The Pragmatist’s Arsenal (glass half-full version)

We'd like to thank Rob Kirby, one of our many Arsenal-supporting field agents, for the following take on Arsenal's "imminent" demise.

Don't look back.

The football media establishment says that Arsenal is out of the title race even before anything's begun. With the imminent exits of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri (on the heels of the £7M Manchester City signing of left back Gael Clichy), pundits have already decided the Arsenal season is done, dead and buried.

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