In between the various bouts of wailing and the inevitable gnashing of teeth, not to mention the ‘which new keeper?’ game, or the ‘who is available on a free this summer?’ game I'd like to pose a question. And this is it: which team would win in a game between the following hypothetical sides? This of course is assuming (wrongly) that they would ever all be fit to play at the same time.
Fabianski
Sagna, Campbell, Silvestre, Traore
Walcott, Eboue, Diaby, Nasri, Vela
Van Persie
(our starting XI v Rovers)
OR
Almunia
Gibbs, Gallas/Djourou, Vermaelen, Clichy
Rosicky, Denilson/Ramsey, Song, Fabregas, Arshavin
Bendtner
(an Arsenal XI of non-starters v Rovers)
OR would you prefer to pick your own combination of the two sides above?