After sustaining a groin injury in the last match against Blackburn Rovers, William Gallas is set to be sidelined for at least three weeks. This means we will be without proper defensive cover until Gallas returns. Senderos will partner Toure at the back until then.
I don’t have any doubts that Senderos will perform well. He has partnered well with Tore in the past and he is very much capable of doing that again. He is strong in the air and will surely do well. He just needs to have 2-3 first team matches continuously. And the injury to Gallas means this a great chance for him to prove his critics wrong. What concerns me is the fact that we have no one to cover further injuries at the center back position. One more injury means we’ll end up playing Alex Song in that position. Very worrying indeed.
After his mistake in the last match, Jens Lehmann is talking again; about how England players are mentally weak. It’s good to see that he is trying to get involved in other things rather than get moody about his mistake. But enough is enough, one more mistake and he’ll be, he must be out of the team. He might not be dropped for the next game, but there is a mighty good chance of that happening if he makes another mistake soon. Gooners from all over the world are enraged with his latest mistake and many are calling for his exit from the club. Wherever you go, whichever forum u read, same opinion can be seen.
Meanwhile, Cesc Fabregas has came out showed his support to Jens.
“When I make a mistake I don’t like people shouting at me, I just have to think about what I did wrong and put it right. Now Jens has to think about it himself but of course we are all alongside him. He does not have to apologize. “This is a team. Since the beginning of the season we said we will always be together. We are together now and we are strong. We showed that at Blackburn. There was one mistake and we lost two very important points. But it is still very early.”
It’s good to hear that the team is ready to shoulder the responsibility rather than point fingers. As I said in my last post, there was some bad defending from Flamini and Cesc, as they just stood and watched the ball being passed around rather than closing down Dunn. We definitely miss Gilberto and I cant wait to see him back in action clearing air balls and putting in well timed tackles.
There is ten more days for transfers and i have come to the conclusion that we wont sign anyone now. Seeing the current state of team, its obvious that we need a winger. Walcott hasn’t matured yet, even though Wenger thinks otherwise and Eboue isn’t doing much as a winger.
One player who has impressed everyone is Sagna. He has been great in the last three matches defensively and going forward. Another great buy from Arsene.
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