you may think we are very short, but look at this:
No. Name Position Height Weight Age
1 Manuel Almunia Goalkeeper 1.93
2 Abou Diaby Midfielder 1.92
3 Bacary Sagna Right-back 1.76
4 Cesc Fabregas (C) Playmaker 1.75
5 Thomas Vermaelen Centre-back 1.82
7 Tomas Rosicky RL-Wing 1.79
8 Samir Nasri RL-Wing 1.78
9 Eduardo da Silva Centre-forward 1.78
10 William Gallas Centre-back 1.82
11 Robin van Persie Centre-forward 1.88
12 Carlos Vela Left-Centre FW 1.78
14 Theo James Walcott RLC FW 1.75
15 Denilson Midfielder 1.80
16 Aaron James Ramsey Midfielder 1.83
17 Alexandre Song Midfielder 1.85
18 Mikael Silvestre Centre/Left-back 1.84
19 Jack Wilshere RL-Wing 1.70
20 Johan Djourou Centre-back 1.92
21 Lukask Fabianski Goalkeeper 1.91
22 Gael Clichy Left-back 1.76
23 Andrey Arshavin RL-Wing 1.72
24 Vito Mannone Goalkeeper 1.91
27 Emmanuel Eboue Right-back/wing 1.78
28 Kieran Gibbs Left-back/wing 1.80
30 Armand Traore Left-back/wing 1.85
31 Sol Campbell Centre-back 1.88
32 Fran Merida Midfielder 1.75
33 Nacer Barazite Midfielder 1.88
34 Kyle Bartley Centre-back 1.91
35 Francis Coquelin Midfielder/RB 1.78
36 Thomas Cruise Left-back 1.83
37 Craig Eastmond Midfielder 1.83
38 Jay Emmanuel-Thomas Midfielder/CF 1.88
40 Luke Freeman Centre-forward 1.76
41 Emmanuel Frimpong Midfielder 1.80
42 Kerrea Gilbert Right-back 1.75
43 Conor Henderson Midfielder 1.85
44 Gavin Hoyte Right-back 1.83
45 Henri Lansbury Midfielder 1.83
47 Rhys Murphy Centre-forward 1.82
48 Mark Randall Midfielder 1.83
49 James Shea Goalkeeper 1.80
50 Jay Simpson Centre-forward 1.80
51 Gilles Sunu Centre-forward 1.80
52 Nicklas Bendtner Centre-forward 1.93
53 Wojcech Szcezsny Goalkeeper 1.96
54 Sanchez Watt Centre-forward 1.80
I spent a lot of time doing this. And from this, you can see, we're not short.
Most of our young players are 1.80 or taller. And Arshavin isn't the shortest, it's Wilshere, who is still young and can grow. Plus, in a year or two, most of these young players will be coming into the squad, like Djourou and Bartley who are above 1.9m.
Eye-opener isn't it.
btw, i posted this on 606 too.
new account: foursq
