Man, if my life were a kids song right now, it’d be The Wheels On The Bus are struggling. We’re not even out of January and I have gone from ZERO illness in years to a second bout of something horrendous.
But… I’m here for you. You are the sick one. Sick in the head because you need a fix of Arsenal content.
I’m also here to remind you that after saying TP05 would be back for the Forest game next week, the club finally dropped the pictures.
Absolutely crazy that his return to first team training coincided perfectly with Ghana exiting AFCON. Which will make it even wilder if he somehow manages to cram three weeks worth of training into 6 days and make the bench in 6 days.
If there is ever a corruption of standards, it’s this one for me. I would lament Arsene Wenger for ‘like a new signing’ players that either weren’t like a new signing or were doomed to break instantly. TP05 falls into the latter category. But there is evidence to suggest that he is more than capable of dropping 4-5 month stints, and if the heavy rotation against Palace is anything to go by, maybe Arteta has realised bragging about being a macho big dog and not feeling pain doesn’t stop key players pinging muscles. Upgrading the Alan Hansen line: You don’t win the league with massive injuries and a flaccid finish to a season.
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