Arsenal Thread | 2025/26

[bobbyowenquiff]

Wankers. So overt with what they’re doing.

I thought they all had head injuries like they usually do.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Then it’s up to coach whether to pick them or not. If they showed a bit more courage when selecting their squads, maybe the players might show a little more commitment

It will do Phil the world of good to have the summer off. He was our best player in the CWC and has just run himself into the ground these last few years. This England team will achieve nothing in the USA. A total waste of time going there with a clown like Tuchel.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I think Madueke and Hincapie are real. Eze was injured already as was Odegaard and Timber and none played in the Carabao game.The rest no. But then again the national team doctors need to sign them off so I guess there are elements of precaution.

I see Zubimendi has now been been withdrawn from the Spain squad - he came on for Rodri after 77 mins vs Serbia so that must have been a hell of a last 13 mins for him to be withdrawn with knee discomfort.

Then again the managers know who will be the guaranteed starters in the world cup squads so it makes sense to minimise the risk ahead of the world cup.

We have Gyokeres and Calafiori playing in meaningful WC qualifiers so they won't be withdrawn obviously.

It’d be interesting to see what would happen if players were made ineligible for the first game back if they’re withdrawn from international duty.

These internationals are mostly irrelevant and it’d be better for all clubs if they didn’t exist, but they do sadly. Tuchel has done his best to manage workloads to be fair to him.

I wonder if it could be counterproductive though. All these players back at the club stewing over last weekend, rather than playing for their countries.

 

[Innsbruckblue]

It will do Phil the world of good to have the summer off. He was our best player in the CWC and has just run himself into the ground these last few years. This England team will achieve nothing in the USA. A total waste of time going there with a clown like Tuchel.

Couldn’t agree more

 

[bridgeno1]

It’d be interesting to see what would happen if players were made ineligible for the first game back if they’re withdrawn from international duty.

These internationals are mostly irrelevant and it’d be better for all clubs if they didn’t exist, but they do sadly. Tuchel has done his best to manage workloads to be fair to him.

I wonder if it could be counterproductive though. All these players back at the club stewing over last weekend, rather than playing for their countries.

They weren't withdrawn, they were sent back by national team medics after having already been in the squad. Unless the national team doctors are all Gooners I suspect there's nothing dodgy going on.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I don’t see the problem. The clubs employ the players and pay their wages. If a player chooses, for whatever reason, to not play for his national team, it’s his choice, and he shouldn’t be forced.

It’s a regulation- like the financial regulations.

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

I thought they all had head injuries like they usually do.

Not cramp?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Not cramp?

It's just the Arsenal keepers who suffer from cramp in the middle of each half. The rest of them have perfected the backward roll clutching the side of their head when they have tripped over a blade of grass.

 

[Digsy's Dinner]

 

[Coljj]

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

They weren't withdrawn, they were sent back by national team medics after having already been in the squad. Unless the national team doctors are all Gooners I suspect there's nothing dodgy going on.

“Doc, my knee hurts a bit, I think I should rest it for a week”

“Ok, Martin, go back to London to convalesce.”

I doubt they’ve done lots of scans.

 

[Bantamgaz]

They weren't withdrawn, they were sent back by national team medics after having already been in the squad. Unless the national team doctors are all Gooners I suspect there's nothing dodgy going on.

Yep because everything about Arsenal is all whole and pure :) fook me get on AFTV you will fit in with them deluded clowns ffs

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

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How many will be perfectly fine and match fit for the next Arsenal game?

 

[Vienna_70]

It will do Phil the world of good to have the summer off. He was our best player in the CWC and has just run himself into the ground these last few years. This England team will achieve nothing in the USA. A total waste of time going there with a clown like Tuchel.

Better chance than with Sir Waistcoat.

I actually think Tuchel is a decent manager. Not in the Pep and Ancelotti class, but definitely a hell of a lot better than his predecessor.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

 

[bridgeno1]

Damn we are so unlucky with injuries.....

 

[1961_vintage]

Damn we are so unlucky with injuries.....

Ha ha you might just catch a few with that one!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Better chance than with Sir Waistcoat.

I actually think Tuchel is a decent manager. Not in the Pep and Ancelotti class, but definitely a hell of a lot better than his predecessor.

You may be right. Certainly Southgate was ultra negative and didn't encourage creativity. But what worries me most about Tuchel is that one of his first decisions was to recall Henderson and Mason Mount ahead of Bellingham and Foden. I gave up on him at that moment. I don't rate Rashford either.

 

[Whether or not]

If you want to ramp up the pressure on your own players, force them to withdraw from their international squads. Arteta is a stress case and this is another own goal from him.