I still think we need to sign another quality defender, I wished we'd signed Vertonghen when he was linked with us, he's quick, strong and skillful, and can play CB or LB, he'd definitely be suited to us, any chance of him carrying on the tradition of your decent CBs moving to Arsenal ?
Vermaelen for me is a top quality defender in the same mould, he had a terrible last season, got injured lost his place and his form as Kos and Mert were establishing themselves together. All top teams need equally as good players pushing those in the first XI and as mentioned the season is long and there are lots of games, so I don't see a problem with Vermaelen's position at Arsenal.
I don't know if we've got any transfer targets in defence, it all seems to be about which striker and how much money we'll spend (or not) to land one at the moment, But we've got rid of Squillachi, Santos, Djourou and Meade at the back, so it looks like we're clearing the ground to bring in at least one more defender.
