Gribz 919 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 On the eve of his 1000th game Alan Smith picked his best Wenger XI excluding players that were at Arsenal before he arrived - meaning likes of Seaman, Adams , Parlour and Bergkamp cant be picked. He went: _____________________Lehmann_____________________ Sagna_________Campbell____Koscielny_______Cole Walcott_______Vieira_____Fabregas_________Pires _________________Henry____Van Persie________ Im going: ___________________Szecezny_____________________ Lauren_______Campbell____Toure_________Cole Walcott_____Vieira_______Fabregas______Pires ________________Ljungberg___________________ _______________________Henry________________ RVP was a one season wonder while Ljungberg was class for years. And Walcott has offered more than RVP also so gets in the team. Hard to leave out Anelka and Overmars but Pires gave that bit extra on the left and Ljungberg has to make it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 919 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Fair play to him getting 1000 games, he was wonderful for the English game in his first 10 years but others have caught up due to money. Hopefully he pulls off a huge victory tomorrow winning at Chelsea, its about time he beat Jose. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 919 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Martin Keowns team allowing players who were there before Wenger: ______________________Seaman__________________ Dixon_________Adams______Campbell_____Cole Pires________Vieira__________Petit______Overmars _______________Henry_____Bergkamp____________ Id go: ______________________Seaman__________________ Dixon_________Adams______Campbell____Winterburn Ljungberg________Vieira__________Fabregas______Pires _______________Henry_____Bergkamp____________ 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Ljunberg was a wide player, not a deep lying forward or classic number 10. Van Persie was also much better. Also, not sure how anyone could call Van Persie a 1 season wonder. He was a pretty consistent performer and got 20 or more goals in a season on 3 occasions. Would have been interesting to see him play as a striker earlier in his career. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juancornetto 1 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 No Ian Wright? Was he there under Wenger, I'm almost sure he was. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I never thought Ian Wright was that outstanding but I'm probably just basing it on his later years. I was young when he was in his prime, his goal record then was great though, regularly hitting 25-30 + a season. There could perhaps be an argument the premiership was weaker in the early to mid 90's. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Cooper 0 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I never thought Ian Wright was that outstanding but I'm probably just basing it on his later years. I was young when he was in his prime, his goal record then was great though, regularly hitting 25-30 + a season. There could perhaps be an argument the premiership was weaker in the early to mid 90's. It absolutely was, we were the UKs number 1 back then. Sky TV changed everything. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gribz 919 Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Ian Wright was there for about 2 seasons under Wenger is I thought was a cracking striker. Selmy - Ljungburg could easily play off the front man, he used to drift inside and land in those positions for half his goals. Wiltord and Kanu - 2 more excellent strikers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,170 Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I'd have:_ ___________________Seaman__________________ Dixon_________Adams______Campbell_____Winterburn Pires________Vieira__________Petit______Overmars _______________Henry_____Bergkamp____________ I wouldn't mind Denis Compton wide on the left. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,761 Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 3-0 down, man sent off, under 17 minutes played 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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