I am glad he is staying,we can now focus our attention on midfield. Our problem has always been the shape of midfield. No one protects the defence and with our FBs bombing forward it left the CBs so exposed its just ridiculous. To judge our backline(inclusive of chezzer) look at how much we concede from set piece/crosses into the box and we have improved markedly. We concede most goals this season from counter attacks with opposing players waltzing through our midfield. If we had someone like Gilberto in our midfield who will sit there and just shield the defence, partner with Arteta/Song and you will see our goals concede drop markedly. Is it any wonder Arsenal players leave for greener pastures whenever the opportunity (money) arises? We as fans preach loyalty yet there seems to be a vast proportion of fans who can't return it. Djourou was excellent in 2011, then couldn't find any form last season, but I'm guessing being played out of position didn't help. Mertersacker had an indifferent start but formed a solid partnership with Kos once settled in. Can you blame a player like RVP for leaving when the reality is if he hits a couple of months of bad form the key board warriors will be writing him off....oh and calling him a cunt like they do Ramsey, Wenger, Djorou, Theo, Arshavin etc. In fairness all the goody two shoes fans I am a supporter of arsenal have had a season ticket for thirty years