Paul Merson request

Post by **gooner.ed** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:01 am

Received this email from a gent named Tony Seeley

We have Paul Merson as a Speaker at our Football Club in Birmingham on the 24th Oct,would appreciate any thoughts you have on his days with Arsenal as part of my introduction to the great man.
Thanks very Much

So over to you people. Anything that would suit an intro? Put them on this thread and I will compile them for Tony.

green gooner · Post by **green gooner** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:10 am

Keep the idiot well away from from drink, drugs and gambling........oh, and being a pundit

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:21 am

Not a great goal scorer, but a scorer of great goals.

Always gave 100%

Criminal that he left us scoring 99 goals. Should've been a centurion.

FFS make sure there's not a mini-bar in his room.

Radford149 · Post by **Radford149** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:27 am

a fucking Arsenal legend (yes i know about the chelsea connection) but he was one of us and still is in my opinion. loved him as a player. get in The Merse

tomkingsbury · Post by **tomkingsbury** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:33 am

one of a few players i idolised as a younger gooner, a terrific flair player who was great to watch. YOung player of the year in 89 (i think) and someone - like spudmasher said, who should have def got 100 goals for us. Some have queried his comments about arsenal, but he has the club at his heart and only wants the best for us.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:32 pm

Would like to know how he felt in the England set up.

Did he feel he deserved more caps? Would he have likied to have played more times with Alan Smith?

Did he feel, as I do, that Arsenal's success as a club from 87 - 91 was not reflected enough in the composition of England squads at that time?

xDAVEYx · Post by **xDAVEYx** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:27 pm

SPUDMASHER wrote:Always gave 110%

RocastleRock · Post by **RocastleRock** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:00 pm

Gooner ed.. ant chance you could find out where he's going to be speaking please??

northbankbren · Post by **northbankbren** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:04 pm

Introduce him with....

"I BET a mate I wouldn't have a SNIFF gettting this man out of the BAR".

JakeN13 · Post by **JakeN13** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:25 pm

One of my first Arsenal heros, great player and a great man for getting through all his problems.

Agree it's criminal he didn't get his hundred goal. Anyone remember the season review video from 96/97 when he said he wasn't too bothered about not getting one more goal that season as he would be there for at least one (or was it a couple) more seasons? I'd like to know exactly what Wenger told him when he told him he had to leave, or if it was his own choice in the end.

OT02 · Post by **OT02** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:19 pm

He was my first arsenal hero. End of.
He scored 2 great goals against Munchegladbach (home AND away) in 96-97 season.

When we crashed out the UEFA cup at the first round

Galasso · Post by **Galasso** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:22 pm

OT02 wrote:He was my first arsenal hero. End of.
He scored 2 great goals against Munchegladbach (home AND away) in 96-97 season.

When we crashed out the UEFA cup at the first round

Our first sight of Arsene Wenger on the bench walking around the running track in Cologne.

Brillant free-kick (edit: or long range shot, my memory fails me) in the away leg although overshadowed by Effenberg.

Merson - flawed brlillance

Waginal Vart · Post by **Waginal Vart** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 5:56 pm

Merse was a favourite of mine

RocastleRock · Post by **RocastleRock** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:21 pm

Galasso wrote:
OT02 wrote:He was my first arsenal hero. End of.
He scored 2 great goals against Munchegladbach (home AND away) in 96-97 season.

When we crashed out the UEFA cup at the first round
Our first sight of Arsene Wenger on the bench walking around the running track in Cologne.

Brillant free-kick (edit: or long range shot, my memory fails me) in the away leg although overshadowed by Effenberg.

Merson - flawed brlillance

rushed home from school to watch the away leg, was an early kick off if i remember right..

arrrr memories..

northbankdamien · Post by **northbankdamien** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:01 pm

Merson was the first and last player I got on the back of a shirt. thought it was funny at the cup winners cup parade when everyone started singing "get paul merson out'v the bar" (I think it was the cup-winners cup?!). I reckon what somes up how most fans feel about him was summed up when we played AC millan in the super cup. AC millan were probably the best team in the world at that point but all anyone could think about was mersons comback. If I remember right the only chant for most of the first half was "we want merson, we want merson"