Player Fitness Watch

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

New season is approaching quickly, here's where we monitor the players' fitness and injury status. Sounds a lot better than 'Official Injury Thread' to me, too gloomy that thread title.

Early days so nothing really to report. I'm assuming Arteta has overcome his injury issues. Welbeck had a niggly problem which kept him out of the last few fixtures last season, he's expected to report back to training soon.

Here's to a happy and healthy season!

 

[blaze_of_glory]

This meant to be our new injury thread then? Will sticky it if so.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

This meant to be our new injury thread then?

Correctamundo.

 

[Danskin]

Hopefully we don't have to comment a lot in this topic!

 

[Hunta]

Posh title, I like it.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Posh title, I like it.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

http://news.arseblog.com/2015/07/wilshere-talks-absurd-fitness-and-training-methods/

Little interview with Wilshere about fitness and training at Arsenal!

 

[GDeep™]

http://www.balls.ie/gaa/barry-solan-heading-to-arsenal/300001

Interesting stuff.

 

[hydrofluoric acid]

http://www.balls.ie/gaa/barry-solan-heading-to-arsenal/300001

Interesting stuff.

I posted this in squad analysis thread two days ago!

Good to see we are always looking to improve our fitness levels!

 

[Tir Na Nog]

Yes very good, it could be vital to out title challenge. Need to keep the core our first team fit for the majority of the season....... in 13/14 the injuries to Theo and Ramsey at the same time cost us a lot in terms of the pace and goals of our attack. Last year Koscielny, Özil, Wilshere and Giroud all being injured around the same time pretty much made our team a mess.

It's vital that players like Kos, Ramsey, Özil, etc can stay fit for a prolonged period of time to give us every chance.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

It begins! Welbeck out of the pre-season tour with a knee issue.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/arsenals-danny-welbeck-miss-pre-season-6029834

 

[Hunta]

£16m down the ****ter.

Worrying how he's still not over his injury from last season.

 

[Danskin]

Ffs, it's been over 2 months and he's still injured.

 

[Vinci]

He could have gotten some decent playing-time with Alexis still on holiday, show what he is capable of. Will be a hard season for him now I reckon and not a lot of games.

 

[Taylor Gang Gunners]

Another misdiagnosis this is. I remember Welbeck being a matter of "days and not weeks." Then he was "very close." Now, it's 2 months out and counting. Hope he recovers quickly, not a fan of him by any stretch but I dream of a fully fit squad.

 

[SuperGoon]

Yeah. Let's hope we quarantine him away from the rest of the fit players. Don't want that curse coming back.

 

[chessplayer1]

Posh title, I like it.

Me too !

 

[chessplayer1]

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[ragnarock]

http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150709/ox-pain-and-positives-of-pre-season

Very strong possibility this is the reason behind our constant injuries in the first half of the season.
Old school pre-season where the FIRST week is the most intense one. Pictures on the site showing the players running the yoyo-test on the first day of training...
Not considering gradual build up at all. And then jetting of to Asia playing two games in three days with tons of PR-stuff and minimized adaptation to jet lag and recovery.
Thought Forsythe had more influence in the fitness periodization.
Stupid stupid stupid....

 

[Impact]

Counter with Wilshere's words:

“Training used to be long, hard double sessions for the whole team … now it’s more positional-based. Midfielders do one drill, defenders and attackers another. Training is more intelligent.”