The league is more broken than ever 22 rounds
Across three rounds, 53 players have been helped off mid-match, more than at any point in 22 rounds. And the wave is not one team's bad week.
It has hit both ends of the table hardest: Newcastle (7 cases), Burnley (6) and Spurs (6) have carried the most players off mid-game. But the list does not end there; also Arsenal's entire front threecame off before the hour in recent rounds: Martinelli at 59, Trossard at 55 and Gyökeres at 58 minutes.
The deadline is Friday, and this week's round will be decided on the benches. The question is not whether the league got hurt, the numbers already say so, butwhose exit was fatigue, and for whom the same repeats next round. The answer is read from the next round's line-ups, and the result is logged in the open, hit or not.
There are now 53 such cases in the league within three rounds, and the list is not limited to three top clubs.