Maddisons now out for a few months, Udogie and Romero out for a bit, City coming up. Ultimately I don’t think they have the squad depth to keep the charge going.
But sure they undoubtedly had a good run but I guess people were right, City are inevitable…
People mocking Spurs but Liverpool and Arsenal are not much better. Who is the replacement for Salah/Saka/VVD/Saliba if they get a long term injury?
There is a reason why they say the title race begins in January.
He’s no Saliba but Kiwior looks good. Regardless we aren’t going to outlast City.
Says you when you lost 2 in a row when Rodri was out.
The replacement for Saliba is Ben White (Tomiyasu at RB and Timber / Zinny at LB).
The replacement for Saka is Trossard/Jesus.
When you’re playing within financial fair play that’s the level of replacement available to you…
Don’t you put that evil on me Ricky Bobby!
Last year with saliba, arsenal had to drop to third choice with holding. I think with tomi it could work somewhat decently.
Saka yeah there isn’t really anything. Jesus is the best replacement and then we end up with second choice striker as well
Man City sure are a privileged team, aren’t they? The squad depth is such that even if a few key players miss out on a few games, they can sail through it easily. Most of the refereeing errors also coincidentally favor them at times. No wonder, it’s really difficult to beat City in PL.
Nobody outside city can really cope if two important players get injured at the same time. Even When Rodri got suspended city lost three on the bounce.
No spurs fan thought we had a title charge. This season is a free hit and even more so now. Honestly id like to see some of the youth players get some minutes. We’ve been kinda shit at doing that since winks.
People don’t forget that last year Saliba was injured.
What people do forget is that Tomiyasu was injured in that very same game.
That meant that Ben White’s replacement at RB was gone. So when he moved to CB, we were left with Partey at RB.
Tomiyasu is a solid backup for BW if no other injuries occur.
I mean as a Liverpool fan I never really thought we’d challenge for the title this season, our defensive depth isn’t there, Tsimikas isn’t good enough to cover Robertson and Gomez is a hit and miss. Missing a true 6 is a major issue as well. I think we’re good for top 4 but not a title charge, but our backup to Salah is either moving Jota to the right or Doak or even Szobo from whos played there at Leipzig, but you’re right it won’t be good if we lose Salah to injury.
Saliba is obviously huge for us, but I’d be fairly confident in Tomiyasu stepping up. What really fucked us last season is that Tomiyasu got injured in the same game as Saliba.
Salah missed a handful of games in 6 years. His durability is crazy
The only time city lost the title recently is when they let another team get an early lead that they couldn’t catch. The title race begins in August.
Really with Jesus and Nketiah out, Arsenal doesn’t have a striker at the moment. Yeah Trossard and Havertz can step up but that isn’t their focus