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Luis Anaconda
11-28-2023, 12:08 PM
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PSRB
11-28-2023, 01:42 PM
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Yep and now officially retired.......oh you mean, Henry!
WES
11-28-2023, 01:53 PM
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True, and it would a gross injustice to not mention the role that Wenger played in developing him into the player he became.

There are those of us old enough to remember his struggles in the first few years, especially in front of goal. 'Will never be a natural finisher' was a commonly held sentiment that was frequently expressed on here as I recall.

Wenger at his best imo.
Pat Vegas
11-28-2023, 04:31 PM
True, and it would a gross injustice to not mention the role that Wenger played in developing him into the player he became.

There are those of us old enough to remember his struggles in the first few years, especially in front of goal. 'Will never be a natural finisher' was a commonly held sentiment that was frequently expressed on here as I recall.

Wenger at his best imo.

Maybe he could have a word with Eddie?
Luis Anaconda
11-28-2023, 05:49 PM
Yep and now officially retired.......oh you mean, Henry!
haha - took me a while. Best of luck to him - fantastic career
Sir C
11-28-2023, 05:52 PM
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A magnificent athlete, absolutely. Pretty decent footballer as well. Not in the class of Bergkamp, of course.
Peter
11-28-2023, 08:41 PM
True, and it would a gross injustice to not mention the role that Wenger played in developing him into the player he became.

There are those of us old enough to remember his struggles in the first few years, especially in front of goal. 'Will never be a natural finisher' was a commonly held sentiment that was frequently expressed on here as I recall.

Wenger at his best imo.

At one point we thought his finishing was so bad that we decided to sign Francis Jeffers to do it for him :-)
PSRB
11-29-2023, 11:48 AM
haha - took me a while. Best of luck to him - fantastic career

Golf and beers in Portugal for the foreseeable, lucky b'stard.
PSRB
11-29-2023, 11:56 AM
A magnificent athlete, absolutely. Pretty decent footballer as well. Not in the class of Bergkamp, of course.

As I've said before, both amazing players and extremely fortunate to have seen both of them with us at the peak of their powers. I have a very slight preference for DB10....although the not flying thing pissed me off.
Sir C
11-29-2023, 12:50 PM
As I've said before, both amazing players and extremely fortunate to have seen both of them with us at the peak of their powers. I have a very slight preference for DB10....although the not flying thing pissed me off.

To think that we used to regularly watch a team containing Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira and Pires is just ridiculous.

The only player we have had of similar calibre since is Cesc.
IUFG
11-29-2023, 01:06 PM
Wenger at his best imo.

and yet he allowed Almunia to play 109 times for The Arsenal.

Bewildering!
PSRB
11-29-2023, 01:07 PM
To think that we used to regularly watch a team containing Bergkamp, Henry, Vieira and Pires is just ridiculous.

The only player we have had of similar calibre since is Cesc.

I think it's fair to say we have a few getting to those levels (or at least capable of getting there)
IUFG
11-29-2023, 01:25 PM
I think it's fair to say we have a few getting to those levels (or at least capable of getting there)

I'm not sure any one of the current crop have the ability to get to Dennis (PBUH) levels