I'm struggling to figure out what the point of the article really is. Who are world beaters then and what is a world beater? On the positive side, you are no worse than highly paid journalists in the UK judging by stories about Muslims and Arsenal.

I have to say thats one of the more balanced articles in the BlogoSphere of late. Certainly better than the doom-mongerers and Blind Optimists who seem to proliferate online. One point though, dont be too harsh on Henry's record for France he is still very close to being the best goalscorer they've ever had and will surely overtake Platini's record by the end of his career.

i totally agree with this point, when we did the double, i bought a case with all of the players statues in it, thinking it would bring me great value, those in the case included, seaman, adams, cole, lauren, parlour, vieria, freddie, pires, wiltord, bergkamp and henry, looking back to all them and we wonder why we don't win anything now, all of them quality players that built the arsenal team are gone, yeh henry and freddie have just left, but imagine the force we'd have if we still had them, yeh they'de be old, but think about the power. we got some quality players now, young players with a few older that will become a fantastic team when they're older, many of them maturing now take for instance Clichy, but what we need is some maturity in the team.

the article starts with a lil bit about arsenal about three seasons ago..known as the invincibles...and when ljunberg left he spoke about how the club that was once referred by that name has now lost its direction. the article says how it will be a different team but not to expect the same level of performance but also not to write them off without even giving them a season. cheers!

If you are a true Arsenal fan you must realise that the team that went unbeaten in 2003 is actually a carbon copy of what is occuring now, if you understand football you must understand wneger. who was Veria, and henry? before Wenger i tell who NObodies, wenger shpaed them and those two became the backbone of Arsenal who went undefeated throughout the season with ljunberg as a threat through midfield, only reason for them not being scruitised for being to young was due to there was no benchmark already set by Wenger to cpmpare themselves to, as to what the current team is compared to the invincibles in 2003.

Read on from what I wrote before. Firstly Fabrgas is the engine (compare it to veria) see the similarities where as van persie is the new Henry (Wenger has always had this in mind) and Hleb is the new ljunberg. Can you people see the drastic similarities Wenger has never bought a team and never will, he sees his sides as a project a art in which he protrays his beautiful football his always said, 'that teams have a 5 year plan in which the last 2-3 years is where teams win the most trophies, first 2 being the building years. If people don't understand how Wenger thinks then you should do your research, don't be surprised if Arsenal challenge for all honurs this year, they will win one major trophy guranteed.

I totally agree with this article. the youngsters are going to decide where they want to be. No pressure from henry no history to live upto. They will decide their own destiny.

Arsenal plays one of the worlds beautiful football no doubt about that. They however need maturity and concentration. This season will look like the 2003 season. Have this in mind, Wenger knows what he is doing and he does it best.

another thread about arsenal that has really caught the publics imagination. you guys are really very interesting arent you.