Should we all be more like Spurs fans? In one sense, possibly. I'm not suggesting that we all go out and try to become stupid, ugly, foul-smelling morons, but there is one aspect of the Spurs fan that might help us all out; the eternal optimism. Every year that I can remember, the whole summer has been ful of doom and gloom from Arsenal fans, predicting the clubs imminent decline and demise, whilst the fans of North London's other club seem certain that they are about to displace us and charge up the league table. Now this seems to happen every season without fail. Also, every season without fail, both sets of fans are proved wrong. We keep on up with the big four, Spurs sit in mid-table, but that doesn't stop either set of fans. If we think about things, we have much more reason to be optimistic that the average Spud; we're in the Champions League, we've got a load of great players, and the prospect of more on the horizon, and our best player doesn't want to leave. All they have is Jermaine Jenas. And they're the optimistic ones? Obviously, our moods doesn't have any effect on the clubs themselves, but it might cheer people up a bit if we were just a little more optimistic, if people weren't spending the summer writing of Wenger for not signing hundreds of new players, and instead were just thinking about how we're going to beat Spurs, home and away, again, next season.
In the news today, there's not much we haven't seen, or expected to see, before.
We do, however, have more from Hleb's agent:
"I can officially confirm that a short time ago Alexander decided that he will leave Arsenal and join another club. "Of course Arsenal and Arsene [Wenger] wanted him to stay but they have accepted the player's choice."
So he's definitely off, at least we have the waiting over. He's a good player, but easily replaceable. I look forward to see him struggling to break into the first team of whoever he joins, and then frustrating a new sets of fans with amazing passes that just don't quite come off and a complete refusal to shoot.
No more official news on Samir Nasri's transfer, but as I have said before, that's nothing to worry about. What we do have however, is a few words from our transfer target of last summer, Franck Ribery, who seems to believe Nasri is on his way here:
"It is good for him. It [Arsenal] is a good club with many young people.
"But the English championship is completely different, he will have to adapt in order to impose himself."
Finally, Gilberto has revealed that our players suffer from the same anxieties as the fans, and he wants Wenger to bring in new players to help keep morale up in the squad. I'd tell him what I'd tell anyone us. The signings will come, it's early days yet, and Wenger has never let us down before. At least it proves that none of the players are closet Spuds.
'Till Tomorrow
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