Arsène Wenger has seemingly started the season plunging into his toy box in order to find players which are good enough to utilise – and by what we’ve seen so far, he seems to like variety. There are some old favourites that have taken precedence over the newer, more expensive flavour of the month toys.
This is one thing we know about Arsène, he is a loyalist in every sense of the word. He prefers to stick with those he’s groomed over a period of time rather than throw in a new signing that isn’t as in tune to the Premier League as proven talent.
Rarely before have we seen so many completely varying line-up predictions just to see them blown out of the water by Wenger making choices we can’t predict, perhaps neither can the opposition (and perhaps that’s the point). It’s been met with frustration from some fans, I included, but are we wrong to judge so quickly? In football it’s all too easy to spout certainties at situations that we’ve barely seen the surface scratched on.
