D-Day Drama

I was traveling pretty much the entire day yesterday on my way to Utah and hence caught up with the action only after it had all ended. and thankfully I feel much better now than I was feeling day before

Gallas is truly world class and Baptista is an interesting buy, particularly because he can play both as an attacking midfielder and a striker. If he can recreate his Seville form of 2004-05 he will be a priceless addition. We also bought Denilson from Brazil who is their U19 captain and a defensive midfielder. Reyes and Cashley Cole out along with the disaster that was pascal cygan. Some day it must have been for DD and AW.Read an indepth analysis of the transfers here.

Interesting to note the impact on Chelsea of Gallas leaving on the last day. With Huth also gone they have no suitable alternative if one of terry or carvalho get injured. They have boulahrouz but I am sure Mourinho would have preferred gallas as cover anyday. They let in a lot of goals last season even with Gallas so it is interesting to see what this does to them. Also while there is no doubt that Cole is class he thrived at Arsenal because he, pires and henry almost had a telepathic understanding. I doubt if he will click so well with the other Cole at Chelsea.

Coming back to Arsenal, the signings will ensure that we have some top class alternatives on the bench in most matches, something that we lacked all through last season. Central defence, again a problem last season, looks top class. Hopefully the signings will lift the whole team.

PS: Moral of the story? Arsene knows.