Gunners set for bright future

EVENTS tomorrow night will determine whether or not Arsenal can sustain this season’s challenge to claim silverware for the first time in four years.

In the meantime, however, they demonstrated yet again on Saturday that should glory elude them once again this month, the club would be well advised to make space in Emirates stadium’s trophy room in anticipation of success to come.

Arsene Wenger has long maintained his squad is a work in progress, resolutely ignoring the temptation to match the spending of their top four rivals despite the departure of key players, a chronic injury list, and a patent lack of experience among his current group of players.