So Far So Good – Arsenal PL 2012/13 first 3 games

As we head into the international break (here are our players away on international duty - http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/44830/international-watch-gunners-away-on-duty) and where I personally don't bother about the football but fret about injuries which might hit our players, I think I am pretty satisfied with the way the first 3 games have played out at the start of the season this time around.

After a draw each at home against Sunderland and away at Stoke which I must mention were both clean sheets, I was getting a bit jittery. With 3 players all new to the rigors of the PL I did know they would take time to get going but then there was also a thought at the back of my mind as to what if even one of them turns out into a Chamakh!!! In all this negativity as to how Arsenal have already started missing RVP and whether or not Song's exit has also hit the team hard, what we forgot to check on was the two clean sheets and all this in the absence of Sagna in the back four as well.

The third game was a reason to make merry. An away game at the Kop is always difficult and add to that the fact that everybody is looking ever too closely at the 3 new recruits.

At the end of the game, the scoreline read 2-0 in favor of the visitors. Both Poldi and Cazorla got their names on the score sheet. Diaby was a revelation. And another clean sheet!!! Apart from taking home all 3 points we took with us a lot of positivity heading into the international break. So a DDW this season as compared to a DLL last season at this same point with the defense leaking 10 goals already.  Well the opponents haven't been the same but then the back 4 has been reassuring at this point atleast.

After the international break we host Southampton at home (Theo against his boyhood club!!!), followed by a visit to France to take on Montpellier in the CL followed by a stern test at the Eastlands. I am hoping that Giroud finds his touch against his old club if not against Southampton. The game against Man City will be particularly difficult considering that we will be travelling from the mid-week game. Lets see how the team holds up for that.

I would have loved to see some transfer activity on the last day of the transfer window. Ofcourse we weren't going to see the same traffic as last season, but I thought we should have got M'Villa. But then as they say the Professor knows best!!!!