Source: Team_Talk
Vermaelen: We'll be title contenders
Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen is confident the Gunners can silence their critics and mount a Premier League title challenge this season.[LNB] The Gunners have gone five long years since they last secured a major trophy, and six since they last tasted Premier League glory.[LNB]They will be looking to put that right in 2010/11, with Arsene Wenger's squad maturing and developing year on year.[LNB]There is an air of optimism sweeping around The Emirates that this could be the season in which they lay their trophy ghosts to rest.[LNB]Belgian centre-half Vermaelen believes they are capable of competing with the best in the business and has brushed off claims that the Gunners remain too lightweight to land the title.[LNB]"The spirit in the camp is good," he said in the Evening Standard. "We have a good young group who are very aggressive and want to improve. I think people will always say we can't compete - it is not the first time.[LNB]"But we have to do what we always do which is work hard and play our own game. Then we can compete.[LNB]"I hope we can compete for the title this year and I'm convinced we will."
