I was arguing with a friend that arsen has never been able to put a squad together he claimed the invincible so what i wanna know is how many of the invincibles did wenger actually sign and how many were left by graham
I was arguing with a friend that arsen has never been able to put a squad together he claimed the invincible so what i wanna know is how many of the invincibles did wenger actually sign and how many were left by graham
about 22.685944% of them.
Lehmann
Lauren
Campbell
Touré
Cole
Ljungberg
Vieira
Gilberto
Pirès
Bergkamp
Henry
All these except Bergkamp, Grahan had not to do with it.
Henry, pires, freddie, lehmann, kolo, sol, lauren, viera, gilberto, wiltord, kanu off top of my head, apparently Bergkamp was signed on wengers say so but never been confirmed, guess you could say he made cole so you could count him. parlour, keown are only two i can think of that were pre wenger
I'm pretty sure it was most of them. Lets look at the first team:
1 GK Lehmann 38 Wenger 12 RB Lauren 32 Wenger 23 CB Campbell 35 Wenger 28 CB Touré 37 Wenger 3 LB Cole 32 Youth Team 8 RW Ljungberg 30 Wenger 4 CM Vieira 29 Wenger 19 CM Gilberto 32 Wenger 7 LM Pirès 36 Wenger 10 SS Bergkamp 28 Rioch 14 ST Henry 37 Wenger
You're thinking of the earlier team that won the Premier League I think that still had the old back 4.
I'm not a fan of Wenger hating, especially since it now seems he's been under financial duress. So lets not forget the things he did do, eh?![]()
Last edited by tpyo; 16-02-2012 at 07:45 PM.
Bergkamp was a Rioch signing
Wenger lovers are even trying to credit the **** with that signing![]()
This is a dilution problem. The mentality that the Adams era team had has gotten weaker and weaker. The Graham team taught Vieira, Petit and co the Arsenal and English way. They were toughened up and given a balanced education. Wenger was good on teaching technique, fitness and health, but that sheer determination to win and fight for the win came from Graham players. Vieira and co passed that on to the new generation but he also passed something else on...that mercenary, greedy, 'up my wages' type of attitude that infected the squad.
He was the bloody ring leader of it and fuelled the flames to the Cole saga. He was the original guy that kept lifting his skirt for the Spanish. With Graham's team, you didn't get that even when they had the one year contract bullshit hanging over their heads.
With each generation the squad gets weaker. Wenger is too soft and that's why players walk all over him. It gets worse with each generation and to the point where there able to take the piss with him on the actual pitch. Never would have happened with Adam's generation. Any one not pulling their weight would have been chocked in the dressing room. It takes the players to inspire each other and Wenger hasn't got the players that do that. Only RVP is capable of it as seen with the villa game. He's had his time. He can't motivate and it's the reason why we've never won back to back titles with him.