Santos injured

[Dejan]

i have no problem with 3-5-2
Napoli plays it too and its fine for them i guess.

[VCC]

it would force the opposition to sit back more,all good in my opinion as long as the defense was very structured to stay back.

[StLGooner]

The only problem would be is I'm sure they haven't practiced much like that if at all, and communication and discipline would be a problem, which it already is with 4 at the back.

[Arsenal Tone]

Screw it just go with 3 at the back and add an extra mid

Now you're talking my language

CHEZ
Kos Mert TV5
Song
CHAMBO Ramsey Arteta Gervinho
Theo RVP

ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boom there it is...

i like..

i would play that but AW will never do it

I dunno, he'd love an excuse to fit in another attacking midfielder!

[golfinguy]

Screw it just go with 3 at the back and add an extra mid

Wait! I said this weeks ago!

My formation was a 3-4-3 though. With said injuries.....

Kos-Mert-Verm
Ramsey-Song-Arteta-Rosicky/Benyoun
Theo-RVP-Gerv

[Swan]

Screw it just go with 3 at the back and add an extra mid

Wait! I said this weeks ago!

My formation was a 3-4-3 though. With said injuries.....

Kos-Mert-Verm
Ramsey-Song-Arteta-Rosicky/Benyoun
Theo-RVP-Gerv

that would work as well..

everyone is all over the place so i guess it don't matter to much 3-4-3/ 3-5-2 but i would go with 3 at the back instead of throwing in some young kid that will just get taken to town..

[Swan]

The only problem would be is I'm sure they haven't practiced much like that if at all, and communication and discipline would be a problem, which it already is with 4 at the back.

would it be that much different just tell song that no going forward he must stay back and everyone does what they normally do kinda thing..

[Est83]

Would love a 3-4-3 or 3-5-2... but managers are too predictable these days and we'll never see it.

I wouldn't want to change to CB pairing, we want them to develop, so it's Miguel at LB for me.

[Arsenal~Fanatic]

Forget the formation we have played with four CB's this season at the back...

[Bristol_Gunner]

Arsenal Football Club can confirm that, following investigations and subsequent medical opinions by Club specialists, left-back Andre Santos will have surgery to repair ligament damage in his right ankle sustained in the game against Olympiacos last week.

Andre will have surgery in Brazil this week and is expected to be out for around three months. Everyone at the Club wishes him well.

Source: Arsenal.com © http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archiv ... ight-ankle

Santos is expected to be out for 3 months which is a joke. Must be in for another defender/ LB now.

[StLGooner]

Tis the season.

[Swan]

not surprised

[Arsenal~Fanatic]

Why does our prognosis of a few weeks turns out in to months almost all the time ..

I work in health care and after a scan you can pretty much predict at-least the minimum time required
depending upon the type of ligaments involved , the extent of the tear and damage to surrounding
structures/bone itself . I can understand a players prognosis being extended by a few weeks cos
every individual has different levels of recovery of healing but jumping from 3 weeks to 12 weeks
without aggravation of the original injury is downright absurd..

I have also noticed that we waste valuable time deciding whether to go for conservative/surgical
management . I mean we saw what happened with RVP , where we wasted a few months before
going through the surgical route. I just feel the best way to go about is to go for the complete
correction of injuries than trying to put pressure on the medical staff to try out conservative options first .
Vermaelen had an Achilles problem and here also there was indecision as to conservative/surgical route
and then correcting the other foot as an after thought. There are clear protocols out there for ligament
tear based on whether the tear is partial/complete , the type of ligament , surrounding tissue
damage the type of patient like whether the injured person is an athlete/ normal person , as i have already
mentioned..

[TheLittleMozart]

Tis the season.

This.

Well there goes our title challenge! How long is Gibbs out for this time?

[Dejan]

Sign bastos ffs