I am not sure about the selection of our Spanish wonderkid as captain. On the one hand he loves the club even though a moronic tabaloid will every so often chuck out a story when Ronaldo stories are short. I think that Cesc will lead the club well but I also think that there are problems with this call. The role of captain is normally given to a senior player and I think it could have a bit of an effect on morale for players like Toure and maybe Almunia.

As Arsene said "there will be leaders all over the pitch". This is simalar to the Clive Woodward approach, where he selected about 4 leaders in the team. It could well be a good idea to adopt an almost military hierachy to give a number of players responsibility for their section of the team. For example having say a defence captain (Kolo) who is in charge of organising the defence as an expert and the defenders come to him with problems. This will take some of the burden of being a captain and help Cesc focus on his game.

Arsenal have a number of legends already from the 00's - Adams and Bergkamp are obviously the real club heroes with a slightly lower rank with players like Henry (he will never be as loved as Bergkamp). I think this is the opportunity for Cesc to prove that although he isn't exactly a North London boy he can still be one of the fans all time favourites.

A new start is going to be greatly appreciated. It is going to be interesting to hear the fans reaction to Gallas tomorrow night. Just remember he is volotile (chavski own-goal threat)! I don't know if Gooners will forgive him?

Good Luck Cesc!