FIRST ARSENAL SIGNING YOU WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT...

merson_is_god · Post by **merson_is_god** » Thu May 27, 2010 10:12 am

marcengels wrote:Eddie McGoldrick -

I always believed in the "George Knows" banner, so I thought "OK, he must be the new Garrincha"

Funniest response! McGoldrick, he was shite wasnt he?!?!?!

merson_is_god · Post by **merson_is_god** » Thu May 27, 2010 10:15 am

Good old John Jensen, he tried TOO hard!

Post by **I Hate Hleb** » Thu May 27, 2010 10:18 am

Ol'gitgooner wants to nominate Alex James!!!!

Post by **REB** » Thu May 27, 2010 10:32 am

charlie nicholas for me, we were a bit shit at the time and to think here was this guy signing for us after scoring 50goals the season before and it was huge news ,

the playing mantis · Post by **the playing mantis** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:01 pm

really north bank? thats where i sat still cant remember it being in front of me.

still we will soon be of a similar standard to that team...

Post by **DB10GOONER** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:10 pm

REBEL GOONER wrote:charlie nicholas for me, we were a bit shit at the time and to think here was this guy signing for us after scoring 50goals the season before and it was huge news ,

haha - look at Rebel pretending he's too young to remember Supermac!

Post by **REB** » Thu May 27, 2010 12:13 pm

DB10GOONER wrote:
REBEL GOONER wrote:charlie nicholas for me, we were a bit shit at the time and to think here was this guy signing for us after scoring 50goals the season before and it was huge news ,
haha - look at Rebel pretending he's too young to remember Supermac!

oh i remember, and was happy but charlie nic signing was on a different planet

highburyJD · Post by **highburyJD** » Thu May 27, 2010 5:44 pm

remember being gutted to miss out on Barnes and Cottee
getting Nicholas was huge

biggest buzz was def Bergkamp he was my favourite player in the world before we signed him

but what do I know I thought Platt was an awesome signing and I was more excited about Suker than Henry

IrishJB · Post by **IrishJB** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:01 pm

It has to be for me ... Malcolm Macdonald from Newcastle and he did the business for us, no question IMO...

Then of course after that (some years later) i got kinda excited when razzle dazzle Chas Nicks from Celtic signed for us ... he used to turn on the style back then (at the night clubs too of course LOL) and make away days soooo much more fun than the players of today do..

Remember him dancing to 'Reet Petit' on the pitch before an FA Cup game at soooo cold Grimsby ? ahhh dem were de days

IrishJB · Post by **IrishJB** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:04 pm

cusamano wrote:Bergkamp.

And in recent years Arshavin.

Errr who? LOL Ur not serious about Arsha surely?

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:05 pm

I must have been for Bergkamp & Vieira but can't really remember it (was 11 & 12 at the time)....first one I can remember is Overmars....ddn't know aything about Petit who was signed at the same time.

highburyJD · Post by **highburyJD** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:07 pm

IrishJB wrote:
cusamano wrote:Bergkamp.

And in recent years Arshavin.
Errr who? LOL Ur not serious about Arsha surely?

I was pretty pleased when we signed Arshavin...
why not?

IrishJB · Post by **IrishJB** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:10 pm

highburyJD wrote:
IrishJB wrote:
cusamano wrote:Bergkamp.

And in recent years Arshavin.
Errr who? LOL Ur not serious about Arsha surely?
I was pretty pleased when we signed Arshavin...
why not?

He just hadn't done it for me in Europe (even before we signed him), wheras Bergy had already done the business for Holland etc .... maybe your expectations (and others too) of what he (Arsha) can do for us was more than mine ...

Be great if he proves me wrong.

Think that's why i find it easy to get on his case when he mouths it to the press...

He's due another one BTW (Maybe Arsene has finally told him though to keep shut)

danno · Post by **danno** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:29 pm

euphoricone · Post by **euphoricone** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:43 pm

danno wrote:

LOL, did he even play a game for us