Kevin Campbell is seriously ill in hospital apparently, he's suffered kidney failure. Fingers crossed he can pull through but it doesn't sound good.

Just read that, hope he pulls through!

5 days later

Didn't Pep once say they had dozens like Wilshere in La Masia?

They clearly didn't.

JazzG Worth pointing out that was Petr Cech he did that to, not some no-mark celebrity keeper!

Never fails to amaze me just how young he still is.

    5 days later

    I wanted to be mad.

    But I couldn't.

    This motherfucker was class. Imagine a peak van Persie quality striker right now. We'd be mega

      flobaba Two goals from December 2007 to August 2008 🥲

      They oughta make fixture annotations like that mandatory for goal compilations.

      If you're watching the brief snatches of the goal celebrations, you can feel his ego and standoffishness. But he was a stunningly good striker (in the most literal sense).

        He was a striker that had the quality to win games. Intelligence, awareness, technique. All top class. Imagine him being the one ahead of Odegaard instead of Jesus and or Havertz. We'd lose that physicality upfront but mehn would we beast the Premier league. This has to be the one of the criteria for our next striker if we are serious about dominating in future: He has to be, or at least have the potential to be the very best player in our team, and consequently in the league.

          flobaba this striker you describe is a rare phenomenon. training has changed a lot of positions, including striker. the 9 and 10 positions have largely been decimated. mulit-skill players have come in their place, and power has shifted from these players to 8s and wingers, with your forwards typically hybrid 9/10s who faciliate these players. i wouldn't hold out for players football academies aren't producing in large numbers.

            Rest in peace Super Kev. Really sad news to wake up to.

              So sad, be in peace Kevin

              Honestly, this is very upsetting. I'm old enough, as a few others here are - I'm sure, to remember Super Kev breaking through into the first team and having quite an impact towards the end end of the almost Invincible season. It never quite happened for him thereafter because of his great mate Ian Wright Wright Wright, but he still scored one of the biggest goals any Arsenal player has ever scored in the Cup Winners Cup semi thirty years ago.

              He seemed a lovely fella and that he has been taken from us at a relatively young age feels like a sick joke.