Thats not really what I'm getting at,

Arsenal are always going to run the risk when they play pretty football with small young players. People like to stick a boot in on them. Of course bigger players can get their legs broken, there's no denying that but it's more likely to happen to an Arsenal player than say a Bolton / Blackburn / Stoke player.

Posted By: NCFC4life on March 1st 2010 at 12:09:34

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question - why is it only Arsenal players that keep having their legs broken in half? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 11:42:58
- Spindly little legs (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 1, 12:41:13
- twice? (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 1, 12:32:10
  - 3 - Diaby, Eduardo and Ramsey (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 14:00:12
- I wonder if they wear longer studs. With a couple of these the leg that's broken seems to (Other Football) - megson, Mar 1, 11:53:34
  - Not just the arse ones, others too. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Mar 1, 11:56:42
  - It's only two of them, isn't it ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:55:50
    - 3 (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 1, 11:56:53
- It's the type of players they buy who get injured (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 11:49:26
  - I think that is fairly accurate, chuck in what SCC said and there's the complete answer! (n/m) (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 11:55:10
    - though david busst wasn't overly fleet of foot (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 11:58:55
      - Larsson's was pretty nasty too: (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:00:23
        
        and he also didn't play for arsenal (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:02:24
        
        Remember Norwich's spate of ACL and other knee injuries ? (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:05:54
        
        and also, perhaps arsenal employ people called sports scientists (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:13:01
    - He moulded Troare into a kind of wing back/winger, and then he got injured (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 11:57:05
      - Yeah, they've not had any big strong players since the likes of Viera, Adams, Keown, etc (n/m) (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:00:22
        
        Did you see the game? Why wasn't Fabregas booked at the end? (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 12:03:51
        
        I didn't see it to be honest as I was on the home from Oldham, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:10:19
        
        i don't think ncfc4life was reffing it (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:09:28
        
        Should have been booked. Reason he wasn't is (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:07:43
        
        Yeah, big strong players don't break bones. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:02:14
        
        Thats not really what I'm getting at, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:09:34
        
        yep. so question is - should refs give them more protection than they currently do? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 12:10:27
        
        well thats the thing isn't it, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:15:39
        
        guess you'd give *all* teams greater protection (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 12:22:31
        
        or, just ban tackling in the league cup for example (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:30:40
        
        No, they should give them less. Make the skinny fuckers build up some muscle (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:11:19
        
        they could wear kevlar leg guards? make boots out of sponge? (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:17:39
        
        Perhaps spike shin-guards. That would put people off kicking them. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:18:49
        
        I might invent laserleg force fields (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:20:16
  - have you told him that? (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 11:53:37
    - They're all hypocrits. So are the fa. Wolves get fined for fielding a weaker team (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 11:55:49
      - *suspended fine* (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 12:00:50
        
        Incase they repeat offend? (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 12:02:11
        
        yep, in case they repeat offend (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 12:07:22
        
        I'd imagine it is quite understandably different when your second string is (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:08:39
        
        shouldn't be (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 12:22:30
- cos they play pretty football (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 1, 11:44:11

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