Arshavin believes that we can win the title

It's not often you hear positive words come from the mouth of our diminutive Russian playmaker, but after the weekend's thrashing of Blackpool, Andrey Arshavin is sounding a bit more upbeat.

The 29-year-old believes that the improvement shown in the club's young players is the right pedestal to challenge for the Premiership title this season.

The Russian international, who is said to have been emotionally drained after his country's failure to qualify for the World Cup finals in South Africa, is also hoping to improve our head-to-head record against the teams in the top four.

Arshavin said: "I think all the young players have become, not old, but they have experience now.

"Arsène works with them for a long time and that's why he knows them better and he knows what to expect during the season from the players.

"It gives me belief that we can get something this year.

"My opinion is, if you look at the points on last season's table, we were close, but then we met Chelsea and Man Utd and they beat us very easily.

"I would like to see this season that we will manage to fight against big teams."

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