staunchly defended his infuriating ego by claiming that he is not against spending money, yet the idea of spending money on average players is what stops him. Which is why he had gone out and got Almunia, Ebou, Squillaci, Koscielny, Diaby, Denilson , Bendtner and so on of course. Not just gone out and got them, but persisted with them long after everyone else had realised they have been conned! The end result of which no one quite knows when and if we will strengthen the squad with 12 days of the window to go and potentially decisive clashes against Liverpool , Manchester United and Udinese on the way. And, painfully, a consensus that any convincing amount of strengthening would have just about set for fourth place, not the ideas nor promises that Wenger et al had had in mind for us! So in response to Mr. Dein, and of course, as ever, the manager himself, the long and short of it is this: we have respected such ways, such a vision for years on end now, taking each knock during those six trophyless years on the chin, and hoping that you would finally, FINALLY, come to your senses and act. This has not happened, so how can you possibly not expect the supporters, the absolute majority of whom have frankly had it, to lay down a protest, voice their dissatisfaction? And whilst no one is calling for a deplorable riot, this is a free country after all! If you