Marc Overmars!

[tottenham2k7]

Did anyone know marc overmars is back and playing for go ahead eagles?!
hopefully be in the game that would be a good challenge for people.

[Tweaks]

i'm from holland so yeah i know

[elgreenio]

yeh hes been back playin a couple of months now. Good to see him bak, although i aint got a clue how he is doin it considerin his whole game is based upon blistering speed. Wouldn't mind takin a risk on him in FM09 tho = )

[tottenham2k7]

i know what you mean. im from england but will probably play a dutch game for first time be a challenge getting them up

[calvindb7]

i know what you mean. im from england but will probably play a dutch game for first time be a challenge getting them up

i think winning a game with spurs is more than a challange

[smithers08]

I never knew this . He was an awesome player in his Arsenal days

[amadeo]

I think I will manage Arsenal in FM09 and buy Overmars back

[smithers08]

Manage Arsenal and sign :

Lehmann , Lauren , A.Cole , Campbell , Cygan , Wiltord , Overmars , Gilberto , Flamini , Henry , Kanu.

[Wayne\'o]

manage liverpool and sign. grobbelar,, Beglin, Lawrenson, Hansen, Gillespie. Molby. Mcmahon, JOhnston, Walsh. Rush and Dalglish

[DiscoStu94]

Manage Arsenal and sign :

Lehmann , Lauren , A.Cole , Campbell , Cygan , Wiltord , Overmars , Gilberto , Flamini , Henry , Kanu.

Forget Flamini and you have yourself a deal

[smithers08]

Waynoe/'o ,i dont know if you are aware , but all them players are retired . Unlikely.

[r0x0r]

Forget Flamini and you have yourself a deal

Forget Cole too. Bring back Silvinhio!

[Arsenal_Fan_1986]

Ooooooh, He was my one of my fave players at Arsenal when he was there! Might have to check him out on FM09

[pelicanstuff]

yeh hes been back playin a couple of months now. Good to see him bak, although i aint got a clue how he is doin it considerin his whole game is based upon blistering speed. Wouldn't mind takin a risk on him in FM09 tho = )

Well, the reason he signed apparently is that he destroyed the Ajax defence in a testimonial game. Not too shabby.

[tottenham2k7]

harsh comments about managing spurs
yeah ill be playing as go ahead for two reasons, the name and overmars

[Erol]

Go Ahead is one of those clubs that used to play quality football and is now struggling in the dutch first division, now of course they were playing decent football twenty something years ago. Paul Bosvelt was also considering to play for Eagles as well but then he caught an injury while training with eagles, or so I believe.

Managing Eagles will be fun, they signed two strikers who are both two meters tall (Mathias Ranegie from Sweden and Sander Post from Estonia). Overmars played fairly well the first matches but at this point he is not as exciting as his name suggests. Bit sad, but then again the opposition always dedicates their fastest player to mark Overmars.

All in all, Eagles is one of the few real cult clubs in holland.

[stevie_G_32201]

manage liverpool and sign. grobbelar,, Beglin, Lawrenson, Hansen, Gillespie. Molby. Mcmahon, JOhnston, Walsh. Rush and Dalglish

i cant believe you never mentiond a legend. one we know as GOD.

robbie fowler too!

[PaulHartman71]

i'm sure that one of our youngsters went on loan to Go Ahead last season, Barazite or van den Berg wasn't it?

[Wayne\'o]

Waynoe/'o ,i dont know if you are aware , but all them players are retired . Unlikely.

oh im trapped in a time zone

[YesYesOhYay]

sweeet!
i thinkhe's a legend- doubt i will buy him though!

[dfgrigg]

Well, the reason he signed apparently is that he destroyed the Ajax defence in a testimonial game. Not too shabby.

I dunno. Have you seen the Ajax defence recently?!

[CHARLIERODD]

Forget Cole too. Bring back Silvinhio!

Forget Sylvinho

bring back Gio V.Bronckhaust

[elgreenio]

was van den berg, only played 3 or 4 games tho. He aint exactly one of the best in the arsenal youth setup

[SCIAG]

i'm sure that one of our youngsters went on loan to Go Ahead last season, Barazite or van den Berg wasn't it?

Van den Berg.

[elgreenio]

and silvinho was a legend, will always remember his wonderstrike 'winterburn-esq' at stamford bridge. Gio never played in CM where he shoulda played tho, otherwise he woulda been bloody brilliant

[elgreenio]

oh and in reply tos ome fo the above posts :

Manninger, Lauren, Cygan, Campbell, Silvinho, pires, overmars, vieira, van bronckhorst henry, wiltord,

subs : lehmann, stepanovs ; ) , kanu, ljungberg, flamini

you could prob get a good backroom team in place with the likes of adams and bould

[nielsvd]

Yeah Overmars is back, though he isn't doing that good in real life to be honest =/

[NepentheZ]

One of my all time Fave players

Will definitely buy him for my Gooners team in FM09

[LuciferM]

Manage Arsenal and sign :

Wiltord

*shudders*

[LuciferM]

oh and in reply tos ome fo the above posts :

Lauren, Cygan, van bronckhorst wiltord,

subs : stepanovs ; ) , kanu, ljungberg

Wenger's made some fantastic purchases in the past, but the above 7 make me want to cry.

[TheOriginalJez]

I love it when I hear about the players I grew up watching still playing lol like every now and then Cantona pops up. guess overmars is pretty much the last standing of that Dutch era huh? Kluivert, the de Boers, Davids, Seedorf & Bergkamp. guess you could count van der Sar too though.

oh and to counter all this arsenal talk, with some sneaky db editing for a few from 'non-player' to 'player' (but sticking to players who should be in the db) a united eleven for the nostalgia...

Raimond van der Gouw, Phil Neville, Mikael Silvestre, Henning Berg, Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Keiran Richardson, Nicky Butt, Roy Keane (almost put Juan Veron instead of richardson, then remembered how absolutely crap he was for us lol), Ruuuuuuuuuuuuud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

[Daley]

I love it when I hear about the players I grew up watching still playing lol like every now and then Cantona pops up. guess overmars is pretty much the last standing of that Dutch era huh? Kluivert, the de Boers, Davids, Seedorf & Bergkamp. guess you could count van der Sar too though.

oh and to counter all this arsenal talk, with some sneaky db editing for a few from 'non-player' to 'player' (but sticking to players who should be in the db) a united eleven for the nostalgia...

Raimond van der Gouw, Phil Neville, Mikael Silvestre, Henning Berg, Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Keiran Richardson, Nicky Butt, Roy Keane (almost put Juan Veron instead of richardson, then remembered how absolutely crap he was for us lol), Ruuuuuuuuuuuuud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Take out Silvestre as he's now at arsenal and replace with Ronny Johnson

[GillsMan]

I love it when I hear about the players I grew up watching still playing lol like every now and then Cantona pops up. guess overmars is pretty much the last standing of that Dutch era huh? Kluivert, the de Boers, Davids, Seedorf & Bergkamp. guess you could count van der Sar too though.

oh and to counter all this arsenal talk, with some sneaky db editing for a few from 'non-player' to 'player' (but sticking to players who should be in the db) a united eleven for the nostalgia...

Raimond van der Gouw, Phil Neville, Mikael Silvestre, Henning Berg, Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Keiran Richardson, Nicky Butt, Roy Keane (almost put Juan Veron instead of richardson, then remembered how absolutely crap he was for us lol), Ruuuuuuuuuuuuud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

And get rid of Richardson and replace with Jesper Blomqvist, shirley?

[Funkin\' Hussler]

And get rid of Richardson and replace with Jesper Blomqvist, shirley?

And don't call me Shirley!

[Daley]

And don't call me Shirley!

LOL! don't know why but comments like that really make me laugh! How about replacing Richardson with Kanchelskis

[Arsenal_Fan_1986]

There's so many names here that I've forgotten! I always wander where half of them end up, and there's always someone you think has retired that pops back up again.

[elgreenio]

two words, anders limpar

[TheOriginalJez]

Take out Silvestre as he's now at arsenal and replace with Ronny Johnson

Didn't realise he was still playing... yeah I'll take that. couldn't choose between blomqvist and kanchelskis so i went for Richardson... let face it they were good when they played but they didn't stay long enough... wasn't blomqvist always injured?

[Scott W51]

Go Ahead is one of those clubs that used to play quality football and is now struggling in the dutch first division, now of course they were playing decent football twenty something years ago. Paul Bosvelt was also considering to play for Eagles as well but then he caught an injury while training with eagles, or so I believe.

Managing Eagles will be fun, they signed two strikers who are both two meters tall (Mathias Ranegie from Sweden and Sander Post from Estonia). Overmars played fairly well the first matches but at this point he is not as exciting as his name suggests. Bit sad, but then again the opposition always dedicates their fastest player to mark Overmars.

All in all, Eagles is one of the few real cult clubs in holland.

can just imagine the commentary "and post hits the post"

[MiCkEyMcMuLLaN]

Didnt even know he was still around great to here that thought hes a great player and im an arsenal fan

[stevie_G_32201]

oh dear! post hits the beans on toast! the rebounded shot is struck from range by ranegie...

[kooljay]

Best Arsenal Team (From players managed by Wenger):

Seaman, Winterburn, Adams, Keown, Dixon, Pires, Overmas, Viera, Fabregas, Bergkamp, Henry

Sub: Lehman, Campbell, Cole, Petit, Llungberg, Wright, Anelka

It would be great if future FM could incorporate fantasy players such as these great players of the past.

[TheOriginalJez]

'And as for Martin Keown, we'll scare them with his face......'

[Nomis07]

Best Arsenal Team (From players managed by Wenger):

Seaman, Winterburn, Adams, Keown, Dixon, Pires, Overmas, Viera, Fabregas, Bergkamp, Henry

Sub: Lehman, Campbell, Cole, Petit, Llungberg, Wright, Anelka

Keown ahead of Campbell
Winterburn ahead of Cole

I see some bitterness shining through in that post

[kooljay]

Keown ahead of Campbell
Winterburn ahead of Cole

I see some bitterness shining through in that post

Just the famous Arsenal back 4 if I remember correctly, and of course Keown's scary face...

[UnlikelyStory]

Don't know why, but I love when players from when I was young resurface. May buy him in the demo and see how he copes in the Premier League.

[LuciferM]

Best Arsenal Team (From players managed by Wenger):

Seaman, Winterburn, Adams, Keown, Dixon, Pires, Overmas, Viera, Fabregas, Bergkamp, Henry

Sub: Lehman, Campbell, Cole, Petit, Llungberg, Wright, Anelka

It would be great if future FM could incorporate fantasy players such as these great players of the past.

Unbelievable. How does Ljungberg get on the bench? Seriously, and I ask this as an Arsenal fan, what the hell did he ever do apart from play well in 10 games at the end of the 2001/02 season?

I agree with Winterburn ahead of Cole - Cole is a right so and so. Winterburn had a far better effect on the club than the venomous Ashley Cole. It's very tough between Sol Campbell and Keown, really is. On one hand, Keown was more consistent and could actually pass the ball, whereas Campbell was a far better tackler.

Seaman, Winterburn, Adams, Keown/Campbell, Dixon, Overmars, Fabregas, Vieira, Pires, Henry and Bergkamp for me, so the above poster has it spot on IMO.

Subs; Lehmann, Clichy, Toure, Keown/Campbell, Petit, Parlour (say what you like about Ray Parlour but he's versatile, consistent and a generally very good player - that and also I can't think of any other very good right-sided players under Wenger) and Wright.

[pelicanstuff]

Ljungberg was pretty good from when he signed right up to 2003-2004. His scoring record was very impressive for a midfielder and his understanding with Pires seemed telepathic at times. Don't knock him too much.

[ajdavies]

any team in the world with fabregas and a 1998 overmars would cut everyone else to ribbons. Even if the other 9 players were all igor stephanovs

[redlion1986]

As a Boro fan I'll always remember Sylvinho (and Edu) for getting Boro a big win at Highbury!

[Dylan_Gray]

Overmars will be a good manager i think him and tony adams should take over at arsanal after wenger