5 best and 5 worst signings in Premier League era

[franksav63]

I was never a Charlie Nicholas fan, in fact, I thought he was an actually bottle job and that's why he got injured so much, but I think the editor has stated Premiership signings and Charlie was signed way before the formation of the premier league and also left before it started.??

[Bergkamp-Genius]

I'm surprised Overmars has only had one mention.

Top 5
DB10
TH
PV
Pires
Overmars (Cesc can't count because we baby-snatched him)

Bottom 5 (Agree that these should be measured against cost and expectation - not just because they're crap - though are that as well)
Jeffers
R Wright
Reyes
Cygan
Edu

Edu, you must be joking, for the most part his opportunities were limited because there was so much competition in the midfield at that time, but when he got his chance he was a good player for us, certainly a million miles from being on this list...

Reyes as well...he may have cost a few quid and let us down by running home to his mummy, but when he was actually playing he was overall a dangerous player for us... There are many far far more deserving candidates than he...

[marcengels]

I was never a Charlie Nicholas fan, in fact, I thought he was an actually bottle job and that's why he got injured so much, but I think the editor has stated Premiership signings and Charlie was signed way before the formation of the premier league and also left before it started.??

Looking on Wikipedia, I notice that Charlie Nicholas played football in the 80's, and given that Arsenel was only formed in 1996, I don't think he even played for us.

[franksav63]

I was never a Charlie Nicholas fan, in fact, I thought he was an actually bottle job and that's why he got injured so much, but I think the editor has stated Premiership signings and Charlie was signed way before the formation of the premier league and also left before it started.??

Looking on Wikipedia, I notice that Charlie Nicholas played football in the 80's, and given that Arsenel was only formed in 1996, I don't think he even played for us.

That's true, Marc, I must have dreamt this...

[sheepshagger]

Top 5 (in no particular order)

Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira, Pires, Fabregas

Worst (this is much more fun)

Eddie Mcgoldrick, Nelson Vivas, Glenn Helder, John Jensen, Igor Stepaside

Vivas at Elland Road in '99 still sends shivers down my spine.

[MK Gould]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

[Ted B]

honourable mention, but van persie cost us £2.75m!

[Barriecuda]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

Wiltord might not have been worth the sum we paid, but he still scored some goals and did help us win the league. So it's hard to say he was a terrible buy.

[I Hate Hleb]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

I get your point but please stop exaggerating MK!!

[MK Gould]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

I get your point but please stop exaggerating MK!!

Nick Hornby......

[Henry Norris 1913]

Edu was class. remember celta vigo away in 2004? his winner at the bridge ? very underated

[I Hate Hleb]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

I get your point but please stop exaggerating MK!!

Nick Hornby......

Oh, in that case you're probably right. For a second there I thought you meant ...........

[USMartin]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

That's just silly - no offence. I'm sure you're a decent player but I doubt you're that good mate.

But really you can't be lioke peterHill-Wood coming up with some snse that every player you buy must exceed all expectations or is a bad buy. The bottom line is you have eleven players on the pitch at most at one time. You have to have players who you buy who might be good enough to be one of those eleven at any time but not all the time and not ahread of your very best players in their role.

That is what ahs been missing as much as anything at Arsenal since 2006 is having players like Wiltord on our bench, players like Edu, players like Jose Reyes. Just because they didn't supplant Theirry Henry Patrick Vieira and Robert Pires respectively doesn't mean they were bad buys or wastes of money. If we had players like that on our bench the last six years we would have won a trophy or two and even won the Premiership at least once.

Even Igors stepanovs for all his flaws featured in defence for five straight clean sheets in 2002 as we overtook United and Liverpool before clinching the League at Old Trafford. He had one really bad half at Old Trafford a year earlier and that's all we want to remember.

I mean it was really really really really bad but it still was one half.

[flash gunner]

I think too many people seem to beieve that any signing who wasn't the best player of his era in his position is a bad signing.

I mean Sylvain Wiltord?

He was a terrific contributor from 2001-2004 really especially 2002 and 2003


His sole fialing really was that he wasn't better than Thierry Henry. He was versatile scored lots of big goals from out wide or up front, as a starter or as a reserve and he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us.


again

he won the Fucking League at Old Trafford for us

I'm sorry but how anyone can rate him a bad signing just flummoxes me.

2001-2004.....FFS I could have scored goals in that team! Even Nick would have scored goals in THAT team!!!!!!!

That's just silly - no offence. I'm sure you're a decent player but I doubt you're that good mate.

But really you can't be like peter Hill-Wood coming up .

How the fuck did his name come up in a thread about Arsenals greatest/worse signings? and you dont hijack threads

For me
good
Bergkamp
Henry
Vieira
Pires
Ljungberg

bad
Denilson
Silvestre
Stepanovs
Jeffers
Almunia

[paperclip]

It's difficult to come up with the 5 worst signings as this implies wasted transfer fee, and unfulfilled expectations, but as we rarely spend much money then hard to get as excited over wasted wages or transfer fee of £5m or less.....

So whereas it should be (from a bygone age) people like Peter Marinello and Charlie Nicolas, I'd probably have to settle for:
- Francis Jeffers
- Sylvain Wiltord (barring one or two memorable moments....)
- Andre Arshavin
- Silvestre
- William Gallas.....

Oi, you leave Charlie Charlie out of this. The winning goal he got against The Spuds in 1984 will live long in the memory

Don't get me wrong....I loved Charlie. Bit of glamour in a very bleak period. And add to his habit of scoring at WHL what about his (albeit deflected ) goals that won us the league cup against Liverpool.....

BUT, he didn't quite turn out to be the player he was trumped up to be when we bought him..... !

It's difficult to come up with the 5 worst signings as this implies wasted transfer fee, and unfulfilled expectations, but as we rarely spend much money then hard to get as excited over wasted wages or transfer fee of £5m or less.....

So whereas it should be (from a bygone age) people like Peter Marinello and Charlie Nicolas, I'd probably have to settle for:
- Francis Jeffers
- Sylvain Wiltord (barring one or two memorable moments....)
- Andre Arshavin
- Silvestre
- William Gallas.....

This is a joke right?

Which bit.....?

The list
Was Gallas a worse signing than Cygan, Stepanov, Senderos? Who would you have rathered play this season, Gallas or Squillachi?
Arshavin (as much as I don't like him and want him to leave) worse than Helder, McGoldrick, Denilson, Diaby?
Wiltord worse than Jeffers, Vela etc?

No matter which way I look at it, I can't see any way that you could call Gallas, Arshavin and Wiltord our worst PL signings.