Adieu Henry! You will be missed!

It FINALLY happened, and you know what it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting it to be. Was it painful? Absolutely, will it linger? Maybe, Will I lose any sleep over it? Probably not! Thierry Henry finally made the move to Barcelona that all the Gunners were dreading for years. It was bad at first, almost as bad as the spurs might have felt when Sol Campbell left for the Gunners, but the point that I am finally beginning to understand is that Arsenal may yet rise from the Post Thierry ashes. I don’t think that there will ever be player, like Henry, but then again, all the players have their own style, their own charisma. There will never be another Bergkamp, but there will be Van Persie. With Henry leaving, no new players coming into to take the club by storm, and Wenger’s departure almost clear by next year, I think that its time for all the Gunners to brace for impact. For the past few years, the battle ground has changed, with history, heart and honor no longer the calling cards of the day but rather the deep pockets of the owners and diversity of the owners is at hand. New ideas need to be injected every now and then to have the ability to win, and that is what Arsenal lost sight of. Its not the Russian’s billions or the xenophobia of the American that has won Chelsea and Man U the titles, but rather the injection of the idea that change is a good thing. Why Steve Kroenke wasn’t invited to offer new ideas earlier is beyond me, but as the club now settles their differences with him the time may already have passed. So to all the gunners out there who agree or disagree with me all I can give you is a word of consolation if the Gunners don’t make it to the UEFA champions league next season, or even if the fail to reach UEFA cup qualifications. If they win that would be amazing, but at times we have to call the situation as it is, and with the future of the club in they greyest areas that I have seen in 10 years, I can’t help but worry about the future.