Dennis Bergkamp statue

***nonshinyfinish*** · 22-02-2014 12:25 PM

Unveiled today: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-League.html

Bergkamp is my all-time favourite player, an absolute magician.

***Scouse Hibee*** · 22-02-2014 12:42 PM

A statue of Bergkamp WTF! A truly bizarre decision in my eyes.

**green.and.white** · 22-02-2014 12:48 PM

It looks rubbish imo

***nonshinyfinish*** · 22-02-2014 01:12 PM

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It looks rubbish imo

Agree the statue itself is not the best.

**(((Fergus)))** · 22-02-2014 03:20 PM

Football statues are crap full stop. Once you start, there's no stopping. Celtic Park is starting to look like an extension of the Necropolis.

***snooky*** · 22-02-2014 03:36 PM

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Unveiled today: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...er-League.html

Bergkamp is my all-time favourite player, an absolute magician.

I thought the statue was the McDonald's clown at first.

I think the statue's pose may be trying to capture the moment he killed a through lob before dispatching the ball into the net for his (IMO) best goal ever.

See the end of this video ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTSULy5LkKs

**leggeto** · 22-02-2014 03:56 PM

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I thought the statue was the McDonald's clown at first.

I think the statue's pose may be trying to capture the moment he killed a through lob before dispatching the ball into the net for his (IMO) best goal ever.

See the end of this video ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTSULy5LkKs

yip against Argentina,pure class

**weonlywon6-2** · 22-02-2014 04:02 PM

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A statue of Bergkamp WTF! A truly bizarre decision in my eyes.

did they fly it in from Holland or did it have to go by road ??

***snooky*** · 22-02-2014 04:03 PM

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did they fly it in from Holland or did it have to go by road ??

**MWHIBBIES** · 22-02-2014 04:39 PM

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yip against Argentina,pure class

Nope, against Newcastle

Arsenals-Dennis-Bergkamp-008.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...rgkamp-008.jpg

***nonshinyfinish*** · 22-02-2014 04:45 PM

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Nope, against Newcastle

Arsenals-Dennis-Bergkamp-008.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...rgkamp-008.jpg

Ideally, they'd have a series of statues representing a stop-motion version of this:

**Weststandwanab** · 22-02-2014 07:10 PM

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I thought the statue was the McDonald's clown at first.

I think the statue's pose may be trying to capture the moment he killed a through lob before dispatching the ball into the net for his (IMO) best goal ever.

See the end of this video ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTSULy5LkKs

Thank you so much for posting that I am going to get a bottle of champagne and think about a suitable response.

Not to a statute but to a precious talent.

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Nope, against Newcastle

Arsenals-Dennis-Bergkamp-008.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...rgkamp-008.jpg

Words fail me for now.

**weonlywon6-2** · 22-02-2014 09:28 PM

eric cantona was better !!!!!!!

great player though

**DH1875** · 22-02-2014 11:20 PM

Arsenal having a statue of Bergkamp is almost as crazy as ManUre paying Rooney £300k per week. No idea how they work thing down that way but they must have hundreds of statues around their ground if he's the latest to be getting one

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**Pretty Boy** · 22-02-2014 11:25 PM

Bergkamp was an absolutely brilliant player.

Up there with Cantona and Henry as the best foreigner to grace British shores.

**NadeAteMyLunch!** · 23-02-2014 03:41 AM

Berkamp, Ginola, Cantona, Sauzee

***lapsedhibee*** · 23-02-2014 04:28 AM

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Arsenal having a statue of Bergkamp is almost as crazy as ManUre paying Rooney £300k per week. No idea how they work thing down that way but they must have hundreds of statues around their ground if he's the latest to be getting one

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Could be a meringue but I think it's 4. Chapman, Adams, Henry and Bergkamp. Wenger will undoubtedly join them eventually.

***rainman*** · 23-02-2014 07:54 AM

This says it all about Stuart Pearce!

http://futbolintellect.tumblr.com/po...waste-of-money

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 23-02-2014 08:41 AM

This fad for statues is becoming tacky and tasteless. Football clubs are tarting their stadia up to look like drug dealers mansions. Does the Emirates have a bowling alley next to the changing rooms?

***lapsedhibee*** · 23-02-2014 08:46 AM

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This fad for statues is becoming tacky and tasteless. Football clubs are tarting their stadia up to look like drug dealers mansions. Does the Emirates have a bowling alley next to the changing rooms?

Longest-ago one that I can remember is Billy Bremner's. I think that was put up after he died quite young - I don't think his death was drug-related though, and Leeds weren't financially doped at that time.

***RyeSloan*** · 23-02-2014 09:12 AM

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This says it all about Stuart Pearce! http://futbolintellect.tumblr.com/po...waste-of-money

That's brilliant! Pearce was and still is a grade A fud.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 23-02-2014 09:16 AM

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Arsenal having a statue of Bergkamp is almost as crazy as ManUre paying Rooney £300k per week. No idea how they work thing down that way but they must have hundreds of statues around their ground if he's the latest to be getting one

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One of their greatest ever players...

**~~Phil D. Rolls~~** · 23-02-2014 09:55 AM

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This says it all about Stuart Pearce!

http://futbolintellect.tumblr.com/po...waste-of-money

On a related note, Alex Miller wouldn't pay Crewe 100 k for Platt. Or was that Petrie?

**DH1875** · 23-02-2014 04:42 PM

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One of their greatest ever players...

You think? If he's entitled to a statue then what about the likes of Brady, Vieira, Wright, Seaman and even George Graham? All Arsenal legends are they not.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 23-02-2014 04:49 PM

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You think? If he's entitled to a statue then what about the likes of Brady, Vieira, Wright, Seaman and even George Graham? All Arsenal legends are they not.

Yes, I do think. You can argue about whether clubs should be chucking up statues of players, but if any Arsenal player deserves one then Bergkamp does. A unique talent. Pretty sure that if you polled Arsenal fans, they'd agree.

In your previous post you had 'hundreds' that would merit a statue before Bergkamp. This leads me to believe that you don't know what you're talking about.

***RyeSloan*** · 23-02-2014 04:50 PM

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You think? If he's entitled to a statue then what about the likes of Brady, Vieira, Wright, Seaman and even George Graham? All Arsenal legends are they not.

All about class. Bergkamp was head and shoulders above most players when it came to that.

**DH1875** · 23-02-2014 04:55 PM

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Yes, I do think. You can argue about whether clubs should be chucking up statues of players, but if any Arsenal player deserves one then Bergkamp does. A unique talent. Pretty sure that if you polled Arsenal fans, they'd agree.

In your previous post you had 'hundreds' that would merit a statue before Bergkamp. This leads me to believe that you don't know what you're talking about.

. Aye very good, 100s might have been a bit of an exaggeration

but he wouldn't get near my top 10 arsenal legends. All about opinions and that.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 23-02-2014 04:57 PM

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. Aye very good, 100s might have been a bit of an exaggeration

but he wouldn't get near my top 10 arsenal legends. All about opinions and that.

Indeed it is.

**MWHIBBIES** · 23-02-2014 05:23 PM

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You think? If he's entitled to a statue then what about the likes of Brady, Vieira, Wright, Seaman and even George Graham? All Arsenal legends are they not.

Graham managed Spurs and got caught on the take, no chance of him getting one IMO. Cases can of course be made for the rest but Bergkamp was a lot more than a player for Arsenal, he was a symbol of what the club has grown into during Wengers time in charge a bit like Sauzee was for us, a lot more than just a great player.

**The_Exile** · 23-02-2014 06:27 PM

Ahhh the non-flying dutchman, even as a Tottenham sympathiser I don't have a negative word to say about this guy, sublime football player.

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