You may be on to something, but this article doesn't really work, as you've said we've not replaced players and then gone on to list their replacements. I think you're trying to say that the quality of the players of the Invincibles is irreplaceable.

Who did we get to replace Overmars? Try Pires. We replaced Hleb with Nasri and Nasri with Gervinho.

Young lad called Fabregas replaced Vieira, he done alright as far as I can remember.

And Adebayor had a purple patch of season as soon as Henry left with 30+ goals. Also hat is wrong with promoting from within, how else did Cesc, Wilshere and our current #1 in Szceny get in to the team?

Its not case of what Arsenal has not done, it is more of a case the rest of the football world has move on and for some got lucky with billionaire owners. For instance, Leicester offering £6.5M for a player, when was the last time a Championship club had that kind of money?

Remember when Wright left and we got Anelka? And when he left we got Henry?
Lauren left and we got Eboue who did great. Then he stopped being so great and we got Sagna.
Toure left and we got Vermaelen.

the players we are "replacing" our established and proven players with are either young, inexeprienced and/or unproven.

Not once have we sold a good player and got a like-for-like repacement.

When we sold Henry, we should have got Eto'o for example.

Do you think getting Song to play in Vieiras position was a like-for-like replacement or did it actually set us back?

you should evolve and not replace

That's been our problem, always replacing never buying in addition, a squad weak in depth and lacking financial investment to compete at the very top. Again, the Emirates had a lot to do with that.

only team thats really evolving is Man Utd. Arsenal are not unfortunately.

I have said a number of times that the they are making a profit on transfers and not reinvesting the money in the team.

I dont think it is Wengers fault though, I think its the board. There have been a few stories here and there which back this up and there was a link to one on here recently which said the board have siad any new signings wages have to come out of the transfer kitty and they wont alllow Wenger to change the wage structure. It fits very well with the snippets of information we get and what Wenger says. I think the board have gagged him from coming out with this though. Kronke bought into this as well and it might have even been a condition of selling shares to him.

Hill-Wood out is the answer imo.

you see buying Torres is to replace Drogba. Buying Aguero is to replace Tevez just like de Gea is a replacement.

Am sorry but in my opinion Clichy is not a suitable replacement for Cole and neither was Gibbs for Clichy.

From the days of Overmars when was the last time we had a worldclass winger?? And please dont mention Walcott cause he aint world class.

Lundberg and Pires ring any bells?

read my original post mate. I am talking post Highbury era. Cant quite recall Ljunberg and Pires playing at the Emirates can you?

Wenger doesn't like players over 30.

So then he goes and buys Silvestre and Squillaci.