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I know that this is what we should debate in the summer when bugger all happens but it just sprang to my mind as I contemplated in amazement the fact that we have more midfielders than we need for the game against those jolly chappies from the chippy eastern province.

Next season we will have most of these guys once again apart from Sol who by then will be 86 years old.

I am not going to guess who we bring in from foreign parts, because I always get it fairly wrong, so you can do that.  But here’s the kids list of breakthroughs.

Carlos Vela – 2010/11 must be his year, surely.

Jack Wilshere – the time out doing his stuff in the lower part of the league will have done him no harm.  And if he has learned that he just has to come on and play, then that will be fine.  No fancy tricks, no Bergkamp finishes, just play the game, and you are there.

Johan Djourou – I just want him to be there as the backup to Gallas/Vermaelen.  I have no idea what goes on inside Gallas’ head, but he really ought to understand where his best interests lie.

Kieran Gibbs – trouble is where does he play?   I can imagine him being in the England team and not the Arsenal team.  Actually that could mean at last that we welcome internationals, as a chance for our reserve squad to get a game.

Armand Traore – again, I don’t know where he will play.  But on the basis that we need two or three teams, and given that he can play midfield or full back, I guess there is a chance of some games.   Come to think of it, we are going to have a second squad that ought to win the League Cup this coming season.

Fran Merida. So what’s he doing?  Going to the Athletico Madhouse, or staying with sanity.   That goal he scored against Liverpool (I think) was something special.  Maybe we could play one team at the weekend and the other midweek.  Just to give everyone a chance

Nacer Barazite. One season to early I think.

Francis Coquelin. I thought he could come through this year, but he didn’t.  Surely not another year in the reserves?  I really think he is a talent – it just depends how long it takes to finally make it to the top level.  I hope he stays.

Tom Cruise. Too early for him, but in the Diddly Cup team for sure.

Craig Eastmond. I sure didn’t see his promotion to the first team come through.  But there he is, and building his strength all the time.   A few more games next season I imagine.

JET. Oh yes – he really ought to be breaking through somewhere – not least because he can play every position under the sun.

Sanchez Watt. He seems to have gone off the radar a bit and I have lost track.  Is he on loan?  Sorry I ought to know, or at least look it up.  I have to go out in a moment, so I’ll check it when I return.

Jay Simpson. Is he turning out to be not quite good enough?  I am not sure.  Problem is he has got so many other people blocking his way through at the moment.

So out of that lot, about eight players are ready to do their stuff for us in the first team next year.  Put another way, eight new signings.

And I didn’t do the keepers.  Mannone, as we know is ready to step up.  How do we keep him happy?

What I do think is that we have….

Two first team squads moving players around a lot to cover the injury crisis and two games a week.

A totally different Cup squad which is used for both the FA Cup and the Diddly Cup, plus unimportant Champ League games.

That’s three squads.  I think we just about have them.  It’s going to be a bit of fun next year, I think.   And we haven’t finished this season yet!

Did I miss anyone?

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