NOW... the painful truth

Wenger has come out and blasted the press and Barcelona. At the same time, warned barcelona that we have as much chance of signing Messi as they would of signing Cesc.

Mr Wenger, why do you think everyone has the idea that we are a selling club.. This team is weak no matter what you say. Just look at our squad for tonight match.. and we lost 2 first teamer in Adebayor and Toure. With only one signing, i really don't see how we can challenge for anything this season. Our spending is that of a mid table team. How do you make people believe you have the money to compete and ward off others for wanting to buy your top players.

Some facts..

Denilson and Diaby are just not good enough. They will do ok if everyone else is playing well. But in tough matches, they will crumpled. Even is Denilson has played almost all the matches last season. i am sure everyone would agree that he is still not at that level.

At 21, Denilson is still at a pretty young stage and could improve more. But at this time, to challenge for the title. we simply need better.

Diaby at 23, apart from a few nice goals last season, is prone to errors. Errors that could prove costly in a title race. Being regard as a possible ball holding midfielder, the amount of time he loses the ball is scary.

Willam Gallas
32, defender
At 32, he is reaching the end of his playing career. now that we have lost toure, he is going to be the starting central defender. This is what i am worried about. His errors has not only cost him the captaincy but our title as well. We need another defender, Brede Hangeland could be a solution. he will add much needed height(1.94m) to our back line and signing someone who has played week in week out in the league before also helped. plus at 28, he has some level of experience. He will also be hungry as this will be his last chance of playing for a big club.

Theo Walcott
20, winger/forward
At 17, he was a bright shinning star. speed and ability lead to comparison with greats like Thierry Henry. Went to the world cup even if he never played. He was a star in the making. 3 year on, he has not become the player everyone wants him to be. Maybe he was a little overrated, his scoring record wasn't anything to be pround of. 5 goals in 25 matches and only 3 assists. Will he explodes and turn into a world beater? we really need him to do so if Wenger is not going to buy any strikers. if now then he better be careful, cause as it stand, Vela and even Wilshere could bring more to the field.

The upcoming matches against Everton and Celtic could show us more. We need to win and convincingly. Losing both will end our season even before it started.