The Arsenal Thread XXIV

thoughts after Alexis played basically all of 2014/15 season: hmm he could do with a rest now

thoughts during the copa 2015: hmm he could do with a rest now

thoughts after the copa 2015: hmm he could do with a rest now

thoughts at the start of 2015/16 season: hmm he could do with a rest now

thoughts at the first international break of 2015/16 season: hmm he could do with a rest now

thoughts when 2015/16 season resumed: hmm he could do with a rest now

thoughts when he got injured: awfuk were we supposed to rest him at some point

Reply 823

leinad2012

15

Fans are fickle when it comes to benching him though. Maybe not on here but loads of my arsenal friends irl were all saying "you can't rest him, he's Sanchez, he's a fighter he'll be fine", "Sanchez loves football resting him will break his break his rhythm and make him more likely to be injured", "Sanchez would leave if he was benched", " Sanchez is a tough player, he'll play through the pain he's so determined ".
The minute he (inevitably) gets injured "ffs Wenger's such a ****ing moron why didn't the **** rest him everyone knew he was tired. Come on Wenger you daft French tosser don't you play fifa, don't you know not to start a player when their stamina is red? U daft **** m8! ****ing Wenger, ****ing typical #wengerout #aftv #arsenalfamily".

Genuinely loath a lot of our fanbase, thankfully 99% of arsenal posters on this thread are rational and don't think like that!

Reply 824

ClockEnderAFC

Original post by leinad2012

Fans are fickle when it comes to benching him though. Maybe not on here but loads of my arsenal friends irl were all saying "you can't rest him, he's Sanchez, he's a fighter he'll be fine", "Sanchez loves football resting him will break his break his rhythm and make him more likely to be injured", "Sanchez would leave if he was benched", " Sanchez is a tough player, he'll play through the pain he's so determined ".
The minute he (inevitably) gets injured "ffs Wenger's such a ****ing moron why didn't the **** rest him everyone knew he was tired. Come on Wenger you daft French tosser don't you play fifa, don't you know not to start a player when their stamina is red? U daft **** m8! ****ing Wenger, ****ing typical #wengerout #aftv #arsenalfamily".

Genuinely loath a lot of our fanbase, thankfully 99% of arsenal posters on this thread are rational and don't think like that!

Agreed in that in that it's one of those which Wenger can't win. If he rested Alexis we would have lost that game and Wenger would have got dogs abuse for not playing him.

Reply 825

Original post by leinad2012

Fans are fickle when it comes to benching him though. Maybe not on here but loads of my arsenal friends irl were all saying "you can't rest him, he's Sanchez, he's a fighter he'll be fine", "Sanchez loves football resting him will break his break his rhythm and make him more likely to be injured", "Sanchez would leave if he was benched", " Sanchez is a tough player, he'll play through the pain he's so determined ".
The minute he (inevitably) gets injured "ffs Wenger's such a ****ing moron why didn't the **** rest him everyone knew he was tired. Come on Wenger you daft French tosser don't you play fifa, don't you know not to start a player when their stamina is red? U daft **** m8! ****ing Wenger, ****ing typical #wengerout #aftv #arsenalfamily".

Genuinely loath a lot of our fanbase, thankfully 99% of arsenal posters on this thread are rational and don't think like that!

dont think Sanchez needed to be benched.

I think he just needed time off, like when Brenda let Sterling go Jamaica for two weeks.

Reply 826

Original post by ClockEnderAFC

Agreed in that in that it's one of those which Wenger can't win. If he rested Alexis we would have lost that game and Wenger would have got dogs abuse for not playing him.

he could have timed a break to coincide with the league cup fixtures, and bob's your uncle.

Reply 827

leinad2012

15

Original post by swirly

dont think Sanchez needed to be benched.

I think he just needed time off, like when Brenda let Sterling go Jamaica for two weeks.

Original post by ClockEnderAFC

Agreed in that in that it's one of those which Wenger can't win. If he rested Alexis we would have lost that game and Wenger would have got dogs abuse for not playing him.

Of course he did, I and many other posters (you included) said all along he just needed a break. What I don't like is fans who say we shouldn't rest him then start blaming Wenger when he gets injured. Like, if you've said you'd do the exact same thing as him, why get pissed off when he does it and it ends up going wrong?

Reply 828

e aí rapaz

16

I actually have a feeling we may move for a CM in Jan. I know it seems completely unlikely, but with both our first choice CMs out with long-term injuries, I think Wenger might just finally do it. Bring in William Carvalho.

Reply 829

Mackay

Big Sam's first meeting with Wenger since his book came out and he pretty much admitted he lives to try and get under his skin. Haha. He hasn't really got the best of Wenger in recent years, though. I think I read somewhere he hasn't beaten him since 2010. Back at Bolton, he had a penchant for upsetting the big teams and caused Arsenal a couple of headaches over the years.

Reply 830

iamthetruth

1

I've heard Theo and Kos might be back for tomorrow hopefully that's true we need to smash them.

Reply 831

AR_95

OP

21

Original post by e aí rapaz

I actually have a feeling we may move for a CM in Jan. I know it seems completely unlikely, but with both our first choice CMs out with long-term injuries, I think Wenger might just finally do it. Bring in William Carvalho.

Thought we wanted him until he got injured anyway. He'll be Diaby 2.0 here as well so I don't really care anymore

Reply 832

Mackay

He is literally the new Cantona.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/dec/04/arsenal-arsene-wenger-bob-marley

Reply 833

SA-1

16

Today, imo..

Giroud
Campbell Ozil Ox
Flam Ramsey
Monreal Kosc Merta Bellerin
Cech

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Original post by e aí rapaz

I actually have a feeling we may move for a CM in Jan. I know it seems completely unlikely, but with both our first choice CMs out with long-term injuries, I think Wenger might just finally do it. Bring in William Carvalho.

I've seen Ruben Neves linked as well but I can't see Wenger paying the going rate for either of them. You do need to start looking at replacing Cazorla though as he's 31 soon.

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Reply 835

Lyrical Prodigy

19

At Least Defoe is out for today, so one less person for our defence to worry about. Honestly, I wouldn't underestimate Sunderland, they've always sort of given us tough games in the past. Now that they're under Big Sam, as earlier identified, that just doubles the threat.

Happy we're finally playing at 3pm on a Saturday. Been a while :tongue:

Reply 836

shawn_o1

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SAF says a ball could have killed rvp.
Wenger says a camera could have killed Sanchez. :stupid:

Reply 837

Mackay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/35014772

HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED

Reply 838

iamthetruth

1

This thread is dead most of time. Just saying

Reply 839