Injury update, Cesc talks & possible away kit link 23 April, 2009

Just a quick post today because I’m so busy with work, but I better keep you updated. Wenger’s brought us up to date with the injury situation and I guess it’s mainly good news:

“From Tuesday night we are quite safe. We will rotate a little bit again but we have no major injuries from Liverpool.

Manuel Almunia was in full training today and we’ll see how he responds. Djourou was in full training also so we’ll see how he is too. Both could come back into the squad. It is not enough training to say [for sure] yet we need 48 hours more.

Emmanuel Adebayor should come back into the training on Saturday. He could be in the squad. But Robin van Persie is definitely out for Sunday and for Manchester United. Gael Clichy could be back for the second Manchester United game. He has a scan on Monday. We’ll go from there. He has a chance to be back in full training next week.”

That’s good about Almunia and Djourou training today, I do hope they are fit to play on Sunday because our defense has not been great of late. I don’t think that Adebayor will be rushed for Sunday but it is good to know that those three will be back for the 1st leg of the Champions League Semi.

We’re looking at the second leg for van Persie and Clichy and although it was a bit of a surprise to lose them I guess it’s good we will get them back for when it really matters, finger’s crossed.

Wenger also confirmed that Gallas and Rosicky will be out for the season. We’ve had so many answers on Rosicky’s return it’s unreal. I hope just hope he has a good recovery over the summer ready for a strong pre-season. If he’s still injured by then well that’ll be a bit of a joke but we’ll think about that if we come to it.

Cesc Fabregas was visibly upset when he left the field on Tuesday night with the way we had conceded in injury time. He’s been talking about our defense saying we need to do better if we want to make it to Rome. I think we’re all a bit annoyed we couldn’t hold on to the win at Anfield but we’ll get over that. However a late goal like that against Man United could be extremely damaging. We need to keep the defense tight and show more concentration. It’s good that we have Almunia, Djourou and Clichy coming back soon with Sagna already working his way to fitness.

You might remember me showing you this kit a few weeks ago. There were mixed opinions but personally I would quite like us to have that shirt. If you also like it then you can buy it here off this site! They say they know it hasn’t been confirmed but they are still selling copies of it if you want it. They also have a few more shots of their replica up there if you want to have a look. Thought I’d just pass that along to you incase you were interested.

And finally, regulars will know about the relationship I have with SoccerPro.com and they have sent me some more stuff. I’m playing in the Arseblog 5-a-side tournament this Saturday and they’ve sent me some new goalkeeper gloves for that. I’ve also got a couple of these new Calle t-shirts – I’d never heard of them before but they’ve got some quite nice stuff so go check out the Calle soccer gear if you get a chance.

Soccer Pro deliver around the world and got all sorts of football stock and sale items. Go have a look if you get a chance.

Right well I really better be off. Maybe speak to you tomorrow if I get a chance but I’m not promising anything.

See ya.