Galv,

You spending more time on this thread now than on the Spursboard! Welcome fellow gooner

Arsène Wenger has suggested that Arsenal's injury problems might be related to his players taking legal supplements to enhance aspects of their lifestyle and performance without the knowledge of the club.

"Some of them [muscle injuries] are down to the medication that the players take that you don't even know about. Then you realise afterwards that they took this medication but that's not prudent."

He added that certain medication could affect the liver and then it "doesn't work as well ... the toxins don't go as quickly out of the body as they should and they [the players] get tired". Injuries are sometimes the result of lower levels of stamina; if a player is, to borrow a phrase from Wenger "in the red".

"At the moment, we have not come to any conclusion … every case can be very different and you need to analyse very deeply why things happen. I'm surrounded by people who want to enhance their performances because they have another problem in their life and it's not always necessarily a good thing to do."

Arsenal's doctors do not believe that there is a link between supplements, tablets or medication and injuries while no one in the squad is on long-term medication. The doctors strive to provide and oversee the use of any supplements that may be required.

-The Guardian

And the injuries are nothing to do with over playing youngsters when they are in the red because you have a poor squad construction?

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Surely players should be getting punished if they are taking nutritional/performing enhancing supplements behind the clubs back?

I doubt they're taking anything particularly harmful, but the last thing we want is a situation like the Kolo Toure incident and a player 'unknowingly' taking something that is prohibited.

alvin

Yes rev! Saw your misses the other day. Munter. No hate.

i saw alv. here are a couple of pics of her when she isnt taking the píss and sweating from a good loving.

http://www.ja606.co.uk/comments/viewAllComments/192191/6734

From Twitter:
Arsenal target Sergie Aurier (Toulouse) scores sixth league goal of the season tonight. Not bad for a 21-year-old full back (& 6 assists!).

Mind you, scoring in the French league and all that...

COYG!

How many have Sagna Gibbs clichy and Cole got in their time at Arsenal, combined!? Can't be that much more than this lad! Sign him up.

French league dross

Wenger: "If I buy you zee sausages every season, it is difficult to see why you expect to eat zee, 'ow you sey... football caviar."

£7.8m per season.

Arsene knows

árse n nose

Game over

Getting very, very difficult to defend Wenger these days.

Where do you even begin? Something about the Invincibles?

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Getting very, very difficult to defend Wenger these days.

Where do you even begin? Something about the Invincibles?
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The worst thing is, we know he's now going to prioritise maintaining his precious top four status - so expect a weakened side in the FA Cup.

a weakened side might not be a bad thing... Saturday's "first XI" were appalling

Disagree, KPPR - I think he knows he literally doesn't have a choice now regarding the FA Cup.

Can you imagine the backlash if he fielded a weaker team and went out?

I'm starting to wonder whether Wenger might have thrown the towel in already. That performance at Everton just stunk of a team with zero motivation.

Very true, CEG.

Aside from Giroud being his usual self, Cazorla really was shambolic I thought.

Luckily we only award new contracts to players having good seasons.........

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was someone streaking?

"We need a REMY-dy for Giroud"


Brillliant

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