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TT's avatar

If Arteta is to blame for the injuries this season, whom do we thank for a relatively injury free 2023 - 2024 season?

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Joe's avatar

Luck? As is the case with Liverpool right?

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San Sebasti├бn's avatar

Liverpool kept losing players when they failed on every occasion but one, to compete with City. This season theyтАЩve managed fitness so well theyтАЩve lost to Plymouth in the FA Cup, PSG in the CL & looked hopeless in the Carabao Cup Final. In all of those games Salah went missing which proves everything.

I can imagine you trolling on here if Arsenal lost to Plymouth, let alone also suffering those other two embarrassing defeats. TheyтАЩve been dead lucky with Salah, heтАЩs been playing 50 games a season like Van Dijk. Breaking News: the best players play the most games.

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Joe's avatar

No. We lost to Man U which actually worse and more embarrassing than losing to Plymouth.

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San Sebasti├бn's avatar

No I know youтАЩre trolling..!

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Joe's avatar

Look at the lineups each team played. We played our best 11 v one of the worst Man U teams in history.

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TheLegendaryDB10's avatar

Of course it works both ways. But you have to admit that they knew that the footballing schedule was going to be packed thus season. Attempting to balance tough sessions with some more relaxed sessions would have helped prevent ending up with so many players in our front line getting injured.

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San Sebasti├бn's avatar

ItтАЩs the same old тАШhe breaks playersтАЩ narrative we had thrown at Wenger. ItтАЩs just lazy ignorance from people who desperately need to discredit the тАШbad luckтАЩ and find a way to blame the manager. ItтАЩs so childish but thatтАЩs the ignorance you get online TT.

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Tom Wojtyga's avatar

I guess Ramsey walking off the pitch with a pulled hamstring giving Wenger a dirty look mid game, having complained about tight hamstring before hand, was just Ramsey being a lazy ignorant Wenger hater.

Or Wenger stating тАЬplayers are here to play not restтАЭ when asked if he always respects fitness red lines was just him answering in the affirmative.

Pretty childish of you to believe managers have always their players health in mind when under tremendous pressure to get results.

Or maybe because they are elite at their profession, then somehow by definition everything they do has to be elite and beyond reproach, especially from a fan who himself mightтАЩve or mightтАЩve not played тАжтАж.which is another line of attack against criticism too often trotted out.

I can give you concrete, factual examples of a complete amateur hour management from elite managers like Wenger ( and IтАЩm a big Wenger fan) when it comes to player fitness if you wish, but something tells me it would be a waste of both of ours time.

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San Sebasti├бn's avatar

YouтАЩre right it would be.

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Joe's avatar

You really donтАЩt get it do you? Even Pedro, whoтАЩs Artetas biggest fan boy admits that Arteta breaks the players.

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San Sebasti├бn's avatar

Well heтАЩs wrong.

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Joe's avatar

No. On this , heтАЩs not. YouтАЩre blind with your weird love for Arteta

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San Sebasti├бn's avatar

How old are you? Seriously mate, learn how to debate sensibly. You abusive online experts who troll comment sections are beyond irritating. This is elite level sport mate, sure they make mistakes but they know more in the tips of their toenails then people like you about players loads & fitness levels. ItтАЩs not Arteta itтАЩs a whole team of experts.

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Joe's avatar

You think a guy like Arteta listens to the experts?

Do you even watch football or do you just post clueless drivel on here?

Keep thinking Arteta is infallible.

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