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  • #16
    Originally posted by Peter View Post
    We suffered a lot under Wenger but I always assumed that was at least partly because we had a squad full of crocks- Diaby, Rosicky, Wilshere, Van Persie, Walcott. These guys could get injured getting out of bed.

    His earlier sides did ok on the injury front.
    Oh, that was because his early teams were peopled by men hewed from the trenches of English football, mostly by George Graham; tough, honest, stolid, stalwart, enjoyed a pint.

    Rather than the fancy Dans, Frenchmen and cheap Africans of his later days..
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

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    • #17
      Originally posted by redgunamo View Post
      Oh, that was because his early teams were peopled by men hewed from the trenches of English football, mostly by George Graham; tough, honest, stolid, stalwart, enjoyed a pint.

      Rather than the fancy Dans, Frenchmen and cheap Africans of his later days..
      The big French lads did ok. Vieira, Petit, Henry, Anelka.

      The later sides were full of what you refer to as 'fanny dancers'.

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