Confirmed: Robin van Persie will miss the next six weeks

Diagnosis? Ankle injury.

However, with Nicklas Bendtner (and indeed Theo Walcott) also out it does leave us somewhat light upfront.  Eduardo is the natural replacement for Van Persie, though since returning from ‘that’ ankle injury he has never been asked to play a consistent run of games.  Whether or not he’s up to the challenge remains to be seen.

We'll have to start praying...