Arsene’s refusal to buy proving costly
It feels as if it was only yesterday that we were revelling in the return of an almost fully fit squad — which perhaps explained somewhat Le Prof’s reluctance to put his hand in the Arsenal’s deep pockets during the transfer window and his rush to send the likes of Ramsey, Eastmond, Emmanuel-Thomas & Bartley back out on loan.
But then in the blink of an eye we’re back down to the bare bones, deprived of Nasri, Song, Denilson, Vermaelen, Djourou and Fabianski by injury and Diaby by suspension. With our midfield decimated and Koscielny and Squillaci our last two centre-backs still standing, suddenly it’s looking decidedly remiss of Arsene to have resisted the inclination to strengthen our squad, thereby girding the Gunners’ loins for just such an eventuality.
