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He's missed something silly like 3 single games through injury since he started in the men's team. He's missed more for England.
They don't really get injuries to their key players too often, certainly not to the extent of literally every other team in the league
Agree with this. What significant players have Arsenal really lost to injury. Of their top players this is the list (who has played/been available what of their 29 games):
29 - Rice, Saliba, Gabriel & Raya/Ramsdale.
28 - White, Saka & Havertz
27 - Odegaard.
26 - Martinelli.
23 - Zinchenko
20 - Jesus
That's 9 of their first team line up have been available pretty much the entire season. Even Havertz only missed the game due to suspension. Yes they have a few injured or unavailable but to have 9 in total for almost the entire season is crazy.
Compare that to us this season:
29 - Vicario
27 - Kulusevski & Johnson
26 - Porro & Son
25 - Sarr
24 - Romero & Udogie
21 - Bissouma
19 - VDV & Maddison.
Arsenal missed games in total amounts to 23, ours is 52. I've only chosen the supposed first teams as if you start adding in Timber for Arsenal, or Bentancur/Solomon for us it distorts it a lot. I would also say that the 2 players at the bottom of the list for Arsenal are their least important whereas VDV & Maddison being absent for as long as they were impacted us massively.