So a season that promised little a few months ago could yet turn out to be one of the most memorable in the club’s history. Through to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, the quarter-finals of the Champions League and back into our rightful position in the top four, our young team have grown from strength to strength in the last month or so. Those claiming back in November when we crashed 3-0 at City and William Gallas had recently been deposed as captain, that Arsene Wenger was no longer the man for the job are looking even more stupid now than they did back then.

Arsene has always said “Judge us in May” when his team were being criticised earlier in the season and although we shouldn’t get carried away, particularly as our last three victories in the league have all been against teams in and around the relegation zone in Newcastle, Blackburn and West Brom, there has still been a clear improvement - not just in results but also performances.

A lot of this has been down to the impact Andrey Arshavin has had since his arrival. We seem to have rediscovered the style and flair that we are all so used to seeing but which has seemed in very short supply at certain stages of the season. Everything “I am Gooner” does has a touch of class about it and he’s also helped us rediscover our scoring touch. In his last five games the little Russian has set up four goals and scored one absolute beauty, which seems to be his trademark goal judging by the numerous strikes of similar style I’ve watched him score on YouTube.

One man who also deserves credit is Nicklas Bendtner. So often criticised and occasionally booed by our own so-called “supporters”, he stuck two fingers up to his critics with an inspired display against Newcastle and another goal to go with the two he got at the Hawthorns. I remain totally convinced that given time he will turn into an exceptional striker and I’ve seen nothing, especially in the last few games, to make me think otherwise. He holds up the ball, he’s good in the air, he can run in behind or come short, and his touch, though at times erratic, can also be exquisite and will only improve with age.

But back to the Boss. His belief in his team has been unwavering all season, even when those mindless idiots were calling for his head. He deserves immense credit for standing by his players and helping them through that bad period. There will never ever be a better person to manage Arsenal football club than Arsene Wenger and let’s hope that will be proved yet again come the end of May.