Arsenal have an Extra Game

[desertscouser]

Didnt Van Persie and Hleb get injured against Spurs, Ruling them out for both CL games. Hardly their Kids

No and Yes.

Van Persie got injured in the premiership game against United.

Yes, Hleb got injured against Spurs and he's out for 3 weeks...no real disaster.

[SouthAfricaRed]

No and Yes.

Van Persie got injured in the premiership game against United.

Yes, Hleb got injured against Spurs and he's out for 3 weeks...no real disaster.

But van Persie has played in all their games recently. Hleb missing 3 weeks means quite a few games if you look at their schedule. It means someone else has to play more than usual and that's not good. (3 weeks for us at the moment mean 3 games. For Arsenal that's 6 games)

[desertscouser]

But van Persie has played in all their games recently. Hleb missing 3 weeks means quite a few games if you look at their schedule. It means someone else has to play more than usual and that's not good. (3 weeks for us at the moment mean 3 games. For Arsenal that's 6 games)

Mate, every team picks up injuries. Arsenal can handle being without Hleb for 3 weeks. Didn't we lose Gonzalez and Garcia recently? It happens. No matter which way you cut it, Arsenal are in a better position than we are at the moment.

[Red_Al_77]

Why are you laughing ?

They're still in two domestic Cup competitions, having knocked us out of both, remember ?

I'd prefer to be in their position.

I can't really believe anyone is celebrating the fact that Arsenal 'have an extra game'.

It's sad.

That's obvious. Of course we would rather be in Arsenal's position. But that is not possible. The here and now is that Arsenal have fixture congestion which could help us and hinder them.

I realise text can be misinterpreted but common sense would suggest what SAR meant by his post.

[Parm]

if we lose to barca we'll have even less games to worry about

now that's Mr Positive