Add another blow to Arsenal’s nightmarish season.
Theo Walcott is out for six weeks with a shoulder dislocation and further depletes the roster missing several key personnel through suspensions and injuries: Fabregas is out against City; RVP serving his three game suspension; Eduardo not due back till the middle of December; Rosicky’s rehabilitation remains shrouded in mystery; Sagna and Toure at also out with injuries.
Walcott had his moments and when on, caused all sorts of problems with his pace and his improved ability to find the back of the net.
We are not even a third into the season and the squad already looks thin and makeshift.
England’s friendly against Germany has already led to an testy exchange between Capello with Benitez regarding Gerrard and now Wenger is not going to give out any warm fuzzies either.