The Arsenal vault ahead of Chelsea two-points clear for fourth place. To start the season the way we did and just bully our way back to the top part of the table is pretty amazing. And we've dropped a few points here and there.
Vermaelen has a calf strain. We now have no left backs at all. Picking up someone, even just on loan, is a necessity. Gibbs is supposedly close to returning but he is maybe the most injury prone player on an injury prone team so we can't count on him at all. Frankly we need another fullback on the right and maybe even another central defender. Losing Gervinho and Chamakh will hurt a bit but those guys can't score lately--like, at all, no matter the circumstances. Gervinho has missed more sitters than a joke I can't come up with at the moment... never mind Chamakh.