Quote Originally Posted by Noel_Quinn View Post
Cesc started making a name for himself when Wiltord and Freddie were still in the shirt. And RvC and Arshavin. We THOUGHT we were on a downward slide back then but we had no idea what was to come and how bad it would get. Apart from RvC's one man season, this is the first time in years we've seen an upturn in the quality we have on the pitch. And that's down to 2 players, the ones we need to sign, no excuses, no bullshit.
Cesc got his start when we still had legends like Henry and Pires at the club. Wiltord had left by the time Cesc was starting. Most of the Invincibles were playing limited roles in fact. But I;'m talking about Cesc was he was 16 years old.

When those guys had left and Cesc and Cesc was in his early 20s, the goals and assist increased by quite a margin. From 07/08 onwards. 15 goals, 22 assists, 19 goals, 20 assists....he played at his best without the Invincible guy. RVP was often injured and only after Cesc left did we see RVP at his peak. We never actually saw those two at their peak together. The closest we had was in 07/08 when we came close to the title but RVP picked up an injury.

Arshavin had one good season for us. A good player but doesn't come close to Sanchez. Cesc also had Nasri but he doesn't compare to Cazorla.

Pound for pound the squad we have no is a lot better than what we have now but we play terrible football.