It sounds like it has merit. In addition, though, both Almunia and Fabianski have made lots of positioning errors and getting caught off their lines in no man’s land. That is simple judgment under pressure. So Fabianski also needs to go, I think.

Fabianski needs a season on loan somewhere to get his confidence up. Mannone is fine if needed here or there, he won’t be as bad as Fabianski. Almunia could stay as a back-up… Sczescny needs more experience, another season on loan perhaps?

2 CBs? Again perhaps. As Gallas is leaving, yes one to compete with Djourou and Vermaelen for the first team spot and then promote Bartley to the first team or bring in a younger guy (20 or so) to offer some depth. Offer Campbell a new contract with a coaching/player role to help the youngsters reach their potential.

2 Squad players? Why? Don’t we have enough squad players? And your choices are ridiculous. Paddy while a legend is past it, and Henry? The best example I can find is Fowler in his second spell at Liverpool. He was rubbish, and all it did was spoil the memory they had of him. No, Wenger won’t sign either. They may be future coaches, but never again will they play for us.

Squad players can also come from the reserve team, promoting Eastmond and Simpson to full first team status would be infinitely better. English, young, born and bred Gooners. Players who can spark some life and competition in some of the older players who don’t have the same emotions for the club.

Therefore, a ‘keeper in a bad team needs a different sort of skill set from a ‘keeper in a good team. Shay Given looks awesome at Newcastle, and looks average at Man City. Almunia would look alright in a bad team (good reflex saves, and would have a defensive defence in front of him). But put either in front of an Arsenal defence, and they’ll go to pieces.

That said, we need a better ‘keeper. Let’s get Joe Hart!

If anything it gives a better picture of quality of the overall defensive unit -> defenders limit shots on goal X keeper with high save percentage = low number of goals go in = overall good defensive unit. Once again though, it doesn’t tell us a whole lot we couldn’t see just by looking at the raw numbers.

I don’t think there is any better way than raw save percentage to compare them statistically… you could try matching up save % from different areas (in the penalty area, outside the penalty area, one on ones) to teams that give up higher number of shots from the same areas to get best fits for different teams, I guess. You could even compare the different percentages of saves from different areas to shot percentages faced from those areas (if a keeper sucks at one on ones, but his team limits one one one chances, his save % will make him look better than he is). That’s a lot of work though, and I don’t know where you could get reliable numbers to use… But save % gives you a good all around indication of keeper quality. Any shot you miss is a goal. Save a high percentage and you’re helping your team more than someone with a low percentage would.

Hope too we don’t rush into the first chesney because with the fan we have he will get murder if he commit one error.Let him on loan in the championship or another country top division.