16 Aug 2016 13:21:25
Tell me why can Payet play last night yet we rest Giroud and Kos
Is it a player thing or Wenger being over protective?
{Ed091's Note - made this point to a friend the other night. Some players are desperate to play, some are not. If kos and gir wanted to play, they could have.
16 Aug 2016 13:42:50
And Kante.
16 Aug 2016 13:59:58
Kos and Giroud were patched and sent out to play in the 2014 CL qualifier after the world cup and we lost them both long term, not repeating that mistake is one of the few things Arsene has got right this summer.
The bloke don't get much right so allow him a bit of credit for the odd occasion he does lads :-)
16 Aug 2016 15:08:02
Did Payet play the whole 90 minutes, did Kante play any part of France's last two games in Euro 16?
16 Aug 2016 15:34:45
I don't understand it. If he played them and they got injured then you'd all be moaning. Can't win.
16 Aug 2016 15:39:41
Plus Chelsea don't have our long term reoccurring injury problems each season, why is a different kettle of onions to debate but the fact is we do lose the same players most seasons for long periods of time so taking no chances was the right thing with Kos Olly and Mesut, the biggest question is why chance Aaron?
16 Aug 2016 15:48:41
I had no problem with kos giroud ozil not playing. My problem comes with the why. We played sanchez, who played the copa final and came away with an horrible injury, yet played. What was the sense of playing him and not kos. Why did ramsay start and not xhaka, whose team departed earlier. Why play holding, when we had debauchery and monreal, who had experience playing for us in the prem at central defence and gibbs left. I can understand kos not playing but the same philosophy didn't apply to sanchez.
16 Aug 2016 16:06:15
? Holding is our only CB, Chambers, Monreal and Debuchy are full backs by trade so I don't think it's that weird that Holding played.
Also, you try tell Sanchez he isn't playing!
{Ed001's Note - Chambers was a centre back but got into the Saints team at full back due to injuries. He was always seen as a centre half though.}
16 Aug 2016 17:02:56
Tpg you obviously want to argue against anything i say. My point is we had experience that had played there before in needy circumstances and could of again, instead of throwing inexperiance in. Kos wanted to play and he never picked up an injury in the final. Sanchez played and he did and you are having a pop at me for asking why? I'm asking where was the logic. Why play one who had an injury and one who didnt, never even got on the bench. If you make a statement at least back it up with logic.
16 Aug 2016 18:01:28
Hang on 62, as far as I'm know Giroud and Kos are fine, why can Payet come back and play .
Is it a conditioning thing? Are they injured, are they wrapped in cotton wool, didn't they want to?
Just asking, listening to Henry he said he would be chomping at the bit to play
Just asking a question.
16 Aug 2016 14:26:26
agree g62, I get what ed091 is saying and agree to a certain point, however everybody is different and he play Ramsey and we have lost him for a few weeks, if wenger had played them and they go injured then he would be no good.
also the 2 areas that we are extremely short are up from and CB, so i for one and glad that they may only miss one game when it could have been 5 or more.
16 Aug 2016 19:22:47
Banbury mate I'm sure if they were at utd Chelsea or city they would be champing at the bit to so as not to lose thier place but their not and thier place is not only guaranteed in the team its essential for Arsenal if we are to even came top 4 and last 16 of the champions league.
Our lack of squad quality in depth costs us whether our players are fit or not because we lack serious competition for places even when everyone is available.