I'm actually more amazed that anybody thought it was going to be any different! We actually look sharper & fitter than last season but all that means is that we've polished a few turds,

I've seen some people raving about Arsenal but we made a dreadful Swansea side look decent the other week. If Arsenal weren't so Arsenal-ish and Walcott wasn't so shit, we'd have lost by six or seven today; they actually let us off the hook to a certain degree I think. Play like that against City and I would genuinely expect them to knock in double figures.