Long term
injuries
Mesut Ozil
Mathieu Debuchy
Olivier Giroud – although poised to come back
sooner than we thought. December?
Medium
term
Laurent Koscielny (situation unclear)
David Ospina (situation unclear)
Koscielny’s injury is a
self-reporting one – he says his Achilles is hurting but he’s not in a position
for the medics to say this date or that date for a recovery time.
What Laurent appears to have is
Achilles tendonitis = which is an inflammation and is typically short-lived.
But it can turn into something worse, (Achilles tendonosis) if not
handled properly. However it shouldn’t go that way, as long as he’s
careful.
It is what we doctors call
an “overuse” disorder, caused by a repetitive activity involving the Achilles
tendon – which of course is what footballers get. Ongoing stress on the
tendon means the body can’t repair the tissue, the structure of the tendon is
then altered, and there is pain, which is nature’s way of telling you to stop
running around and sit down.
So Laurent could be back any time
– he just has to wait until it stops hurting.
Ospina’s situation is not clear,
but he will not be playing against Anderlecht it seems. Which means
Martinez in goal, and maybe Ryan Huddart of the under 21s on the bench.
Short
term
Yaya Sanogo – should be ready any time soon.
Isaac Hayden – an ankle injury, but not details
available.
Recovering
and just on ready
Theo Walcott – everything depends on how his body
reacts after a long lay off, and the most likely use of Theo for a while is
going to be coming on as a sub in a game where he is not going to be targeted
for a kicking.
Theo played 45 minutes for the
Under-21s against Blackburn – his first game in nine months after injuring
his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. His view was “I got
through fine. I need to be patient with myself. It is important to
recover. I need to be patient. The manager will choose to play me when he wants
– the injury needs to be managed as well.”
Serge Gnabry – the situation is the same as for
Theo, except that as a younger player he can try to do too much too quickly and
hurt himself. Youngsters showing that they are the players that the team
has been missing all this time, can do themselves more harm because of that
lack of psychological adjustment.
Both players need to be brought
in according to their mental and physical condition.
Abou Diaby also played 67 minutes in the under 21
game, where he has been slowly building up his strength. It is hard to
know when he will be ready for a return to the first team.
Back and
ready
Aaron Ramsey
Mikel Arteta
Nacho Monreal
Tomas Rosicky
Uncertain
Jack Wilshere. It looked like a
self-destructive lunge against Hull that sent him straight down the tunnel, but
it seems he’s ok, so could well play against Anderlecht – and certainly for
next weekend.
Discoveries
Hector Bellerin – what a superb player to have
coming through from the youth team. Absolutely magnificent potential.
What he needs is games, and with this injury run on-going I guess he is
going to get them.
Overall this means we are without
Mesut Ozil
Mathieu Debuchy
Olivier Giroud
Laurent Koscielny
David Ospina
Yaya Sanogo
Isaac Hayden
With the bottom four on the list
due back any time soon.
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