I don't care much for number crunching or financial musing but most of the number crunchers who follow us have expressed the view that we can most certainly still spend big on another 1/2 world class players in the next couple transfer windows. Moreover it is not an endless cycle. We mainly find ourselves in a position of need now, because we have been shedding quality players down the years.

We spent nigh on the entirety of last summer chasing a forward and a DCM. We got both in Sanogo and Flamini, but neither of those guys were the key cog in our initial plans and we failed to get our prime targets. The last few hours was spent scrambling around for Chelsea's 4th choice forward. In light of that, I can't believe the manager believes the squad is complete, so the fans aren't alone in thinking we aren't quite there yet. Wenger is just prepared to ease it out over a few years.

In the summer he was quite on saying something along the lines of 'we're in a good position to challenge in the next 2-3 years' which really worried me at the time, but also hinted that Wenger was willing, if not erring towards acquiring some of his top targets over some time and not all at once.

Unfortunately the manager is still in less of a rush than we are. Even with his contract being up soon.