Henry Maybe Possibly Supposedly but not Definitively Agrees Deal With Barca!

Your post is valid, I certainly think that Arsenal are not getting weaker, its just other teams that are improving and getting more depth, while any injury to a key player or players in our squad can ruin our season.

 

Arsene would not let Thierry go without a replacement/plan ready, he is just too smart for that. The only striker IMO that would fit in straight away is Carlos Tevez.

The most important thing today is that it was Thierry Henry leaving and not Arsene Wenger. Wenger commiting his future now would overshadow any commit Henry or anyone else for that matter would make, it would boost the morale of the players and give them belif that he believes in them.

I have great faith in Van Persie and if we stay injury free next season and bring in a world class striker (Not Trezagaut!!!) we will still challange at all fronts.

IMO The new captian of Arsenal should be Cesc Fabregas, he will drive the club forward, him and Van Persie are our major players now and we have to keep them as they provide the solid foundation in which to build our team.
I would love to know what David Dein and more importantly Stan Kroenke is thinking right now, if he did not come along we would have had a much moe peaceful summer.

Now moving on to Barcelona they are either going to have a excellent season or an extremly poor season, there is no inbetween now and It will be interesting how Rijkaard controls the teams huge ego.

 

If Trezegeut comes, hope is lost.

 

You mean we'll be losing the rainbow forks of the board? Man I loved those guys.

 

People need to remember that.

 

This may suprise you but I agree with your post. I certaintly feel that while Man Utd and Liverpool will add big talent to their squad, Arsenal need to and sadly probobly won't. Arsenal were lacking some finishing and experience in the last season and a few of the players have been saying Arsenal need new big players to add experience. Heck, even Wenger said he may add one or two. We don't have the depth of other big teams,and the young talent may take years to mature. Having said that I am not sure that Arsene will add any big transfers to Arsenal over the summer, he must have a replacement. I just hope he isnt hoping one of is young guns like Theo will step up to the plate.

I certainly feel its essential Henry is replaced, becase he scored so many goals, and we still havent replaced Pires yet, who scored around 40% of our goals from midfield since 2002/2003 season, and Henry was on 60% since the same season. These are both key players, and we need a 245+ striker and a 15-2 goal scorer from midfielder.

 

Man Utd have an expiration date like week old milk and had to spend to get younger, Chelsea we'll never match and Pool hasn't done much yet. Sputz spent last year and got worse, yeah? We have an excellent young team and they are coming in with another year of experience and we get RvP back. As far as I am concerned, we went from Ade and Bap up front to Ade and RvP and that's an upgrade.

We were 21 pts back because Man Utd. had a season to end all seasons and Chelsea is Chelsea. We can't spend enough top change either of those two things. Pool ended ahead of us by the slimmest of margins.

Do I hope we add to the club? Of course, I do. But I don't think the calls that we are now mid-table or that Newcastle or someone else has surpassed us is just too much doom and gloom without call to me.

Sorry, we became who we are because of Arsene and the board. Henry was a means to an end, not the architect of our success.

I'll miss him and his talent is well nigh irreplacable but age would have taken him if Barca didn't so this day was coming. Arsenal will recover as it always has. Might not be easy but we'll do it.

 

Tevez is going to Real Madrid, Trez isn't an option....I think you'll see Wenger come in for Torres now. IMO that was his plan all along if Thierry left.

 

Forgive me if this has already been discussed (I'm at work and don't have time to review 31 pages of posts)...

I don't understand the 16m pound fee. It seems way too low. It's lower than what is being asked for Berbatov and Bent. It's half as much as Shevchenko went for last year.

This makes me think that there's another player coming over from Barca to complete the deal (E'to?).

I can't imagine we let go of TH for such a relatively paltry sum. I know he's had some injuries last year but he's got 3-4 years of outstanding football left in him.

 

I honestly don't understand why only 16m GBP.

 

Where's Vieira's replacement?

 

I'am glad we could agree, however I still feel pity for you guys. If United sold Ronaldo I would be so mad my head would explode. It is not the end of the world and your club is still world class. But you are right you guys need to get some goal scorers and fast. If football was only a game of possesion and passing you would win everygame you play with the team you have now, but sadly for you it is not.

 

I don't think Torres is the best option 27million??? why don't we just buy Tevez for 35million and is proven in the premiership. Torres has not scored more than 16goals in 1 season FFS!!!!

 

I think all of us pretty much agree that Ken Friar and Arsene made a BIG booby in selling Henry for that silly amount. Arsenal urgently need a new director of football soon if they are going to make such bad decisions. I cannot imagine Dein making the same error.

It's almost as if they said: (ring up Thursday morning)

"Hey Barca, Henry wants to leave and we want to sell him, how much can we get for him? The only problem is we want a deal completed by the end of the week. Can it be done?"

 

Why does everyone have to imply that hating this move is tantamount to no longer supporting Arsenal.

This was a bad move, plain and simple. The club allowed this to get out of hand, forcing the club to sell Henry for a paltry sum compared to going transfers fees. Considering the club (Wenger or the Hill-Woods/Board?) has been unwilling to splash for any big money signings, what makes us believe they'll add 10-14million for the fees that Tevez, Alves or Torres are going to command?

Especially considering the need for more seasoned help around the pitch.

Rather, I expect Arsenal add 2-3 4-7 million-rated players and continue to develop Adebayor and RVP as the future at forward. Unfortunately, I see this strategy sending us to UEFA next season after a torrid showing in the CL. We need veteran and qualified talent, not developmental projects.

I do like Adebayor, and RVP looked fantastic before his injury, but we need consistency and depth. I'm no comfertable with relying on those two for the entire season.

I can handle a move for Malouda and a 2nd tier striker such as Andy Johnson, I just don't see us splashing that kind of money around.

I really think this will open the doors for a large contingent of English Arsenal fans to clamor for Kreonke ownership. Especially with Yanks at Villa, MUFC and L'Pool willing to splash good transfer fees around. I, for one, am hoping Arsenal begin to act as the Giants of football they truly are.

2 straight 4th place finishes, sell your best player for a cut-rate price. Not good strategy.

 

We have 3...Fabregas Diaby and Denilson

 

Im hearing 26 million now

 

You my friend are talking common sense.

 

thats euro.

 

If this is true, I'm pretty upset. Mostly because of the seemingly low price.

But, stuff happens. Maybe this is a result of me supporting teams all my life that just seem on the cusp of greatness only to come up short (god I sound like Fever Pitch), but all I can say is "oh well." From time to time you have to blow up a team and rebuild. Yeah, this isn't really blowing it up, but you have to remove the biggest pieces and start over sometimes.

It seems like we've been starting over for the last two years, so why not go all the way? Most of us will still be around here if they finish in 5th or 6th (it could very well happen), and most of us will still be around if they finish 1st or 2nd (also could very well happen).

However, as I said, I am upset if this is true. I think Arsenal is a club that has continually punch BELOW its weight for years (yeah, I know some will not agree with that), especially now with the new stadium. But, players just as great as Vieira and Henry have been sold by clubs with a bigger reputation than Arsenal, so it's not like this is new territory.

Damn, kind of an end of an era.

 

Hell yeah, how many goals did Tevez score this year, like 20 or 30? Awesome!

 

As a United fan, I'm sad to see Henry go. While he scored quite a few against us, the Premiership is really losing a classy skilled forward, one of the best to ever play in England. I think the price is about 5 million pounds lower than it should be, but coming off a season mainly on the bench doesn't help. Hopefully Wenger uses the money well, and I do think RvP is a great talent for the future.

 

Without club loyalty? How were Horseface and Goldenballs rewarded for their loyalty?

 

Going once... going twice... do i hear 30?