Although i agree some people underestimated whether rightly or wrongly the potential of Arsenal.

And i agree with Alex Hleb somewhat, RVP can be as good Torres or Rooney. His just not fit. I know of a few people that tipped RVP to be the player of the season with Arsenal in the absence of Henry. Obviously his injury record has been terrible.

JM – It’s not an inference. It’s a basic and well tried psychological theorem. The more you are around something. The more attractive and familiar it is to you. The less you are able to see its flaws.

A Hleb – RVP is a fine player. But he’s not Torres or Rooney. Those guys are game changers week in, week out.

“But it is possible to become so enamored with them that he cannot see their weaknesses and overestimates their ability.”

I think this is a rather dubious inference. (I mean, sure it is possible, but I don’t think there is enough evidence to suppose it likely). A youth movement is tricky when the youth are this good. You’ve got to balance this year and the next five. Stripping playing time now means blocking development. The more players you bring in, the more players who get in the way of the development of people like Bendtner or Walcott. Wenger clearly did not want to block their development.

I’m not sure where I come down on that question, I am, you might say, in a state of equipollence between the two arguments. But I think we should be more charitable to Arsene, and that presuming he takes the approach based on an inappropriately high evaluation of certain players (such as Diaby) is unfair.