Guess thats one in the eye for the idiotic doom and gloom mongerers. Arsenal finished? certainly this weekend's performances (bar the 1st half against PSG) suggest very much the opposite. Yes, maybe it is still too early to start crowing but neither PSG or Inter were being charitable in the Emirates cup, and both are better than a number of teams that the Gunners dropped points to last season. Sure it was a pre-season run out and therefore few players featured for 180minutes for any team across the 2 games that each played, but Arsenal can feel pretty happy with performances that were without a number of new signings / last season's regulars being even present for 1minute of the proceedings - Eduardo / Gilberto / Adebayor / Walcott / Rosicky and of course no Henry to call upon after his defection to Spain. As pretty much expected Eboue added plenty of thought to the question of who to play in midfield on the right and Clichy made an unexpected claim on the left. Hleb carried on from Austria with 2 more solid perfomances and van Persie showed why many of us have been pushing his credentials. Along the back mew signing Sagna certainly did himself no harm and Gallas showed that he can be captain material when he decides to apply himself properly. Certainly playing a pre-season tournament in warm August sunshine on home soil is very different to visiting the North East on a cold December afternoon, but such pluses were pretty much cancelled out by the fact that the calibre of opposition was much higher than many of the opponents Arsenal are likely to play in the comming months. Perhaps a bigger test will be in Amsterdam on Thursday / Saturday. As for the signing of more players Wenger wrote in his programme notes 'we are still looking to bring one more player in , maybe two, depending on who is available', perhaps it will be more kids or alternatively the 'very special' player that many have been waiting for. Whatever it certainly suggests that his spending this summer isn't over, as many had been quick to predict (some almost from the day the transfer window opened!). Like many Gooners I am excited about the forthcoming season, more fool those who cannot (will not) get over their inbuilt pessimism. Whether it goes great or simply good, Arsenal will finish in the top 4, maybe possibly higher than the doom laden minority care to imagine. Can they actually challenge for the title? ask Inter Milan who, even allowing for AC milan's points deduction, were the runaway winners in SerieA last season. Be seeing you  MysticBeg