OK, so I couldn't find 52 reasons...that's definitely too many. But the big (not yet great) Dane, who has changed his shirt number to No. 52, could be quite an asset this season.

Let's deal with this business with the back of his shirt first. Bendtner, incredibly, has offered to personally refund every Gooner fan who bought new kits with his old No. 26 printed on them. He has changed it to 52 because it is a "special number to me personally."

The easy joke here is that he will probably only have to fork out around £40. I think Andrey Arshavin would have had to use a good couple of weeks' wages in contrast.

Bendtner was the butt of many jokes and jeers last season, and he will probably be ridiculed for this gesture, no matter how refreshing it is to hear a megabucks footballer offer to refund us common folk.

Would David Beckham refund fans who bought the hair gel he endorsed, only to find that it still allows your fringe to flop out of place the same as all the other remedies you've tried?

Would Eric Cantana refund your Renault Laguna when you discover it's not as efficient as he claims?

While this is all tongue-in-cheek, we don't expect footballers to form an orderly queue behind Bendtner's example. Nor do we expect Bendtner himself to repeat the trick, as he missed three sitters within the first half hour of the season and bought traveling fans an apologetic pint after the Everton game...

Let's hope that this is a sign of Bendtner maturing and maintaining the humility which has, at times, threatened to desert him.

We all know he was caught with his trousers down after the Manchester United Champions League semifinal humbling, and that he likes to wear bright pink boots.

Bendtner was booed incessantly at times last season, and while this behaviour from fans is pretty shameful, considering the boy is 21, it did keep his feet partially in contact with the ground.

With the departure of his biggest dressing room foe, Emmanuel Adebayor, Bendtner must feel that his time has arrived. And his record last season should fill him with confidence.

After all, 15 goals for a 21-year-old sub deserves some kudos, especially when you have no first touch and people are calling for your head.

Bendtner must find a way of dropping the tag Ole Gunnar Solskjaer found branded permanently upon his backside: super sub.

Bendtner is at his most deadly as an impact player at the moment. He is the only option at Arsenal that resembles a "plan B," with his ability in the air that outstrips every other Arsenal player by a country mile. So when he starts, he needs to make it count.

However, he's having to adapt to playing wide in the 4-3-3 formation Arsene Wenger is currently deploying. This probably won't do the Dane any favours, as it is a more stringent test of his touch and team play.

But he also utilises this role to attack headers from deep, leaping and powering balls into the back of the net with the accomplishment of an Alan Shearer or Duncan Ferguson. Think Chelsea at the tail end of last season.

Bendtner would be more useful in 4-4-2. Eduardo possesses more class and clinical instinct, but I could easily envisage a front four of Arshavin on the left, Walcott or Rosicky on the right, and Bendtner alongside Robin Van Persie up front.

These four in tandem would be a real threat to Premiership defences, with a complete mix and balance between technique, dexterity, agility, pace, and power.

Bendtner has a lot of improving to do before he becomes as economic on the pitch as he appears off it, but he started to win fans over by the end of last season and I think he will again vindicate Wenger's unwavering belief in the club's Young Guns.