Robin van Persie's new role at the tip of the Arsenal front three is sought to bring more variety to side's attacking play.
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Few would have had Thomas Vermaelen as Arsenal's top scorer in the early stages of the season, not least because he is a defender but the Belgian had also yet to kick a ball in the Premier League before his £10million move from Ajax and who others decided against signing because of his height.

Arsene Wenger has traded the 4-4-2 with the 4-3-3 for the new season in order to reinvigorate his side but what is different about the new system?
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The problem facing Chris Barnard, the first surgeon to successfully perform a human-to-human heart transplant was rejection whether the patient's body would accept the new organ.

The pessimism and negativity had been overwhelming. The doomsayers had ruled the roost to continue the chicken analogy.
And then the season actually started. Horror of horrors, Arsenal can actually play football. Of course, one swallow doesn't make a summer and on isolated occasions we were brilliant last year but results that were achieved at Goodison and Parkhead can only be good for momentum.