I was blessed with a highlight reel of his time with us on TikTok this morning. If ONLY in an alternative reality could we have him at his peak in our current team. Can you imagine? We'd be unstoppable. He was so so so good.
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I was blessed with a highlight reel of his time with us on TikTok this morning. If ONLY in an alternative reality could we have him at his peak in our current team. Can you imagine? We'd be unstoppable. He was so so so good.
I liked him. He played like a proper superstar, in the good way.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Bunnell
I didn't like him. :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
I didn't like his agent, don't think he does either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
A piano-tinkling, treacherous cnut.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Never have I wanted an ex-Arsenal player to fail at their next club as much.
Well, maybe Vermaelen...
Fabregas. **** him :-(Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
Sanchez was one of those players who doesn't make those around him better. A very good player but ultimately one that is too unpredictable and sloppy to improve a side. I didn't think of him as a Wenger player at all.
I didn't like us in that era.
I could sort of forgive Cesc for going to Barca.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Not to Chelsea though. Snakey cnut.
Play for the team by scoring lots and lots of runs, as Sir Geoffrey would say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
And plenty of his team mates said he was a nightmare to bat with.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Fair enough. What did his opponents say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Ha! The aussies used to say they would offer him a single just to get him down the other end so they could bowl to someone who actually wanted to play the game.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
Boycott claimed that the aussies never gave anyone anything, and they were no more generous at the crease than they were at the bar. And if they did want him down the other end it was only because they couldn't get him out. :-)
You can see why people didn't warm to him :-)
Comments here are nuts. He was insanely good for us. Not much he can do when the rest of the team were operating at a lower energy. He worked his arse off. Assists + goals + crazy off ball work. I get calling him a treacherous c**t for going to United, but to not like him when he played with us is a wild take.
He and Ozil deserved the current defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Bunnell
I was always more of a Giroud and Cazorla man.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Bunnell
"Wanted to play the game"; here, having the meaning "more willing to throw their wicket away."Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
We know what they're up to. Great compliment. :-)
Was never fond of Giroud at the time. I remember saying to my mate on his debut, when he missed a sitter against Sunderland(?) - "the new Chamakh". Turned out to be decent I suppose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Chamakh...
Arsenal 2012-2013
Wojciech Szczęsny
Abou Diaby
Bacary Sagna
Per Mertesacker
Thomas Vermaelen (captain)
Laurent Koscielny
Tomas Rosicky
Mikel Arteta (vice-captain)
Lukas Podolski
Jack Wilshere
Andre Santos
Olivier Giroud
Theo Walcott
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Aaron Ramsey
Nacho Monreal
Sebastien Squillaci
Santi Cazorla
Johan Djourou
Łukasz Fabiański
Francis Coquelin
Andrey Arshavin
Vito Mannone
Carl Jenkinson
Emmanuel Frimpong
Gervinho
Kieran Gibbs
Marouane Chamakh
Park Chu-young
Ryo Miyaichi
Nicklas Bendtner
Denilson
Joel Campbell
There was some real ****e in that squard. Santos :hehe:
Right. Not even Mikel could do anything with that little lot. A terrific bunch of lads though, if that makes any sense. They did have their moments :-\Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
**** me, that is terrible :hehe::hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by IUFG
On the other hand, you COULD make a decent bench for the current lot out of them. You know, if you happened to need a goal in the last five minutes or something. Bendtner, Olivier, Theo, Poldi etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Having said all that, Alexis probably wouldn't make all that much difference to the team today. Assuming he would replace Martinelli, we (anyway, me) would still be grumbling about thirty-goal a season strikers.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
He was always a highspeed, world class danger for us and would add a few direct free-kicks and a sprinkling of star quality to the team. An in-form GM could match his output though and is still fairly young, plenty of potential there.
Alexis was selfish and wouldn't fit in with Arteta's structure at all. He wouldn't do his pressing properly or his defensive work.Quote:
Originally Posted by redgunamo
The game has changed. You cant have mavericks these days.
Agreed. Dribbling ability masks alot of sins and as football lovers we revere players that can dribble and beat their man. By comparison, shooting and especially scoring goals are considered low, inferior skills and abilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter
Even Cristiano Ronaldo explains that injury forced him to modify his game (remember the one-trick pony, stepover merchant of long ago) and he became "merely" a goalscorer.
It's a widespread malaise in the game; whereas the ability to do fancy tricks is considered a gift from the gods, actual goals are considered to be an act of God; something of a coincidence or freak of fate that can sometimes occur in a football match.
I blame coaches.