Henry: It was about Manchester United for me
Thierry Henry has questioned the motive behind Arsenal’s celebrations on the final day of the season.
The Gunners were in wild joy at St. James Park following a 1-0 victory over Newcastle which secured a fourth-place finish ahead of close competitors Tottenham Hotspur.
That result meant that no Arsenal side has ever failed to finish in the top four during Arsene Wenger’s reign, but for Thierry Henry who enjoyed the taste of winning two Premier League titles as a Gunner, there was not much cheering to do about the season that just ended.
Indeed, Henry is urging the Gunners to seek pride in chasing the title rather than qualifying for the Champions League.
“Yes, they finished in the top four. But there is only one champion: Manchester United,” Henry told Sky Sports. “I’m a competitor, so there is only one thing I can remember from 2013 – and that is that United won the league.
“For me, as a fan and as a player at Arsenal, we should be in the top four as normal – but [instead] it saved our season.”
Despite expressing his disappointment over the lowered standards at Arsenal, Henry gave his old club the benefit of the doubt, suggesting that maybe the celebrations were mainly about the misery which was inflicted on local rivals Spurs.
“I know we can have a go about the pictures of them celebrating finishing fourth, but you have to understand that, for any Arsenal player, when you wear the shirt and really play for the club, putting Tottenham out of the top four means a lot,” Henry added
“And I do hope, I really do hope that was why they were celebrating. I said it when we also did it to them in 2006, (beat Spurs to fourth) it wasn’t because we had qualified for the Champions League but because we kept them out of it”
What Henery must have hurt.Arsenal celebrated 4th like winning the epl.The rf must be laughing . How Arsenal have fallen.From being his fiercest rivals to being given a hug by the rf is a signal the fm is no more athreat to his continued supreamcy.
If Arsenal can’ t challeneg for the epl next season,Wenger has to make way for someone who lift the team. No more time be given to him. He has wasted all the time .
Henry appears to have become americanised. Who can forget his wild celebrations running the full length of the pitch and sliding on his knees in front of the spurs just for scoring a goal never mind ensuring that they were confined to yet another season of Thursday night football.
The players celebrations were ones of relief but also of some pride. Their unbeaten run they put on after losing to spurs was one that filled them with pride and belief as well as relief. Savour the moment is what I say but don’t keep on about it and that is exactly what the players have done. Everyone of them has come out since and said that the season wasn’t good enough and next season that they want and promise more. For me that is far better than hearing arsenal legends stick the knife in about the manager the club and the players.
So were these direct quotes from Thierry or just somethink you think he might want to say? I see a picture of the player but no references or quotes cited……you wouldn’t be pulling our legs for page hits would you?
Henry said this in an interview yesterday. Expect sky sports to release it today. Red London doesn’t deal with rubbish mate.
People making mountains from mole hills. Everybody keeps banging an about the players “celebration” when you look at the bigger picture picture the you will realise it’s less celebration and a little more relief….
I wonder why the Arsenal old boys are questioning the wild celebration of the players and coaches after coming fourth. As realists, we ought to acknowledge the fact that arsenal for sometime now has lacked the spending power to make marque signings due to the stadium debt. Unfortunately or coincidentally, this period has witnessed the emergence of money bags buying up Chelsea and Manchester city and by extension buying up trophies. As things stand now, the stadium debt has been substantially settled and the club is now able to venture in to the market to make quality signings. Even with the money, quality players cannot be attracted without the Euro Championship. Having now qualified,with money to spend and a born again Arsene Wenger, and not forgetting the winning run from march to may, 2013/2014 can only be that of promise, thus the celebration.
finally an iontelligent and perceptive comment….well done Victor!
I agree with thierry Henry
Henry was right,God should help us next season
Ask God to help you understand the subtleties of the article Ramondy!
arsenal weren’t d ones dat beat spurs in 2006,it was sunderland and henry did dat celebration in 2000
What are you even on about? Did you watch how the 2005/06 season went at all?
Dat is d ting henry….u are clueless as your grammar and spelling show!
What is the noise about the players celebrating? Should they weep or fight among themselves? What of the joy of finishing the season in the first instance and finishing it well above spurs, unbeaten in the last ten games, qualifying for the champion league and of course proving people wrong that they are not good? Go and ask Tothenham, Everton
and Liverpool what they would have done if they were in Arsenal’s shoes? Why do you people hate Arsenal? Anytime they win by 1-0, you would say they were lucky but if it was Man U, you would say they produced a champion’s stuff. In a class only one person would come first, does it mean that the others are dullards? Any one who is not
happy about the efforts of the players in finishing 4th should either commit suicide or shift allegiance and support another team. I refuse to believe that Henry said the quoted words, they were manufactured by an imbecile to cause problem. Enough is enough, we don’t need sadists and idiots as supporters.
Its tym arsenal fights 4 glory.
ARsenal! Fight 4 glory nw.
Poor poor pitiful Arsenal. Too cheap to even buy Jovetic . Henry becomes one more whinging elder statesman like Herbert Chapman, Billy Wright, Charlie George, Liam Brady and George Graham. Can’t even nick players from Spurs any more!
Ahah a pathetic, whining (that’s how it is spelt by the way), jealous, bad tempered, moaning Spudscum coming here to try and rain on our parade. Enjoy kissing our ARSE once again loser tiny tott!
But he wrote whinging, its a diff word from whining, know wat i mean chief