For sheer positivity alone, they deserved it. As Arsenal fans, we are advocates of positive football and we are often frustrated by teams who have a negative approach. Football is frustrated by those teams too. If it was down to me, teams would get 0 points for a loss and 0 points for a draw of less than 2 goals. They would get 1 point for a draw of two or more goals and 3 points for a win. On that system, United would have had an even better points advantage. So well done to them. Chelsea have a lot of experience but no shape and no balance. That's what happens when you have too much money, you buy everyone you want and find that it becomes a problem to play all of them in a balanced way. Michael Essien's versatility has been used to lose two important games this year. In the African Nations cup semi-finals, a Ghanian central defender was suspended. Essien was put at centre-back and Ghana lost. Had Essien played in midfield, he would have protected the make-shift back four better and would have been so much more dangerous offensively that Ghana would have won. In the Champions League final, he was played at right-back. In midfield, he would have been so much more dangerous and United would not have had the joy they had in the first half. That's what happens when coaches have choices. Choices can sometimes lead you to do the wrong thing, especially with versatile players. The airwaves are full of talk that Arsenal lost the championship due to lack of experience. Sometimes, I feel football punditry is lazy. Most pundits look at obvious stuff and repeat what each other say. I believe the experience factor has been over-rated. Ever since Juventus were beaten by Arsenal, I was convinced that there is something about modern football that requires raw, aggressive and athletic youth. I wrote an article about it here. The great players of this season with a few exceptions are under 24. In Arsenal's own squad, our best players were Ga�l Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Francesc Fabregas and Mathieu Flamini. United and Liverpool you have Rooney, Ronaldo, Anderson, Carrick, Torres and the exceptions of Gerrard, Ferdinand, etc. who are older. Modern football is about pace, skill and movement and that package is easier gotten in youth. Experienced players are important. Very important indeed! But their importance is for stability and poise. They are about exploiting mistakes better like Drogba and keeping clean sheets like Terry and Ferdinand. There are no players over 28 that will give you what Ronaldo, Messi, Clichy, Flamini, et. al give you. Experienced players give you what Fabregas and Gerrard give you so they are important but their importance is creating a stable structure for younger players to exploit. Chelsea are a vastly experienced team. That makes them difficult to beat but it does not make it easier for them to beat others. A more youthful Makelele, Ballack and Malouda would probably have beaten United just like a more youthful Gattusso, Pirlo, Inzaghi and Maldini would probably have beaten Arsenal. As far as I am concerned, should Wenger sign a 20-year-old Nasri to replace a 27-year-old Hleb, I would have no problems with that. A friend of mine has been raving about Nasri for two years. He thinks Nasri is more like Cristiano Ronaldo than Robert P�res. I checked out Nasri on YouTube. Everybody looks good on YouTube. YouTube is like a mixed tape. You don't make a mixed tape of bad songs. I tend to agree that he is more like Ronaldo because he has a good dribble, he is fast, energetic and very direct. Like Ronaldo, he will probably have a rotten first season in the Premier League should he join. It he takes it badly, he will end up more like Jos� Antonio Reyes than Ronaldo. But there is one thing about Nasri that may help him very much if he were playing in England. He has a Wayne Rooney characteristic in that he doesn't need to dribble you cleanly like Ronaldo or Messi in order to get past. If you win the ball or if the ball spills, he fights for it and tries to bulldoze his way. That would be more important than his dribbling in the first year should he come here. In a way, I think Arsenal need a little more carelessness of youth upfront more than they need old heads. More Theo Walcotts with more confidence and slightly more rounded. We know Fabregas can pass the ball and we know we have had very few players trying to get in on the pass early enough or running early enough and taking a chance. Youthful players will make those runs early and take those chances. It will make life easier for Clichy and Sagna because the decision on whether to go forward will be made early and decisively so they can defend better by not getting caught up front in meaningless drawn out attacks. Lastly, my player of the season. I have been meticulously scoring players throughout the season based on positivity (how they can instigate momentum for attacks), team play (includes covering and defending), mentality (how awake they are in each game) and a subjective factor (just how I feel about them). Sagna was top until the game he got injured. Fabregas was second, Clichy was third and Flamini fourth. After 10 games, Hleb was top and in January, Adebayor was third. On the last day of the season Clichy won my player of the season with Sagna in second place. Fabregas and Flamini third and fourth. You will not believe who came in just below Almunia, Adebayor and Hleb in 8th place above Gallas, Tour�, Walcott and Bendtner. It was Emmanuel Eboue!