Barring any further set back then I'm certain he'll start at Arsenal. Just hope he can find form quickly.
If form=scoring goals his record of scoring goals quickly after returning is superb. I posted this earlier in the thread:
2013/2014 - he “returned” on 5 occassions after injury or lack of 100% fitness. On 4 of those 5 times he had scored within 90 minutes of play - 43 mins, 45 mins, 17 mins and 89 mins.
The one time he didn’t was when he returned for the last game of the season against West Ham and didn’t score.
2014/2015 – he “returned” 3 times scoring after 9 minutes against Newcastle and 1 minute against Liverpool. His only major blip was the return after the Everton Injury when it took him 319 minutes of playing time before he scored.
2015/2016 - this year it took him 58 minutes (sub against WBA and then Chelsea) before scoring. He then returned after injury against Liverpool and scored after 44 mins.
SO, IN 8 OUT OF his last 10 “returns” he has scored within 90 minutes.
Maybe, but I'm pretty sure that he has generally struggled after injury. No stats to back it up, but it's the impression I've got over the last few seasonsIf form=scoring goals his record of scoring goals quickly after returning is superb. I posted this earlier in the thread:
2013/2014 - he “returned” on 5 occassions after injury or lack of 100% fitness. On 4 of those 5 times he had scored within 90 minutes of play - 43 mins, 45 mins, 17 mins and 89 mins.
The one time he didn’t was when he returned for the last game of the season against West Ham and didn’t score.
2014/2015 – he “returned” 3 times scoring after 9 minutes against Newcastle and 1 minute against Liverpool. His only major blip was the return after the Everton Injury when it took him 319 minutes of playing time before he scored.
2015/2016 - this year it took him 58 minutes (sub against WBA and then Chelsea) before scoring. He then returned after injury against Liverpool and scored after 44 mins.
SO, IN 8 OUT OF his last 10 “returns” he has scored within 90 minutes.
Keep blowing the doubters out of the water, mate :-)If form=scoring goals his record of scoring goals quickly after returning is superb. I posted this earlier in the thread:
2013/2014 - he “returned” on 5 occassions after injury or lack of 100% fitness. On 4 of those 5 times he had scored within 90 minutes of play - 43 mins, 45 mins, 17 mins and 89 mins.
The one time he didn’t was when he returned for the last game of the season against West Ham and didn’t score.
2014/2015 – he “returned” 3 times scoring after 9 minutes against Newcastle and 1 minute against Liverpool. His only major blip was the return after the Everton Injury when it took him 319 minutes of playing time before he scored.
2015/2016 - this year it took him 58 minutes (sub against WBA and then Chelsea) before scoring. He then returned after injury against Liverpool and scored after 44 mins.
SO, IN 8 OUT OF his last 10 “returns” he has scored within 90 minutes.
Maybe, but I'm pretty sure that he has generally struggled after injury. No stats to back it up, but it's the impression I've got over the last few seasons
But at at least he often scores whilst he's struggling. Bit like me after 3 pints of Carlsberg Shandy.