Who would you pick as your best Keeper, Defender, Midfielder and Forward? Its actually very difficult when you consider the choice you've got; Henry, Bergkamp, Fabregas, Campbell, Vieira, Pires just to name a few....! Think I would go; Seaman Campbell Vieira Henry
Lehman Keown (better than Campbell IMO) Pires (better than Fabregas) Henry (very hard to decide here; so many options)
you can't really pick bergkamp over henry though can you. seaman (don't know how some people picked lehmann) Campbell (beast) Vieira (club captain, leader, midfield enforcer) Henry (174 goals in 254 games, nuff said)
berkamp was here untill 2006 but did not feature as prominant as henry in 2004/05/06 bergkamp 04/05 29 appearances 05/06 24 appearances henry 04/05 56 appearances 05/06 46 appearances So with that i chose henry. Keown left in 04. so to bank on him for only for years as the best. Campbell was with us for 2001-06 then again in 10
My shoo ins are: Seaman Fabregas Bergamp Defender is tough, the legend that is Tony Adams was still around in the early 00s, Campbell was outstanding first time round, Keown was immense, Cashely however much I despise the individual now I have to accept when he played he was decent, but I will probably say Lauren who was outstanding throughout his time with us.
I always rated Kolo as the better CB of the two when paired ( with Sol ). Can't give a best more likely to just reel off my favourite(s) instead. Always loved Cashley's courage, lack of respect for reputations & his uncanny ability on his goal line. Loved Edu, underrated imo. Ray Parlour played as if he had an additional lung. Alex Hleb was a personal favourite, was perfectly complimented by Rosicky. Would've liked to have seen Diarra stay. The Adams', Vieira's, Bergkamp's, Seaman's, Henry's et al are players you are privileged to have seen, were just as arguably Gift's from God as they were Arsenal Legends!
I always rated Kolo as the better CB of the two when paired ( with Sol ). Can't give a best more likely to just reel off my favourite(s) instead. Always loved Cashley's courage, lack of respect for reputations & his uncanny ability on his goal line. Loved Edu, underrated imo. Ray Parlour played as if he had an additional lung. Alex Hleb was a personal favourite, was perfectly complimented by Rosicky. Would've liked to have seen Diarra stay. The Adams', Vieira's, Bergkamp's, Seaman's, Henry's et al are players you are privileged to have seen, were just as arguably Gift's from God as they were Arsenal Legends!
Grizzly got to say i considered Lauren as well, so reliable and did a great job - masively underated by so many! Tapping into the Bergkamp/Henry debate I think it falls down to what you identify as most important - goals and style (henry) or creativity and style (Bergkamp)
Yeah, I'll buy that, but he came into a poor defence and even as a heavier and slower version of the great player we once had, he held his own, but I think he looked better than actually was
Henry was every bit as creative as Bergkamp and just as stylish in his own free-spirited swagger. Bergkamp was a scorer of great goals: Henry was a scorer of great goals AND a great goalscorer. Some would say it's a matter of opinion but I don't particularly respect the opinion suggesting Bergkamp was better than Henry cos it's clear as crystal Henry was by some distance, our most lethal weapon and undisputed king of the premiership between '02 and '06. It's as clueless as a United fan claiming Cantona was better than Ronaldo.
Only a creative genious could do this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYGLjTg2m78 I'm not disputing Henry's brilliance in any way but Bergkamp was king of creativity, whereas Henry was deadly, deadly in his own va va voom way
LOL! Now you're just being hilarious. Funny enough, I don't believe it's close between both. Not exactly a chasm but a pretty comfortable gulf. In terms of all round ability, I'd just about put Bergkamp slightly above a Van Persie. He comes nowhere near Henry.
