Today saw Arsenal host their fifth summer members day and the third to take place at Emirates Stadium.
The majority of the first-team squad was present although new signing Amaury Bischoff was nowhere to be seen. Nicklas Bendtner looked like he was coming out but then he decided it was better to stay inside because of the rain. Gallas only came out for a short time as well.
Eduardo was the first to emerge and he ran several laps of the pitch with new physio Noel Reynolds before taking part in some light stretches. He recieved a good reception from the fans and could return to action in November.
The goalkeepers were the next to come out, with Manuel Almunia, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito Mannone in attendance. They did some light running before praticising their shot stopping with ‘keeper coach Gerry Peyton.
Then the bulk of the players came out, including newly promoted Jack Wilshere. The players did some laps of the pitch followed by stretches at the far end of the pitch before splitting into different groups for fitness training. They were:
Group 1: Fabregas, Toure
Group 2: Ramsey, Clichy, Walcott, J.Hoyte, Ramsey, Wilshere
Group 3: Adebayor, Sagna, Djourou
Group 4: Senderos, Vela, van Persie, Eboue, Denilson
Group 5: Rosicky, Traore
Samir Nasri dissapeared down the tunnel whilst Group 1 did short sprints and Group 5 undertook a light jog and Group 2 were accompanied by Arsene Wenger.
The players then split into two teams for a training match. The teams were as follows:
Green: van Persie, Adebayor, Mannone, Wilshere, Denilson, Senderos, J.Hoyte, Clichy, Fabianski.
White: Ramsey, Eboue, Djourou, Vela, Sagna, Toure, Walcott, Almunia.
Vito Mannone played as an outfielder for the Green team and thundered home a powerful shot. Van Persie was also on target, linking up well with Adebayor. Wilshere showed some good touches including a superb flick with the outside of his boot. Halfway through the game, the two sides switched ends and Mannone went in goal with Almunia becoming an outfielder.
After that, the players kicked some footballs into the crowd, whilst Arsene Wenger revealed that it will be a ‘very young side’ that will take on Huddersfield tomorrow night before the senior stars travel to Holland for the Amsterdam Tournament which commences on Friday.
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fortunately the new physio is neil reynolds and not myself as if so rosicky, eduardo and van persie would be in a lot of trouble were i to be treating their injuries.
some good info there thanks
does anyone have an idea of the sort of team that we will put out against huddersfield town ?
You for got to mention the five kids taking a penalty each against Manuel Almunia
seb it will mainly be a reserve team like the one which played the second half against barnet but merida could feature as well.
Nasri was pointing at his leg before he went off. He must of had some type of strain.
Nice mate, good to see Rosicky & Eduardo both jogging
Much appreciation for the picks,they excite me tremendously,if there any others,please dont be shy to put any more on the web.Thank you!!
No ramsey?
ramsey was there, i mentioned his name in the article.
good job J
Great info and pics. Thanks Jeorge!
Nice photos. Hell of a day out there in the rain. It was worth it thought with some impressive training performances notably from the big 3 (Fabregas, Adebayor and RvP)
Very Informative thanks
what about diaby?
cheers jeorge. We better had beat them alot my mates are town supporters n i will never hear last of it lol
Good one. Hope Nasri is ok. I wonder why wasn’t Bischoff there. Thanks for posting these.
diaby went onto the pitch at the beginning but i think he went back inside with bendtner and co.
looks like the carling cup side for this winter the team picked for huddlesfield
i’ll do a full preview of that game tomorrow.
Bischoff is out with an injury for the next few weeks. Forgot what injury though…
I’ve got it on good authority that Wenger belives Bischoff has the potential to be the next Rosicky…………………………………
I’m assuming that means he’s talented as we know he seems to be injured most of the time. I’ll be suprised if Bischoff plays more than 3 – 4 games before being released at the end of the season.