Drekkard.. what the hell are you doing here after stealing our Captain? Just kidding
I really should have kept my head down and kept working. I've been looking at the state of squad, and it doesn't take a scientist to realise we need defensive, midlfield and a Striker - thinking 4-5 players. At the moment, i have no idea what is happening. With news that Nasri will be moving - funny how other clubs can do transfers in 2-3 days - ours are always 'protracted' - it leaves use with the lightest squad i've seen in years.
If you look at absentees...
Banned
22 F Gervinho 24
17 D Alexandre Song 23
Injured
19 M Jack Wilshere 19
7 M Tomas Rosicky 30 (small doubt)
2 M Abou Diaby 25
30 D Armand Traoré 21
20 D Johan Djourou 24
28 D Kieran Gibbs 21
Loan
11 F Carlos Vela 22
48 D Ignasi Miquel 18
36 D Kyle Bartley 20
Sold
4 M Cesc Fàbregas 24
27 M Emmanuel Eboué 28
Tentative Sold
52 F Nicklas Bendtner 23
1 G Manuel Almunia 34
8 M Samir Nasri 24
This leaves us with the following squad!
Squad
21 G Lukasz Fabianski 26
24 G Vito Mannone 23
13 G Wojciech Szczesny 21
25 D Carl Jenkinson 19
6 D Laurent Koscielny 25
3 D Bacary Sagna 28
18 D Sébastien Squillaci 31
5 D Thomas Vermaelen 25
23 M Andrey Arshavin 30
40 M Craig Eastmond 20
35 M Emmanuel Frimpong 19
46 M Henri Lansbury 20
M Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 18
16 M Aaron Ramsey 20
29 F Marouane Chamakh 27
F Ryo Miyaichi 18
10 F Robin van Persie 28
14 F Theo Walcott 22
Therefore, the lineups for the next 3 games look a little like this i suspect..
Vs. Liverpool and United..
-----------------Szczesny ------------
Sagna --Squillaci--Koscielny--Vermaelen
---------Frimpong ----Ramsey------
--------------Lansbury-----------
Walcott---Van Persie-----Arshavin----
Vs. Udinese
-----------------Szczesny ------------
Sagna --Squillaci--Koscielny--Vermaelen
---------Song ----Ramsey------
--------------Arshavin-----------
Walcott---Van Persie-----Gervinho----
Squeeky bum time? Just a bit....