13 yrs ago today since Sir C's second fave' Spaniard signed for us

[Pokster]

shame it didn't work out as well as it could for him (Reyes, not sc)

[Burney]

shame it didn't work out as well as it could for him (Reyes, not sc)

He could have been great, that little bugger. Shame he was just too dim. :-(

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

shame it didn't work out as well as it could for him (Reyes, not sc)
I'll never forgive the cùnt for leaving the week after I had forked out on a shirt with his name on the back for our lad :angry: Reyes, not Sir C.

[Ash]

I'll never forgive the cùnt for leaving the week after I had forked out on a shirt with his name on the back for our lad :angry: Reyes, not Sir C.

You'll have WES onto you now trying to persuade you to get a Ramsey shirt.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

You'll have WES onto you now trying to persuade you to get a Ramsey shirt.
Glwptpimo. Our lad is now 23 and has no interest in football. Bit like Ramsey, come to think of it :D

[Sir C]

shame it didn't work out as well as it could for him (Reyes, not sc)

The Wikipedia page for the unbeaten season says, "But it had not always looked like this. Until February, Arsenal had bounced between first and third place, as the three-way race with Chelsea and Manchester United seemed unpredictable.... in February Arsenal only led the table because they began with an "A". But Arsenal got even better in the second half of the season..." because of the arrival of the mercurial wee gyppo with a left foot like a traction engine? He certainly gave us a lift, and the opposition something different to worry about.

If Henry had been a bit nicer to him. If he'd had an IQ greater than his boot size. If our supporters had suppressed a few groans...

[Burney]

The Wikipedia page for the unbeaten season says, "But it had not always looked like this. Until February, Arsenal had bounced between first and third place, as the three-way race with Chelsea and Manchester United seemed unpredictable.... in February Arsenal only led the table because they began with an "A". But Arsenal got even better in the second half of the season..." because of the arrival of the mercurial wee gyppo with a left foot like a traction engine? He certainly gave us a lift, and the opposition something different to worry about.

If Henry had been a bit nicer to him. If he'd had an IQ greater than his boot size. If our supporters had suppressed a few groans...

If only someone had told him he couldn't mum with him.

[redgunamo]

If only someone had told him he couldn't mum with him.

Yes, he should've just mucked in with Cesc and the lads. He'd have had the time of his life in London then.

[Luis Anaconda]

shame it didn't work out as well as it could for him (Reyes, not sc)

It's like Alvaro never existed :(

[Sir C]

It's like Alvaro never existed :(

That was his finest achievement, young Jose Antonio. He brought Alvaro among us :love:

[Gooner Canuck]

He never should have scored that goal against Chelsea. I kept expecting him to do that every week.

[Lady Henry AKA The African Queen]

Agree with Sir C that Henry didn't support him enough. It was like he was jealous. The glaring stares if his pass was millimetres out or he missed a lay off...
I really felt for Jose Antonio and still watch him a little in La Liga..
I think we also forget how homesick he was.. and unused to anywhere outside his front door.
Poor bugger.