Arsenal's Recovery Continues

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I don't think I'll be the only Arsenal fan who was worried when we went 2-0 up away to Wigan yesterday... This time we won though and now we're 5th in the league. It's a good revival, but I still think that the poor start could have been avoided if Wenger has been more decisive in selling Fabregas and Nasri earlier in the transfer window and moving more swiftly for replacements. I still suspect Wenger was willing to let them run down their contracts, but Kroenke told him he couldn't.

I think Arsenal's first team was still good without them, Fabregas had a poor final season and that was, pretty much, Nasri's only consistently good season for us. But by clinging on for so long, Wenger sent out the wrong message to the other Arsenal players, which would have affected their confidence and to go along with that, we had the now annual injury crisis. The plus points are, in my opinion, that Arteta (who plays deeper than Fabregas did) and Gervinho were good signings and there is quality (especially potential quality) in our squad. I think the quality of the other teams is not as good as people make out (look how easily Man City have moved 5 points clear at the top of the league and yet struggled in Europe). I think that if other teams went to the top clubs with a more attacking approach, there are defensive weaknesses ibn all of the top teams that can be exploited. I think that if they do that, then this coulod be one of the closest seasons the premier league has had.