Kepa injured

[Peter]

Trossard injured....

Going well isnt it

[PSRB]

Going well isnt it

Marvellous... only 2 more to go

[7sisters]

Whoever agreed to pre season match against spurs needs sacking.

Martinelli continues to make the case for the club to splash out on Eze.

[Chief Arrowhead]

I was thinking the other day about Wenger's preseason training and how calm it was. Nice, cool weather in Alsace. Pics of Wenger tooling around on his bicycle. A match or two against the local, non-league XI. Dont recall any major injuries. Those were the days...

[PSRB]

Martinelli continues to make the case for the club to splash out on Eze.

Building fitness and sharpness, pre season is utterly irrelevant, certainly as this stage.

I'd also add there's a reason you always see the young players standing out in pre season, they're busting a gut to prove they belong with the 1st team and should be given a chance. The older pros are literally using it to build up their match fitness.

[PSRB]

I was thinking the other day about Wenger's preseason training and how calm it was. Nice, cool weather in Alsace. Pics of Wenger tooling around on his bicycle. A match or two against the local, non-league XI. Dont recall any major injuries. Those were the days...

Very good point. Exactly what's required at this stage but doesn't please the bean counters.

I always expect a bit more from the team at the Emirates Cup.

[Peter]

Very good point. Exactly what's required at this stage but doesn't please the bean counters.

I always expect a bit more from the team at the Emirates Cup.

No, but the injuries would seriously kick in once the season started. The later Wenger years constantly saw us carry at least 5 injured players across the season, although that was largely due to a small number of very injury prone players- Diaby, Wilshere, Walcott, Rosicky, Van Persie.....

[PSRB]

No, but the injuries would seriously kick in once the season started. The later Wenger years constantly saw us carry at least 5 injured players across the season, although that was largely due to a small number of very injury prone players- Diaby, Wilshere, Walcott, Rosicky, Van Persie.....

Didn't we change our entire medical/fitness staff and it stopped happening?

[7sisters]

Whoever agreed to pre season match against spurs needs sacking.

Building fitness and sharpness, pre season is utterly irrelevant, certainly as this stage.

I'd also add there's a reason you always see the young players standing out in pre season, they're busting a gut to prove they belong with the 1st team and should be given a chance. The older pros are literally using it to build up their match fitness.

It?s neither his fitness nor sharpness that worry me about him tbf

[redgunamo]

Didn't we change our entire medical/fitness staff and it stopped happening?

Yeah, we fired the British Lions rugby union guy in charge (Dr Gary O'Driscoll) and then he lasted about five minutes at Manchester United before they threw him out too.

[redgunamo]

I was thinking the other day about Wenger's preseason training and how calm it was. Nice, cool weather in Alsace. Pics of Wenger tooling around on his bicycle. A match or two against the local, non-league XI. Dont recall any major injuries. Those were the days...

Can't be done nowadays, the players all want far too much money so they have to go globe trotting in preseason and earn it.

[7sisters]

Can't be done nowadays, the players all want far too much money so they have to go globe trotting in preseason and earn it.

And, of course, if you are looking to sell shirts and gather new fans from hugely populated, far flung corners of the world, winning those games would probably help your cause.

[Rich]

A proper left winger will be transformative for how we play. Will also reduce the frequency with which we go down the right.

[7sisters]

A proper left winger will be transformative for how we play. Will also reduce the frequency with which we go down the right.

Message reported to Angela Rayner.

[PSRB]

Yeah, we fired the British Lions rugby union guy in charge (Dr Gary O'Driscoll) and then he lasted about five minutes at Manchester United before they threw him out too.

Before that, in the AW era. I met O'Driscoll after a match at Everton, lovely fella.