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Morning all. A fast Monday weblog.
As an Irishman the much less stated in regards to the soccer yesterday the higher, I suppose. I truly had the primary half on whereas I used to be making dinner, however turned off at 0-0. A clever choice, because it seems.
In the meantime, there’s speak this morning of a Leandro Trossard harm, which is simply what we’d like [sarcasm font]. I don’t know the way severe it’s, however he got here off within the first half so it’s clearly one thing. One other headache that Mikel Arteta won’t want. He stated he was praying that after this Interlull he’d have a squad that was bodily prepared and in good condition, he would possibly must say just a few extra rosaries by the sounds of it.
He’ll little question be retaining a detailed eye on his different two forwards who’re away with their international locations, Kai Havertz and Gabriel Martinelli, and retaining every part crossed that they arrive by means of their video games on Tuesday and not using a downside. I do know soccer followers tend to see issues by means of the doable worst case situation, but when we discover ourselves reliant on the objectives coming from Gabriel Jesus and Raheem Sterling, we might have a giant downside.
As for Trossard, I do know he’s had some iffy moments this season. The pink card towards Man Metropolis, the careless go which led to William Saliba’s sending off, and a few performances which have been beneath the extent we all know he’s able to, however he’s nonetheless a participant I completely need match and obtainable. Maybe not as a starter proper now, however if you happen to take a look at this Arsenal squad and attempt to envisage somebody coming off the bench and making an impression after we want it, he’s about the one one who involves thoughts. So, let’s hope it’s nothing too substantial.
Immediately, Arsenal gamers in motion are David Raya and Mikel Merino for Spain, and Jakub Kiwior for Poland. I look ahead to tomorrow morning to examine how Merino’s shoulder truly got here off in an innocuous trying problem in midfield, flew by means of the air, and caught Raya straight within the face, blinding him in a single eye. In the meantime, again at base, a goalkeeper’s dinner and bonding session ended up with all of them struggling calamitous meals poisoning, leaving us with solely 14 yr previous ‘Billy Stopper’ obtainable for Saturday’s recreation towards Nottingham Forest.
Past that, there actually is nothing a lot taking place, so I’ll depart it there for this morning. There’s a model new Arsenal Girls Arsecast obtainable proper now, Tim and Jamie look again at Saturday’s 3-0 North London derby win, and take listener questions partially two.
And naturally, we can have an Arsecast Further for you in a short while too. We’ve put out the decision for questions on Threads @gunnerblog and @arseblog and on BlueSky @gunnerblog.bsky.social and @arseblog.com with the hashtag #arsecastextra – or if you happen to’re an Arseblog Member on Patreon, depart your query within the #arsecast-extra-questions channel on our Discord server.
Pod must be out round midday. For now, have a great one.
