I’m an Arsenal season ticket holder, so obviously these are exciting times with the club having just moved into their new Emirates Stadium.

But the club’s mediocre early season form was threatening to dampen the initial optimism brought about by this brave new world. Failure to win any of their first three games left the Gunners lagging behind. The press and public alike were starting to doubt manager Arsene Wenger. A dangerous thing to do, as we saw last season when the club disappointed in the Premiership only to reach the Champions League final and almost defeat the mighty Barcelona.

Since those initial three Premiership games, Arsenal have now gone on a five-match winning streak. Wenger knew the players’ class would shine through in the end, and now they are living up to the Frenchman’s unwavering belief in their abilities.

Now that Wenger has seen confidence instilled back into the squad, his next challenge is to keep everyone happy. While the Gunners don’t have the strength in numbers of a Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool or even a Tottenham, they have an embarrassment of riches in certain areas.

Take Julio Baptista for example. ‘The Beast’ as he is known, joined on loan from Real Madrid in August. The Brazilian international has yet to start a match for the club, and with the Gunners’ midfield and strike-force in such awesome form at present, it’s difficult to see where that first start is going to come from.

Theo Walcott is another case in point. Wenger has stressed on numerous occasions that the 17-year-old has a key role to play this season, but again, he has yet to start a game. Walcott is behind Thierry Henry, Robin van Persie, Emmanuel Adebayor and presumably Baptista in the strikers’ pecking order, while on the flanks, he has the likes of Freddie Ljungberg, Tomas Rosicky and Alexander Hleb ahead of him.

There have been rumblings of discontent surrounding forgotten man Jeremie Aliadiere. After several frustrating seasons injured, playing in the reserves and sent out on loan, it finally looked as if the 23-year-old striker would be given a chance by Wenger, but he looks as far away as ever from getting a look in. When a story emerged in the Mirror at the weekend that the player was to hold crisis talks with Wenger to sort out his future, it came as little surprise.

Another player with question marks surrounding him is Philippe Senderos. The Swiss centre-back made his comeback from a dislocated shoulder in the reserves on Tuesday evening, but once fully fit, will have the likes of Kolo Toure, William Gallas and Johan Djourou to compete with for a centre-back position.

So while Wenger has his players firing on all cylinders on the pitch, he could be presented with new problems off it if certain players begin to feel frustrated at their lack of first-team involvement.