Boy am I glad we did……..
I don’t know if anyone else saw the programme on ESPN yesterday about footballing legends, they covered a few players during the day but of course there was only one half hour tribute programme that made me reach for the sky plus remote and press the record button.
Dennis Bergkamp
When Inter Milan decided to buy Dennis Bergkamp 1993 they thought he would solve all their problems up front but to our advantage it just didn’t work out – he was labelled a ‘£7.5 Million Flop’!
Two years later, Arsenal saved him from his agony in Italy and bought him to England where he would go on to enjoy a fantastic career. He was a creative forward, the man who could work magic for others and of course for himself and once he found the net for Arsenal the goals flowed. It took him eleven games to break his duck in England.
One player who was on the pitch that day stood in amazement after both his goals, that player was also known for his magic feet with the ball and could score from anywhere – Matthew Le Tissier, who to this day remains one of my non Arsenal favourites in the game, a man who usually speaks the truth.
During the programme yesterday he said something like,
‘Both goals were superb, in fact I nearly stood and applauded one but thought it wouldn’t be right’.
Bergkamp is often referred to as one of the best overseas players who has ever played in England, for me, he’s certainly the best one to ever play in England and Arsenal – a Dutch Master, a player with so many qualities that I personally feel the game of football will have to wait a long time to see again…
Eleven years he played for us before finally retiring in 2006…
Here’s a trip down memory lane to see just a few of his best and not all in the red and white of Arsenal….
Having watched the tribute programme and then the highlights of our match yesterday, couldn’t we just do with a player like him in our side right now?
It was still very apparent that the defence has learned very little from last seasons gaffs, we still defend too far up the pitch, fall foul to the ball over the top and we are exposed. Had we played a better side yesterday we would have possibly got battered!
Up the other end, it was good to see a few shots going in on goal, they’ll soon start going in but otherwise it was the same old passing game with little ending.
But hey, it’s still pre-season and I’m sure Arsene Wenger is sorting out in his mind his best eleven and where he needs to add players and who maybe he needs to be telling to move on for the sake of their own career.
On yesterdays showing he might be having a worry about how much he needs to spend. 😉
Gazidis, Wenger and the squad are on their way home right now, I hope the afore mention two have a busy week ahead planned….
Have a good one all, I’ll be mainly watching the Golf….. 😉
