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Arsenal's start to the English Premier League season

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 It's that time again. Club football is on a lull and we get the international break that no one asked for. Depending on where your team is on the Premier League table , you were either begging for the break to come sooner or you were dreading it. Arsenal fans fall into the latter. That said the prospect of gloating over Arsenal's league position to rival fans for fourteen days is mouthwatering. This break also gives us a chance to reflect on how Arsenal has started the season. Seven games is big enough of a sample size to tell us where a team is in it's development. Are Arsenal actually a better side or have they just had a good start to a season?  The arrivals of Gabriel Jesus and Zinchenko in the summer transfer window spoke of a club putting the final touches on their project. It was no longer time for patience, it was time for lift off. Arsenal realized that they were actually not far off the top four sides in the league. They needed the star quality to compliment what...