Boycott Barcelona. The bastards are taking over bristol water as well and I dont have any shares, the buggers!

Henry had to do the job of 2 men, Arsenal were better than barca up to that point.
Ronaldinho, sorry ronaldinwho? was outclassed by henry.

Oh please! If Henry was that good on the night he should have put away at least two chances, especially the one in the 70th minute when it was still 1-0. I felt it poetic that the dirtiest team in the Premiership for the last 10 years should be the first team to ever have a player sent of in 50 years of the European Cup final. And it should have been two - the tackle by Eboue that he received a yellow card for in the 22nd minute was disgraceful.

Its a great disappointment all round.

As a totally impartial observer, Arsenal were always the second-best team on the field. I agree the goalie should not have been kicked off, but then the Barca goal would have (deservedly) stood. That being so, Arsenal could have ended up getting a worse thumping

Just reward for the cheating and general sporting-free attitude of Lehman the whole season, plus who gives a shit anyway, they're just a French business based in England.

Now the Cup Final was different, we truly were the better team and were robbed.

I'd agree on both your points Harry6, especially the first one. Arsenal even refused to give the ball back at one point in the first half after Barca had put it out of play due to an injury. High stakes I know but there needs to be a modicum of sportsmanship left for the purists :-)

Biased and blinkered Wenger. He says nothing about the spectacular dive
to get Arsenal a free kick for their goal. Even Merson on the box said it was
a dive.

and all that girlie shirt pulling and illegal barging and arguing with the ref ...... usually followed up by a punch-up in the cafes and streets

at least they only gouge your eyes and kick you in the ribs playing rugby .... and then adjourn for a convivial drink in the bar.

I would refuse too play a game if I had a Scandinavian ref because their flipping useless!! Van Bommel produced foul after foul and not one booking but I had to laugh when he booked Henry for a good tackle because that was pathetic!!

Yesh, c'mon, let's talk about football, much more fun than the bloody market at the minute.

Anyway, all 3 teams that come up to be relegated anyone?

Accept defeat like men, they did well to get there but were just not good enough on the day. Whinging and whining like a load of smacked arse spoilt brats only takes away any respect people may have had for them.

Accept defeat like men, they did well to get there but were just not good enough on the day. Whinging and whining like a load of smacked arse spoilt brats only takes away any respect people may have had for them.

i was there and i am gutted!

Prop - I was in Cardiff and I was gutted too when West Ham lost, on penalties, but at least we bore our defeat with some sort of dignity rather than blame everyone else.

Arsenal and Chelsea have out Man U'd Man U for arrogance and all round mean spiritedness and lack of any sort of sporting principles.

And don't get me started on the way Andy Gray and his ilk boost the 'big clubs' and only ever discuss why the 'big clubs' lost, not why the other team won.

Bastards, the lot of them.

The FA Cup final was great but the fact was that West Ham only scored via an own goal, a goalkeeping mistake and a complete fluke.

The fact that Arsenal said it like it was is not whinging. I'm sure if you were playing and were getting kicked up in the air everytime like Henry was, then you would complain because I would.

Henry to sign new Arsenal contract - report

19/05/2006 07:38


SYDNEY (Reuters) - Arsenal striker Thierry Henry is poised to sign a new contract with the Premier League club, media reported on Friday.

The French international had been strongly linked with a move to Barcelona, who beat Arsenal 2-1 in the Champions League final on Wednesday. However, he now appears set to stay in London.

"I hope to stay as long as I can keep running," Henry told The Sun. "I couldnt leave the fans, theyre like family.


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"I love Barcelona but on Wednesday Arsenal showed they had heart. I hope to finalise details today."

The 28-year-old joined Arsenal from Juventus in 1999 and scored his 200th goal for the London club last season, making him their leading scorer.

He was named English Football Writers player of the year last month, the third time he has won the award.

If Henry does re-sign it will be a huge boost to the club ahead of their move to a new stadium next season.
It would have been nice to started in the new stadium with the European Cup but we have a lot to look forward too.

Maybe losing in the final could be a blessing in disguise. I think Henry might have left if they secured the Champions League as he has won every honour at club level, now he has unfinished business after losing in the final!!

I think you are spot on JT.

Rather than "blaming" the referee, perhaps you should be thanking him for not sending off Eboue in the 22nd minute as well. The team are a disciplinary disgrace led by Wenger. They did do well to get there but they finished the season with nothing which is no more than their brand of intimidation, cheating & conning deserves.

Yes, i agree, thanking the ref for not sending off that brainless keeper AND allowing the goal, that is what he should of done. Wenger the winger is not moaning about the non-foul against eboue that gave the goal to Arsenal and not moaning about the 3 good chances so so-called one of the best players in the world had (henri). I really wanted the English leaque side to win, battled hard, but overall Barca deserved it.

what goes beep beep beep beep?
arsenals open top bus reversing back into its garage!

:-) :-)

JT - you may be a master investor, but you are blinkered and know fuck all about football.

Queen - marry me.

Why Harry6, we hardly know each other :-) But at least you're not a Gooner so there's always a chance!

Queen, a mere bagatelle. OK, we hardly know each other, I agree, but can't you just feel the warmth flowing through that keyboard. The humour, the fun, the nights in sharing a copy of the Investor's Chronicle.

It'll be overnight stays at financial conferences soon, just so we can watch the football on the box, you just see if it isn't. Oh how we'll laugh.

Arsenal needed this experience to enable them to win it next year, and with henry staying and a squad reshuffle and buying spree, they will win next time.

C'mon yee Gunners!

Harry6 - I'm laughing already :-)

barclay - You need to keep all 11 players on the pitch to win in Europe and that will never happen for the dirtiest team this side of Christendom.

Barclay - I'm prepared to bet that you never go to games. If you did, there is no way you could spout that rubbish about a bunch of cheats and divers. And then there is Lehman; the nicest thing to happen to him would be a frontal lobotomy, there I said it.

Queen - what is that funny :-) you do, is it a mating ritual or some ancient Nepalese tantric symbol guaranteeing that our children will recognise the signs of a bear market on the way.

Or is it just a sweet smile?

What no pics

I see the picture in the middle is the boys practicing their cheating on each other. Training ground orchestrated obviously :-) (that was for you H6)

when anything to do with england looses you horrible desperate muvva funkers blame refs.,...what you gonna do.....hound this one out the game....you lost to a better team......deal with it ya english monkeys

Treble - don't you dare lump Arsenal in with us English, nothing much English about them. But agree with you about them losing to a better team.

Queen - Goodnight X

We have to accept defeat... the ref was right in my humble opinion to send off Jens, he had to make a split second decision... We were not good enough on the night... We need to move on (oh we are), Henry's staying, new stadium and some excellent young players (come on Theo), the future bright, the futures emirates red...

we WERE good euf!!

We were unlucky.

In the first 17 mins we matched them and if not had the better of it!

For 55 mins we did what we needed to do, they didnt.
We got a bit lucky with the free kick for the goal.
With 10 men we still made chances.
they had most possession but you would expect that 11 vs 10.

They got back into the game with a goal that could have been dissallowed.
There second goal was a killer. We were tiring after playing with 10 men for an hour. The goal was technically an own goal as it was going wide until it hit Almunia.

they werent all over us and we had chances to score at 1-0.

If Barca are the best team in the world. a 10 man Arsenal arent far off them, which means and 11 man Arsenal team arent either.

I feel sorry for Jens, he had no choice, an extra yard on the ball and he saves it.
I feel sorry for Pires, I fee sorry for Dennis who would have come on if we had 11 men.
I feel sorry for Arsene who had set Arsenal up perfectly for the game. We looked more dangerous than them and started better. They even had to move the "best player in the world" to the centre because they knew he wouldnt get much of the ball on the left.

The clown referee ruined what was starting to become a facinating game so lets hope UEFA can use their power to get them together again in Athens next year.

Coz we know that the ruling bodies can always make things happen when they really want them too. Thats why they have refs like that clown.
A ref FIFA didnt think fit to go to the WCup, yet UEFA give the most important Euro game of the year!!!

pommy - check out Deltex med thread.

arsenal fans feeling sad?call the arsenal hot line on 0800 10 10 10
thats 0800 won nothing won nothing won nothing

Pommy - I feel sorry for you.

windsorgolf - lol!

how will theo and thierry play together, i think Theo will turn out to be the better player starting with the world cup. ps Gerrard has to be captain!!

Arsenal are about to sign Thomas Rosicky, a creative defensive midfileder.
Cost Dortmund 12mil 5 years ago when he was 20, we get him for 6 mil in a fire sale.
He scored 15 goals in 50odd internationals.
Probably bought him as Abou Diaby will be out most of the season after than norvern cnut did him.

I said at the time to a mate that could cost us as Diaby was the sort of player you might want to be able to bring on for the last 10-15mins of the Cl final if defending a lead and so it turned out!!!


Walcott will be a very good player, I ve seen him play on videos, hes got exactly the sort of speed a footballer needs and great technique!
Smart move by Arsene to get him into the Eng set up, and give him experience without costing Arsenal anything in appearance fees!!
To say he'll be better than Henry is a bit statement, if he's as good Ill be delighted!!

Pommy - do you go down Sainsburys wearing a full Arsenal kit?

Only CHAVs and Manshites shop at Sainsburys!!

I shop at Albert Heijn!

enjoy your glory next years boys because when the blues (b'ham city) are back i can see only one team winning it!!

Harry, i never called them cheats and divers, you are getting my post mixed up with somebody else - I'm on Arsenals side.

What i said was Arsenal will definately strenghthen the squad this year so they will
be in a better position to win. Losing 2-1 to barcelona with only ten men is a good
achievment, many a side have fared worse.

They are after all the best club side in the world, and will go on to beat the South Americans for the world club championship no doubt.

...But still only good enough to finish 4th in the Premiership, a LONG way behind the top 3.

4th after spending most of the season playing without most of our first choice back 4, and without Vieira was a great effort.

We finished the season well despite the distraction of the CL final which meant we rested alot of players.
We now have a back 4 that can keep anyone at bay in an 11 v 11 game.

The transition that takes many clubs 2 seasons or more have been done in less that 1 and in that year we got to the Cl final.

I would bet that Arsenal will improve their points total this season more than any other club in the premiership. I bet the bookies wont make their handicap betting with the Chavs giving us 26 points start!!!

Windsorgolf thats pure quality.

Pommy thats a good one,creative defensive rosicky

Is he going to create problems in his own defence

dont get me wrong i like czechs as ujfalusi said to galasek i prefer cash good deal..

no thast Sol who creates problems for the defense, thats why we wanna off load the useless sperz lumpa lard!!

Is he still humming dido tunes.

Barclay - I don't like to be rude, but do you actually understand English?

Pommy - You're just potty.

Kivver - You're potty too, plus you have an arsehole for a manager.

Dave's D - You're funny.

Queen - X

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