I like many die hard Red Army fans spent the day yesterday off work glued to the BBC transfer window with my refresh button just about worn out (obviously I had some football manager to keep me sane (I won the treble if you care?).


Arsene is a legend there is no doubting that and has the ability to be more of an Arsenal legend than Chapman but it’s weeks like this that make me rip my already receding hair out (sad for a 21 year old!).


I feel lied to, I feel personally offended, I feel cheated, I feel bloody optimistic. Having gone through my collection of season reviews (the older ones are a bit better!) I look at our squad and think that it is pretty good, maybe not the best but if we fire, then its game on. If we get injuries we are knackered.


Keepers


1, Almunia - Good keeper, seems like a nice guy as well (new captain?), oh and England keeper soon!


2, If anything happens to Manu we have some sort of Polish dwarf Rosicky lookalike who is average under crosses but a good stopper.


Defence


1, Although Gallas and Toure only look like they have been introduced to each other a minute before every game, they are both sound individual players.


2, Cover comes in the form of Alex Song and the better of our Swiss defenders, Johan is a steady player. as for Song, I really rate him and he is also scary looking which I maintain is a good thing!


3, We have OFFICIALLY the best 2 wingbacks in the league. Enough said.


4, Eboue might be a diving, annoying, cheating, average player but he is loved by the players and is vital for the team, he also shows moments of class (Slavia Praha).


5, Armand Traore obviously hates s**rs and will be getting some game time i hope.


Midfield


1, Cesc Fabregas.


2, Nasri is looking pretty sweet and his goals are making him look like a new Bobby Pires (they say hes the new Zidane but Bobby was better!), goals from the midfield are vital, Man U won the league because of the dirty ones goals, we need that!


3, Dumpling (Rosicky) will be back soon.


4, Theo is looking pretty good in the long run.


5, Diaby is apparently the new Viera but people are giving him stick for being played wide left and not playing well in an alien role.


6, Wilshere is going to blow the premiership away at some point in the next 18 months (because or squad is so weak that we need to play 9 year olds. Actually its cos these 8 year olds are electric).


Attack

1, Ade scored over 10 goals last season, heaven knows how but he did! He has signed a new contract and i hope he will shock me and score some more, for the record I don't rate him at the moment but i do LIKE him, I think the fans have been hugely unfair towards him. he loves Arsenal what more do you want!


2, The Glass man (RvP its a bit like the Ice man (Dennis)) has looked on good form if he can stay fit, I hope he can he deserves a 20+ goal season.


3, Carlos Vela, I think he is so exciting to watch, I think he will overshadow Fabregas to an extent. the only trouble is his onefootedness.


4, Nikki B is a good reserve striker despite obviously not getting on with ade.


Staff

1, Arsene is a hero dispite this lie!

2, Pat Rice, what a man!


Now for the negatives;


1, Eboue’s behaviour, it is not the arsenal way. I also think he is a right back, he seems to always play despite not being good enough, i think Wenger is showing too much faith in him.


2, I don't think Walcott is good enough for a team of Arsenal's standard (YET) but we can't loan him because he is still developing and a fans favourite.


3, Ade worries me, I feel that he is one of those players who could slide under the radar if he

doesn't have another big season.


4, Our form with a lack of Master Fabregas, he is so important to our team and he will have a serious injury at some point.


5, The team spirit, this is an odd one because there are obvious divisions, the French players, the African players, obviously it seems that there are smaller units not a whole team.


6, Seeing the reaction when Johan cleared from the line against WBA, Gallas screaming at everyone, I thought oh no there is going to be a bust up right now, season over!


I keep thinking positively about the team but its frustrating being a Gooner if I was in control I would have done some things differently;


My Starting Team

GK- Almunia
RB- Sagna
CB- Toure
CB- Gallas (if I have to)
LB- Clichy
RW- Walcott
CM- Fabregas
CM- Rosicky
LW- van Persie
AMC-Nasri
FC- Adebayor



Squad depth,

GK- We are ok, Fabianski is safe with a solid defence.
RB - Eboue
DC- We have cover for one injury but if King Kolo and Gallas are out then we have no one to organise the defence.
LB – Silvestre,
RW- Eboue,
CM- Diaby, Ramsey, Denilson, Bischoff, Wilshire
LW- No one without someone being played out of position,
FC- Bendtner, Vela, Eduardo

Transfers

1, Sell Ade for anything over £20mil and use that money for Huntelaar (or the Villa for under £30m if avaliable)

2, Buy Veloso (£14m) or de Guzman (£12m) or both?

3, Kompany from HSV.

4, Nasri, I saw him playing in France and thought he is Arsenal to a T.

5, Maybe Van der Vaart?


Considering we are prone to injuries it is not very thick backup is it?

In conclusion, I think we should be able to take 3rd this season but if we manage to keep people fit then there is no glass ceiling!