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Diablo

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Apologies to those fed up with Arsenal threads but How do we compare today with the side that were beaten but only just two years ago.


Albion v Arsenal 26 Jan 3013

16 Casper Ankergren
3 Gordon Greer
4 Dean Hammond
6 Adam El-Abd
9 Ashley Barnes
14 Indigo Calderon
19 Leonardo Ulloa
21 David Lopez
26 Liam Bridcutt
28 Wayne Bridge
30 Will Buckley

Subs 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
11 Andrea Orlandi
12 Craig Mackail-Smith
15 Vicente
18 Gary Dicker
22 Marcos Painter
25 Kazenga Lua Lua
 
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BBassic

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Jul 28, 2011
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Apologies to those fed up with Arsenal threads but How do we compare today with the side that were beaten but only just two years ago.


Albion v Arsenal 26 Jan 3013

16 Casper Ankergren
3 Gordon Greer
4 Dean Hammond
6 Adam El-Abd
9 Ashley Barnes
14 Indigo Calderon
19 Leonardo Ulloa
21 David Lopez
26 Liam Bridcutt
28 Wayne Bridge
30 Will Buckley

Subs 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
11 Andrea Orlandi
12 Craig Mackail-Smith
15 Vincente
18 Gary Dicker
22 Marcos Painter
25 Kazenga Lua Lua

Man, looking at that squad hurts a little bit.
 

Munkfish

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May 1, 2006
11,860
That makes me so sad.

Love that you can spell Kuszcak correct but can't spell VICENTE right.

Every player apart from Casper would walk into our starting 11 now.
 

Peter Grummit

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Oct 13, 2004
6,769
Lewes
Apologies to those fed up with Arsenal threads but How do we compare today with the side that were beaten but only just two years ago.


Albion v Arsenal 26 Jan 3013

16 Casper Ankergren
3 Gordon Greer
4 Dean Hammond
6 Adam El-Abd
9 Ashley Barnes
14 Indigo Calderon
19 Leonardo Ulloa
21 David Lopez
26 Liam Bridcutt
28 Wayne Bridge
30 Will Buckley

Subs 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
11 Andrea Orlandi
12 Craig Mackail-Smith
15 Vincente
18 Gary Dicker
22 Marcos Painter
25 Kazenga Lua Lua

FIVE of that team now playing in the PL.

PG
 


Withdean and I

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Aug 6, 2003
1,343
There indeed is the marker of just how far backwards we have gone. But things are starting to move in the right direction. Just such a shame we lost so many great players and all that momentum.
 


Diablo

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Sep 22, 2014
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There indeed is the marker of just how far backwards we have gone. But things are starting to move in the right direction. Just such a shame we lost so many great players and all that momentum.

my sentiments entirely...we had a team that was a whisker away from Prem..another couple of good signings and we could have made it....
 

Bombadier Botty

Complete Twaddle
Jun 2, 2008
3,258
We're going dahn! The Gooners are gonna wipe the floor with us and we're going to wiping away the tears on the 24th using our £42 print at home tickets, I might even print mine off on some tissue paper to make things easier.

#bad times
 


Gazwag

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Mar 4, 2004
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Bexhill-on-Sea
Apologies to those fed up with Arsenal threads but How do we compare today with the side that were beaten but only just two years ago.


Albion v Arsenal 26 Jan 3013

16 Casper Ankergren
3 Gordon Greer
4 Dean Hammond
6 Adam El-Abd
9 Ashley Barnes
14 Indigo Calderon
19 Leonardo Ulloa
21 David Lopez
26 Liam Bridcutt
28 Wayne Bridge
30 Will Buckley

Subs 29 Tomasz Kuszczak
11 Andrea Orlandi
12 Craig Mackail-Smith
15 Vicente
18 Gary Dicker
22 Marcos Painter
25 Kazenga Lua Lua

I wouldn't worry we will all be dead in 998 years time
 

Diablo

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Sep 22, 2014
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lewes
3013,Vincente,Indigo Well spotted. Sorry but there are no prizes.
 


Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
14,685
FIVE of that team now playing in the PL.

PG

Surely that represents good business, to a point? Five remain; the rest are either retired or playing at a lower level (not sure about Spanish Dave, though).

There's no doubting we don't have the 'names' from two years ago, but a) there has been an impressive emergence of young talent coming up through the club (severely lacking from that squad) and b) What more does anyone expect with successive seasons with different managers, who have their own ways of playing and players in mind (unless you're Oscar who seemingly didn't give a sh*t)?

Personally, I'm not depressed by it; we had our time challenging for promotion but ultimately, even THAT squad fell short when it came to the crunch. Hopefully the next time we get the chance, we'll be better prepared.
 

Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003
73,270
West west west Sussex
Surely that represents good business, to a point? Five remain; the rest are either retired or playing at a lower level (not sure about Spanish Dave, though).

There's no doubting we don't have the 'names' from two years ago, but a) there has been an impressive emergence of young talent coming up through the club (severely lacking from that squad) and b) What more does anyone expect with successive seasons with different managers, who have their own ways of playing and players in mind (unless you're Oscar who seemingly didn't give a sh*t)?

Personally, I'm not depressed by it; we had our time challenging for promotion but ultimately, even THAT squad fell short when it came to the crunch. Hopefully the next time we get the chance, we'll be better prepared.
Not to mention the fact that those sold generated a tidy sum of cash.
1 seemingly undervalued although in mitigating contractual circumstances.
1 probably not as overvalued as originally thought.
& 2 fabulous pieces of daylight robbery. :yay:

As we're not going up the best we can hope for is we have enough players that can.
Then as you say hopefully the next time we get the chance, we'll be better prepared.
 


Prince Monolulu

Everything in Moderation
Oct 2, 2013
10,201
The Race Hill
Or this lot....

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