From Seaman to Mavropanos (and most of those in between)
Between 12th October 1996 and 13th May 2018, 222 players played under Wenger’s tutorage and I thought I would write (with inspiration from Billy Joel’s ‘We didn’t start the fire’, a ditty to commemorate some of those who have passed his way.
Seaman, Dixon, Adams, Winterburn
Keown, Bould and Paul Merson
Wrighty, Paddy, David Platt
Arsene Wenger’s magic hat
Marc Overmars, the Romford Pele
With Dennis Bergkamp, he showed the way
Nic Anelka, Gilles Grimaldi
And Emmanuel Petit
222 players
Some donkeys without a clue
Some world class? We had a few
222 players
They won the double double
And then became Invincible
Upson, Freddie, Manninger,
Ashley Cole, Davor Suker
Kanu, Pires, Oleg Luzhny
And some guy called Henry
Igor, Edu, Van Bronckhorst to name a few
Gilberto, Pascal Cygan, Kolo Touré, Jens Lehman
Wiltord, Edu, Jeffers he had no clue
Bentley, Aliadiere, Clichy and we are nearly half way there
222 players
Some donkeys without a clue
Some world class? We had a few
222 players
They won the double double
And then became Invincible
Almunia, Johan Djourou, Senderos cost us a few
Cesc, Reyes, Flamini, the boy inside Van Persie
Alex Song, Rosicky, Eboue and Diaby
Best there was, Lord Bendtner and the scum Adebaywhore
Theo Walcott, Sagna, Gallas and Baptista
Denilson, Silvestre and super Jacky Wilshere
Nasri, Ramsey, Gibbs and Fabianski
Eduardo, Coquelin and the disappointment Arshavin
222 players
Some donkeys without a clue
Some world class? We had a few
222 players
They won the double double
And then became Invincible
Squallaci, Jenkinson, Koscielny and Vermaelen
Mikel, the Ox, and Szczesny, Chamakh and Youssi
Santos and Cazorla, Poldi and Mertesacker
Park Chu-Young, Kallstrom, Monreal and Zelalem
Bellerin, Debuchy, Gabriel, Cech, Iwobi,
Giroud, Sanogo, that man he was a no show
222 players
Some donkeys without a clue
Some world class? We had a few
222 players
They won the double double
And then became Invincible
Welbeck, Chambers, Ozil and Ospina
Maitland-Niles, Elneny, Sanchez and Mustafi
Kola, Holding, Xhaka, Perez and Lacazetta,
Nketiah, Willock, Nelson, well they are the future
We seem to have a new plan in signing Mikhitaryan
And joining the new gang, is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
After 7 FA cups, Arsene hangs his boots up
The final player on Wenger’s watch, Dinos Mavropanos
222 players
Some donkeys without a clue
Some world class? We had a few
222 players
They won the double double
And then became Invincible
The Arsenal will go on, and on, and on, and on
English by birth, Australian by choice. Traffic Engineer, Arsenal ST Holder, Sun DreamTeam Winner, Writer on @GunnersTown, Depeche Mode, Welcome to my world…
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