A little late on this one, Pips. But a week has gone since he transfer window slam shut last Wednesday. Alot of English clubs used the last day to bolster the squad as much as possible, but I think the real winners were Arsenal. After the 8-2 defeat to Manchester United, Arsene Wenger knew what his weaknessess were and what he needed to even have a fourth place finish. And he went out and got everyone he needed, but one, but that player I can live without. He added players in every position and particularly the midfield and with Nasri and Fabregas sold, any additions were going to help. The lack of creativity in that United match defined the core of what was lacking and a loan move for Yossi Benayoun and a buyout for Mikel Arteta saw us looking alot better in terms of creativity. Arteta really wasn't my pick to replace either of the two stars that left, but with his 5+ years of Premier League experience, his unique style of attacking, and at an older age of 29, something Arsene Wenger needed in his squad, he is an ideal fit to handle the load left for him, besides he is Spanish after all. Benayoun has loads of experience as well to relieve Arteta of these matters and with a few injury plagued seasons the past years, Benayoun is looking to redeem himself to his fans and the league around that he still has the goodies to play at this level. Adding Park Chu Young was a stable addition to help the loss of Nicklas Bendtner. And seeing he scored a hat trick against Lebanon in international duty, it looks like he can bring a really solid goal scoring prowess to the Gunners. And finally, we wanted a BIG transfer. BIG as in a monstrous transfer and Arsene Wenger for sure found what we were talking about and landed a skyscraper. Ever heard of Per Mertesacker? If you haven't, you'll see him soon enough in the Arsenal matches, he stands out.....literally. He'll use his size very well against the likes of bigger strikers around this league and will very much help our set piece defensive woes (stat sheet shows 54.9% of goals scored against Arsenal were from set pieces) Being German, they are known to be well organised and stable in intense situations. Mertesacker may very well be the reason why they are so. I'm excited, Arteta is expected to play this weekend against Swansea and it looks like Mertesacker is set to make his debut as well. Some of the players may be bench players, but its better to see some 26,27 year olds there rather than having all of them below the age of 20.