Arsenal all time XI

[AlphaCanine]

Hi Chelsea fan in peace.

As Van Persie is on fire for Arsenal this season with 23 league goals. What is Arsenal's all-time XI now with RVP?

Here is mine:

4-3-1-2

GK: Seaman
RB: Dixon
CB: Campbell
CB: Adams
LB: Winterburn
RCM: Fabregas
CM: Vieira
LCM: Pires
CF: Bergkamp
ST: Van Persie
ST: Henry

Subs: Lehmann, Cole, Bould, Ljungberg, Overmars, Stapleton, Wright.

 

[Chappaz]

What a team.

 

[Jayram_Football]

Pires over Overmars
Winterburn over Cole

 

[Drogs]

Rocastle over Fabregas

 

[Grizzly]

Rocastle over Fabregas

I think the OP thinks the world started spinning round the turn of the millennium....

 

[Drogs]

Pat jennings over seaman too and Ian Wright over overmars for me!

 

[AlphaCanine]

I think the OP thinks the world started spinning round the turn of the millennium....

No I don't I just think Fabregas was a terrific player for Arsenal. And he is showing it at Barcelona.

 

[Drogs]

Fabregas was good for Arsenal but Rocastle is one of my favourite Arsenal players (), so useful with the ball and I'll never forget that goal he scored against United, one of my earliest football memories.

 

[Grizzly]

No I don't I just think Fabregas was a terrific player for Arsenal. And he is showing it at Barcelona.

Fair enough.
Sadly I'm old enough to remember the late 70s and at the time I didn't think I'd ever see a better player than Liam Brady in an Arsenal shirt - but people from generations before that would probably say the same about Ted Drake, Cliff Bastin, Alex James, Frank McClintock etc etc etc

 

[Drogs]

Fair enough.
Sadly I'm old enough to remember the late 70s and at the time I didn't think I'd ever see a better player than Liam Brady in an Arsenal shirt - but people from generations before that would probably say the same about Ted Drake, Cliff Bastin, Alex James, Frank McClintock etc etc etc

That's the things about 'all time XI's' I think people can only do them from their own generation.

 

[Grizzly]

That's the things about 'all time XI's' I think people can only do them from their own generation.

Agreed, so something wrong with the title perhaps ?

 

[Drogs]

Agreed, so something wrong with the title perhaps ?

All it needs is the word 'MY' in front of it

 

[Sanj]

This from the players I have seen.

Seamen

Dixon Adams Campbell Winterburn

Ljungberg Vieira Fabregas Pires

Bergkamp Henry

 

[TheTruthHurts]

is this an all time top ten or just a post 1986 selection pick? as Liam Brady would get in that team and Pat Jennings behind that back four would have been quite good.

As it mostly appears to be "silverware" gets you in then i'd drop RVP and put in Alan Smith and drop fabregas for rocastle.

apart from that it tells more about the last 7yrs then any wenger press conference about his sqauds of the past 5 yrs being great RVP would not make an all time first 11 as he would be injured anyway

 

[Chappaz]

All time Arsenal Premier League XI might be more apt.

 

[goonercymraeg]

As someone has already posted most people post their best eleven based on their age.How nobody has mentioned Bobby Gould,Jeff Blockley or Terry Mancini is behond me

 

[Jayram_Football]

If its not a PL top team, then we'd have to make room for Brady

 

[The Magic Man]

Not sure about Brady. Looked and was exceptional in the 80's, but was he better equivalently than Pires or Vieira?

Definitely think Seaman was better than Jennings for us.

Anyway my team (post 1980):

Seaman
Dixon
Winterburn
Bould
Adams (C)
Pires
Vieira
Brady
Cesc
Bergkamp
Henry

Subs:

Jennings
Keown
Petit
Ljungberg
Cole
RVP
Merson

 

[Sanj]

Its interesting to see Cesc get in so many of our teams. He may not won much but he did leave his mark on the club. Kept us in the top four and was the hub of a team that at times played the best football around. I think all the kids that grew up watching Cesc will hold him in same light as many that watched Brady. Probably not going to happen but hope he returns one day. A footballer like that does not let age affect his game.

 

[The Magic Man]

Its interesting to see Cesc get in so many of our teams. He may not won much but he did leave his mark on the club. Kept us in the top four and was the hub of a team that at times played the best football around. I think all the kids that grew up watching Cesc will hold him in same light as many that watched Brady. Probably not going to happen but hope he returns one day. A footballer like that does not let age affect his game.

It was a close call between Cesc and Ljungberg. Cesc gets in, because he stood out in a poor recent side, whereas Freddie looked good in a perfect side.

Other close calls, include O'Leary, Campbell, Wright, A Smith, Overmars, Marwood (we've had some great left sided players over the years), oh yeah, and Gus Caesar.