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Date:Thursday November 22 2007
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Arsenal's Alex Hleb I.I.A.
Alex Hleb is set to miss Arsenal's clash with Wigan at Ashburton Grove on Saturday as the great international curse strikes again.
Hleb, arguably Arsenal's best player so far this season, was hauled off at half time after suffering an injury to a unknown part of his anatomy.
The Belarusian coach give his prognosis. "Hleb could miss up to two weeks."
Hleb is set to join five other Gooners on the sidelines. Although the news coming from Arsenal.com is not yet available, Hleb, van Persie & Cesc (along with others) will all be missing.
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add to that abou diaby (back) and gilberto (fatigue) .. flamini too
and hleb's thigh is injured
yazz
sorry i meant flamini thigh and alex hamstring injuries .. just saw it on arsenal.com
yazz
Jeez, our central midfield has taken quite a hammering. Who'll play? Denilson & ...........
Rocky7
The whole midfield is looking thin. Denilson, Diarra, Rosicky & Eboue look as though they will be all we will have. Gilberto & Song making the bench maybe. Walcott for one of the wide positions?
Amos.
Diarra, of course. I keep forgetting about him.
Rocky7
Yeah Diarra, I keep forgetting about him too, I even forget what he looks like.
Professor Calculus
he's a younger twin to Makelele - but looks different - but could play in the same way as him - even though the French use him at RB and we will use him as DM. Simple eh?
michael105uk
Interesting midfield choices for Le Boss on Saturday. It's Wigan at home, but you can't take it for granted what with their off the field problems. Usual back four, I'd like to see Eduardo and Ade up front. Eboue, Diarra playing Flamini's role, Denilson and Tomas making the midfield four. Mad Jens, Senderos (back according to arsenal.com), Theo, Bendtner and who knows which unknown midfielder we have available to complete the 5 subs.
michael105uk
we still look strong even with all these players missing
fran merida
I agree with Fran, I'm looking forward to seeing Diarra, he's really impressed me in his limited outings. This is why a big squad is crucial, we've lost all those players and yet can field Eboue, Diarra, Denilson and Rosicky, that's still pretty strong.
Little Dutch
hleb is a big loss.. and fabregas can't play.. diaby is injured.. where are we gonna get our creativity from.. van persie must play if we're gonna win this one.. and rosicky must play with his shooting boots on cause we'll need a long distance goal to force wigan to come out
McGooner
Why dont we just get rid of internationals?!
ArsenalRob
its 3 weeks and I make that 6 games. some hard games in there as well. bummer.
gazzap
Two weeks? I heard the injury wasn't serious, awww crap. It's quite a loss, especially since he's in great form. I want Dudu to play against Wigan. Just look at that sweet defence splitting pass he made against England! Sorry, can't help admiring it.
BMF
Hleb will miss Wigan (H), Sevilla (A), Villa (A), Newcastle (A), Boro (A) , Steaua(H) and Chelsea(H) games. A lot of away games but newcastle and boro shouldnt be a problem with fab, gilberto and maybe flamini back. Champions league games arent as important since we have already qualified but still would like to win the group. Should have majority of injured players back for home game against chelsea.
MikeLebo
Damn internationals.....always injuring our players :(
AB_Arsenal
Yes Dudu and Diarra please! Almunia (Lehmann/Fabianski as sub); Sagna, Kolo, Gallas (Senderos), Clichy; Eboue, Denilson, Diarra (Gilberto), Rosicky; Dudu (Walcott), Ade (Bendtner)
Louisa
Theo also did well against Bulgaria and Portugal (whose home fans even chanted "Theo, Theo!" That's how good he looked to them.) And Bendtner and Rosicky scored for their countries. That should be more than enough for Wigan. :)
Louisa
MikelLebo Hleb should be back for the home game against Chelsea. we need him fit then..
luckys_10
Its fortunate that the fixture has thrown up Wigan at home after this international break. A good opportunity for Diarra and Denilson, with Gilberto on the bench. Hleb is out for 3 weeks which is a big blow. But I still think that the current squad ought to step up, esp if we hold title aspirations.
prits
The big problem with the injuries in central midfield is that it leaves our side desperately lacking height, whilst Wigan have some big, strong players. Set pieces could be a real danger.
Little Dutch
LD Flamini and Fabregas aren't tall and they aren't great defending a set piece situation..
luckys_10
Chance for the younguns to step up. This could be a real incentive for them, and the drive we need to rack up a cricket score!
darinb007
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