And the hits just keep on coming. Kieran Gibbs is our latest crock having being taken off
injured in the England Under 21s game in Vilnius against Lithuania last night. Oh deep and
unbounded joy. Not.Â
The training ground is starting to resemble a casualty ward yet again with the following out
injured:Â
- Gaël Clichy
- Robin van Persie
- Kieran Gibbs
- Theo Walcott
- Abou Diaby
- Lukasz Fabiański
- Nicklas Bendtner
- Armand Traoré
- Jack Wilshere
- Carlos Vela
- Denilson
The full extent of the Gibbs injury isn't yet known but it's a suspected broken metatarsal
bone.
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by JAMES CURTIS The news this afternoon is that Stan Kroenke has ditched plans to invest in
further shares at Arsenal by the end of the month, instead choosing to wait until the new year to
take his shareholding to the magic 29.99% figure.
This is because Silent Stan has plunged $1 million into a Montana ranch thought to be 10,000
acres and containing 4,000 horses, in an effort to rear as much placenta as possible after yet
another Arsenal player has fallen short to an ankle injury.
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by CARL ELDRIDGE Crocked Kieran Gibbs will give Arsene Wenger another injury headache ahead of
the trip to Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.
The young left-back hobbled out of England U-21's 0-0 draw in Lithuania last night and this
morning's paper report on the injury which comes after RVP was sidelined with ankle ligament
damage.
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Straight into it this morning my fellow Arsenalistas and news that Robin van
Persie wants a Serbian housewife to massage placenta fluid into his injured ankle in bid to return
to action for Arsenal within a month, reports the Daily Mail.
The paper says RVP flies to Belgrade today with Arsene Wenger's approval to seek out the
services of a mysterious woman who works from home and claims her unorthodox remedy can drastically
speed up recovery times.
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by JAMES CURTIS It would seem the November injury curse stretches beyond just Arsenal playing
staff. This dreaded plague is now spreading among Arsenal fans too as I write this with a fractured
leg, sustained over the same weekend as Van Persie ruptured his ankle ligaments playing for the
Dutch against Italy.
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by VIC CRESCIT Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Somebody at the club must have repeatedly run
over a black cat in a tank. Yet again the injury curse has struck. Robin van Persie will be out, as
things stand at the moment, for at least six weeks. He did his right ankle ligaments landing badly
after a tackle playing for the Netherlands in their goalless draw in a friendly against Italy in
the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara on Saturday.
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Will RVP be out for six weeks or a season? That's the question we are left
asking after reports in this morning's papers disagreed on the period our Dutch ace will be
sidelined.
The Daily Mail reports that he has insisted he will be out of action for no more than six weeks
despite tearing ankle ligaments during Holland's 0-0 draw with Italy on Saturday.
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by CARL ELDRIDGE It looks likely that we won't know until late tonight or, more probably,
tomorrow morning just how bad is the ankle injury RVP sustained playing against Italy for Holland
at the weekend.
Reports suggest the in-form striker will have his injury assessed in Holland this evening with a
series of scans but speculation is mounting that the problem will leave him sidelined for up to
three months.
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By CARL ELDRIDGEÂ It's the news we dreaded. Just as we get into our stride and look like
contenders for some silverware, the curse of November strikes again. OK, it's not the curse of
reverses that has undone the glorious Gunners in the past during this month, this time it's the
gut-wrenching news that RVP has done his ankle in playing for the Clog-wearing mob against the
Eyeties in a pissing friendly.
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by JAMES CURTIS Despite the break from Premier League football this weekend there are still many
Arsenal faces in action on the international scene.
Whether this is a good or bad thing remains to be seen. Arsenal are notorious for sending
players on international duty in tip-top condition, only for them to be returned chipped, chinked
and cracked.
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Here's a tall story from the Sun (for a change), which tells us that aspiring
midfielder Aaron Ramsey has grown two inches in the last year.
The redtop says Arsenal's 18-year-old whizkid wins his 11th Welsh cap today when Scotland
provide the opposition in Cardiff.
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With a majority of the first-team squad either in the treatment room or away on international
duty this week I thought I'd blog again on ownership. I know many Gooners don't give a stuff who
owns the club as long as we're successful. I for one beg to differ. Leadership and thus success
comes from the top.
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No TGIF during the International break, so it gives me a chance to go back to traditional blogging.
The subject for discussion this week is the vexed question of silverware at Arsenal football Club.
The persistent refrain of Arsenal MUST win something this season if the youth experiment is to be
hailed as a success is rather doing my head in.
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by CARL ELDRIDGEÂ Not the greatest round-up of Arsenal stories from this morning's papers today
but what scant coverage there is is pretty much here. First off we have RVP telling the Sun that he
does not believe his game is similar to his Liverpool and Chelsea counterparts Torres and
Drogba.
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by AKSHAY Before the start of the season, Arsene Wenger had said in an interview that youngster
Aaron Ramsey was very close to breaking through into the first team and that he had a set him a
target of 15-20 games this season. Before the match against Wolves, barring his two starts in the
league cup he had made only cameo appearances as a substitute in the league and Champions League,
mostly replacing Fabragas and he had also scored his first Emirates and league goal for Arsenal
vs.
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