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Arsenal Hoping There Won’t Be A Next Aaron Ramsey
By Josh Sippie
Arsenal was stricken with more bad news on the injury front when Aaron Ramsey went down with a thigh injury. All the team can do is hope no one is next.
The scene was all too familiar. Arsenal was out of defenders, so they sent Aaron Ramsey on as a sub in a game he was not supposed to feature in. He didn’t get any time to warm up and before you knew what was happening, *boom* *snap* he’s on the ground. Of course, there really wasn’t a *boom* since there was no contact. That was the scary part.
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Off came the Welshman after an all-to-brief cameo. The initial reports indicated it could be for the rest of the season, but as it turns out, it will be a month, depending on how rehab goes.
Have I said “all too familiar” yet? That’s right I did. Arsenal have been here before. A thin squad gives way to less ability to rotate. That gives way to dangerous desperation moves that can turn into exhaustion injuries, which is precisely what happened to Ramsey here and what has happened to him in the past. This is just Arsenal’s thing.
With so many injuries already on their plate, Arsenal had no choice but Aaron Ramsey. The game still was not decided, so they couldn’t have turned to Jeff Reine-Adelaide, it was too much of a risk. So a vital starter was a last ditch option to amend the problems caused by injuries.
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Which gave way to another injury. It is a vicious circle that could strike again. All Arsenal can do is cross their figurative fingers and hope that their will not be a ‘next Aaron Ramsey.’ There is a whole slew of matches coming up and with no returnees on the schedule for March, this current squad will have to weather the storm as they are.
That means a lot of people will be required to play full matches with just two or three days in between. It is going to take a managerial miracle to avoid injuries. Rotation will be key and a lot of youngsters will have to be utilized to cope with the problems.
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Looking at Arsenal’s schedule, it is a wonder where they will be able to fit in the postponed West Brom match. They play two games a week for the foreseeable future, and they can’t exactly make it three a week.