It's hard to believe that as bad as we have been so far this season, apart from the Man Utd and Chelsea games, I look at the league table now and we are only six points behind the joint leaders . We are only just over halfway in the season and yet we're still in touch. Incredible.

Though this is partly due to our main rivals dropping points along the way, it does give us cause for cautious optimism. If we can sign Arshavin or another quality midfield player plus a decent centre half and keep in touch then pretty soon we should (hopefully) start getting some of our injured players back. Arshavin?, Walcott, Eduardo, and dare I say it Rosicknote? And maybe even Cesc a little earlier than we hoped. Points will continue to be dropped by all the top five clubs, hopefully we will drop less than the others.

The four clubs behind United all have to visit Old Trafford between now and the end of the season, how lucky that turned out Mr Ferguson. Chelsea have to play Villa as well, so there are still quite a lot of points up for grabs if only we can hang in there. I know we still have to visit Anfield and Goodison Park as well but I think Arsenal are more up for it in the big away games.

Most of us including myself have been chastising the team for the last few months and with good reason but I think now is the time to be positive and optimistic. I have a feeling most of you think I have been on some " happy meds" to be thinking like this but trust me Gooners I think we can have a real go for the rest of the season. I think Liverpool, Chelsea and Villa are vulnerable at the moment so second place at least is a strong possibility - but it's top spot I want us to get and I really think it's possible.

Finally regarding Man City and their mental offer to AC Milan and Kaka, well you really can't blame them for being adventurous though the sums of money being quoted were totally ridiculous in any financial and economic climate let alone the present one, I really think it was a case of them trying to sprint before they can crawl. The players of the quality they now aspire to sign are from the top table of world football, the cream of the crop, and while Man City can now afford their transfer asking price and salaries what they can’t offer them is the chance of the top honours – e.g. Premier League winners’ medals or Champions League football.

Surely they would have been better strengthening their squad gradually, probably from home-based quality players (apart from Cesc & RVP and Sagna!) and started contesting for honours here before getting so ambitious. Anyway like most sensible football fans I’m really quite glad Kaka turned them down otherwise I really feared for the future of our beautiful game.