(Ed’s note, these results were published in the first issue of the season, which went on sale at the Emirates Cup tournament, and were therefore obviously written up in July. So please bear in mind if any aspect of the commentary (such as about Cesc Fabregas), now looks a little dated. A special mention for Anne Francis, who compiled the results).

Player of the Season
1 Jack Wilshere
2 Robin van Persie
With 56 percent of the 3,000 plus votes cast, Jack Wilshere was the emphatic winner. To say he arrived big-time in 2010-11 would be a huge understatement. This was the arrival of a youngster breaking into the first team probably only ever previously matched at Arsenal by legends such as Cliff Bastin, Charlie George and Liam Brady. You can also bet that if anyone actually has sufficient money to waste on a new shirt this season Jack’s name is by far the most likely to feature on the back. Not only on Arsenal shirts but also those international tops which feature three lions. Robin van Persie, despite his inevitable injuries, had a stupendous second half to the season and was a well-deserved runner-up. The big worry, however, is that these two players accounted for a massive 90 percent of the total vote, which hardly suggests a team loaded with in-form superstars of the type required to win the League. It was also significant that only Bacary Sagna from our defence even minutely troubled the statisticians. And just for the record Samir Nasri trailed in a long way back in third place, with the rest nowhere.

Most Disappointing Player
Andrey Arshavin
For a man of such immense skill and ability it’s hugely disappointing that our puffing Russian jogged into the hall of infamy thanks mainly to his piss-poor work rate, apparent lack of enthusiasm and total inability to even pretend to defend. Flashes of true form from Andrey were sparse and although he puffs his cheeks out in a manner reminiscent of Nigel Winterburn, our Nige was at least moving at the time. Unfortunately for us the ‘Most Disappointing’ category was far more vigorously contested than ‘Player of the Season’. When analysing the statistics it was depressing to find that some eight players picked up a significant percentage of the vote. Arshavin (29 percent), Denilson (18) and Almunia (13) quite rightly featured in the top places while others named and shamed were: Fabregas, Rosicky, Diaby, Bendtner and Clichy.

Most Improved Player
Jack Wilshere
Very predictable this one, with Jack claiming a massive 58 percent of the vote. Not only was he most improved but rather encouragingly you suspect that there is far more yet to come. While Jack stormed the voting there was strong support for both Wojciech Szczesny, our now deserved first choice keeper, catching 16 percent of votes and the under-rated Johan Djourou with ten percent. The key question now is will Jack be able to carry the massive expectations about to be dumped upon his young shoulders?

Best Performance
Two matches took close to 90 percent of the vote here, Barcelona and Chelsea, both at home, with the European game taking four percent more. Beating the European champions, possibly the best eleven ever assembled as a competitive team, is obviously a big deal, so the only question is why was Chelsea considered almost as big. The answer of course is the sense of desperation that had set in every time we faced another of the Big 4. We hadn’t beaten any of them in God knows how long; meanwhile even the Spuds, with their top four pretensions, had starting beating us! At the time of the Chelsea match in December we were still, despite the appalling record against our peers, challenging strongly at the top of the table, though I don’t know anyone who thought we would actually win the title. Then we beat Chelsea and some belief came back. Maybe we could still compete with the best after all. Of course in the context of the season neither of these matches turned out to be very important, but throwing off the hoodoo of continual losses to our closest rivals at least had some lasting effect.

Worst Performance
A runaway winner here: Newcastle 4 Arsenal 4, with nearly half the vote. To be fair, only 45 minutes of it was bad, whereas the second placed match in this category, the Carling Cup Final, was 90 minutes of appalling drudgery and tactical and individual incompetence. In both cases several players should have been taken out and shot afterwards, but clearly what upset Gooners everywhere was the stupidity of the capitulation from a 4-0 advantage on Tyneside. What other team would do the same? None. Mental strength? We could all see that as soon as it got back to 4-1 we were sunk! This is the sort of result that happens once in 50 years, but to happen to a team supposedly challenging for the top prizes in Europe... words fail me, as they did when that fourth goal went in back in February.

Best Arsenal Goal
The quality of goals is always highly subjective, but there was one standout choice: Arshavin v Barcelona, which two thirds of voters placed in their top three. Clearly quality of opposition counts for something, as does the importance of the match. If you want to see more like that, get out your DVD of the 2003-04 season, because that was the last time we regularly swept the length of the pitch and scored fast counter-attacking goals. Those were the days! Second choice was Nasri’s second bit of individual brilliance against Fulham, where he waltzed through the entire defence and threw in a pirouette before scoring into an empty net. I say brilliance, but it would have been easier to put it in with his left rather than spend too long dancing – he shot with his left perfectly well for his first goal in that match, which was the fourth most popular choice, behind Van Persie’s effort v Barcelona.

Best Goal Against Arsenal
Three goals took almost all the votes, the winner being Messi’s suspiciously offside-looking first effort at the Nou Camp, where he flicked it over Almunia before volleying home. Second was Tiote’s equaliser in the 4-4 at St James’s, which to my mind was the kind of one in a thousand attempt that for some reason always seems to come off against us. Third was Alex’s free-kick at Stamford Bridge in October, which although well struck only went in because our defensive wall had more holes than a tea bag.

Last Season
Arsène Wenger believed that last season was a success, but 96% of you disagreed. That’s an emphatic response and a landslide win, if that’s the correct phrase to use, for the disgruntled Arsenal faction. We also asked whether you believed Arsenal would finish as high as fourth before the season started and 82% of you claimed that you did.As I recall, popular opinion last August suggested that our keepers were the weakest we’d had since Jim Furnell and our defence was even more inept than in Billy Wright’s time. So either this answer indicates that we comprise 82% pure optimists, or we all have selective memories regarding our pre-season predictions.

Squad
We asked which ONE area of the team needs addressing most urgently and 88% opted for defence, with the remainder evenly split between the other three areas. Last year, the goalkeeper position was regarded as the weak link by 83%, so probably the only surprise with this year’s response is just how massively Wojciech Szczesny has reduced the perceived need for a new keeper since he took the mantle in January.

Buying
1 Gary Cahill
2 Chris Samba
About 200 players were nominated as players to be signed, but just four creamed the majority of votes this summer and the top two were both centre halves. Gary Cahill with a massive 29 percent headed Chris Samba (23 percent) in a landslide victory. Chugging into third place was the relegated Scott Parker (ten percent), with Karim Benzema in fourth (nine percent). The rest were a long way behind but Eden Hazard, Leighton Baines, Vidic, Mertesacker, Messi, Sakho, Jagielka, Hangeland, Given, Falcao and Vertonghen were the other most wanted. The most entertainingly and frequently mis-spelt players were Bastian Schweinsteiger, Mertesomethinger and Bert Hangerland. Just who Cayhilsambabenzema is, I’ve no idea. Wilf Copping was an ideal choice and real hard man but sadly died in 1980 and so wasn’t counted along with others. Coaches, desired formation changes and managers are clearly not players and so were all ignored. Added to which I’ve no idea if I was supposed to classify ‘a hairy arsed centre back’ under Samba or the 23-year-old Tony Adams.

Selling
The last couple of seasons have seen a certain Spaniard top the ‘Least Like To Sell’ poll, but not this time: Jack Wilshere taking 43 percent of the vote, with Van Persie on 27 percent and Cesc trailing on 18. To my mind this reflects two facts: by the time of this vote, Gooners had become resigned to Cesc leaving and were starting to accept it, while Wilshere is now seen as a replacement with at least as much potential. In the ‘Most Like To Sell’ category, the winner took 42 percent, twice as many votes as Almunia in second, and three times as many as Bendtner in third. Also featured were Diaby and previous champion Eboue, but the runaway winner was . . . wait for it . . . ta da daa! Oh, you guessed: Denilson. I’m almost starting to feel sorry for him. Almost.

Cesc
Should Arsenal let Cesc join Barcelona?
Yes 18%
Only for £40m 35%
Only for £50m 40%
No 7%
At the time of writing the outcome is uncertain, but it’s currently looking as though only 18 percent will be satisfied. Unless of course Cesc negates the question by going to Madrid, which certain people at Gooner Towers have placed apparently well-informed bets on!

Captain
Vermaelen 45%
Van Persie 37%
Fabregas 15%
Someone new 3%
If the question had been ‘Who do you WANT to be Arsenal captain’ instead of ‘Who do you THINK will be Arsenal captain’ perhaps the result would be different, but the small number of votes for Cesc here surely reflects acceptance of his departure. Meanwhile the paltry three percent for someone new is a sad reflection of the lack of confidence in Arsène’s transfer policy!

Loanees
We had plenty of players out on loan again last season, so we asked which of them do you think will make more than five Premier League appearances for Arsenal this season. Henri Lansbury was the top response with 42%, followed by Emmanuel-Thomas (135), Vela (11%) and Bartley (7%). However, is it really worth voting for anything other than ‘None’, which is what just over a quarter of people plumped for? I mean, Lansbury is highly rated but this is Arsène we’re talking about. I hope he makes it, but whatever WE think, Arsène always seems to be at least a season behind.

Pat Rice
We asked if it was time for Pat Rice to be replaced as Assistant Manager and two-thirds of you decided his time was up. To the remaining third I say the following: a change is as good as a rest; all good things must come to an end; a new broom sweeps clean; don’t put new wine into old bottles; familiarity breeds contempt. I’ve only got as far as F in the list of sayings, but I think I’ve made the point.

Arsène
Arsène asked to be judged at the end of the season, so that’s what we asked you to do. Your verdict was:
Unproven – give him another year 53%
Guilty – time to go 38%
Innocent – Arsène still knows best 8%
So we haven’t yet got to a majority of AMGs. I must say I’m slightly surprised, given the end of season freefall, and the fact it’s hardly the first time. Me, I’m a fence sitter. Sometimes it’s better the devil you know, but my main fence-sitting reason is that there’s no point getting a new manager while we’ve got the same old Board pursuing the same old self-interested policies. All right, Stan is the only one with a vote that counts now, but there’s not much sign of change. Under the current directors, Arsène has done enough to keep us challenging for up to seven and a half months each season. I’m dubious that someone else could come in and rebuild to a more successful position without needing a hell of a lot of money, and neither Stan nor his immediate predecessors are/were in the habit of spending a hell of a lot of money. Well, not theirs anyway. Proportionally, just a hell of a lot of ours.

Next Manager
Guardiola 33%
Mourinho 15%
Hiddink 15%
Villas Boas 12%
In the unlikely event that Arsène left the club during the summer, these are the names which people put forward to replace him and perhaps the only surprise is Villas Boas. Firstly, who had heard of him before a couple of months ago, and secondly does anyone really want a manager younger than half the players? Well, younger than half the players at other clubs. At least those at the top of the list have a track record, like them or not, whereas the top ten suggestions also included Moyes, Bergkamp, Coyle and Adams. Coyle was in fifth place. I know we hadn’t even heard of Arsène when he arrived, but come on, Coyle?

Attendance
Your average voting Gooner attended their first game back in 1988, 31 percent are season ticket holders and of all those who go to games each averaged almost 17 matches during the 2010-11 season. Of those fans responding, 62 percent believe that FA Cup games should still be part of the season ticket, which surprises me because I for one resent being forced to shell out full whack to see the likes of Orient, Huddersfield or Leeds on a compulsory basis. When asked if they intended to renew their season ticket for the 2011-12 season, some 39 percent gave the club the thumbs down. Now this could just have been an emotive reaction to both a tough season’s viewing and a swingeing 6.5 percent increase at the end of season. However given the vast numbers of those on the waiting list now being offered season tickets I’d suggest it indicates numerous season ticket holders carried out their threats to vote with their feet.

Best Chant
‘Six percent, you’re having a laugh’
It was considered a poor season for chants with a general consensus that we must try harder. Only three chants reached treble figures. The ‘Na Na Na Nasri’ song was runner up and ‘Spend some f**king money’ third. The first and third were a sure sign of discontent and something hopefully to be acknowledged by those in power. Other favourites: Chamakh’s ‘He’s not black he’s not white etc’, ‘North London is ours, so f**k off to Stratford, North London is ours’ and ‘Shall we make a DVD for you?’ – Carling Cup at WHL. But the most original has to be: ‘Your statue is sh*t, your statue is sh*t! It should have been Jedward, your statue is sh*t!’ – away to Fulham. And one with the most potential: ‘I’m Arsenal till I’m skint!’