Isn't it obvious??? .. everyone can figure this one out .. if Arsenal start next season without a new GK, two new CBs (one established + one backup) and a defensive midfielder (right now, we have only one DM: Song) then it will be yet another familiar story.
The other day, i had a nightmare where Arsenal started the 2010/11 season with:
Almunia is fine for a mid-tabe side, NOT a club that wants to win PL/CL .. He is a good shot-stopper but does not inspire confidence with his decision making .. Fabianski has had far too many accidents for his confidence to ever recover anywhere outside the training ground! .. They say a top GK is worth 10-15 points over a season .. neither of these two is anywhere near that level.
2) Silvestre & Campbell as the backup CBs!!
Campbell has impressed when called upon but he should be 4th/5th choice CB along with Djourou (who has yet to deliver) .. as for Silvestre, it's a case of "a has-been" FB, and a "never-was" CB .. Even if the now-injury-prown Gallas remains, Arsenal need TWO additional CBs: one established performer + a proven young backup .. with the inevitable injuries, you just know you need THREE proven top class CBs.
3) Song remains the only DMF, and AW buys yet another young, small, "promising", injury-prown attacking MF is brought in to add to the half-dozen already there .. and Denilson remains at the club!
Just as Denilson disappears in the big games, he needs to disappear to another club ASAP .. No player can expect 3-4 seasons to "mature"!!
4) The delicate Walcott comes back exhausted from the WC, gets injured, and "recovers" only to spend the rest of the season ending his sprints with "hybrid" cross/shots that have no explanation except that he is possibly aiming at a disguised Glen Hoddle, who happens to be sitting in the Admirals Club near the halfway line!
I woke up sweating .. then i remembered that (minus Campbell's return, and the Hoddle explanation for Wallcott's end-product) i had had that same nightmare about 12 months ago!
Isn't it obvious??? .. everyone can figure this one out .. if Arsenal start next season without a new GK, two new CBs (one established + one backup) and a defensive midfielder (right now, we have only one DM: Song) then it will be yet another familiar story.
The other day, i had a nightmare where Arsenal started the 2010/11 season with:
1) Almunia & Fabianski remaining as 1st & 2nd choice GKs!!
Almunia is fine for a mid-tabe side, NOT a club that wants to win PL/CL .. He is a good shot-stopper but does not inspire confidence with his decision making .. Fabianski has had far too many accidents for his confidence to ever recover anywhere outside the training ground! .. They say a top GK is worth 10-15 points over a season .. neither of these two is anywhere near that level.
2) Silvestre & Campbell as the backup CBs!!
Campbell has impressed when called upon but he should be 4th/5th choice CB along with Djourou (who has yet to deliver) .. as for Silvestre, it's a case of "a has-been" FB, and a "never-was" CB .. Even if the now-injury-prown Gallas remains, Arsenal need TWO additional CBs: one established performer + a proven young backup .. with the inevitable injuries, you just know you need THREE proven top class CBs.
3) Song remains the only DMF, and AW buys yet another young, small, "promising", injury-prown attacking MF is brought in to add to the half-dozen already there .. and Denilson remains at the club!
Just as Denilson disappears in the big games, he needs to disappear to another club ASAP .. No player can expect 3-4 seasons to "mature"!!
4) The delicate Walcott comes back exhausted from the WC, gets injured, and "recovers" only to spend the rest of the season ending his sprints with "hybrid" cross/shots that have no explanation except that he is possibly aiming at a disguised Glen Hoddle, who happens to be sitting in the Admirals Club near the halfway line!
I woke up sweating .. then i remembered that (minus Campbell's return, and the Hoddle explanation for Wallcott's end-product) i had had that same nightmare about 12 months ago!