During
the Invincibles year, only a season and a half after he moved to England, Toure forged an immense central - defensive partnership with Sol Campbell, with the duo coupling pace, power and poise as the capital club romped to the title.
Does that include
the Invincibles year?
The Gunners have failed to win a league title since
the Invincibles year in 2004, and you could argue that the club have failed to do enough to challenge the big spenders in order to mount a serious challenge, but it still hurts to hear one of our former players admit to it...
And the opinion of a player who knows what it takes to succeed, having won five domestic cups and three league titles in his 12 year Arsenal career, including the amazing
invincibles year is surely worth taking on board.
But then, during
the Invincibles years, Arsene seemed to buy players to fit a pattern of play he had already devised.
He will only be remembered mostly
the invincible year but apart from that if you spread across the number of years we hve been poor.
What a great fall this is from
the Invincibles years.
It is not OK to simply be supportive in good times, but it is hugely necessary to help the team get through a slump or a bad time, and you can't expect
another invincible year with the strength of England's top division currently.
He will never resign due to his stuborn pride and wont be sacked because of
the invincible years.
I would be super excited and my confidence level as an Arsenal fan would reach a record high since after
the invincible years.
Then the Giants go on to upset the highest seed creating the only scenario that would have resulted in New Orleans hosting the championship game where they were pretty much
invincible that year.
They don't have the steel required at the back to protect the defence like Vieira was back in
the invincible years.
Not exact matches
After successfully accomplishing two
years in prison I felt
invincible.
It is a formidable adversary that has obtained many victories in the course of the last
years, even if it is not
invincible.
You would assume, having a created the
invincibles, we would marched foward and in that ten
year period won the league at least once.....
But Wenger out this must and should be his last season thank you wenger for previeous glory
years of
invincibles but now need fresh ideas..
There have been many discussions on JustArsenal over the last few
years aboutour non-playing captains and lacking leadership on the pitch and in the dugout, and now one ofour
Invincibles Patrick Vieira has pinpointed the differences between his generation and the present team.
This
year, for a change, the open fine - harness division was full and competitive largely because of the absence of that
invincible stallion, Colonel Boyle, whose trainer, Art Simmons, apparently did not like one of the judges.
Well, the Floor Hockey Playoffs aren't too far off and it's important to know that no one is
invincible and there are no certainties this time of
year..
Phil i agree get to the game but i think the majority have enjoyed finishing top four playing beautifully entertaining attacking football and winning fa cups making it to another final this
year also emirates and
invincible a champions league final we sadly lost but hey made it there and wengers success is legendary hes a club legend somone arsenal fams will tell there kids and grand kids about but lets win and make it to the final they are special go arsenal
A generation who once revered the
Invincibles has in 10
years been slowly but successfully weened off such expectations and is now urged to become loyal top 4 fanatics.
Likely Mr Wenger will invite our King Henry to come over during MLS off - season and give pointers to Welbeck... Give him another few months getting used to Gunners System... Let's hope we'll go back to Good Old Times...
Invincibles II within next few
years... Cheers...
He has ignored even trying to get quality defenders ever since The
Invincibles broke up and this is a disgrace, dereliction of duty and a sacking offence BUT not just once, but every
year for ages past.
It reminded me a lot of the stronger and more confident defence we used to see during Wenger's earlier
years and the
invincible era.
Talking or debating about the
invincibles is almost insulting to those guys and the current players... This a «performance» that will stay in the history of British football for
years to come and more.
i would like to see wenger make an open invite to any and all the
invincible swho are makning there way in the coaching arina now sod city viera should be back at arsenal we should screw them over like they have done to us lately first team coaches henry and bergkamp sol campbell and maybe pires he wants back gaolkeeping coach lehmann youth coaches / managers veira, remi garde technial director marc overmars this would set us up for
years to come and there is a continuity to it also coyg
He helped us get trophies,
Invincibles, CL Final BUT in the last 12
years he has gone to the dark side.
My team were never challenging for the Premier League title when I began to follow them, and the joy I would experience when they would reach an unlikely cup final was immense, so I'm sorry if I don't feel any remorse for a fan who only followed a team when they were one of only two top sides challenging
year on
year, before enjoying an unbeatable
Invincibles campaign in only his third term of supporting the side.
After supporting the Arsenal for 56
years through great seasons and poor seasons, I would have seen Arsene Wenger move on in 2009, ie 5
years after the
Invincibles Season.
Last
year O'Brien looked
invincible.
helo dear guys so nice to be here again after long while.We will again win fa cup INSHAA ALLAH and become the most successful club to win fa cups and i have a feeling that if we win next 2 3 games and chelsea lose or draw few games and also without costa we have a slight outside chance to win the league after long 11
years i hope so we win and become a top notch club again after
invincibles and so far so good things are looking well..
Vieira I seem to recall wanted out a
year or so before the
invincible's
year and was forced to stay.
Funnily enough though, I tipped Portsmouth to do well that
year because they were signing ex Arsenal
Invincibles.
From Nancy to Monaco and then grampus 8 to Arsenal — achieving double success in his first full
year and playing ambitious unrivalled football culminating in an awesome display of 49
invincible unbeaten games.
Since the «
Invincibles» Wenger has also won three trophies, but over a span of 13
years!
Breaking News Arsene Wenger has fired Arsenal owner Stan Kroenke, the club are yet to comment but reports believe Wenger was unhappy with the owners son Josh Kroenke's involvement with club affairs, after the sacking of the owner it's believed Wenger himself will be at London Colney tomorrow printing a new contract for himself and it's said the former
invincible turned untouchable will put pen to paper in a new four
year contract giving himself a pay rise in the process.?
After the
Invincibles several factors developed which saw Arsenal go 11
years with out the EPL title.
One more little pointer as to the significance of injury on a title challenge is the fact that out
invincibles capmpaign of 2003 - 04 was also the
year we had the fewest injury problems.
Sell them all!The «British core» is why we are in this hole and going nowhere.The
invincible team was non-Brotish and what a team it was!Simply put, British players are not good enough, they are
years behind Spaniards, Italian or French.This is the readon England national team is always a laughing stock (Iceland game anyone?
Even though us fans may be a bit down on our club at the moment, with no Premier League title to celebrate since the
year of the
invincibles and yesterday's defeat away to Liverpool making a top four finish this season look decidedly iffy, we should remember that the job of managing Arsenal must be one of the most enticing in football.
I know that no matter what I or anyone says there will be some Arsenal fans who are unable to draw any sort of positive from the fact that we finished second in the Premier League last season, even though it was our highest placing since the
invincibles won it in 2004 and that is made it three
years in a row that Arsenal had improved our final position in the table.
Wenger has lived off the
invincibles for 11
years spending wildly on weird transfers most of whom ended up on his huge dead wood pile.
I guess maybe this is his last contract, last two seasons at Arsenal, being here 20
years, he did a lot for this club, he won titles, he went
invincible, he made incredible transfers, he made us happy... So, let him do his last seasons on his own way and have a little trust in him, he deserves that.
Surely, a manager who can produce the
Invincibles at a time when teams like United and Chelsea were a force, is capable enough of winning the league at least once in the last 10
years, stadium or not.
Same goes for basically any ex - Arsenal /
Invincibles except (maybe) Bergkamp who is actually doing a coach job for
years at Ajax youth.
Taking these facts above into consideration, we should be seeing a squad BETTER than the
Invincibles and we should actually be expecting silverware and top honours each season and at the very minimum achieving a semifinal in the CL and not crashing out every
year in humiliation.
won the league, the
invincibles, made the UCL finals only to loose to barca in the rain, won the FA cup just last
year, your threashold of success is very high, I commend you, you must be one highly successful man, congrats, what kind of jet do you own?
Are some of you on here missing a few brain cells as fans There is nothing Arsenal or Wenger can do with the Sanchez situation He wants to leave and has been offered 400k a week in wages who in their right mind is going to turn that down as a player As for blaming wenger who has been our most successful manager helped us build a stadium gave us 20
years of cl football and some of the best teams the ol has seen Including the
invincible and you all have the Gaul to trash the man as if he has done nothing for the club I suggest you should look at the plastic fans in the Arsenal blogs that have created a toxic atmosphere at the club They attack their own players in a daily basis why would any top player come to s club where the manager the owners and players are shamelessly attached constantly Yet Wenger wins trophies regularly even them that is derided Look at Spurs Liverpool they win fuk all every
year yet their fans back then Look at yourselves and all the negativity that you have created striking the club before you blame Wenger for everything I have been a season ticket holder since the 70s and never have I seen our fanbase been so full of entitled morons who have stopped backing the club and constantly deride the club snd attack it We have the worst fanbase in football you have made this great club a lagging stock in world football All you now us fans constantly moaning If you don't like Arsenal fc then buy out kronke and run the club or fuk off and support someone else You won't be missed Coyg
It will be 12
years next May since the likes of Theirry Henry, Patrick Vieira and all went a whole season unbeaten but this is arguably the strongest squad we have had since the
invincibles.
89 came after 17 barren
years and it took 15 more
years from that moment (probably the best in our history) to get to the
Invincibles.