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This for me is the worst of the above categories. My guess is now that anyone with this belief will quickly switch camps to the 'I dislike Evra and why trust him over Suarez' section. It is safer in there. Excusing behavior like this if you think it is correct is wrong, wrong and wrong some more. With an extra wrong on top. I was going to say in my opinion but surely in any decent human's opinion it is wrong. As the name Luis Suarez pops up on Liverpool news feeds, there might be a few of their fans who tell us that coming to Arsenal is a step down or that leaving Liverpool is a stupid thing to do. Listen come and sit next to me for a minute, I understand what you are going through. We've experienced the same. It is tough and painful but you'll get over it and

Lukas Podolski looked a little different in terms of physique, I want to see him play again to see if it my eyes that are playing tricks or not. He looked quicker, more mobile and sharper. Too many times last season he looked too bulky and lacked dynamism. I will be keeping my eyes open for him and hope my observations are correct. His finish was quality, the ball moved in a flash and the keeper didn't even get the chance to dive. I have assumed that Cazorla will start the season wide left and Lukas on the bench but maybe Arsene and Poldi have other ideas. Going back to Zelalem for a moment, the reserve team is quite interesting for the new season especially after seeing so many youngsters depart. Most of the young guys beat Sutton a few days earlier. New number 10 Dan Crowley

Cesc would have a field day I thought. £23m or whatever it was, looked a very good investment. Last season he was up there in the race for player of the year, in a team that were largely pants all season, that takes some doing but while football is football, we are the Arsenal. I don't want to sound like I am jumping on the moral bandwagon here and I probably am but Luis Suarez is a despicable human being. Yes he dives a ridiculous amount and while it is more than our players in the past have done, we have still had a few like Emmanuel Eboue who would go down a little too easy at times. You can deal with that maybe, if you turn a blind eye. He leaves his studs in on the opposition a little too often also but we could dress that up as he is a fighter and wants to win. I mean we've had players in the past who uncompromising at the best of times. But here it is, if I call Suarez a racist I will get people jumping to his

Ambitious and quality targets aside there have been some other very positive developments. The movement of all the deadweight that was hampering the side is a huge change. By getting rid of the likes of Djourou,Squillaci,Arshavin,Bendtner etc Arsenal have freed up the wage bill and space in the squad as well for some new competent signings. The clear out of the youth squad has also been a monumental change in my view. In my 8 years as an Arsenal fan this is the first time I have seen such a mass exodus of

For what it is worth, I think we will break our transfer record at least twice this summer bringing in top talent but that is based on not a lot more than unsupported optimism along with the quotes coming from Arsenal’s bigwigs in the boardroom. Higuain seems to have bought into Arsene Wenger's plans for the future of Arsenal and his arrival seems to be imminent and I truly hope that a player of his ability and reputation will become that catalyst we need and get other targets on board with the revolution so Arsenal can

Sanogo is the answer to all our problems but he bloody well might be one day, equally he may not make the grade but the youth policy is very important as long as the likes of Gibbs, Szczesny Wilshere, Ramsey, the Ox and Walcott keep improving and turning into top class players. We now have the financial backing to buy quality but that does not mean that we should stop finding and educating the best 15-20 year olds. Just as other big clubs such as Bayern, Barca and the like.

Ramsey, is another favourite player of mine – the Ox. Chamberlain had a pretty poor season last year, as many youngsters have in their second season of top flight football, but I have a feeling that this year will see him return as the bundle of energy, tricks and powerful forward play that saw him break into the England squad. The reason behind my optimism for Chamberlain is that I see him becoming a vital asset to our team in midfield

The opposition player behind him tried to pull him, but he was left in the Frenchman's wake. Now, he was running with the ball and there were 3 opposition players who were forming a wall in front of him. While running at great speed towards the opposition goal, this guy in red and white somehow managed to run laterally in front of that wall. And as soon as he saw some space, he used his left foot

How Higuain Arsenal combination would look like. Cesc as a false nine. I am not sure I fully agree with that. I think that none of the players in that experiment was clinical enough for it to work. Essentially you need at least two or three players with close to the finishing skills of a striker whilst having the rest of the skills of an attacking midfielder. Spain just haven’t got that at the moment. I don’t think there are many of these players around today; Messi is one of the few that has that combination of skills. However one player that comes

Johan Djourou looking likely to make a permanent switch to Hamburg. I must say, I like Johan and thought he would have been a perfect back up for Mertesacker. Both are similar in style and provide a good balance to Koscielny