Ok, so let’s face it, Arsenal now are far better since the departure of Henry, his absence has liberated the younger players and they are now free to express themselves and it has paid dividends for Arsenal.  But really the way it’s been talked about recently has been insulting to the guy.  We’re talking about one of (if not the) best players the club has ever seen.  Or the Premiership for that matter. 

Thierry was a modern miracle of a player.  Yes he could be a bit of a cocky prick at times but for every time you’ve seen that think about the players who aren’t so great who behave even worse!  If one of the best players in the world is wrong to behave like that then who the f*ck do these people think they are.  Lampard, Barton and Anelka to name but a few, half the player he was and if they can get away with the way they behave then Henry can behave how he likes. 

Thierry was a shadow of his former-self last season and I think Wenger knew this, he knew letting him go was the right thing but if he’d done it in 2006 it’d be one hell of a PR disaster.  This season for Barca he’s been better than for Arsenal last season but nothing close to what he was for the Gunners in his peak, time catches up with all of us. He genuinely loved(s) Arsenal Football Club and even better than that he genuinely hated Spurs.  A true Gooner.   

It was painful seeing him in the form he was last year.  It was made worse when I was listening to our defeat to Fulham in November last year and the commentator was watching a Bolton game talking about Anelka and how “on his day, when he can be bothered, he’s better than Henry”.   Seriously, show me your 5-minute clip of Anelka “when he can be bothered”..…  and in return, I’ll lend you a 2-hour DVD