Cast your vote here for the best All-Time Arsenal squad

[KevTheGooner]

Please vote here for the best All-Time Arsenal squad, as drafted by your friends here on BigSoccer. Listed below are the final squads (please note that most teams have "All-Time Worst Arsenal" benches, just to take the piss).


Arsenal All Time Draft 2008

THE FINAL SQUADS

KEV/CAM
Frank MOSS
Lee DIXON - Herbie ROBERTS - Frank MCLINTOCK - Joe SHAW
Alf KIRCHEN - Ray PARLOUR - Paul DAVIS - Cliff BASTIN
Reg LEWIS - Alex JAMES

Manager: Thomas Brown MITCHELL
Pisstake Bench: Franny "The Fox" JEFFERS, Ian "Quiz Ball" URE, Peter MARINELLO

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GoonGirl
WILSON
BAKER - SANDS - JOHN - WINTERBURN
HULME - GILBERTO -LOGIE- PIRES
LAMBERT - BERGKAMP

Manager: Tom WHITTAKER

Pisstake: Defender - CYGAN, Midfielder - David "pot smoking luggage stealer" HILLIER, Forward - Jose "I am not a Gypsy" REYES

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ARSENALGOONER
LEHMANN
SAGNA - KEOWN - MERCER - MCNAB
ARMSTRONG - BLYTH - FORBES - OVERMARS
WRIGHT - ROOKE

Manager- GRAHAM
Bench- ANELKA, BAPTISTA, COLE

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ARSENAL TEXAN
KELSEY
MALE - MCEACHRANE - ADAMS - NELSON
TW14 - CESC - GRIMANDI - JONES
RVP - SMITH

Manager: Terry NEILL
Pisstaking Bench: David BENTLEY, Oleg LUZHNY, Jermaine PENNANT

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VAL1
Strikers: Thierry HENRY, Malcolm MACDONALD, John RADFORD, Davor SUKER
Midfield: Brian KIDD, Alan BALL, Aleksandr HLEB, EDU, George GRAHAM
Defense: Ashley COLE, Sol CAMPBELL, Eddie HAPGOOD (C), Terry MANCINI
Keeper: George SWINDIN
Manager: Arsene WENGER

NO PISSTAKES.

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HomeatSkizzbury
David SEAMAN
Pat RICE - Peter SIMPSON - John DICK - Gael CLICHY
Alan SKIRTON - Michael THOMAS - Brian TALBOT - Sylvain WILTORD
Doug LISHMAN - Ted DRAKE

Manager Bruce RIOCH
Pisstake Bench Substitutes: Jeremie ALIADIERE, Igors STEPANOVS, Paul DICKOV

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Lakey/Bigman
LUKIC
LAUREN - YOUNG - BUTLER - BARNES
GROVES - GEORGE - ROCASTLE - LIMPAR
MERSON - NICHOLAS

Bench: Gus CAESAR, John JENSEN, Clive ALLEN
Manager: Herbert CHAPMAN

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Jeremy aka "Team Newbie"
Manager: Bertie Mee

Jimmy ASHCROFT
Peter STOREY - Kolo TOURE - David O'LEARY - Morris BATES
Freddie LJUNGBERG - David JACK - Patrick VIEIRA - Graham RIX
KANU - Jimmy BRAIN

Pisstake Bench: Jeff BLOCKLEY (D), Emmanuel EBOUE (M), Kaba DIAWARA (F)

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TheOtherLeBosski
Pat JENNINGS
Kenny SANSOM - Wilf COPPING - Steve BOULD - Tom PARKER
Ray KENNEDY - Liam BRADY - Emmanuel PETIT - Danny CLAPTON
Emmanuel ADEBAYOR - Charlie BUCHAN

Manager: George ALLISON
Pisstaker: Bryn JONES
Pisstaker: John HAWLEY
Legit Bench:Viv ANDERSON[/quote]

[surfcam]

Good work on setting up the poll Kev. I think the first team listed is the bee's knees!!:D

[Bluto11]

voted

[Val1]

Voted for lebosski (because it's gauche to vote your own) on the strength of his defense. Copping was the steal of the draft, I think.

[KevTheGooner]

McLintock was the steal of the draft, I think.

FYP! :)

[HighburyGoon]

Actually Kev, what we should have done was include links to all the wiki entries on all of these players and managers. That way people can make better educated decisions.

[Bluto11]

Actually Kev, what we should have done was include links to all the wiki entries on all of these players and managers. That way people can make better educated decisions.
you got time to set that all up? that would take a long time

[HighburyGoon]

you got time to set that all up? that would take a long time

Yeah, but it'd be awesome. Either to the wiki entries, or the posts in the picks thread.

[Val1]

FYP! :)
You drafted McLintock in the fourth round. I love the guy (though he was part of the mass exodus in the early 70s that left us barren), but hardly a steal at that point.

[KevTheGooner]

Actually Kev, what we should have done was include links to all the wiki entries on all of these players and managers. That way people can make better educated decisions.

On BigSoccer??? :eek:

[Val1]

you got time to set that all up? that would take a long time

Yeah, but it'd be awesome. Either to the wiki entries, or the posts in the picks thread.

Would take forever. That's why we have the picks thread separate. Maybe yoss can close that thread now and sticky it, since the history lesson was part of the exercise.

[KevTheGooner]

You drafted McLintock in the fourth round. I love the guy (though he was part of the mass exodus in the early 70s that left us barren), but hardly a steal at that point.

He's a second rounder, easily.

[jeremy.watson]

Oops, in my last post I forgot to have Morris Bates in at LB. My squad shoudl look like this:

Jeremy aka "Team Newbie"
Manager: Bertie Mee

Jimmy ASHCROFT
Peter STOREY - Kolo TOURE - David O'LEARY - Morris BATES
Freddie LJUNGBERG - David JACK - Patrick VIEIRA - Graham RIX
KANU - Jimmy BRAIN

Pisstake Bench: Jeff BLOCKLEY (D), Emmanuel EBOUE (M), Kaba DIAWARA (F)

If possible, could a Mod edit the first post. Thanks.

[ArsenalGooner]

Voted for lebosski (because it's gauche to vote your own) on the strength of his defense. Copping was the steal of the draft, I think.

Well, I voted for myself because I had zero votes and I wasn't about to be shut out!

I'd like to put my team out there again with some first names attached so that anyone so inclined can look them up and see why my team is the best! :)

ARSENALGOONER
Mad JENS LEHMANN
BACARY SAGNA - MARTIN KEOWN - JOE MERCER - BOB MCNAB
GEORGE ARMSTRONG - BILLY BLYTH - ALEX FORBES - MARC OVERMARS
IAN WRIGHT - RONNIE ROOKE

Manager- GEORGE GRAHAM
Bench- LE SULK ANELKA, JULIO BAPTISTA, ANDY COLE

[wanye_stirrear]

What were the rules for picking the teams? It is hard to understand why only one person would pick TH14 in their best All-time Arsenal teams even though he has broken so many records for the club and is widely regarded as the best attacking player to ever wear the shirt. Was there some rule that each player could only be chosen once?

[Bluto11]

What were the rules for picking the teams? It is hard to understand why only one person would pick TH14 in their best All-time Arsenal teams even though he has broken so many records for the club and is widely regarded as the best attacking player to ever wear the shirt. Was there some rule that each player could only be chosen once?
it was a draft. once a player was taken he was gone for good!

[theotherlebosski]

What were the rules for picking the teams? It is hard to understand why only one person would pick TH14 in their best All-time Arsenal teams even though he has broken so many records for the club and is widely regarded as the best attacking player to ever wear the shirt. Was there some rule that each player could only be chosen once?

:rolleyes: Hmmm....I can see how a lot of people may totally miss the meaning of this. Maybe a short explanation with a link to draft thread might help.

[Shibby13]

I went with Lakey and Bigman

[Guy Fawkes]

I went with Lakey and Bigman

GREAT CHOICE

[jeremy.watson]

Could we sticky this, at least for a week or so?