Senderos was hailed as the 'New Adams';
Clichy has had a five year honeymoon period to become the 'New Cashley';
Diaby (bless him) is still being called the 'New Vieira' by the AKBs;
and Vela was touted by Our Glorious Leader as the 'Mexican Robbie Fowler'.
Why don't the club just hold an 'Arsenal's Got (a lack of) Talent' competition during the long, barren summer transfer window and we could watch the auditions live on Arsenal TV with Tom Watt as the compère.
Just picture it; a long, hot summer evening and it's the 'dancing Eboues' all bumping into each other and falling over; then the next night, it's the 'juggling Eboues' or the 'yodelling Eboues'. The club could set up a premium phone-line and we could all vote from home for our favourite 'New Eboue' who then signs a 5 year contract at £50k per week.
It may pose a problem if AW takes on the 'Simon Cowell' role as a judge because the other judges wouldn't be allowed to voice an opinion or vote but, hey ho, that's a democracy for you.
When the January transfer window is here, we could all vote for the 'New Denilson' or the 'New Rosicky' but I wouldn't bother with a 'New Almunia' audition as I honestly don't think you'll get another one. Should I have put this idea into the public domain? Will the club nick it? It works on every level; the hard of thinking will gratefully get fleeced by the club voting for a useless f-wit, the fans can't complain about lack of signings because we, the great unwashed, get to vote for them and the club gets hundreds of hours of broadcasting for Arsenal TV!
Everybody wins..........as normal.