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19-05-2006, 8:24 AM
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Well, its the news all us gooners have been waiting for (even perhaps alot of other Premiership football fans). http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?h...eep+on+Gunning
Certainly helps soften the blow of the CL final defeat!
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19-05-2006, 9:32 AM
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I hope he stays and continues to miss sitters like in the Champions League Final.
Only kidding, it will be good for the Prem League if he stays.
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I always thought he'd stay. His ego is too big to be playing second fiddle at Barca - he need to be the main man.
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19-05-2006, 9:53 AM
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I'm hoping that he stays as it's good for the Premiership to have players of this quality.
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19-05-2006, 10:19 AM
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I don't really have favourite players.
But I've always had an overwhelming admiration for Thierry Henry.
Not just because he is a great player, but because of the way he conducts himself.
He is a credit to football and a credit to the Premiership.
Overall, I'm glad he's staying. Though it would be better for all our teams if he left |
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19-05-2006, 10:26 AM
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This whole story appears to have stemmed from one article in The Sun claiming Henry says he wants to stay..
The cynic in me thinks that if a die-hard Arsenal fan journalist wanted to pressure Henry into staying, publishing an article like this might make it a lot harder for Thierry to say he was leaving.
As a football fan, I want him to stay - he's an excellent player and (usually!) a good ambassador for the game.
As a Spurs fan, I hope he goes and joins Gretna.
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19-05-2006, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Istanbul_Kop I don't really have favourite players.
But I've always had an overwhelming admiration for Thierry Henry.
Not just because he is a great player, but because of the way he conducts himself.
He is a credit to football and a credit to the Premiership.
Overall, I'm glad he's staying. Though it would be better for all our teams if he left  | I agree mate. I know that some people will come back on this thread soon and start going on about his attitude after the CL final and perhaps he could have been a little gracious after the game (e.g. after the Spurs game) but for me, at least he was showing some heart and passion. Obviously, emotions are running high after such a massive game and he genuinely felt that he was being kicked all over the park with no protection from the ref.
Apart from that, the guy is a model professional and a credit to himself and the Premier League.
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Originally Posted by OldAndSenile This whole story appears to have stemmed from one article in The Sun claiming Henry says he wants to stay..
The cynic in me thinks that if a die-hard Arsenal fan journalist wanted to pressure Henry into staying, publishing an article like this might make it a lot harder for Thierry to say he was leaving.
As a football fan, I want him to stay - he's an excellent player and (usually!) a good ambassador for the game.
As a Spurs fan, I hope he goes and joins Gretna.  | If the article is false, i don't think for one moment that something like this would "pressure" him into staying. If his own manager can't keep him i doubt very much a newspaper article would pressure him into staying!
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19-05-2006, 10:40 AM
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The article has direct quotes, and as Henry has an exclusive contract with the sun, it's 100% true. Pressure him into staying? He's not a ten year old kid tbh.
He told everyone he'd announce his decision at the end of the season, and he does it 1 day after the final game. Man of his word, as ever. |
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19-05-2006, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by dc007 His ego is too big to be playing second fiddle at Barca - he need to be the main man. | I can see where you're coming from. A player that refuses to take any penalties he has been personally awarded. Who selflessly tries to turn a great goal scoring opportunity for himself into one for a team mate instead. A player that attracts very little, if any, attention to his private life and/or lifestyle. Who attracts very little, if any, criticism from his peers or even Man Utd or Spurs players.
The game can do without big-headed, over-inflated-egotistical nobs like him. I hope he doesn't resign for us because of that very reason. |
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19-05-2006, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by OldAndSenile This whole story appears to have stemmed from one article in The Sun claiming Henry says he wants to stay..
The cynic in me thinks that if a die-hard Arsenal fan journalist wanted to pressure Henry into staying, publishing an article like this might make it a lot harder for Thierry to say he was leaving.
As a football fan, I want him to stay - he's an excellent player and (usually!) a good ambassador for the game.
As a Spurs fan, I hope he goes and joins Gretna.  | Highly effective username you have there.
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19-05-2006, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Istanbul_Kop I don't really have favourite players.
But I've always had an overwhelming admiration for Thierry Henry.
Not just because he is a great player, but because of the way he conducts himself.
He is a credit to football and a credit to the Premiership.
Overall, I'm glad he's staying. Though it would be better for all our teams if he left  |
Superbly put! Totally agree he is a gentleman |
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19-05-2006, 1:56 PM
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Originally Posted by mickrick I can see where you're coming from. A player that refuses to take any penalties he has been personally awarded. Who selflessly tries to turn a great goal scoring opportunity for himself into one for a team mate instead. A player that attracts very little, if any, attention to his private life and/or lifestyle. Who attracts very little, if any, criticism from his peers or even Man Utd or Spurs players.
The game can do without big-headed, over-inflated-egotistical nobs like him. I hope he doesn't resign for us because of that very reason.  | Not taking penalties he has been awarded is a superstition. If you don't think he has an ego you're blind - it's part of what makes him a great player !
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