It really depends on whether refs clamp down on their set piece bullshit.
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Even then weāve seen it happen.
Teams will play a certain way, rock up the season after and it will somehow be less effective.
I think that has to happen. Not just about Arsenal, but the general set piece wrestling shit show the Premier League has become. It has to change.
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Interesting that I did both Lee Dixon (formerly of Arsenal) and Richards comment about that it was good to see a stronger approach to it at the world cup. Though that was probably just because England benefited on Haaland.
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Sakaās complete lack of world cup should scare the shit out of Arsenalās fans for their prospects for next season. Itās difficult to not look at what happened to him and Saliba as anything other than the effect of being run into the ground over a multi-season run. Even Rice to a degree, even before the shits, was not that effective.
Itās interesting that the players of their who came out of the tournament the best are probably Ćdegaard, Trossard, and Martinelli, 3 players who have had far more reasonable workloads.
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Saka will have an injury as well at some point.
Honestly it happened aleady. Arsenal really limped over the line with a bunch of 1-0 wins against bottom-half teams.
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I think weāre already there. It isnāt just Sakaās relative lack of minutes due to an achilies issue that looks ominous Its is that he returned for a full 90 against Mexico and appears to have had a set back as a result of that.
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No surgery required but he is out for an extended period.
The lad has been absolutely ground down. Itās not just being overplayed - heās been rushed back from his last few juries far too soon.
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Bloody full-backs and former full-backs up to their usual tricks, smhā¦
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