In the Wenger era, name me the BIG name players he has bought. Arshavin is the only one that springs to mind and see how he has turned out. Good news is that Spuds have a number of injury problems so let's hope they are ripe for a beating. @Terry You Know Mr T, I think you are right and that there is much,much more under the carpet that we can't see or know. The thing that puzzles me is that Ivan and Arsene consistantly go on about how sound our model is and how we have money to spend for the right players. Now contrast this against Arsene's post-FA cup loss statement about the team "giving everything it had in it's (tired) legs." Okay, who is responsible for there being no fresh legs? If the money is there could we not spend some reasonable amount for one or two players that have enough quality to be of help? In the present fiscal climate there are many,many teams under the kosh to sell assets and trim budgets or go under. We, despite claiming to have assets to use cannot find even ONE player in the january transfer window that could make a positive contribution to a clearly tired side. Recall Terry, that by the start of January we had not had either starting fullback or either replacement for more than a month. So we loan Frimpong out and sign a 17 year old who not only has not played any