Maybe women aren't built to play professional level football.....

[PSRB]

7 (might even be 8) ACL's in 3 years, that's got to be more than a coincidence

[Ganpati's Goonerz--AFC's Aboriginal Fertility Cult]

7 (might even be 8) ACL's in 3 years, that's got to be more than a coincidence

Maybe Arsenal forwards aren't built to play professional level football. That's 7 {might even be 8} in 3 months.

{Actually only 7, I think - B, Noni, Odin, Vik, Kai, Jeez, Gabby. Leo hasn't been out injured, has he? Or Easy?}

[Peter]

Maybe Arsenal forwards aren't built to play professional level football. That's 7 {might even be 8} in 3 months.

{Actually only 7, I think - B, Noni, Odin, Vik, Kai, Jeez, Gabby. Leo hasn't been out injured, has he? Or Easy?}

May well be something to do with how hard we work them without the ball. They are asked to press relentlessly and retreat and defend. I'd say they cover more ground and do more physical work than most forwards.

If we could just get to a situation where the vast majority are fit then we could manage their minutes. But we've never got there.

Gyokeres is a great example. He clearly wasnt fit at the start of the season and we would have planned to manage his minutes. First game of the season we lose Havertz. Gyokeres has to play every game and after a dozen or so, he gets injured. One injury causes another.