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When we were comfortably finishing in the top four we could afford to be distracted by our best chance of a trophy.

Christopher Samba to Arsenal was one of the more tedious transfer stories of the summer and he will get his chance to prove that Wenger made the wrong choice in buying Per Mertesacker this afternoon.

After years of building a team there is a sense that Wenger has now started over. The average age of the squad in Germany will be 25 and for the first time in years we are now well balanced with young talent mixed with seasoned international professionals.

A dominant centre back has been on the top of most fan’s shopping list since Sol Campbell left the club but it has taken five years for the man to be signed.

A huge victory over newly promoted side eases relegation fears at the Grove.

Chu Young, Santos and Mertesacker are all good players but they are not better than what we have already and they are not players who are in huge demand so why has Wenger lied for the whole transfer window?