Make Hay While The Sun Shines.

For nearly 8 months of this calendar year, the trainer, and board have been asked to seriously evaluate the deficiencies in the team and invest in new players. However since June, Arsenal have sold Adebayor and Toure for £40m, while bringing in only Thomas Vermaelen for £10m. This is not what many supporters including myself had in mind for this summer.

However once the season has started, and your team has scored 12 goals in 3 games and only let in 2, all is 'forgotten'. It was not long ago since the team had a disaster end to the season after bad play and squad status, and only after Vermaelen has come into the starting line up and a better balance and playing to the squads strengths have the supporters forgotten about the last 9 months.

The truth is the squad still needs to be augmented. We all know that Arsenal always have players injured at any one time, 7 players at the moment, what is to guarantee that that list will not grow? However even discounting injuries, we have sold a defender and not replaced him, we have lost a striker who scored 24% of our league goals in the last two seasons and not replaced him. These are significant gaps that have been 'erased' by the destruction of Everton and Portsmouth, will they be exposed when the teams points ratio falls as it will throughout the season? Is that the time to then bring up these issues?

If we analyse our Champions List squad list, we have 3 slots still available for acquisitions, and if we do not prepare for when the rain comes, we will only have ourselves to blame. Adapting to the Arsenal ethos takes some time, even for the best players, only addressing these issues in January may be too late where every point is vital in the Premier League these days. For my money, I'd still like to see a central defender capable of pushing both Gallas and Vermaelen for a spot, I'd like to see another striker come in to replace Adebayor, and possibly another genuine wide player if Wenger intends on pursuing with an expansive wide counter attacking style. Central midfield as yet is the least of our worries, we have 7 players all ready to play there, and if we continue with the attitude of collective play, and if Denilson-Diaby-Song are all struck down,we can deploy Djourou there.

Please Arsenal, don't set yourselves for a needless fall, make hay while the sun shines.