Optimism

i guess i must be in the minority of the legion or Arsenal fans to say that we might just win the League this season. I say this based on the first few games of the season. Yes, they're not playing really that well with defensive mistake and goalkeeping blunders. However, I've been really happy for the first 5 games(3epl and 2cl)

the first game against fulham showed alot of grit and determination.Where we might have drawn or lost last season, we fought back from a goal down to win it. the 2nd game against Blackburn was well.. a good performance aside from lehman's blunder. the 3rd game was very satisfying.We DID NOT play well and still manage to win. After van persie's miss, i thought it was all over but fabregas managed to pull us through. Any team wanting to win the league needs luck!Chelsea was also lucky beating Portsmouth that weekend.

so why do i think that we'll win even with our under achieving performances? Because our midfield is starting to score!!! fab was netted 3-4 goals already? and so has hleb. rosicky has added 1 or 2 while van persie is the only striker to score with 2.compare this with last season where i think hleb scored about 5 goals for the season! and so did fab! any winning side needs scoring midfielders and our mfs are starting to show just that. i guess the pressure of passing the ball to henry to get him to score is gone. the mfs has started gelling together and making their own strikes. hehe, that's not to say that i don't think the strikers won't pull in goals. ade might hit about 10 but i do expect van persie and eduardo to score in the 15 regions. bentdner might add in a few too.

this is my case of optimism and unless injuries happen, i do expect arsenal to do well.my only worry is next jan when toure has to report for int duty. gallas is injury prone. djarou(i know its spelled wrongly) should come back but the thought of a senderos-djarou partnership is highly worrying. aside from that, times are bright and i'm looking forward to the end of the season :)

cheers