Kieran Gibbs was taken off injured during England Under 21’s clash with their Lithuanian counterparts this evening.
Gibbs returned to his usual left back birth after previously being deployed in the ‘number 10’ role behind Andy Carroll last time out. Just 21 minutes on the clock Stuart Pearce was forced into a reshuffle after the Arsenal man signalled he was unable to continue. Ryan Bertrand replaced him.
More to follow.
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Fucksocks
Fuck. Any info what the injury is? I read it online as well.
is traore bak otherwise we are fucked at the left bak position? I suppose Silvestre cud fill in…
Well this is rather craptacular news. grrrrrrrrrrrr
Fuck sake, how many more injuries we gonna get?
Traore is fit yep but we all know he’s not really a left back..
there dropping like flys there won’t be no fucker left to play on saturday at this rate,yet again pointless injurys fucking everything up,as usual
November curse. Drop like fucking flies. Fingers crossed its just a strain. Though if we had to take an injury to any position it would be LB as we have Traore to step in…….
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thats very sad really,any news about type of injury or was it just precautionary
Step up traore… what kind of injury was it?
I hate Internationals.
traores not good enough
Silvestre will play there or Traore if match fit. Or move Gallas or Vermaelen there and put in Senderos or Song in the centre, and play Ramsey in mid!
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Spit yo game…….
Nice to see a bit of gooner support. FFS, Traore is more than adequate to fill in at LB, its eithe rhim or Sylvestre, and as Traore is in the top 10 fastest prem players, I say we’d be better with him. The lads not had alot of games since he left pompey, but he’s more than adequate cover.
Damn!! When will clichy come back?
Traore is great. Pin point crosses are his thing. Watch him get an assist this weekend if he starts. Too bad about gibbs tho, he is amazing. A joy to watch.
I think we can cope with this injury, if at all it is true…Traore, Sagna, TV, Silvestre etc We’ll do fine
ffs! left back is really the only posistion we havn’t got cover for at the mo! Vermealan can play left bk so Senderos as CB, not ideal but will do.. thank god Drogba is injured because he tears Senderos to pieces
Traore will be fine for the next couple of games.
There’s no point in keeping Traore if we are not going to play him at LB in games like this. Sunderland away is a tough game but i wouldn’t fancy him to come in without a game against Chelsea. I think we all know what they did to Sylvestre last time we met them so i dont think he’s an option.
Oh dear… eboue for left back?
International breeeeeeeeeeak,a painful period
oh my god,
i dont care if wenger is hated for it, he should just say “fuck you friendlies!” and keep all his players at home training.
Spot on Joe – Traore needs a run out, and like you say, exactly what is the point of keeping him if we dont use in these situations. Im sure Traore will want to prove his worth a get back the 2nd spot off Gibbs…..
i fuckin hate international breaks !! .
I mean, whats the fuckin point ? Too many games, too many games, too many fuckin games !! A/w will b spittin feathers !
waste of time friendlies. if i were the manager i would make it clear that no player can play in international friendlies. full stop.
Oh come on. Joe Cole will tear Traore a new asshole.
@haha – Joe Cole would tear most players a new one, that does not make Traore a shit player. Cole would give Clichy a good run for his dough.
Traore will cope as good as Clichy or Gibbs would have…….BESIDES, whose to say Gibbs only has cramp???? He could be back playing against Sunderland FFS
Our injured players could play in a 3-5-2 formation:
Fabianski
Clichy, Djourou, Gibbs
Walcott, Wilshere, Denilson, Diaby, Vela
Van Persie, Bendtner
hopefully just because of strain and able to solve quickly at the treatment table. Silvestre is able though, Traore hopefully has worked on his defensive qualities…but most of all just feeling a strong desire to say lots of words my mama taught me not to say…this is frustrating
What are your people talking about??!! Frankly speaking i am more at ease when Traore is playing than Gibbs.Traore is better than Gibbs hands down and i must admit i was relishing his return coz i rate him higher than Gibbs and for some of you who have doubts about him,you will surely change your minds after the sunderland game if he is given a run out.
What the heck? Look on the bright side though, we might just find another ‘flamini’ in the team who’s good @ left back. I pray clichy comes back quick. In the meantime, we’ve got Mikael.
It does suck but you guys have forgotten that verminator was offered and played at ajax in the left back position. if wenger plays him at left back then he can give senderos the chance he has been craving. it could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
If I recall correctly, The Verminator played LB at Ajax. It’s not his optimum position, but might we look at moving him over temporarily and giving Big Phil some time in the middle to partner with Gallas? If Gibbs is out a match or two, that might not be a terrible short term solution.
Don’t panic gents. It’s a testement to Wenger’s squad that Traore can step in. I think Traore will be adequate cover for the 3-4 matches it will take for one of Gibbs or Clichy to return to the side.
Also, J.
It’s late but I read the interview you did recently about all things Arsenal. It was an excellent interview. Just want to commend you again on this great site and on what your doing to get the word out to us Arsenal fans about the youth set-up. It’s greatly appreciated. Keep up the great work!
Vermaelen plays left back in belgium national team and played it in Ajax but it is not his best position.
Jeez, all you quivvering wrecks!
Oooh Drogba will rip Senderos apart… Joe Cole will tear Traore a new arsehole…
Get a feckin grip!
I pick Eboue to replace him. Traore will leak goals like a broken dam. Traore has no defensive discipline.
In fact, Traore hasn’t played a full game for Arsenal before as his poor performance at LB forces Arsene to substitute him.
The way to stop the injury is to cut back on foreign recruitment. They travel far away and get kicked left and right; some as far as South America who come back knackered.
Traore can’t do the job. Arsene knows he’s not good in that position after several tries. He was deputy to Clichy before but after being found out, he dropped below the pecking order.
Note that Traore he’s not played a full game for the team before. Arsene knows. Against Sunderland, we need height,pace and defensive disciple so Eboue plays.
ohhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
no more injures pleaaase.
and that damn international friendlies are just keep coming and coming.
I second “fabregas” on deploying Eboue on the left rather than Sylvestre or Traore
We put Sagna at LB last season with Eboue RB, but Traore and Senderos were away on loan at the time. Sagna did quite well as I recall.
The fact is both Traore and Senderos are not good. I believe if they were English they would’ve gone long time because they’ve had enough chances but proven to be false ‘dawns’
Fabregas is a foreign internation, gibbs is english. U r just speaking from the air! Traore is special thou am not sure he’s match fit.. Big phil will patner billy with TV covering th lb for the game against sunderland.. Arsene knows.
We could put Sagna for LB and Eboue for LB. Or just put Traore at LB, just please don’t pull Silvestre there, he is a worse LB than CB, and that takes a lot. Considering Wenger’s recent comments, he is not shuffling Vermaelen or Gallas.
“The way to stop the injury is to cut back on foreign recruitment. They travel far away and get kicked left and right; some as far as South America who come back knackered.”
I see Howard, aka Only Fabregas has been on here peddling his usual claptrap. Best give him a wide berth; this guy has an ugly agenda.
If Gibbs is unable to go on Saturday, I say the safest choice is Eboue at LB. Late last season when both Gibbs and Clichy were injured, Eboue stepped in at LB and did a very solid job. I know there are a ton of Gibbs’ supporters on here, but I actually thought that Eboue looked a safer/more confident option to Clichy at that point. Not to say we wouldn’t have otherwise fallen to Man Utd in the Champions League with Eboue, but I would have gone in more confident. That being said, Gibbs has made large improvements to his game since then (though Eboue looks better as well over last season as well).
Wenger has a lot of options: TV5, Eboue, Traore, Silvestre. I’m not too worried against the mediocre clubs coming next on our schedule, but I wouldn’t want a 3rd choice LB, or any other position, in a few weeks’ time when we face Chelsea and Liverpool.
“option over Gibbs for Clichy” I mean.
No to Traore at LB! Unless he really has upped his game. He’s not an LB. If they play him on the wing then no worries for me. He does very well on the wing. But I shiver when he plays at LB, that’s just me being honest. There are a lot of options we could use, but I’d prefer we keep Vermaelen central.
Vermaelen could make some nice runs up the left though!!! Who in the young guns is the most ready next to break into the left back role Pedro? Heard a lot about him but never watch him play?
Look traure will pla lb and if we and against sunderland his pace could be useful, cause dnt forget sunderland are really gonna go defensive. Pitty diaby is injured he has ben great this season but merida, nasri or hopfully ramsey willbe fine replacements. Upfront though eddie will get goals but after his injuries he wont have fitness for all these games till middle of december when bendy and walcoot will be fit to play so STEP UP VELA and show the world what u can do
Vermaelen can play at left back, however most of the time he plays poorly at left back. His lack of pace exposes him too much.
According to Arsene Wenger at the beginning of the season Traore is not a left back anymore. Armand is better than Gibbs going forward but he lacks the positional intelligence to be able to play left back. His defensive ability are nearly non-existent.
Eboue may not bring AT’s quality of crosses from the left, however he offers much more defensive capability. Against Sunderland Traore may be tried but against Chelsea either Eboue will play there or Gibbs would have recovered.
THat is assuming that nor Eboue or Sagna suffers from injury in Wednesday game.
Eboue could still injure Ballack just to equalize the situation.
I wouldn’t play Traore at LB against Sunderland, probably opting for Sagna to switch there and let Eboue play RB. However, against Chelsea at home the following week i’d let Traore loose at LB to give Ivanovic the runaround. Ivanovic isn’t fast and doesn’t get forward too much to support their attacks. In fact, he’s a CB doing a job at RB for the Chavs at this moment in time. If Bosingwa wasn’t injured and he was gonna play against us then there ain’t a chance in hell i’d let Traore play there but as it stands, that is exactly what i’d do.
valentin- ballack is left out as precaution because of some minor thing (i wouldn’t call it injury).
Even in positions where we are 2 or 3-deep we are being made to look thin. Someone give Wolverine’s doctor a call and ask him if he can infuse admantium into the bones of our players.
only fabregas: You are right. Lets cut back on foreign who get injured in internationals like Gibbs and get more local players that don`t get injured in internationals like…erm…Walcott? ;)
Sorry, meant foreign players…
Cedric Evina has been playing LB for the reserves. Is he, perhaps, another option? Maybe regular reserves watchers could let us know…
wHAT DO YOU ALL MEAN “FUCKING fRIENDLIES”??? gIBBS WAS PLAYING IN AN iNTERNATIONAL QUALIFIER!!
————–EDUARDO————–
ARSHAVIN———————ROSICKY
———-NASRI—-FABREGAS———
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SILVESTRE–VERMAELEN–GALLAS–SAGNA
————–ALMUNIA—————
MANNONE
EBOUE
DENILSON
RAMSEY
VELA
SENDEROS
MERIDA
TRAORE
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AW will go with Silvestre, I don’t like the idea of splitting our CB partnership up to put TV on the left
Dont start posting teams for saturday, When we’ve got Gallas Sagna,AA all playiong tonite, I predict that at least 1 of them will miss saturdays game…Nightmare November
Ramsey Injured too
sagna will play there with ebou8e rb…no worries..gibbs will b back in a week
I would go with Eboue. Do you remember Silvestre playing LB against Porto last season? What a terrifying game that was.
Kieran Gibbs has only a brused foot, so that is good news on the injury front
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Fabregas has been on fire these days. I was really impressed by his performance at the Liverpool match. I heard that he got really mad at the team during half time break.