squallman
Still Pining for Wenger
People didn't blame Wenger for impact injuries like Holding and Bellerin. When Giroud broke his leg at Everton and Debuchy got hurt against City, everyone agreed he was unlucky.
People rightfully blamed Wenger for his negligence in regards to things like:
-not subbing Alexis against Dinamo Zagreb even though he tweaked his hamstring, then starting him a few days later in game in which he picked up a 6 week injury
-letting Santi Cazorla play the entire 2nd half on one leg which ended up costing him the rest of the season
-appalling treatment of https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...e-arsenal-flamini-premier-league]Isaac Hayden
To be fair that negligence stemmed from our appalling squad building. Despite Wenger's insistence to the contrary in public, he knew our squad beyond the first XI was generally awful, hence his tendency to overplay our best players and refusal to let them rest at times.
Who was even Sanchez's back up at the time? Wenger felt that we would be unable to get a result without X or Y player playing and he was usually right.
On the flip side, that practice of his cost us on two fronts, injuries to first team players by overworking them and our squad players performing below their usual low standards because footballers need occasional game time to stay fresh and on top of their game.
I think Emery is slightly better in that regard when it comes to rotating players to keep them fresh but still has a way to go. Ramsey disappeared for months, Elneny is nowhere to be found and he ran Torreira into the ground before January.