Interesting Arsenal fact [Archive]

BayernWake

16 Feb 2005, 09:45 PM

17 Feb 2005, 12:41 AM

Heh... Bayern aren't that much different.

balla

17 Feb 2005, 02:52 AM

Kahn,Ballack,Frings,Scholl,Schweinsteiger,Deisler none German?

n4100

17 Feb 2005, 03:08 AM

Yeah, we played without a single Brit in the team. Cole and Campbell were out injured. We've shipped off Pennant, our English problem child, to Birmingham, and our backup right back wasn't on the bench as he's injured (an England U-21).

Dead Fingers

17 Feb 2005, 09:52 AM

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/headlinenews?id=325135&cc=5901

On Monday the Gunners named a 16-man squad without a single English player. Can you imagine Bayern without a single German?? .....Can you imagine Real Madrid without a single foreign superstar?

Didn't a Bundesliga team (BREMEN????) field a team in the last couple years that was devoid of German players?

Here is another interesting Arsenal fact: they have never won the Champions League :D

BayernWake

17 Feb 2005, 10:35 AM

Didn't a Bundesliga team (BREMEN????) field a team in the last couple years that was devoid of German players?

Here is another interesting Arsenal fact: they have never won the Champions League :D

And they won't win it this year either. Mwahahahaha.....

nekkibasara

17 Feb 2005, 11:12 AM

And they won't win it this year either. Mwahahahaha.....

We don't want to get too confident. I really don't want to see Bayern lose and then have to listen to a torrent of gloating from Arsenal fans.

ibreak4coffee

17 Feb 2005, 11:14 AM

The Bundesliga will never attract enough foreign talent to do what Arsenal did... and what's the big deal anyways? EU nationals are not foreigners.

What next? Bayern can only field a squad of guys from Bavaria? Ballack's an Ossi, isnt he?

From a fan relations perspective though, especially in conservative Bavaria, you guys have always struck a great balance between national talent and foreign talent. Having a large war chest tends to help!

jpatel1508

17 Feb 2005, 11:19 AM

Don't worry...Arsenal will thrash you lot 5-1 to get the respect from you Munich fans.

scorpio81

17 Feb 2005, 11:28 AM

Don't worry...Arsenal will thrash you lot 5-1 to get the respect from you Munich fans.

it must be so sad having only one or two good games to reminisce about, eh? ;)

the majority of arsenal fans like to shoot in the dark - every year they say theyre gonna thrash somebody and win the champions league...

blindly hoping to hit something, lol...

DanielHSV

17 Feb 2005, 12:03 PM

Didn't a Bundesliga team (BREMEN????) field a team in the last couple years that was devoid of German players?

Here is another interesting Arsenal fact: they have never won the Champions League :D
That was Energie Cottbus, but at least they had some Germans sitting on the bench ;)

Dead Fingers

17 Feb 2005, 12:36 PM

That was Energie Cottbus, but at least they had some Germans sitting on the bench ;)

Thanks DanielHSV--I wasn't losing my mind

eissman

17 Feb 2005, 01:27 PM

Isn't Arsenal some top club in Paris? Why would they need English players then??

;)

Dead Fingers

17 Feb 2005, 02:39 PM

Isn't Arsenal some top club in Paris? Why would they need English players then??

;)

:eek:

17 Feb 2005, 02:59 PM

Kahn,Ballack,Frings,Scholl,Schweinsteiger,Deisler none German?

How many of those 6 make the starting eleven? Think back just a couple years ago when Bayern were in their more successful era... Kahn, Effenberg, Jeremies, Basler, Scholl, Linke, and Jancker. Toss in Fink and Strunz too.

BayernWake

18 Feb 2005, 12:08 AM

Don't worry...Arsenal will thrash you lot 5-1 to get the respect from you Munich fans.

5-1? Right. Keep dreaming.

n4100

18 Feb 2005, 01:24 AM

Kahn,Ballack,Frings,Scholl,Schweinsteiger,Deisler none German?
Sebastian Deisler? Is he back in the squad again?

Ok, so other than Kahn and Schweinsteiger, which of those did Bayern bring up and make the player they are now?

18 Feb 2005, 01:36 AM

Sebastian Deisler? Is he back in the squad again?

Ok, so other than Kahn and Schweinsteiger, which of those did Bayern bring up and make the player they are now?

I believe they bought Kahn from Karlhsruhe.

Homegrown players Kuffour, Hargreaves, Schweinsteiger, Guerrero.

Dead Fingers

18 Feb 2005, 10:48 AM

I believe they bought Kahn from Karlhsruhe.

Homegrown players Kuffour, Hargreaves, Schweinsteiger, Guerrero.

Wasn't Scholl "Taken" from Karlsruhe as well?

DanielHSV

18 Feb 2005, 11:12 AM

Wasn't Scholl "Taken" from Karlsruhe as well?

Yes, he was. It's sort of a tradition ;)
Players who went from Karlsruhe to Bayern in the 90s (out of my head, so maybe I forgot some):
Kahn, Scholl, Fink, Sternkopf, Kreuzer and Tarnat