Oh Look, More Injuries

As if Arsenal fans didn’t need anymore new injury news, word comes that former skipper Williams Gallas will miss up to three weeks with a hamstring injury. This news comes after learning Silvestre will be out for a few weeks himself. Not good news for a team that has now officially been decimated by the injury bug. What this does is remove any pretense the manager has over the “depth” of his side, with the likes of Alex Song now our third-choice centerback behind Djourou and Toure (assuming the Ivorian maintains his fitness). This latest news hardly makes me want to throw in the towel, rather I just shrug my shoulders and wonder what kind of results this team will produce.

In the column of not depressing news, Super Magazine named Emmanuel Adebayor the African Player of the Year. Not to shabby for Ade as he collects his second award in the same vein – he was named BBC African Footballer of the year a few months ago. While the Togonator hasn’t been quite as white-hot as last season, he’ll no doubt play an important role in any sort of Champions League chances this team has.

Saturday’s match up is against Bolton, and I’m imagining the Wanderers given us all they’ve got. It’s going to be interesting to see what sort of starting XI Arsene sends out there – here’s hoping for three points a bit early. I’ll be back when something positive happens.

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