One thing at a time man. Sheesh!
I think I echo @JohnnyH in that the Arsenal board and manager knows best. If Martinez wanted to play or leave, they needed to make a decision as to who was better- they did and it was Leno.
In my opinion, though, they ought to have done more to keep both at t’club. First time we get two decent ‘keepers and it’s only for 1 friggin’ month 
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Manninger and Seaman was decent.
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Oh give it a rest. Leno is one of the best keepers in the league.
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Ah the days I started following this club.
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Oh yeah, definitely.
I think you, me and SRCJJ agree that this was the best keeper situation we had since then.
I’d even go so far as Seaman-Lukic in 2000. That was a steady and dependable pairing.
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Emi Gang, Emi Gang, Emi Gang, Emi Gang, Emi Gang, Emi Gang, Emi Gang
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No. My agenda will never die
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Do you know, when I think about it, I don’t think Stuart Taylor was that bad, either. He wasn’t error prone like Richard Wright (Wright was good at pens but if you want a snapshot of what he was like, look no further than the 2-4 defeat to Charlton at home in the autumn of 2001)
The only mistake I can remember Taylor making (which was 50-50 anyway) was not coming out to boot away a loose ball against Liverpool at home. That gave Riise the freedom of the pitch to bear down on goal and equalise (dropped points but we still won the league)
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This isn’t a criticism mate but how the fuck do you remember stuff in such great detail haha
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Lol, tbh man, that was an epic season.
I think @Aussiegooner knows even more about that season than I do tbf lol
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Doing the business tonight for fpl
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If it stays like this:
2 appearance points
5 points for a penalty save
4 points for a clean sheet
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I should have triple captained this beautiful bastard
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My favourite season as an Arsenal fan.
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I wish i could like a post about 45 times. That was brilliant.
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Mine too.
Don’t get me wrong, Invincibles was nice. 93/94 was nice for winning the CWC and looking imperious in Europe. 97/98 helped me believe that another team can win the league.
2001/02 reignited my love with football.
Signing Campbell from Spurs, Adams’ last hurrah, Dixon’s testimonial, winning at Anfield against all the odds after Gio got sent off, scoring in every game, not losing away from home, the highlights shown at 7pm on ITV with better theme music than MOTD, Wolves missing out on the Premiership even though they’d been top of Division 1 for about 20 months that season, Pires being incredible, Henry being a goal machine, Bergkamp at Newcastle, the last minute win against Villa, the last minute win against Rosenborg, winning the cup v Chelsea, winning the league at Castle f’ckin GreySkull.
Marvellous
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The only negatives I can recall from that season were Pires doing his ACL in the cup QF vs Newcastle at Highbury and the fact we bottled CL QF qualification by conceding a last min equaliser against Leverkusen and losing our last 2 vs Deportivo and Juve.
A couple of very small negatives amongst the long list of positives.
I loved the way we got the ball rolling with that character building win at Anfield against all odds, followed by backing it at against Chelsea at Highbury Boxing Day after going behind.
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Should have got to the CL final that year too by the looks of things.
Handily best Leverkusen in the 2nd group stage who went on to the final. Wtf happened
I’ve just explained it haha.
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Lol just saw your post just after I posed that question.
Deportivo were no joke in those days but we still should have progressed easily
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