i'd like,
- Pele/Adler/Gomes - GK
- Some competition for Eboue/Hoyte
- Some competition for Clichy (Baines? Abidal?)
- A no nonense DMF, or keep Diaby centre
- 2 pure wingers - Ribery has been touted, Reyes won't stay, so f*ck knows who else.
- Pigs will fly
The chance of any of that happening is zero, as Wenger has admitted he is only looking for "special, special players", and he is happy with the squad.
I guess in essence, whoever we buy this season will be a bonus. Arsenal can't match the big clubs on money (debt of Ashburton Grove - plus Wenger not wanting to spend big), and on the second half of the season, our performances do not measure up as a team to who players would aspire to move to. (Sorry, i'm just in defeatist mode).
I guess the point in fact is how shit we really are right now.
For all the great football Arsenal seem to play I think it's interesting to point out that we've not won anything in the past two seasons.
No disrespect to Liverpool but PSV were without doubt one of the worst teams I've ever seen in a Champions League quarter-final. Ever.
This is however the same PSV side that beat Arsenal over two legs in the previous round - minus Alex and Arouna Kone. Apart from a Istanbul turnaround, PSV have a rats chance of getting through to the Semi's.
Our record against the top 3 reads W3 D1 L1. A mix of experience to cover the loss of Vieira, Pires and Bergkamp, and youth, is needed and the club will need to spend big this summer and bring in at least four world-class players if we're are going to stand any chance of winning a trophy next season.