As an objective football fan, it saddens me that Arsenal can lose Cesc and possibly Nasri just beacuse they could not win a cup in 6 years...I'm sure they'd have been convinced to stay had arses at least won the Carling cup and shown desire to fortify their defense.
Arsenal fans should be focusing on their upcoming match with Udinese, that team can spring one hell of a shock and am sure the immediate response from @Taz would be that they can then focus on the EPL without distractions and win it! When you're dwon accept and hope for the best i.e. new defense signings instead of chest thumping. For me, I know that we still cannot beat Barca unless we get a Sneijder sort of player and hopefully he'll be putting pen to paper - no guarantees but it gives us a better prospect.
As for EPL, if we maintain our home record like last season and have a good away record then there'll only be one outcome - 20th title, that is a FACT that you can debate from here to Timbuktu but remains that - A FACT!
However, if we stumble away like we did last season, like at @Maich reckons, the other teams will not do us favours for a secound running season. Habari ndio hio.
Predictions before the league starts:
1. The Great Man Utd (pdeigree and winning mentality)
2. Chelsea (been there done that but old players dragging them back despite new coach)
3. Liverpool (new signings, Suarez and KK's influence drags them to contention)
4. Arsenal/Man City (Arsenal keep Nasri and buy 2 new defenders but get injuries to RvP and others)
5. Arsenal/Man City (new signings but Mancini's tactics hold back the team)
6. Whoever
BEER IS LIVING PROOF THAT GOD LOVES US AND WANTS US TO BE HAPPY!