Leandro Trossard is an incredibly blessed player fitness-wise, as he rarely gets injured, which explains why he has played in all of Arsenal’s Premier League matches this season. The Belgian international joined the Gunners from Brighton and has been doing his best to contribute to the team’s success. His availability has been a major asset for the squad, especially given the injury problems that have plagued some of his teammates.
Arsenal is fortunate to have Trossard in their ranks because he is always fit and ready to play when others are sidelined. His consistency in being available is commendable, and it provides Mikel Arteta with valuable depth in attacking options. However, while Trossard’s fitness is a major strength, his goal contributions as an attacker have been a point of concern. With just four goals and five assists in 30 Premier League games this season, there is a question of whether that is enough for an Arsenal player aiming to be part of a team competing for major honours.
If Arsenal’s ambitions are to finish inside the top four, Trossard’s return may be deemed acceptable. But for a club that wants to win the Premier League and challenge on all fronts, there is a need for more from their attackers.
Furthermore, if Arsenal successfully pursues other top attacking talents, such as Nico Williams, Trossard’s place in the squad could be under threat. Should Williams arrive, it would make it difficult for Trossard to maintain a starting role. As such, Arsenal might consider cashing in on the Belgian in the summer, allowing them to generate funds that could be put towards acquiring a higher-calibre player to enhance their attack.
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Gabriel out for the rest of the season? Damn!!!
Mbappe will tear Kiwior apart.
Hopefully Timber and White get fit for that game so Kiwior doesn’t get to play.
Calafiori can do the job if he is fit, Ben White should be available, but you are right about Kiwior, not good enough, Partey also too slow for the games against RM
And need Calafiori in for Skelley
Merino.
Martinelli. Odegaard. Saka.
Rice. Partey.
Skelly. Saliba. White. Timber.
Raya.
OT – If Chelski defeat or draw with Spuds today, St. Totteringham’s Day will be early this year. 🥳🥳🥳
12 points behind league leaders in March should not be celebrated
Whatever Dan. Go away.
No lol
I wrote for this site mate for over a decade
That’s not what we are about on here and not going to let you simply put
It’s an Arsenal Opinion site
Rules – Everyone is allowed to hold their own opinions even if you disagree with them. It COSTS NOTHING TO BE POLITE TO OTHER ARSENAL FANS.
Don’t need to say go away each time you don’t like what you hear
Unfortunately your views will at times be challenged
No. I only say “go away” to anyone but you Dan and I suspect everyone regularly on this site knows why. I don’t care what you write whether I agree with it or not. That’s what I’m trying to convey but if you want to continue wasting your time please be my guest. There are plenty of other places on JA for you to place your trolling comments which have nothing to do with what I put in my comments. I do like to read what virtually everyone else writes whether they agree with me or not.
I don’t care how long you’ve written on this site or anything else about you. I’m well aware of your “importance” on this site but I also know the rules of the site and you constantly break them yourself so please don’t lecture me. With regard to your CAPS, look in the mirror. You speak of being polite and yet accuse others of being arrogant among many other very impolite and disrespectful things. I could go on and on but I don’t want to argue about this any more than anything else.
correction: “No, I only say “go away” to you Dan.
Caps were me copying and posting the sites ruled to you mate
That’s fine then when I get personal complain
As I far as I know I have never been warned about anything
What we are not going to create is a site where your happy for opinions as long as it’s only hearing what you want
If your not mature enough or educated enough to have a debate then fine but don’t be rude and tell people to go away
I’m not important at all
That’s the point there is no right or wrong , it’s opinions but no I won’t be going away if I want to respond to something I agree / don’t agree with
In fact, I tend to prefer when someone does not agree with me on the topic being opined about or discussed (not argued or debated). In these instances, I may disagree but at the same time try to keep an open mind as to additional information or considerations they may be conveying.
I also try to discern the tone and intent of their comment. Even with so many different commenters on this site, I can review the “latest comments” and almost always tell which ones were undoubtedly made by you without any other identifying information. Put simply, they stand out. It is simply my wish that you do not respond directly to my comments as I will not respond with anything of use to you or me. (just “Add a Comment” to the conversation in the Article’s comment section) Everything is up to you of course.
Yeah I don’t even read who puts the comment mate
I dont think putting
12 points behind league leaders in March should not be celebrated
Don’t think anything is wrong with that and I will I continue to respond freely mate
What your trying on this site don’t wont work mate though ( I assume your young )
My advice is though is nothing as trivial as a debate about football should impact you ( if you don’t believe me ask a loved one )
You don’t even read who puts the comment? I find that hard to believe. I am also a long-time gooner and no, I likely make you seem like a babe in age comparison assuming that’s important somehow. As I’ve stated before, I do not prefer to debate or argue but rather share opinions and ideas on a particular topic like St. Totteringham’s Day in this instance.
ps I do like to attempt humour at times as well that I hope is appreciated sometimes
I dont mate
Why would I care who writes what
We are strangers
Dan, if you honestly think that telling someone ‘to go away’ is rude then you have led a very sheltered life.
I left the sheltered life when I was 17 and have been my own man ever since and I think it’s very rude.
Your names not Dan though 🙄.
On a football site that encourages options and debate telling someone to go away the moment you can’t handle what they say is rude and not what this site is about
Opinions
Oh mate there’s confusion
Im not offended by anyone telling me to go away
Im simply saving time by saying that won’t work on this site
We are not going to create a culture where people are allowed to have an opinion but are told to go away the moment you don’t hear something they like
Unfortunately that’s a reflection on society
So not me bothered mate just essentially saying no I won’t be going away lol
So if you weren’t offended why post “don’t be rude and tell people to go away” ?
Btw, we are not mates. Mates are people who you would stand shoulder to shoulder with when it comes on top.
No, telling someone to f**K off is rude.
And sad
TBF someone telling me to fck off would not bother me one bit .
Funny if anything .
That’s just me though .
Dan, I always read and acknowledge your articles, whether I agree with them or not, your input to JA is immense.
But I am astounded at your reaction to BB and his throw away comment versus your hostile comments regarding the fans of Liverpool – something that you have never apologised for I should add.
BB has explained why he used the words he did, what about you doing the same?
By the way, I understand what BB means, when he says just by reading a post, one can tell who has posted it… at least amongst the hardcore JA posters.
Dan Kit me too
I just can’t imagine getting so angry over an opinion over football lol
Just reminding him of the rules of the site
‘Mates are people who you would stand shoulder to shoulder with when it comes on top.?’
Very deep dude lol
As I posted previously, you must have led a very sheltered life 😂.
Proper Gooners know what I mean about mates 😁
I would say someone in their sixties is a ‘dude’ 🙄
Also ….when what comes on top ? Lol
You don’t know what ‘when it comes on top’ means 🤣🤣🤣
No it’s grammatically not correct dude lol
In terms though of anyone standing shoulder to shoulder with you that’s what your friends and family would do ……not strangers on a football blog lol
We had a lad on here once where this was his world , like his whole social interaction
Don’t take it too seriously lol
No it literally makes no sense
Your saying a mate sticks together with you when we are victorious, etc
But we 12 points behind Liverpool so no one can stand shoulder to shoulder with you because we have not come out on top
Friends and mates are different. A friend may well not stand shoulder to shoulder in times of trouble, but a mate definitely would. That’s what ‘when it comes on top’ means.
As I’ve already said, a proper knows what it means !
Yeah no one on this site is going to do that
Your not going to find friends or mates on a football opinion site dude
You’re missing the point Dan. Do you really think I can’t “handle” the fact that you matter of factly state that being 12 points behind LP in March should be celebrated especially when your “reply” had nothing to do with my original comment about St. Totteringham’s Day? Also, while you may have a great deal of influence, you are not the arbiter of what is or is not acceptable on this site and I would appreciate it if you would not quote me the site rules if you can’t abide by them yourself even within the same thread.
correction: “should not be celebrated”
My opinion is in April we should not be boasting that we are above Spurs but wondering how we are so far behind in title race
Don’t settle
That’s what are manager asked of us
I don’t have any influence dude
Thank you for the explanation. In my opinion, any time we are assured of finishing above Spurs is a time to celebrate regardless of anything else. Obviously, I would not be boasting about it if my comment were directed to Liverpool fans but that would be the only exception. No one is settling but there are things that make me happy other than finishing first.
Happy At Totteringham’s Day BB.
Thanks HD!! Same to you!! 🥳
Mate I always say if anyone is happy with where Arsenal are at then good on them
When Mr Wenger used to do it that wasn’t good enough
For Arsenal to be in 2025 and us celebrating finishing above Spurs …I maintain is a genius business model by the Koronke Family
Ha another trophy for the record books 😂
Dan Kit,
Dan Kit,
🤣😂👍
Careful might be told to… Go away lol
Enjoying the mocking Dan? Forget those site rules so quickly?
You look at this very deeply
It’s a beautiful game but just that ….only a game
Not a trophy, but a good thing nonetheless imo.
Wasn’t the aim at start of the season
Gabriel is yet another long-term key injury. Wow! This season has been a complete nightmare for player availability. Get one back (Saka), lose another. It’s been like this all season.
At this point, I don’t know if it’s even fair to judge Arteta on this season. What could any manager do with so many players missing?
And JA just ran an article on how lucky we were that Gabriel was suspended for the Argentina game. This season in a nutshell.
Saliba played 210 mins. for France and every minute last season. Go figure. Doesn’t speak well for the idea that you somehow know how many minutes of play constitute overuse and when that gets any particular player to the danger zone for an injury during any particular time in their career. “Predicting” the worst using assumptions and being right on occasion or using hindsight are irrelevant.
Perhaps the real question should be why do we suffer so many injuries on a regular basis than most?
Why us?
It can’t be a coincidence.
I am certainly judging the manager on that as well as his players terrible discipline that cost us valuable points.
I guess it could be if the injuries would vary but a clear pattern is can be seen:
Havertz – torn hamstring
Saka – torn hamstring
Gabriel – torn hamstring
I think Nwaneri also missed a month because of hammie.
This is not bad luck, this is a pattern.
DaJuhi, it would be interesting to see how many other clubs have seen players out with hamstring injuries.
Now that’s a good question HH, but we also suffered many injuries under AW, so I wonder why that question wasn’t asked then?
The same goes for our disciplinary record and I remember quite clearly how the media were calling him out for the number of red cards while he was in charge – did you judge him on that as well?
As for the red cards themselves, if your going to judge MA on them, shouldn’t you be taking into account whether or not they were correct and which referee issued them?
I cannot possibly judge MA on this season now, especially after the awful news that Gabriel is out for the rest of the season.
With the RM showpiece coming up, we will have to field a squad with Gabriel, Havertz, Tomiyasu (and possibly Timber) all out with long term injuries.
I think that MA has done a excellent job keeping us in second place in the PL and into the last eight of the CL with such an enormous disadvantage – perhaps that’s why Mr Kronkie has given him those two extra seasons to, hopefully, show what HIS squad of fit players can do.
Just checked with the PL and there have been 118 hamstring injuries this season alone (not sure if Gabriel is included, if not 119!) and 79 have resulted in a minimum of one month out of the game, so it seems THAT MA is not the root cause of such injuries at The Arsenal – much to the disappointment of some fans I suspect!!
Actually Ken I did judge the great Arsene on the number of injuries we suffered season after season. I also asked the same question back then why only us?
For Arteta the reason is obvious. He does not rotate unless there is a high number of injuries. He run his first eleven to the ground. Even horses with their strong legs and large lungs need regular rest.
Regarding the discipline under the great Arsene, it was never used as an excuse like it is being used freely under Arteta.
See my reply about the number of hamstring injuries this season below HH and you can see it’s not only us – I wonder if fans of those clubs who’ve also had these injuries will judge their manager by them?
Of course, none of them are second in the PL and in the last eight of the CL, so they’ll have a bigger axe to grind wouldn’t you say?
If it’s not only us then we can’t use injuries as an excuse?
I am not happy with 2nd when a new manager with 0 premier experience comes and win the league in his first try unlike our manager who has been given 5 years and backed to a hilt not even challenging this season.
But HH, has this “new” PL manager had previous experience as a manager and was he successful?
The answer to both is yes, unlike MA.
Of course we can use it as a reason (not an excuse) when one compares our injury list, both short term, long term and season ending to, say, Liverpool or any other PL team this season.
Do you believe that the loss of Gabriel will affect both our CL quarter final and our remaining games in the PL?
Trossard will only get slower as he ages, despite his two-footedness and goal/ assist contribution. He made too many sloppy passes, which most of them were luckily not exploited by the oppositions
His reckless pass forced Lewis-Skelly to tackle Matt Doherty when we were playing against Wolves and the incident made Lewis-Skelly red-carded. He made several other misplaced passes in the game and one of them forced Raya to make a difficult save
We need a pacier inverted LW to compete with Martinelli
Unlike a number of others recruited during the Arteta reign, Trossard has proved to be good value for money and the fact that he has been virtually injury free has been important given our never ending casualty list.He has been a very useful member of our squad and while he is likely to be moved on at the end of the season ,unless we can secure a higher quality left winger, inverted or conventional, I would be happy to have him around as a dependable back up.
Trossard has been sub par for most of the season. I would not feel comfortable banking on him getting more productive as he ages. He was a good signing, but he’s not good enough for q contract extension. Time to move on.
In terms of the club re-build, I always saw Trossard as being in the “interim” category.
He wasn’t there when MA started, he was brouigh in (iirc during a January window when the club was short-handed) and seemed to me like someone who was a stopgap until the money was available after filling in other more urgent needs.
That time may be coming, but with other unscripted problems emerging… well, stuff happens, plans change.
The club is still rebuilding and there will be bumps in the road. Trossard may survive due to that for a while longer.
Neutral,
I have never been entirely sure about Trossard who can be very good, but then be less effective. However, I do believe he has been a good buy overall, and I am happy to see him in the starting 11 or on the bench. He wasn’t, in the grand scheme of things, a pricey transfer, but as you suggest, is coming to the end of the Arsenal road in the near future
Sue, it’s fair to say that my thinking has been largely the same (varied and not sure) over time regarding Trossard.
I also had doubts about my initial view when, as you say, Trossard played very well initially – although mostly as a kind of “super sub” – but he was playing well enough for people to be saying he should be starting.
But over time, I came back to my original thinking, seeing him as an interim solution, as his performances tailed off. It’s not clear how the club/MA see him, but he wouldn’t be the only one who has good patches and off-form periods, even the club captain is doing that.
In the end, I think his stay at the club will depend on what funds are available to replace his role, given the constraints of FFP which force transfers to be prioritised – and those eternal random factors of players being available in the market, suitable for Arsenal in terms of temperament, price, willingness etc.
I would be sad if he had to leave Trossard.
Sorry for my English
Especially for an informal blog, your English is fine Nathalie. In my opinion, Trossard has been a good Gunner and acquisition from Brighton.
At least he hasn’t been shipped off on loan, as so many other Arteta sugbubgs have BB.
That was a weakness in his early managerial position, but he has improved since then…. I can hear the sounds “What about the chelsea rejects Havertz and Stirling” being typed as I speak 😂😂
Sterling was a cheap gamble and Havertz? Aren’t we missing his presence and goals??
So many Arteta signings!!!
Nathalie, I’m born and bred British and can’t spell properly!!
Your doing brilliantly 👍
Thanks, i do my best.
Well, I think it was realized that Leandro was already the finished product and there really was no other good reason to send him on loan especially when he could be effective in various capacities in the first team. With respect to the early loans, I think MA was in part trying to sharpen his own vision of his most effective squad by trimming what he saw as excess.
Regarding Kai, I believe it was easy for many to see Kai missing “easy” opportunities for goals and to discount those he made while not recognizing the many ways he brought cohesion to the teams efforts. I don’t think he is our answer at the #9 but I for one give him credit for the positive influence he has had on the team since mid last season. I think Sterling was simply a gamble that was seen as being worth the risk financially. It hasn’t worked out but I’m not sure it was such a huge mistake at the time to give it a shot.
Honestly, I had a bad feeling about this season since the end of the 2023/24 campaign. Through the last two seasons, other than the Jesus and Saliba injuries/recoveries, it seemed that most other situations that appeared to rely on luck seemed to fall in Arsenal’s favor. It just seemed that the table was set for us to have a down year with injuries and every other way if luck had a hand in it at all. I believe MA and the players have handled the situation about as well as could be expected.
Thanks, i do my best.
Don’t diss Trossard! He doesn’t deserve it.