So Henry Is Off Then « A Cultured Left Foot

Posted by: Yogi's Warrior | June 23, 2007

So Henry Is Off Then

The player has confirmed that he is leaving and so Life Without Henry begins. Apparently my waiting for confirmation from someone involved in the transfer is the wrong way to do it. In future, I shall believe all of the media speculation for it is the truth, with no lies in it all.

I don’t have any bitterness about the decision; Henry has given his peak years to Club, scored the vast majority of goals in that period and contributed to the success achieved along the way. He seeks to move on to improve himself professionally and personally. It is only right that he should enjoy his work - and football is just that for the players - and he has been patently unhappy at the Club for the best part of two seasons. It is not a decision that has come lightly on his part nor is it something that has happened in recent months. He came back from the last World Cup unhappy, injury and the off-the-field shenanigans have exacerbated those feelings. The memories Henry leave behind on the pitch are numerous; the goals, the success and his contribution is something no-one can diminish. It would be a pity if his legacy is lessened through misplaced bitterness over the manner of his departure.

Alan Smith in today’s Daily Telegraph puts forward a decent appraisal of the situation. Henry’s assertion that he is amongst other things, unable to wait for the outcome of Arsene’s contract negotiations is understandable, given the age factor of the player. This has led to criticism of Wenger, accusations on some Boards of disloyalty. The hypocrisy is stunning, demanding loyalty yet being disloyal in turn. It seems to me to be more than a little pointless in railing against the decision or seeking someone to blame. It would be better to find constructiveness for the future. This transfer will not bring about any clarification of Wenger’s future; it is not the defining action in that respect. The outcome of it may well have a bearing at the end of the season but not right now. To seek it is futile.

The key thing now though is the future. There is no ready made replacement for Henry, a unique player in his prime. However, there are different types of players to carry out the main strikers role at the Club, speculation already rife on that front. At the Club already there is a partial replacement in RvP, a capable goalscorer before injury last season but there has to be another source of goals in the front line. Adebayor is a different option but the pair of them are insufficient to sustain a whole season on their own. It is logical to believe that AW has identified who he would like to bring in. The timing of the move is beneficial for Arsenal, there is time to bring someone in before the start of the new season, perhaps even in time for pre-season training. Better that Henry has gone now than at the end of August which would have been truly destabilising for next season.

New strikers seem to be ten aplenty, according to our new media Gods. Ryan Babbel was being touted as a potential left sided player which is possible, yet we need an international class goalscorer. Anelka is one but I am unconvinced he is the solution. Michael Owen is a proven goalscorer, his injuries last season make it risky in much the same way that Henry is for Barcelona. Could Eto’o leave Barcelona? Possibly, there is a school of thought that Ronaldinho, Messi, Eto’o and Henry do not fit into one team. David Villa is perhaps the closest in style of play to Henry but he has made it clear he wants to stay in Valencia and to be honest, the cost will be more than Arsenal could afford even with new owners. Fernando Torres is one player I like and seemingly will be moving this Summer. His fee could be offset by Reyes, making it more palatable and offering a solution to everyone. Perhaps we could take Berbatov from Tottenham…

Going to be interesting for the rest of the Summer

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Responses

Excellent post YW and i agree with you that gooners shouldn’t be bitter towards Henry. There’s no doubt that Wenger made him as a player and the club benefited from that immeasurably. We’ve enjoyed him at his peak and now i feel is the best time to cash in and move on.

I feel the major problem will be how Arsenal will look to any potential new signing: a club that has lost it’s “star player”, a player that has become synonymous with the club and its success; a club with an uncertain future with potential board upheaval and changing ownership; a club who’s manager won’t commit to staying beyond the year left on his contract and the knowledge that if he leaves, many of the club’s biggest players may go too (esp. Cesc). In short, Arsenal may not be the most attractive club to go to at the moment if you were a young, gifted striker like Torres. Maybe in a year’s time when things were more certain, but not this summer. The media will hype up all these things because it makes a great story and I’m afraid this, rather than the true state of affairs, may influence potential signings and persuade them to go elsewhere.

It’s important to say though that I personally don’t believe that Arsenal are in any sort of crisis. Wenger in the past has always left it to the very last moment before renewing his contract and there’s no reason to believe he’ll do any different this time. And as I stated above I think the Henry deal has come at a good time for both parties. We’ve got a young, talented squad and with better luck with injuries and a couple of big signings (if Wenger can somehow persuade them to come) we could do very well in the coming season.

By: birchmoon on June 23, 2007
at 10:06 am

The terrible thing about this news is that once again,like the Vieira transfer,the information has come from media sources first! It is about time Arsenal got their act together and make sure that all news concerning the club and their players is made by their official website and so-called press officer!The fans and season ticketholders are repeatedly treated in contempt by the board - no wonder the Arsenal fans now believe all the stupid rumours that abound every summer because the official channels from the club are crap!!

By: leicester gooner on June 23, 2007
at 10:12 am

If Henry cannot face life without Arsene Wenger why is he going somewhere where Arsene wont be? Or could it be that the end of next season they will be reunited??

By: Drew on June 23, 2007
at 10:18 am

Thierry Henry leaving is not as bad as you all may feel at the moment. The team are just about over the Thierry Henry addiction, success is not dependant upon him as it was in previous seasons.

Arsenal achieved fourth place in the Premiership this season even though two of their main strikers were out of action for a considerable portion of the season.
Lesser teams would have slumped and not have kept the pace needed to finish in a Champions League position. Oh and they didn’t.

Obviously having your two top shots out of action will make a significant impact on the team but even in such dire circumstances Arsenal kept on battling.

Arsene Wenger threw the young guns in at the deep end, especially by playing them in the Carling cup final. It was necessary for them to learn by the school of hard knocks, without the stabilisers of more experienced players.

Van Persie is a world class striker, twenty plus goals a season will be delivered by a fully fit Van Persie. Add Adebyaor and Bendtner into the equation and we already have a strike plan. The gameplan will be based around them, and it won’t be a plan B situation for the event of Henry not being avaiable to play.

In defence Arsenal aresorted, Gallas, Eboue, Toure, Clichy, Hoyte and the rest of them.

Arsenal have the experienced and capable Lehmann in goal in addition to a top stopper by the name of Fabinaski who’s young and despertate to make his name and challenge for the no.1 shirt which he could end up filling for many years to come.

Over the years many of Arsenal’s goals were created and executed by midfield players, Viera, Pires etc.
This is where Arsenal should really spend their money, on an attacking midfielder or two.

So as well as having the cream of the Premiership youth crop on board, a world class striker in the name of Van Persie with Adebayor and Bendtner as rising proteges Arsenal have a good defence with two decent keepers, and the experience of surviving short of the optimum available options.

Fabergas is superb of course, and he should score more goals this season. Arsenal need someone to be ready to step into Gilberto’s boots. Diaby is up and coming. Rosicky and Hleb need more compeition for places. Arsenal need someone to replace Flamini who also looks like he’s leaving to get a chance at regular first team football. Lets not forget Flaminis goal against Chelsea and what an important asset he was when Arsenal needed to substitute a player.

Arsenal have 16 m for Henry, 2m for Aliadere, 1m for Lauren, 1m for Stokes and Reyes is yet to be sold, but he should bring in 5m if Arsenal are selling him cheaply or more. 2m has been spent on Fabianski and Varga.Therefore 20m has already been raised.

The board has pledged another 40m so there is 60m available to spend. We can afford to spend some of that money on a star player or two without incurring financial difficulties and to bring in some fresh talent in the 2 - 7 m range. Arsene Wenger knows what to do. By going through this years tough to take experience with what Arsenal already has (achieving more points at the end of the 07 season than the 06), the luxury of having cash to spend on new signings, Arsene Wenger’s natural and intuitive football knowledge and the fact that we don’t NEED Henry to survive or build a team around HIM, Arsenal can move forward.

I see the road to success and believe Arsenal will do better next season. Whoever Arsene signs will boost an already good team. With the young guns in bloom, new faces and a new strategy this will be Arsenal MK III, what we know as THE Arsenal, a powerful stable force at the top end of the Premiership in good times and in bad, the team other teams get euphoric over should they manage a draw against, and the team that even fans of other Premiership teams admire and love to watch.

Those thinking that Wenger will be managing a mid table team next season neither understand what Arsenal is about or the value of what we already have.

By: finestcuts on June 23, 2007
at 10:23 am

I hope the board are not fiddling while Rome burns on the Wenger issue, I always admired the quiet conservatism of the Arsenal board but on this occassion their lack of response is very unassuring, already on the Newcastle web site they are talking of taking AFC’s place in the hirearchy.
I cannot help but feel we require a statement from the board and manager and with some urgency.

By: Jon S on June 23, 2007
at 10:27 am

@Drew

Yes. There is speculation that Wenger could possibly reunited with Henry at the Nou Camp next year.

“If Henry cannot face life without Arsene Wenger why is he going somewhere where Arsene wont be?”

But look at it this way. Arsenal are not the trophy winning team they were a few years back and the board is not being cooperative as well. And like it or not, David Dein was really the man pulling all the strings and with him gone, I always felt that the Emirates is going to collapse.

With the board resisting a take-over just to hold on to power at the expense of the club’s betterment and with more funds flowing into paying for mortar and bricks rather than bringing experienced players shows a board that lacks ambition and clearly shows them holding on to just their seats at the crucial expense of the club’s future. While Dein coupled with the takeover would’ve been the ideal way to inject life into the club, the board goes on talking rubbish as to how they want an English club not to be Americanised. And Dein quits. Now Henry. And mark my words, if things remain the same, it’ll be Wenger next year to the Bernabeu or Nou Camp. So lets wish that the pricks on our board keep their focus on having their seats attached firmly to their bums while leaving the club’s future and ambitions in tatters.

By: The Hitman on June 23, 2007
at 10:31 am

I feel truely gutted about Henry leaving.
Though i am not bitter and do not blame him.
I do feel frustrated howwever that last year it was reported that we could have got up to £50m for Henry, and now we’re only getting £16m…..that is almost an insult!
The same thing happened with Viera. We held onto him for one more year, then sold him for half the amount we could have got.
Year, i know we did just fine withour Viera, and i do belive that we will be a great side going forward, even with the King that is Henry.

I wish him all the best, and really hope that Wenger does have a replacement in mind. It MUST be a top player, we need to show all the Arsenal fans that the club is going forward, not backwards.

This could be the begginging of a new great era at our new home, The Emirates Stadium, however this all depends on the commitment of the club and their ambition to bring the spark back to our flowing style of football that has wowed everyone that’s been lucky enough to see it over the last few years.

Henry, you will be sorely missed by us all.

Onwards & upwards…..Let’s do it all over again!
Who is going to be our next record goal scorer?
I don’t know, but i hope we have one soon…

By: HusZekayi on June 23, 2007
at 10:35 am

Unless Dein is reinstated to the board & discussions with Kronke commence it is now blindingly obvious that Arsene Wenger will depart at the end of the season. Our club stands on the edge of a cliff & the current board must put this great football club first & stop hanging onto power like leeches.

By: tunadog on June 23, 2007
at 10:41 am

statement confirming henrys transfer on arsenal.com now.as if we didnt know from everyone else already!

By: michelle on June 23, 2007
at 11:02 am

Interesting comments by a Guardian journalist this am on Sky Sports. He claimed that Kroenke offered transfer funds and that the board declined by arguing that they had enough cash..obviously factoring in the 16MM that Henry would fetch.
But more importantly, he said that Kroenke’s intended takeover came at the wrong time for Fiszman.Indeed we know that Fiszman sold his Hampstead mansion and now lives exclusively in Switzerland.If he was to sell out now, he would be liable to a 30% tax bill.When this tax liability disappears in the future, I dont know, but I heard this before and I believe that it is a matter of 1/2 years max.
He went on to suggest that it was DF who sacked Dein as the latter became too impatient and wanted Kroenke to take over asap.
The big downside for AFC is that the club is not run in the best interest of AFC, but rather to accomodate certain individuals’ financial positions.DF’s main asset appears to be AFC these days as he apparently sold out his major stake in the diamond company Star Group.
As such AFC is losing valuable time at a moment where the Premiership becomes very competitive in money terms.
Also worth noting is that Nigel Winterburn on Sky mentioned that the club had a very limited transfer budget (I can only suppose that a guy who spent 13 years at the club knows a few birds that sing)and that they needed to raise money before tapping into the transfer market.Again refer to Kroenke’s offer for funds to be made available.
This makes sense as AFC have not made a move yet, rather been seen selling to get the necessary money in.
The bottomline is that the board is dominated by a shrewd businessmand DF and people like Lady B-S who doesnt care and PHW who comes across as slightly inept with his racist jibes regarding Kroenke.
I am not saying that Kroenke is the panacea for AFC as I believe that there will be winners and losers in this investment game into English football, but there can be no doubt that it is very likely that he will buy AFC and that it would appear to be in AFC’s best interest if this happened now.
Problem for Wenger is that he needs to buy on a shoestring budget without committing himself to staying on.Hardly an appealing prospect in the recruitment market.
It would be miraculous if this turmoil did not affect the club’s performances next season.

By: BB on June 23, 2007
at 11:09 am

I agree with Finestcuts. We already have a great squad and in some ways TH stuck out like a sore thumb over the last season or so. I think AW will buy another striker and possibly a winger to address the ‘balance’ of the team as he has already stated. I don’t see AW going to Barcelona. If he leaves at the end of his contract it will not be to another club. Whilst I am a great admirer of AW I think that he will leave the club in a good position in terms of playing staff and he will line up his own replacement before going. Great stuff I can’t wait to see what happens over the next few days.

By: Frank on June 23, 2007
at 11:12 am

The arrival of Kronke would result in the reinstatement of David Dein & the retention of Arsene Wenger. THE BOARD MUST GO

By: tunadog on June 23, 2007
at 11:15 am

The so-called ‘crisis’ is media induced and exaggerated by the fair weather fans whose support of the team is purely conditional.

It’s always hard to see a quality player leave, but he’s gone now and nothing we can say or do will change that. I agree with YW we need to look forward and remember that the team is more than TH. We have a squad full of quality players and with or without Wenger we will survive.

The fee is disappointing but it seems that TH has exercised his right to buy out his contract under the new transfer rules. Barcelona have just paid it for him that’s all.

By: Passenal on June 23, 2007
at 11:16 am

I feel very bad to see our all time star leaving, though i donot blame for his decision
But what is leaving me un settled is who is going to replace him.
I leave this question to wenger but i believe he will find another star that is going to better than Henry
Henry we are going to miss you for the rest of the years
May you be blessed at the Nou Camp

By: bagson on June 23, 2007
at 11:19 am

Long live the kings!

Do you remember when Aragones came out and made a series of racist and offensive remarks about Thierry Henry to Jose Reyes? Do you remember the context for it? Jose was so intimidated by Thierry’s ability that he was unable to perform to the best of his ability.

Taking Henry out of this club is like taking the lid off a simmering pot, it’s time to boil over. The time is right, it’s time to believe in the team of talent Arsene’s assembled.

Thierry will be missed, of course he will. Historically he’s been an amazing player and figurehead: dipping volley against Man U on the turn, racing into the left channel, opening up his body and slipping it into the far corner (about 120 times), swerving top corner shot through the rain, leavign Carragher for dead…. Truly a superstar - one of the very very best players in the world, who proudly wore the shirt of Arsenal for the best part of a decade. A part of the proud Arsenal tradition, part of the history of our great club.

The new team is just about to blossom - think Ajax with Kluijvert winning the European Cup. “Where did they come from?” People asked? Louis Van Gall built his team, it was young, hungry, fearless. They had a couple of faces for experience, but basically it was a really young hungry group of players oozing with talent…. Same trick here.

There is no way that that the three hundred or so blatant sitters we missed last year were a question of talent. It is now time for Wengers Weinies, no, Arsene’s Adolescants, the Professor’s Pixies? Okay it doesn’t lend itself to a cute nickname, but this team could be scintillating.

Although we do still need a giant at the back and more goals from midfield.

By: The King Is Dead on June 23, 2007
at 11:21 am

We don’t know for sure that Kroenke offered money, but if we already have a £40 million trading facility for transfers then it would be understandable if the board said it wasn’t necessary.

Arsene makes the decisions about who to buy or sell on the playing side and I do not think he would spend the money if it disrupts what he is already building.

By: Passenal on June 23, 2007
at 11:24 am

It’s good to see some level headed writing and not the panic stricken views of some of the blogs (and bloggers) on other sites. It will always feel strange when someone you loved departs …. but as i was taught many years ago ‘no one is indispensable’. Sad, even devastated, at Th’s going, but confident in Arsene Wengers planning we have to wait with patience. Going back over the years so many players seemed irreplaceable and yet none really were. The years spent in the wilderness were not because of the players who left but because we made no effort to replace them, and we had no production line of players coming through the ranks. Today we have both and I fully believe that AW will buy now to replace the TH effect….. not to try and duplicate TH but the one or two experienced and top players to fulfil his new game plan and get the very best out of the other stars we already have. Players who could not shine as they might because our play had always to be based around one man - a giant but also a drag at times. Wouldn’t Reyes have been happier and very successful if Henry had actually tried to play WITH him, won’t RvP blossom now as never before… and there are many others who will now prosper. We don’t know the potential of Bendtner but he is no longer a stranger to Premiership football … my one doubt is Adebayor who has never struck me as being good enough at the top level - but I wait to be proved wrong, maybe!
So we will feel the loss for a while, particularly as we will all be watching for signs of missing our TH14…. but we need to see this as a new sun rising, not AFC disappearing with the old sun setting

By: Norman Englender on June 23, 2007
at 11:48 am

Why don’t I feel anything much about Thierry’s departure?
I remember travelling back from Paris debating his and Arsenal’s future with my friends.

We were all slightly crestfallen after the defeat the night before but I was sure I didn’t want him at the club any longer.

My friends argued that he was technically the most gifted striker we were ever likely to see and I agreed. Superstars have different qualities to the rest of us and often an immense ego is one of those qualities. Its part of the superstar make-up so maybe I should just accept that its part of the TH package.

The trouble is deep down I’ve always felt that’s not the Arsenal way. He always seemed to be asking everyone associated with the club to prove how much they loved him. Well I for one don’t love him enough to put up with that. I like my stars to have dignity and class. Vieira and Bergkamp are prime examples.

I love the club, I love going to the Emirates (thats what its called) I accept its problems and I don’t make many demands of it. I love watching the development of the various teams AW built and is still building.

I hope he will continue with club and continue to nurture the development of Fabregas, van Persie, Denilson, Diaby, Clichy, Fabianski, Djourou, Senderos, Rosicky, Hleb, Walcott, Merida et al. Do you get it? The future is still very bright and just listing those names starts to excite me. I’m already looking forward to the new season.

Have a good summer gooners.

By: Ian on June 23, 2007
at 2:32 pm

Doomed!!! Headlines:::Arsene and Cesc to follow for sure. It was inevitable really:::. End of a brilliant squad. PV4,TH14,RP7,SC23,AC3,DB10 Thks 4 the Mmrs!
Glad it happened early in the summer though…. would hate to have PV4’s protracted departure repeated and affecting the next season for the Gunners.

By: arseinfullflow on June 23, 2007
at 3:55 pm

finestcuts:
I agree totally with your assessment!

“Those thinking that Wenger will be managing a mid table team next season neither understand what Arsenal is about or the value of what we already have.” Spot on!
A lot of people now attribute success with the buying of star players.

The accusation of the board by some, including Henry riles me no end.

The decision for Henry to leave is more Wenger’s doing than it is Henry’s.
With Henry (30) , RVP (23), Adebayor (23), Wolcott (17), Bendtner (19). There is no way Wenger could continue making RVP play second fiddle to Henry. Those that doubt this should get the recordings of the last two seasons. You will see Henry was diminishing and RVP was rising.
After 29 years managing footballers Wenger most have known this.

I trust the board and Wenger, to deliever.

By: William on June 23, 2007
at 4:56 pm

You know i wouldn’t be suprised if we didn’t make a headline signing to replace Henry. i was just thinking back to when we lost Ian Wright he replaced him with an unknown youngster in Anelka. When we lost Anelka he replaced him with a winger who was sitting on Juve’s bench and with no real goalscoring pedegree.. I think he will sign Babel to do the job despite his lack of goalscoring pedegree. It wouldn’t suprise me at all.

By: Jimmy on June 23, 2007
at 6:04 pm

It is important to remember that Thierry has given us more of his career than some other Arsenal Legends such as Liam Brady and Ian Wright. We have had the best of him though that is not to say there isn’t a little more. We need something more upfront and I would hope and expect that Wenger has that covered. Should be time for some good news between now and the start of the season.

By: Amos on June 23, 2007
at 6:44 pm

Besides being Arsenal’s record scorer (226 goals in 364 games), Thierry Henry will always be remembered for the distinguished way in which he went about his business both on and off the field. His passion for Arsenal Football Club and regard for it’s fans can never be doubted. Thank you for the memories Titi and all the best in Barcelona.

By: gsik on June 23, 2007
at 9:55 pm

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By: Top Posts « WordPress.com on June 24, 2007
at 12:58 am

Farewell Thierry,

We had the best out of him. He will always be a true Arsenal legend. Sad to see him go but its for the best.

Need to focus on the new season and getting in a striker who can get 20+ goals a season.

Stan Kroenke can f**k write off, we got enough debt without this cockroach dipping in the till

By: TH14 on June 24, 2007
at 2:26 am

Either media circus is getting better or henry is getting slower
He did state that if anything was going to surface about his future changing he would tell us first. NOT FRANCE’S equipe magazine .. Unless he believes most of the english gunner fans can now speak french .

But im the 1st one sad to see him go .. I saw it comming
those who know my blogs will vouch for that .
But id like to say what a stunningly GREAT PLAYER THIS MAN HAS BEEN FOR 8 YEARS .. GOODBYE AND GOODLUCK No. 14

ok yogi .. you said
This transfer will not bring about any clarification of Wenger’s future; it is not the defining action in that respect. The outcome of it may well have a bearing at the end of the season but not right now. To seek it is futile.

ITS NOT FUTILE, because it shows with henry the more the media speculate the more chance there is likely something will happen we can FORCE wenger into re-signing i think this is VITAL for the morale of the club ………VITAL !!!

either that or he should have an ultamatium presented by the board,because i do have a problem with him spending the best part of 30 million on players when the likelyhood is he wont be around next season . And we have to presume that!, as the freshest
news our of our camp is henry is pretty sure he is sitting on the fence and obviously swaying towards leaving(why else wouldnt he commit? to keep henry???). it dont take much to work that out . I MEAN I DID !

Fabs has always said he will go if his mentor does .
well we need both of there commitments before you start to spend this money !!!! or it will leave a transitional hole in midfeild also . A BIG ONE !

But i do agree with your replacement article , DAVID VILLA would be very very very nice . but i think he has a 100mil
buy-out clause . torres i think will goto liverpool the spanish thing .. But never ther less if it did happen id be happy just the same , owen is a scarey prospect . i wouldnt personally risk it . he cant even string 2 good seasons together .or games for that matter
Not sure about berbatov .. its the spurs thing . and besides
with henry gone i think they sort of fancy themselves now!! a bit .. we only have CL football as an inscentive .. and WE MUST GET THE PLAYERS IN THIS SEASON as i dont think currently with henry gone we are top 4 material ! to maintain CL . especially now you hear of takeovers here and there and west ham spending and blackburn close to take overs, hints of sunderland being taken over ..
it does make you panic wondering what we will be up against at the start of the season ..

I think i would like wenger to come forward and commit .
or next season we will start this rebuilding SHITE again !

By: ethan_gooner on June 24, 2007
at 3:00 am

It’s taken the better part of 24hrs for me to get over the pain of TH14’s exit but yeah my fellow gooners, we’ll be alright as long as AW remains. The sooner he puts pen to extension papers the better for the ARSENAL. Adequate replacement managers are a lot harder to come by than players (I expect Gallas’ exit shinanigans next). It’s up to the board to make AW an offer he can’t refuse! This is priority NUMBER ONE, done preferabely 2 months before Xmas!

By: Aman on June 24, 2007
at 5:32 am

yes Aman ! my thoughts precisely , you wouldnt want our manager to leave next year or we would spiral further into the middle of the table . He needs to step up or step off !

Because now more than ever this club needs a solid commitment from management . without it we can look forward to 2 more years of transition . And im sure arsene if he left players would go with him .. Leaving more gaps to fill and more transition ahead of that !!!!

If people cant see that it really is there problem and im sure something either way will be done about it !

COMMON SENCE PREVAILING !

yogi said weve already had 2 years of transition . and we sure are heading for another 1 . if arsene leaves wew can look forward too 1 or 2 more TOTALLING 5 years of transition .. its too much

Infact thats 1/2 henrys career at arsenal . or in some cases a whole career of a average EPL player .This needs to be the last year of this , so called transitional phase !

Or we will have no fans left to fill the stadium that costed us all our experienced players and the heart and sol of arsenal !

By: ethan_gooner on June 24, 2007
at 10:17 am

ramos is up for a move , sounds like he’s tempted by the man city corruption money board so why not get a new manager in who will show 4 years commitment !
.. he’s 52 and one hell of a manager !

make no bones about it arsene refuses to sign for reasons
unknown (henry staying was a major inscentive too sign), but you dont really have to think too hard to come up with some major reasons .and if you think its for take-over reasons his job is safe ,hes world class thats another reason ,a better team want him !. Our team isnt balanced and wont mount any challenge for another 4 years .. by that time hes almost at the end of his career ! or he will goto barca next year and take fabs too .. and he still has henry - fabs , leaving us with ???

No- one !

it is vital to our season he commits now or our youth will
AGAIN lack the confidence at vital times in the season ..

By: ethan_gooner on June 24, 2007
at 1:04 pm

Hi, it is not the time to remain in the so called “TH = Arsenal Comfort Zone” but it is a time to cry and wipe out these tears and looking forward for goods of the Arsenal worldly fans, the unique one. The new generation of RVP, Ade, Wilcott has much to say and will do it under No influence of so granted and so called ” MegaStars”. The insight power of Arsenal, we all know, is the Unity and Team Spirit” that tremble our opponents; So making Arsene Wenger the man to trust will uprise the unexpected brighting season of Arsenal, the without Henry’s Version. I am gratefully saluting Henry and his Familly, good luck to him and hoping to see you lifting the Golden ball Year to come with Barcelone; or RVP, Ade, Wilcott, Fabregas, Toure, will do it.
I, warmly, welcome you Arsene and your young team for the upcoming season.
May God be with you all.

By: sirjoyeux on June 27, 2007
at 9:15 am