Former Players Views

[Cripps_orig]

You being a cock. Grow up you fat ****.

Oh dear

Big words from the internet warrior

[LDG]

Oh dear

Big words from the internet warrior

I'll call you a fat **** face to face if you want?

[Xhaka Can’t]

I'll call you a fat **** face to face if you want?

He will.

I should know.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Oh yeah. You have Germany for the Euros.

You're fucked, bruv.

You have Robben.

[Cripps_orig]

I'll call you a fat **** face to face if you want?

Of course you would

But tis good to see more members in the internet warrior gang

Welcome

[Olivier's xmas twist]

You have Robben.

Their both fucked well MO is VDV and Robben

MO

[Olivier's xmas twist]

Of course you would

But tis good to see more members in the internet warrior gang

Welcome

Gang ?

[Marc Overmars]

You have Robben.

[Coney]

He left us at the end of 2006/7. We'd already had 2 trophyless seasons when he left and in his last season we finished 4th with 68 points. We've not had a worse season in the league since he left and we've scored more goals every season.
We've stagnated but that stagnation had already started by the time he left. People were predicting our decline into mid-table after he went but it never happened.

Indeed. The fact is that without players like Pires, Bergkamp, Vieira and the like around him, Henry, great as he was, could not carry everything himself - he needed peers around him. And this is why I think players like Messi are sometimes overrated as individuals - although they possess undoubted skill and they are the players you would pick, without a team of good players around them, they are way less effective. RvP has been a good scorer this year but I think this has been due to the overall team showing improvement. While we have had ups and downs, I think there are signs that we have something more solid (with the likes of Arteta and improvers like Kos), Podolski will be a great addition but we need to lose ineffective dross like Chamakh, Bendtner from our books and buy some reliable players who can perform straight off the bat. We have enough learners in the team, we need a couple more solid players - not necessarily fancy names, but good solid and reliable like Arteta. The presence of players like him helping to stabilise the team and keep the younger players on course has a clear effect.

[Marc Overmars]

Indeed. The fact is that without players like Pires, Bergkamp, Vieira and the like around him, Henry, great as he was, could not carry everything himself - he needed peers around him.

Don't know about that. He dragged us to 4th in 2006, when Pires and Bergkamp had a lesser influence. He also still averaged a 1 in 2 record in his final year before injuries took their toll and his season was cut short.

But as always when big players leave, the dynamic of the team changes and other players start to show their worth.