INHERET THE WIND OF CHANGE

This is the squad that Arsene Wenger inhereted when he joined Arsenal

 1. David Seaman         

 2. Lee Dixon            

 3. Nigel Winterburn     

 4. Patrick Vieira       

 5. Steve Bould          

 6. Tony Adams           

 7. David Platt          

 8. Ian Wright           

 9. Paul Merson          

10. Dennis Bergkamp     

11. Glenn Helder         

12. Andy Linighan        

13. Vince Bartram        

14. Martin Keown         

15. Ray Parlour          

16. John Hartson         

17. David Hillier        

18. Steve Morrow         

19. Remi Garde           

20. Chris Kiwomya        

21. Eddie McGoldrick     

22. Ian Selley          

23. Paul Dickov          

24. John Lukic           

25. Scott Marshall        

26. Lee Harper           

27. Paul Shaw            

28. Stephen Hughes       

29. Adrian Clarke        

30. Gavin McGowan        

31. Matthew Rose         

I remember at the time thinking that he had some good 'uns there from which to build. Players who had experience of winning. Players who weren't particularly injury prone. Players that were part of the fabric of the club. A genuine superstar in Bergkamp and a future leader, signed by Wenger before before his arrival, in Vieira.

There were also a large number of players who, for want of a better word, where dead wood; part of Graham's obsessional later years at the club. These players were not of the required standard and everyone knew it. Those players were swiftly despatched and better version's bought in. In a nutshell he got the broom out.

1. Manuel Almunia
2. Lukasz Fabianski
3. Vito Mannone
4. Wojciech Szczesny
5. Bacary Sagna
6. Thomas Vermaelen
7. Laurent Koscielny
8. Sebastien Squillaci
9. Johan Djourou
10. Gael Clichy
11. Kieran Gibbs
12. Armand Traore
13. Abou Diaby
14. Francesc Fabregas
15. Tomas Rosicky
16. Denilson
17. Aaron Ramsey
18. Alexandre Song
19. Jack Wilshere
20. Andrey Arshavin
21. Emmanuel Eboue
22. Robin Van Persie
23. Carlos Vela
24. Theo Walcott
25. Marouane Chamakh
26. Nicklas Bendtner
27. Jens Lehman

This is Wenger's current squad. I wonder what a new manager coming to the club would do with these players?

I would suggest that any new arrival in the Emirates hot seat would have an equal task in hand, if not more difficult; He won't have 12 proven winners to build on!

This is the most telling thing about where our club currently stand.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlNUrMf9yo0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbckDLLjLoI

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