Premier League 2015/16: 2nd of 92 clubs in England

[SuperGoon]

They have a tough season injury wise I have to say. We do too but it's getting better.

Meanwhile, Leicester have been lucky in that regard, and Sp**s would suffer a lot from a Kane/Alli/Dembele injury

I'll get my crowbar...

 

[RandyMarsh]

Pisses me off that teams get a free ride in the injury department and just coast their way to the top of the table.

Why can't we have our first team fit as much as Leicester and Sp**s for once. ****s

 

[Sweggeh]

Its extremely obvious why that is.

We have about 6 or 7 players who are always injured for significant periods in the season. They are just injury prone, and this will never change. We are way past the point if expecting these guys to consistently stay healthy.

Then you have the rest of the team. It is almost a given that you will get injuries at time even to players who aren't necessarily injury prone, as seen with the injuries to Alexis and Coquelin. This happens to everyone more or less. No one ever goes through the season with zero injuries.

Our problem is, when these inevitable injuries happen, we have 7 guys who are already out because they are injury prone as hell.

If we replaced all these repeatedly injured players, we would be able to do with a lot better when the unavoidable injuries hit our team. We can handle 2 or 3 guys being out at once, what we can't handle is 8 or 9 being consistently injured.

 

[Gooner n Proud]

Pisses me off that teams get a free ride in the injury department and just coast their way to the top of the table.

Why can't we have our first team fit as much as Leicester and Sp**s for once. ****s

The worrying thing is its not just the perennial injury prone players either its also guys whom in the past have had no real fitness concerns. This season we had Cazorla, Coquelin,Welbeck and Alexis out for 6 weeks + which is bad enough but when you realize Rosicky, Chamberlain, Ramsey, Wilshere, Arteta and Walcott have also been missing out for lengthy periods themselves, its visible we have a real issue. Last season it was Giroud, Arteta, Koscielny, Debuchy and Özil added alongside the usual injured players. Seriously what the hell is going on at Arsenal? Its madness. Watched football for 16-17 years and never seen anything like it.

 

[say yes]

Head-to-head record between the Premier League top five in 2015-16
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Arsenal 4 3 1 0 11 4 7 10
Leicester 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9
Tottenham 5 1 2 2 6 5 1 5
Man Utd 4 1 2 1 2 4 -2 5
Man City 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 2

Chelsea's decline is quite flattering for us.

 

[SuperGoon]

Wow, Man City are absolutely decieving the table with points like that. That's like us last year and further back.

 

[Gooner Zig]

City haven't beaten a top 6 side all season, have also barely won away from home all year. Just goes to show how rubbish the PL is this season that City are still in the hunt despite being so ****.

 

[TheSage]

Am I the only one getting pissed off with this Leicester lovefest ... even Liverpool looked good playing just once a week ... let's stuff these annoying gits come Sunday ....

 

[TheEroticGamer]

Hopefully Leicester are hungover after their win against City, and that some ****ing injuries start appearing for them and Tottenham for once.

 

[samshere]

Its extremely obvious why that is.

We have about 6 or 7 players who are always injured for significant periods in the season. They are just injury prone, and this will never change. We are way past the point if expecting these guys to consistently stay healthy.

Then you have the rest of the team. It is almost a given that you will get injuries at time even to players who aren't necessarily injury prone, as seen with the injuries to Alexis and Coquelin. This happens to everyone more or less. No one ever goes through the season with zero injuries.

Our problem is, when these inevitable injuries happen, we have 7 guys who are already out because they are injury prone as hell.

If we replaced all these repeatedly injured players, we would be able to do with a lot better when the unavoidable injuries hit our team. We can handle 2 or 3 guys being out at once, what we can't handle is 8 or 9 being consistently injured.

And yet, there are people who would readily accept Sturridge into the team

 

[Aevi]

Head-to-head record between the Premier League top five in 2015-16
Team P W D L F A GD Pts
Arsenal 4 3 1 0 11 4 7 10
Leicester 6 2 3 1 8 8 0 9
Tottenham 5 1 2 2 6 5 1 5
Man Utd 4 1 2 1 2 4 -2 5
Man City 5 0 2 3 3 9 -6 2

Man City is our very own Real Madrid.

Smashing the little clubs but bottling against the big ones.

 

[bingobob]

What City have done is shown you don't need to need to beat your nearest rivals just everyone else. Though they haven't really done that, had they they would probably be out infront.

 

[Sweggeh]

And yet, there are people who would readily accept Sturridge into the team

I would take Sturridge, but we would have to get rid of the other injury prone players in our team.

Wilshere and Sturridge are two guys you can accept, even though they are injury prone. Because the upside is so big. But hoarding the likes of Arteta, Rosicky, previously with Diaby, etc; is just stupid.

 

[samshere]

I would take Sturridge, but we would have to get rid of the other injury prone players in our team.

Wilshere and Sturridge are two guys you can accept, even though they are injury prone. Because the upside is so big. But hoarding the likes of Arteta, Rosicky, previously with Diaby, etc; is just stupid.

Diaby was being held onto for the same reason that we're keeping Wilshere/kept JVP. The upside when he was fit and on form was huge - you just have to ask any Liverpool fan, if you don't believe me.
We have already got one perma-crock in Wilshere, who we'll most possibly be persisting with because of his quality/nationality. But having two injury prone players is stretching it. The board should lay down a rule of carrying only one injury prone player in the squad and getting rid of the rest as soon as they show signs of recurring injuries. I don't mean a leg break like Ramsey or an ACL like Walcott suffered, but more of the persistent injuries that strike Rosicky, Wilshere et al. We've got to be ruthless and jettison them as soon as possible if we ever want to have a fully fit squad.

 

[Dennis_Bergkamp_10]

Am I the only one who thinks this is quite depressing for us? I feel City and Spuds have a tough schedule as well, just like us, but that Leicester fixture list..

 

[redanddread]

What City have done is shown you don't need to need to beat your nearest rivals just everyone else. Though they haven't really done that, had they they would probably be out infront.

We've been doing that for years to get into the top 4.

 

[redanddread]

Our finishing is costing us big time:

http://www.7amkickoff.com/2016/leicester-are-winning-the-league-through-superior-finishing/?

 

[Rex Stone]

Am I the only one who thinks this is quite depressing for us? I feel City and Spuds have a tough schedule as well, just like us, but that Leicester fixture list..

There are no easy fixtures when it comes to April/May time.

 

[redanddread]

Am I the only one who thinks this is quite depressing for us? I feel City and Spuds have a tough schedule as well, just like us, but that Leicester fixture list..

Leicester - West Ham, Swansea, UTD., Everton & Chelsea isn't an easy 5 game stretch to wrap up your season.

 

[Gegen Pressing]

Player Name Team Goals
1 Jamie Vardy Leicester City 18
2 Romelu Lukaku Everton 16
3 Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 15
4 Sergio Agüero Manchester City 14
4 Odion Ighalo Watford 14
4 Riyad Mahrez Leicester City 14
5 Olivier Giroud Arsenal 12
6 Jermain Defoe Sunderland 10
7 Diego Costa Chelsea 9
7 Georginio Wijnaldum Newcastle United 9
8 André Ayew Swansea City 8
8 Ross Barkley Everton 8
9 Bamidele Alli Tottenham Hotspur 7
9 Marko Arnautovic Stoke City 7
9 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 7
9 Gylfi Sigurdsson Swansea City 7
10 Christian Benteke Liverpool 6
10 Troy Deeney Watford 6
10 Roberto Firmino Liverpool 6
10 Anthony Martial Manchester United 6
10 Dimitri Payet West Ham United 6
10 Graziano Pellè Southampton 6
10 Alexis Sánchez Arsenal 6