How far we have fallen.

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How far we have fallen.

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The headline on Arsenal .com states we have 9 players going to the Euros. Take away the two on loan and that is down to seven. Back in 2006, we had 18 squad players going to the World Cup. The euros have 14 of FIFA ranked top 20 teams playing, yet a great club like ours is only sending 7 players. That's how far we have gone backwards. Depressing :banghead: :banghead:
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7.... :shock: :shock: I'm surprised it's that many.. :roll: :roll:
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Nos89 wrote:The headline on Arsenal .com states we have 9 players going to the Euros. Take away the two on loan and that is down to seven. Back in 2006, we had 18 squad players going to the World Cup. The euros have 14 of FIFA ranked top 20 teams playing, yet a great club like ours is only sending 7 players. That's how far we have gone backwards. Depressing :banghead: :banghead:
Explained by Wenger's obsession with young black and gifted ( :roll: ) African players. That and a propensity to buy utter shite.
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Wasn't our sole representative in USA 94 Eduardo McGoldrick?
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Monkeymaw wrote:Wasn't our sole representative in USA 94 Eduardo McGoldrick?
What point are you making? In a period where our squad (and most other Premier League squads) was mostly British. In 1994 neither England or Scotland qualified . :rubchin:

What point are you making?
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Good, the less that go the less can get injured and miss most of the season.
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This^^^ but yes the standard has fallen.
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Nos89 wrote:That's how far we have gone backwards. Depressing :banghead: :banghead:
I don't think that means anything really, as you could make a world class team (and squad) out of players not going to the Euro's. You could have Kompany, Messi, Hazard, Wilshere, Sagna and loads of others in your team, but none of them are going for a variety of reasons.

The biggest sign we've gone backwards is that our players aren't as good as they were a decade ago. It's as simple as that. :lol:
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spendsum4uckingmoney wrote:This^^^ but yes the standard has fallen.
+1

Compare the invincibles with the present squad/team.....exactly....NO Feckin' comparison. :banghead: :cussing:
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frankbutcher wrote:
Monkeymaw wrote:Wasn't our sole representative in USA 94 Eduardo McGoldrick?
What point are you making? In a period where our squad (and most other Premier League squads) was mostly British. In 1994 neither England or Scotland qualified . :rubchin:

What point are you making?

That back then Ireland were a far superior team than anything the british nations could muster 8) :barscarf: :barscarf: :lol:
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augie wrote:
frankbutcher wrote:
Monkeymaw wrote:Wasn't our sole representative in USA 94 Eduardo McGoldrick?
What point are you making? In a period where our squad (and most other Premier League squads) was mostly British. In 1994 neither England or Scotland qualified . :rubchin:

What point are you making?

That back then Ireland were a far superior team than anything the british nations could muster 8) :barscarf: :barscarf: :lol:
Baggio :barscarf: :barscarf: :barscarf:
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Nos89 wrote:The headline on Arsenal .com states we have 9 players going to the Euros. Take away the two on loan and that is down to seven. Back in 2006, we had 18 squad players going to the World Cup. The euros have 14 of FIFA ranked top 20 teams playing, yet a great club like ours is only sending 7 players. That's how far we have gone backwards. Depressing :banghead: :banghead:
Oh come on, the amount of players heading for the Euros says absolutely nothing about 'how far we have fallen'. Of course we had more national squad players going to the WC in 2006, a World Cup has got 16 more countries. :roll:

I've read somewhere that only Bayern Munich and one other club have more players going to the Euros next month. Oh and don't forget nine would actually have been twelve had Wilshere, Sagna and Fabianski not been injured.
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In the 1990 world cup squad there was not one Arsenal player in it :shock: No Adams Dixon Rocky Merson or Smith.12 months after we had won the league.Now there are two players in the squad :rubchin:
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http://infostradalive.com/post/24003030 ... -euro-2012

I'd say all in all we are well represented especially considering Sagna, Wilshire and Flappy.
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Vinny1967 wrote:http://infostradalive.com/post/24003030 ... -euro-2012

I'd say all in all we are well represented especially considering Sagna, Wilshire and Flappy.
Exactly. We are on par with most other teams and if Sagna and Wilshere were fit we'd have 9 going. Sometimes the Arsenal/ Wenger bashing gets on here is pretty illogical :banghead:
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