ARSENAL.com gunners greatest players

[Kevinho]

OK thanks, I vaguely remember this now. Moral of the story; more oldies need to use the Interweb.

[Rob]

Pretty bizarre, I do agree. It's bound to be weighted in favour of the modern era but it's pretty tough luck on Alex James who by all accounts was the TH14 of his day.

At least Joe Mercer is still to come !

But it does make you wonder how they reached the judgement all the same.

[Belfast Boy]

It's also pretty likely that cos Arsenal.com is more of a brand name site (certainly compared to this one anyway) that it attracts a mixture of younger/newer fans and glory hunters/corporate types, so I s'pose you could compare them to the majority of the Emirates crowd while we're the away support

[QuartzGooner]

Pretty bizarre, I do agree. It's bound to be weighted in favour of the modern era but it's pretty tough luck on Alex James who by all accounts was the TH14 of his day.

At least Joe Mercer is still to come !

But it does make you wonder how they reached the judgement all the same.

Here's an interesting and surprising point.

Someone I know has watched Arsenal since 1927. He was until recently a season ticket holder, poor health preventing him from going more than three times a season since last season, but still watches all the games on TV. I think the only games he has missed were during the war.

He said the only player from the 1930's who would make the starting line up in Wenger's team would be Ted Drake, whose size and workrate would be a problem for any defender.

The rest, even Bastin and James, would be in the squad but probably not on the bench.

I asked him why, thinking he would say that today, players are simply too strong and too fast compared to the 1930's, due to sports science and improved nutrition since childhood.

No.

He said quite simply, the 1930's players were not good enough.

[DanielD]

Cashley greater than Winterburn?!

[Mr FINSBURY PARK GOONER]

This whole thing is already looking odd.

Who did you guys vote.

i voted for.

1. Henry
2. Adams
3. Wright
4. Mclintock
5. Bergkamp
6. Vieira
7. Nicholas
8. Keown
9. Rocastle
10. Sansom

Almost made my list.

O'Leary
Rice
Merson
Limpar
Seaman
Winterburn
Dixon
C. George

[DB10GOONER]

This whole thing is already looking odd.

Who did you guys vote.

i voted for.

1. Henry
2. Adams
3. Wright
4. Mclintock
5. Bergkamp
6. Vieira
7. Nicholas
8. Keown
9. Rocastle
10. Sansom

Almost made my list.

O'Leary
Rice
Merson
Limpar
Seaman
Winterburn
Dixon
C. George

And welcome aboard Mr FPG!!

Top three for me;

1. DB10
2.THBW14
3. LB7

The rest can fight it out for the scraps...

[QuartzGooner]

1 Henry
2 Wright
3 Adams
4 Vieira
5 Pires
6 McLintock
7 Bergkamp
8 Brady
9 Dixon
10 Winterburn

[Mr FINSBURY PARK GOONER]

Bloody hell

how did i forget good old Liam B.

I must be getting old,

What a player......

he should of 100% been in my top 10..... feel gutted i made that mistake.

bol locks

[Number 5]

Holy shitballs where are all the Arsenal fans?

Greatest Ever Players in terms of talent

No1: Dennis Bergkamp
No2: Liam Brady
No3: Thierry Henry

Greatest Ever Players in terms of heart

No1: Tony Adams
No2: Frank McLintock
No3: Patrick Vieira

[Red Gunner]

I voted for the following:

1. Thierry Henry
2. Robert Pires
3. Patrick Vieira
4. Dennis Bergkamp
5. Cliff Bastin
6. Charlie George
7. Liam Brady
8. David Seaman
9. Freddie Ljungberg
10. Pat Rice

[Mr FINSBURY PARK GOONER]

I voted for the following:

1. Thierry Henry
2. Robert Pires
3. Patrick Vieira
4. Dennis Bergkamp
5. Cliff Bastin
6. Charlie George
7. Liam Brady
8. David Seaman
9. Freddie Ljungberg
10. Pat Rice

What no Ian Wright??? or Tony Adams????

Its all about opinon anyway

[Mr FINSBURY PARK GOONER]

I also see that no ones really to excited about big David O Leary?

722 games is a lot of games.

But then he did seem to have this secret hate for Arsenal under his skin after he left.

What was all that about?

Hey were is David i aint seen or heard of him in a long time.

[Cesc is God]

1 Henry
2 Wright
3 Adams
4 Vieira
5 Pires
6 McLintock
7 Bergkamp
8 Brady
9 Dixon
10 Winterburn

Only number 7?!?

[djhdjh]

Another player who always seems to be overlooked when it comes to these things is John Radford. I was far too young to have seen him play but he scored 150 goals for the club and was part of the Fairs Cup and Double winning side. Yet literally no one mentions him. As a genuine question because I haven't seen enough of him to know, why is this?

For greatest ever player I would have to say Tony Adams - the bridge between the old Arsenal and the new Arsenal and won so many trophies for both.

My top 10 would probably be (a lot based on video tapes and hearsay):

1) Tony Adams
2) Thierry Henry
3) Dennis Bergkamp
4) Patrick Vieira
5) Alex James
6) David Seaman
7) Ian Wright
Alan Smith
9) Liam Brady
10) George Armstrong (blame my dad)

Smith might be a bit of a strange one but we won 2 titles with him leading the line and winning the golden boot. He also did a lot more for the team than just score goals as well. Compare to Brady who for all his talent didn't really win much with us. Admittedly much comes down to the fact he was in a lesser side but greats need to win things.

Seaman is the best keeper I have ever seen. Older supporters talk about Jennings and Wilson but his combination of strength, positioning and agility
was as good as it gets.

Anyway, I don't claim a huge amount of Arsenal knowledge but these are my own views.