Arsene and the lads finally find the rythm.

With only 7 games played this season, Arsene and his squad seem like they are on the verge of silencing their sworn critics the so called pundits. Although the team has already suffered two defeats, their displays in those two games were not different from those in which they have secured massive wins and the consecutive losses both in the city of manchester were simply fortuitous wins for the gunner's opposition on the two occasions.

Arsenal started the season with alot of criticism from the football pundits including the club's legends like Tony Adams and most of it came in the aftermath of the sale of Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo toure and consequently Wenger's pronouncement that he didn't have to replace both players since he already had cover up with in the squad. The first two games came as a surprise to many including the arsenal fans because no one predicted a free scoring Arsenal given the adoption of a 4-3-3 formation with the injury prone Robin Van Persie leading the attack.

Two consecutive losses in the city of manchester both of which wrested by the opposition out of sheer luck reinvigorated the talk that Arsenal is not a top four material given Wenger's tight transfer policy and Arab owned manchester city's financial clout reflected by their summer spending.

However, Arsenal's last two games against Olympiakos and Blackburn rovers have been the most fascinating in my 11 year spell as an Arsenal fan not in terms of results but the display which i would clearly describe as the epitome of football. I have been particularly impressed with Vermaleen now called Verminator by a section of Arsenal fans who is the club's leading scorer despite playing as a centre back along side gallas. The most impressive departments have been midfield and attack with Fabregas playing the best football of his career assisted by a much improved Song. Though goal scoring has been shared by the entire squad, the Arsenal attack appears the most formidable in europe as it is manned by trickstars the likes of Arshavin, Van persie and Thomas Rosicky.

If the current arsenal form is not simply a bubble, this is the season Arsene' could finally reap big from his youth policy only if they maintain the resilience they showed after two successive defeats at the hands of scrappy football from both manchesters.

Arsene proves skeptics wrong by signing Arshavin

Seasoned Arsenal fans have complained from the first day the Russian play maker was linked to Arsenal up to yesterday when the long protracted transfer was finally endorsed by the FA officials that Le prof is a mean guy who can not bring in a world class player.

What continues to baffle me is the belief these fans have in the tabloid and blog speculations even when there is no formal communication from the horse's own mouth. A number of players have in the past been linked with moves to arsenal and our own players have also been reported to be leaving only for the concerned parties to come out clearly and express their ignorance on the media content concerning them.

I would advise that since these people are at the helm of the management of the club, we should let them do their work for i believe that much as Arsenal's success is more of our success, it is theirs too. In the summer, Wenger was criticised for not signing Gomes, the Spurs keeper who at the time of the fans' lamentation was a world class keeper but who was valued highly. Wenger's counterpart at White harte lane did succumb to the media pressure by signing him as a replacement for atrocious Robinson but am sure, he will live to regret that decision as Robinson has turned out to be better than the brazillian stopper.

Arshavin like many of us do believe is seemingly a world class footballer but who to me is not tried and tested. However, going by his displays against the much anticipated winners of Euro 2008, Netherlands and against Sweden, this boy is simply awesome. He plays so much like Hleb but has an eye for goal and considering that we have a crop of young skillful players, flare architects as i prefer to call them, if he settles in, arsenal's attack will be the most formidabble in europe and i do see defenders world over spending sleepless nights on the eve of arsenal games.

RVP could be the answer to Arsenal's silverware drought.

I have been disappointed since the start of the season due to Arsenal's inconsistency in the premiership and the injuries that have befallen our thin squad but am beginning to think that this is the first season in 4 years that we might lay our hands on some form of silverware.

Alot has been said in the media which leaves one wondering whether journalists in England are paid to write nasty things about Arsenal and it's no wonder that Fabregas at one time asked why the english media only writes about arsenal in its bad times. The reports that have been rife in the media both local and international have strongly affected most arsenal fans world over except the fanatics and most of them believe in the subjective analysis of these journalists who i believe support our opponents.

When we lost Fabregas to a knee injury inflicted on him by Alonso during the liverpool game ,i knew that was the of Arsenal and at that very moment i had a feeling that the fourth spot was also out of reach and this feeling was underpinned by Aston Villa's dramatic comeback at villa park having trailed for the largest spell of the game.

Our worry has always been creativity since all most all our creative midfielders are out injured but in Nasri and Van persie, we seem to have found a long lasting solution and special tribute goes to the dutch who has been the most influential in Arsenal's 8 match unbeaten run.

RVP without a shed of doubt seems to be the most skillful player in the premiership now. Football pundits have always rated him highly but his last two seasons have been plagued by injuries which unfortunately, he has been picking up while on international duty and most of them have come at a time when he's been in superb form. He is currently the clubs top scorer along side Adebayor and the two have scored the highest number of goals between themselves compared to any other partnership in the league which makes them a formidable force. He is currently premiership's joint leader in assists and statistics from the last game show that he completed 27/29 passes in addition to making three assists in the 3-1 demolition of Hull city.

Back to silverware, our chances are now higher in cups than the league owing to our performance against top teams this season. RVP himself has come out to express his sympathy with the fans for the trophyless seasons we have had but also said they too would wish to have something to show and even commited himself to ensure this dream is achieved come May this year. However, i would be driven nuts if we lifted the champions league and to me, this does not look an impossible feat as some fans think. Our obliteration of the big teams this season even without some of the most influential players is enough manifestation that this dream is achievable hoping that you will not liken this to Obama's pursuit of the USA presidency. The only players alluded to in this article have performed exceptionally well against giants particularly RVP who scored wonder goals past Chelsea and Liverpool.

The onus is now on the RVP and Nasri since fab is injured and their first test will be against Roma in February and personally, i expect nothing other than qualification to the next round because the potential of these two coupled with their displays against giants this season gives alot of hope and they won't disppoint us.