[quote="Babatunde"]Ah well least Santos got injured in a vital game eh? Errrr.
At least we got Djourou backup! How was Arsene to know Gibbs would be made of balsa wood?
Arsene Knows
Key injury one already. This script seems eerily familiar. Pick up some good form, go on a great wee run pre-Xmas, tails up, confidence higher and chance to really push on with a statement in the Jan window with stacks of cash in the bank....
now how does this one end again??[/quote]
I'll answer that one - not difficult really given past history. It starts with countless rumours of signing "super quality" like Goetze or Hazard but the prices become "dizzying" and we sign the latest whizzkid from Valenciennes instead and perhaps a 35 year old loanee
1 day after the window slams shut, Chesney and RvP get injured leaving us with the dynamic duo of Fabianski and Chamakh at either end of the field. Wilshere, Vermaelen, Walcott and Santos all get recurring injuries....so we end up where we always end up.......with comments about "its hard to take, because we were very close", then Chief Chump Gazidis persuades the sheep once more that there will be a "busy window" come July/August, everyone renews their season tickets........repeat formula until 2014
Meanwhile the reserves look fantastic again come late July, beating the best Austrian 4th division side by eight clear goals