dsurg said:Overmars ...but Pires is better....Anelka...but Henry is better...Petit...we've never really got some as good to replace him...so he gets my vote
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dsurg said:Overmars ...but Pires is better....Anelka...but Henry is better...Petit...we've never really got some as good to replace him...so he gets my vote
chris66 said:Maybe outside the scope of this thread but some of the older ones might agree that it was one hell of a sad day when Liam Brady went to Juventus. We went from being a team with a creative genius who could lift a bunch of journeymen up, to being just a bunch of journeymen! It seemed like an indictment that Arsenal could never really be a top club. I was only a kid and I was gutted for months.
Pat's missing Gerbil said:again all true and very valid pointspireslogic said:Anelka has one more trophy to achieve in order to have won everything (league cup and title, European Cup and European national finals he has won) and that is the world cup. I think he was dropped for Didier Deschamps or David Trezeguet in 98.
but he had the world at his feet and chose to kick it away. He is still young but he should be reaching the peak of his game right now..........not carrying second or third rate premiership sides. He had the potential to be one of the world's superstars. If he had been able to handle his personality problems and stayed at Arsenal..........how big would he have been. I believe that Wenger always wanted Titi. The two of them in combination would have been frightening and Wenger could have helped Anelka realise his true potential.
I have to accept that he has the medals but I still feel that he has not become the player he is capable of. He must be the most successful of our leavers but ......
Spinksy said:Anelka was, and is, a very gifted player, wth a great scoring touch. However his departure wasn't sad for the club - I believe it helped finance the London Colney training ground, which has played a big part in maintaining the players' conditioning,
chris66 said:Basically he's Gazza with less beer!
chris66 said:Apparently Anelka was responsible for the dot com boom, invasion of Iraq and possibly the falling of the twin towers - all of those happened whilst he was "around" didn't they.
chris66 said:You attribute so much to him it is unbelievable. He left Arsenal because his brothers engineered the move, Real because he was hated by his team mates & coach, PSG for the same reason and Liverpool because they thought "heskey" was better.
chris66 said:If playing for a lower rank team is a measure of greatness then Ian Selley playing in the conference must be a God!