Thanks to the awesome reception of my last post, here’s to continuing it with another set. Apologies for the compilation of the photos, thats the best i could do (not that tech savvy).
- Carl Jenkinson
- Gervinho
- Denilson
- Francis Jeffers
- Jeremy Aliadiere
- Emmanuel Frimpong
- Julio Baptista
- Lord Bendtner
- Andre Santos
- Manuel Almunia
- David Suker
- Emmanuel Eboue
Don’t remind me of the terror that is Marouane Chamakh. Please don’t make me think of him again.
Should have been sent to the Hague for dual war crimes against football and hair.
Genuinely the most baffling haircut i’ve ever seen.
Honestly, I really have to question the scouting that brought Marouane Chamakh to a club the level of Arsenal, even if it was a different era and even if he was on a free.
That is just a footballer I never, never could see anywhere near the level for Arsenal. Nor was there any kind of moneyball slant that would suggest it, really. Looking back that was when I really should’ve started to begin doubting Wenger’s decision making at the very least on the personnel front.
I mean, we can criticise transfers like Nicolas Pepe all we want–and I do, and did from very early on–but at least you can see a world where Pepe makes it at Arsenal, or you can understand a few scouts would rate him. Still think it’s poor scouting but I simply cannot see how a scout could watch Chamakh thoroughly and recommend his signing, even on a free.
He got off to a flying start with RVP out injured, he looked absolute quality, then RVP came back and Chamakh turned into a donkey overnight
I thought Chamakh looked like shit from his very first match for us. He was missing sitters in front of goal. I was never confident in his ability after that.
He wasn’t HaalandTron 3000 but he was producing for us in the league and the CL (think he scored in his first 3 CL games for us) up until like November/December and then fell off a cliff. I don’t even think he scored in the league for the rest of the season after Van Persie came back
You’re absolutely right. He was playing well and then never got a look in with RVP in the form of his career.
I remember him starting plenty of games though and me taring our my hair every time. Mitigating circumstance is he did have that blackmail thing
Ohh the Dark Days
Jenkinson on this list but no room for Chamakh.
That’s a slur on the Corporal’s name.