Welcome back Bobby Pires

swearydad · Post by **swearydad** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:25 pm

In October 2003 at Anfield when he got the winner with a brilliant shot. We won 2-1 after being 1-0 down. And he won us the FA Cup in 2003 after missing the end of the previous season with his knee injury.

JMascis666 · Post by **JMascis666** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:27 pm

I'll never forget the other players bowing down to him when he collected his league winners medal in 01/02 !

goonersid · Post by **goonersid** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:32 pm

The man was genius and my personal favourite of the wenger era.

digger · Post by **digger** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:34 pm

JMascis666 wrote:I'll never forget the other players bowing down to him when he collected his league winners medal in 01/02 !

Yeah, fantastic

Nice_Guy · Post by **Nice_Guy** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:35 pm

I read Gordan Strachan's Auto Biography & he pointed out that everytime he played against us he saw Pires as the threat

JMascis666 · Post by **JMascis666** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:41 pm

Also he is a legend for that quote he made when Spurs tried to sign him from Villarreal

It went something like "Is this a joke ? Do they not remember where I come from ? They can enquire if they want, but I won't play for Tottenham"

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:10 pm

goonersid wrote:The man was genius and my personal favourite of the wenger era.

he's on my invincible shirt

LOVED that guy, even more than marc overmars

Post by **Chippy** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:30 pm

This from the Villarreal website. Excuse my translation if your Spanish is better than mine.

[quote]Pires: â€œSeguro que en el Arsenal no estÃ¡n contentosâ€

JMascis666 · Post by **JMascis666** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:31 pm

I'm surprised Durham isn't mangling it into some sort of anti Arsenal tirade as we speak.

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:57 pm

[quote="Chippy"]This from the Villarreal website. Excuse my translation if your Spanish is better than mine.

[quote]Pires: â€œSeguro que en el Arsenal no estÃ¡n contentosâ€

donaldo · Post by **donaldo** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:56 pm

An all-time great.Remember he turned down Real Madrid to join us instead.The partnership of Pires and Henry was almost telepathic.
He deserves and will get a brilliant welcome back

gusher311 · Post by **gusher311** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:25 pm

He's my favorite player

His touch and control was off the charts, can't wait to see him at the grove

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:21 pm

Agreed ! Rob was supurb - Henry, Viera, Bergkamp, Pires.........(sigh)......He deserves - and I'm sure will get - a great reception.

Pascal, too, deserves some credit. He was mach better - IMO - than many, otherwise thought.

o2ba_gooner · Post by **o2ba_gooner** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:25 pm

JMascis666 wrote:Also he is a legend for that quote he made when Spurs tried to sign him from Villarreal

It went something like "Is this a joke ? Do they not remember where I come from ? They can enquire if they want, but I won't play for Tottenham"

I hadn't seen this quote before, absolutely superb! Pires is right up there as one of my all-time favourite gunners - comfortably the most underrated of the 'Musketeers' but still playing at a very high level.

A great bloke but an even better player.

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:42 pm

If he hadn't got injured I reckon he might have been up there with Zidane. It's hard to compare players in different positions but I'd say that up until that Newcastle game in March 01/02 he was the best attacking midfielder I've ever seen. Every time he got the ball he made something happen,. He did well to come back and was still a great player but I can't help to think what could have been. I reckon he could well have made a difference in the world cup for his country that year as well.

He got the reputation as a diver for that one thing against Pompey that I can show you videos of Rooney doing at least once a season!