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    #61
    Originally posted by Rudo View Post
    Comment from someone on youtube:

    "At his peak, this guy was one of the elite players in Europe. Would walk into any Arsenal team, ever"
    Comment from someone in my street:

    ''At his peak, this guy was absolutely pish. Wouldn't even get on a Roy Hodgson team''.

    If we are all only happy when we are really winning in the end, when your race finishes, what life would that be?

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      #62
      Originally posted by Daniel Torres View Post
      FFS, a "super" player is week in, week out! He wasn't! He couldn't be! He was no better than Lee Sharpe. Could have been better than he was but failed at the top level.

      Wenger saw it straight away. A ****ing super hedonist, not a super player.
      I don't agree, he was very talented but his lifestyle was shocking. Firstly addicted to drink and Drugs. Apparently kicked that and then got hooked on gambling. There's been plenty of very talented players that personal lives has destroyed their career, Merson is one of them. He maybe a tool and off his rocker for big part of his career but i don't see how his talent can be ignored.

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        #63
        Originally posted by Rudo View Post
        Comment from someone on youtube:

        "At his peak, this guy was one of the elite players in Europe. Would walk into any Arsenal team, ever"
        All hail the infallible opinion of 'someone on youtube'

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          #64
          Talented - yes
          Superb player - no

          To be a superb player you actually have to make use of your talent on a regular basis. Merson didnt.

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            #65
            Originally posted by Rudo View Post
            Comment from someone on youtube:

            "At his peak, this guy was one of the elite players in Europe. Would walk into any Arsenal team, ever"
            I know many Arsenal fans that consider this guy an Arsenal Legend, i wonder what Arsenal fans, old skool ones say about merson?

            Thing about Merson is that for the last 9-10 years of his career he was out of his nut on gargle and drugs, and gambled millions away. Guy threw his career down the swanny, but he was a serious talent.

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              #66
              Originally posted by Daniel Torres View Post
              FFS, a "super" player is week in, week out! He wasn't! He couldn't be! He was no better than Lee Sharpe. Could have been better than he was but failed at the top level.

              Wenger saw it straight away. A ****ing super hedonist, not a super player.
              Wenger offered him a new contract, Middlesbrough doubled his salary. It was Merson's choice to leave so I'm not sure where you get that out of.

              99 goals in 400 games is not bad either. He was a decent player but that said he's a total cock who hates LFC with a passion so I've no problem with Glen laying into him.

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                #67
                Originally posted by elrichio86 View Post
                Talented - yes
                Superb player - no

                To be a superb player you actually have to make use of your talent on a regular basis. Merson didnt.
                ok fair point.

                So is it fair to say that he was a very talented player who threw his career away?

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                  #68
                  Originally posted by Drago View Post
                  Wenger offered him a new contract, Middlesbrough doubled his salary. It was Merson's choice to leave so I'm not sure where you get that out of.

                  99 goals in 400 games is not bad either. He was a decent player but that said he's a total cock who hates LFC with a passion so I've no problem with Glen laying into him.
                  Nobody said he was bad. 'Superb' is vastly exaggerating though.

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                    #69
                    It is funny and correct but let's not forget that Mersons comments were spot on; Glen is a poor player.

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                      #70
                      He's not.

                      Or if he is, then Torres is **** too.

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                        #71
                        The talent was there, but the consistency wasn't. A super player would be someone like Bergkamp, Ryan Giggs or Gerrard - someone who has done it week in week out consistently for a long period of time. There's plenty of players who had talent that can't be held up like that. For me, Merson was talented but not great. He goes down with players like Collymore, Gascoigne and Sharpe who could have been better had they not been utterly contemptible wallops.

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                          #72
                          Originally posted by danperkins View Post
                          ok fair point.

                          So is it fair to say that he was a very talented player who threw his career away?
                          Definitely

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                            #73
                            Originally posted by Daniel Torres View Post
                            The talent was there, but the consistency wasn't. A super player would be someone like Bergkamp, Ryan Giggs or Gerrard - someone who has done it week in week out consistently for a long period of time. There's plenty of players who had talent that can't be held up like that. For me, Merson was talented but not great. He goes down with players like Collymore, Gascoigne and Sharpe who could have been better had they not been utterly contemptible wallops.
                            Well Bergkamp,Giggs and gerrard are world class, Merson was not and nowhere near the talent of the fore mentioned players.

                            I would say that Gascoigne had potential to be world class. I'd put Merson way ahead of Colly and Sharpe though.

                            P.S. My nearly nearly married Paul Gascoigne years ago

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                              #74
                              Originally posted by Craig_H View Post
                              He's not.

                              Or if he is, then Torres is **** too.
                              Glen cost the team goals last year. He hasn't become **** because of Roy's tactics.

                              Vastly over-rated right back who can't defend. I'd love to see what he can do on the wing though.

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                                #75
                                Originally posted by elrichio86 View Post
                                Definitely

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