arsène will sign a striker and a defender, we will have a complete squad. Especially on midfield, the quality is incredible because Wenger can choose between Granit Xhaka, Coquelin, Elneny, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla and Adelaide.
If two players will sign for us, we will have this starting XI: Cech; BellerĂŹn - new CB - Koscielny - Monreal; Xhaka - Ramsey/Cazorla; Oxlade - Ozil - Sanchez; new FW. Itâs a fucking strong XI
and
OspĂŹna; Debuchy - Gabriel - Holding/Bielik - Gibbs; Coq - Elneny/Jack; Theo - Iwobi - Joel; Giroud. Itâs a fucking strong plan B!
That is what is so frustrating right now. I honestly think that would be a very strong team with the right two signings, our best squad since the Invincibles and one capable for competing for the league. We arenât that far away objectively but when it all rests on Wenger signing two top level playersâŚ
Eh, youâve still got a player who isnât good enough at RW in that team, and a CM partnering Xhaka who is either not nearly good enough (read: isnât even a centre midfielder, Ramsey), or who isnât that good (Coq/ElNeny: though if it werenât the case that Ramsey would play over Coquelin or ElNeny this wouldnât be as big of a deal, as those two partnered with Xhaka are not that much more inferior to some of the options that City, Chelsea, United will trot out regularly in CM) when/if Cazorla isnât fit.
And, most importantly, youâve got a manager who is not as good as his competition.
Given that, objectively, weâre still pretty far away. A good level CB and a ST and weâd still need loads to go right for us to even compete for the title, IMO. One of those things would need to be Wilshere staying fit and taking the RW position, and the other thing would need to be Santi staying fit and Ramsey miraculously not getting that many games in CM.
Itâs not them he is talking about, he is talking about CampbellâŚhe is the only person that thinks he is not good enoughâŚbut of course he is right because he is a narcissist and only his opinions are correct even if you disagree. If you disagree you are wrong and you HAVE to see the error of your ways or he will go on and on and on and on about it like a dripping tap.
No mate, I was talking about Ox. And I am certainly not the only one who thinks Campbell is not good enough to be the first-choice RW for a top team. At least I hope I am not. Campbell is to RW what ElNeny is to CM. The only difference is youâve got people like you whoâve got delusions about Campbellâs ability, and there doesnât seem to be a similar crowd with ElNeny.
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