{"id":339617,"date":"2011-03-26T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-26T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/26\/lengthy-injury-has-helped-me-learn-about-my-weaknesses-arsenals-thomas-vermaelen\/"},"modified":"2011-03-26T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-26T09:33:00","slug":"lengthy-injury-has-helped-me-learn-about-my-weaknesses-arsenals-thomas-vermaelen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/lengthy-injury-has-helped-me-learn-about-my-weaknesses-arsenals-thomas-vermaelen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lengthy injury has helped me learn about my weaknesses &#8211; Arsenal&#8217;s Thomas Vermaelen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Omar Shahid<\/h3>\n<h4>26 Mar 2011 09:33:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.121128699243\">\n<div readability=\"12.506849315068\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5fe6127d108862_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"30.421735604217\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/belgium\/7710\/thomas-vermaelen\">Thomas Vermaelen<\/a> has revealed that he has learnt a lot about the weaknesses in his game while he has been sidelined for the most part of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgian, who sustained a tendon injury at the beginning of Arsenal\u2019s Premier League campaign, has been watching his team-mates and examining his own defects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve learned a lot while I&#8217;ve been out,&#8221; said Vermaelen told the official Gunners website.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mentally for sure, but I also had the time to work on some of my weaknesses. Things you do not have time for when you play a lot of games. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw Chelsea, Man United, Tottenham, Barcelona passing me by &#8211; top games for sure. And that\u2019s frustrating: you want to be on the pitch. In the stands, especially against Barcelona, you feel more tension than on the field. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was quite nervous, I noticed, even during the return match I watched on TV. I wanted so badly that we went through. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But on the other hand, on television and in the stands you have a better view of the game. You can learn from the positioning of other defenders, while watching them. And that\u2019s what I did.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_518.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/26\/2411516\/lengthy-injury-has-helped-me-learn-about-my-weaknesses\" title=\"Lengthy injury has helped me learn about my weaknesses - Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lengthy injury has helped me learn about my weaknesses &#8211; Arsenal&#8217;s Thomas Vermaelen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Omar Shahid 26 Mar 2011 09:33:00 Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen has revealed that he has learnt a lot about the weaknesses in his game while he has been sidelined for the most part of the season. The Belgian, who sustained a tendon injury at the beginning of Arsenal\u2019s Premier League campaign, has been watching his team-mates and examining his own defects. &#8220;I\u2019ve learned a lot while I&#8217;ve been out,&#8221; said Vermaelen told the official Gunners website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-339617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lengthy injury has helped me learn about my weaknesses - Arsenal&#039;s Thomas Vermaelen - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/26\/lengthy-injury-has-helped-me-learn-about-my-weaknesses-arsenals-thomas-vermaelen\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Lengthy injury has helped me learn about my weaknesses - Arsenal&#039;s Thomas Vermaelen - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Omar Shahid 26 Mar 2011 09:33:00 Thomas Vermaelen, Arsenal(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen has revealed that he has learnt a lot about the weaknesses in his game while he has been sidelined for the most part of the season. 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