Morning all.
That’s it. Goodbye Interlull. You will get misplaced now till subsequent season when I’ll keep in mind how a lot I dislike you. Till then, pah. You might be nothing to me.
From what I can collect, Martin Odegaard got here by Norway’s 1-1 draw with Georgia unscathed. He performed the total 90 away from dwelling although, so let’s get him again, rubbed down and into the candy embrace of our post-Interlull masseuses to get these legs shiny and prepared for Leeds on Saturday.
I’ve seen varied studies concerning Kieran Tierney. First off, a storming run down the left helped create Scotland’s second purpose in a 2-0 win over Spain. Positive, this was the poorest wanting Spanish group I’ve seen in fairly a while, however take nothing away from our Celtic cousins, that’s a superb outcome.
Secondly, he went off within the seventy fifth minute, a short while after being on the tip of a heavy problem from … Rodri. Him once more! I didn’t see it, however I can solely assume that when extra he noticed an Arsenal participant, not a Scotland participant, and people pre-programmed directions from evil genius Gru Guardiola kicked in once more as they did when he noticed Martin Odegaard on the weekend.
It’s apparent my ideas on this are clear now, and I don’t wish to go overboard lest I upset a number of the extra delicate members of the Man Metropolis neighborhood once more:
Suffice to say, I simply hope that as Rodri comes again from worldwide obligation and returns to his dwelling, a involved Arsenal fan – who has entry to the total catalogue of the ACME Company’s unbelievable vary of merchandise – drops a large anvil on his head from the tip of a close-by cliff peak, squashing him right into a literal pancake which is then peeled off the bottom and dispatched into a close-by rubbish truck.
We’ll wait and see with regards Tierney. I’ve seen folks speak about how he sat on the bench for the remainder of the sport, and seemed extra drained than injured, however he’s somebody you are concerned about a little bit due to his damage file and when he’s tended to choose them up. Fingers crossed on that one. We want all palms on deck, particularly when Pep reinflates Rodri with a comical foot-pump of some type.
There was an help for Leandro Trossard in Belgium’s 3-2 pleasant win over Germany, a pleasant run and move for Kevin de Bruyne to attain. And that’s nearly that in terms of the internationals. Now it’s about getting everybody again, assessing the few little worries we’ve got (Partey, Tierney), after which specializing in the weekend.
The opposite slight concern we’ve got going into this weekend is William Saliba. He went off within the Sporting recreation, however whereas we had an replace on Takehiro Tomiyasu who was injured in the identical recreation – and a foul one at that – we haven’t heard something but in regards to the Frenchman. I assumed Rob Holding did properly towards Crystal Palace, however Saliba has been a key a part of our group in each different Premier League recreation this season, so it’d be good to have him again for the run-in.
I feel it’s additionally honest to say that as spectacular as Saliba has been, the partnership between himself and Gabriel has been much more so. Individually they’ve each been superb, however not flawless. Defenders are all the time going to make errors, and through this season each of them have had moments they’ll look again on and assume they may have completed higher. Which isn’t criticism, it’s regular, not least as a result of one in all them is simply 21 and enjoying their first season in England.
Nevertheless, as a duo they’ve most likely been the perfect within the Premier League this season. They’re mainly all the pieces you need within the trendy centre-half. Bodily imposing, fast sufficient to take care of even essentially the most fleet-footed of opponents, each learn the sport very properly, good passers of the ball, and there’s simply such a pleasant pure steadiness between the left and proper foot mixture. For me, that partnership is a vital element for our title run-in, so let’s hold all the pieces crossed Saliba is ready to play his half.
Okay, that’s it for this morning. We’ll have any information all through the day on Arseblog Information. For now, have a very good one.
