Quote Originally Posted by Syn View Post
Anyone else reckon the club knew about the wilshere/vermaelen injuries a while ago but annouced them just after the new signings as it was a good day to bury bad news?There were reports going round that wilshere was long term but didn't know about vermaelen.
I think the plan was to bring in one more CB if the price was right and that would have been that. But the humiliation at Old Trafford, the increase in ticket prices, the departure of our star players, these injuries and the slowly building rumblings from the fans finally forced them to spend some money. Unfortunately they wouldn't spend what was required to bring in top quality, that is still a step too far for the miserly bastards. So yeah, the mad dash was certainly used to drag attention away from a lot of negatives. We know the story from here though. Arteta and Yossi Fucking Benayoun probably won't get much game time due to injury and old age, then it's take your pick from Santos, Mertesacker and Young for another long term lay-off.

Wenger used to make a big claims about protecting youngsters and bringing them through at the right pace. The amount of games Jack played last year made a joke of these claims. He was top of the list for appearances wasn't he? Then he went and brought Chamberlain into that rout for the last few minutes, totally unnecessary. What a ridiculous way to kill his debut for the club.