Thierry Henry signs with Barca!

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An end to a great era. I wonder who Arsenal will try to get to replace him. They really need to sign two trikers IMO as they needed another even with him there.
 
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Man, I know the feeling of having to sign a bunch of strikers. Last season, my Newcastle had Obafemi Martins and...and...uh, Sibieski? At least now we have Viduka, Owen, Martins, and Ameobi.
 

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I have a feeling Arsenal won't have a problem signing a replacement...or simply giving another team an offer they can't refuse for the player they want.

Thierry Henry on Barcelona with Ronaldinho should be fun to watch.
 
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I have a feeling Arsenal won't have a problem signing a replacement...or simply giving another team an offer they can't refuse for the player they want.

Thierry Henry on Barcelona with Ronaldinho should be fun to watch.

I think they'll have an incredibly difficult time. Money doesn't always get you the players. Arsene Wenger may be gone now, the word is. Also, who wants to try to replace a player like that? Sure worked out for players replacing the likes of Shearer, eh?

I think Arsenal is in trouble...not relegation trouble (not even close) but trouble nonetheless.
 

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Arenal has debts of 500 Million $, ofc ManU has over 1 Billion debts and it doesn't keep them from spending.
Bayern Munich and AC Milan are actually the only 2 clubs with no debts in the top 5 and possibly even top 10 or more of the most valuable soccer clubs.

PS: Henry is over the hill. Lets see how many good years they can get out of him.
 

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Arsenal should replace him with Freddie Adu since he says he is playing in Europe next year :sarcasm:
 

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Henry is in no way over the hill. Spain will suit him well too. I think Wenger will find another one of his gems for not too much money like he always seems to. Arsenal have a much better young core than any of the other top three Prem teams.
 

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Now I really wish I could watch some real soccer, but they don't have it on basic cable.... Ronaldinho + Henry is an amazing duo. And the rest of the team is great too.
 

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PS: Henry is over the hill. Lets see how many good years they can get out of him.

I bet Henry has 3 good seasons left in him--he's only 31 right? Of course I thought Shevchenko had more left in his tank when he joined Chelsea and look how that turned out.
 

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I bet Henry has 3 good seasons left in him--he's only 31 right? Of course I thought Shevchenko had more left in his tank when he joined Chelsea and look how that turned out.

Henry is 29. He will fit in perfectly with Barca's style of play.
 

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The will replace him with what they have on the team. Van Persie is an excellent player and Adebayor will soon be a world class player.
 

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I'm a huge van Persie fan. I'm looking forward to seeing him get more starts.
 

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Man, I know the feeling of having to sign a bunch of strikers. Last season, my Newcastle had Obafemi Martins and...and...uh, Sibieski? At least now we have Viduka, Owen, Martins, and Ameobi.

Owen won't be playing for Newcastle this season, IMO.
 

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The will replace him with what they have on the team. Van Persie is an excellent player and Adebayor will soon be a world class player.
Two good players with the potential to become better (Van Persie is already pretty good but Adebayor needs to find where his feet are sometimes). They had them last year though and clearly struggled when Henry was out. They needed a striker even with the team they had last year, now they will need an out and out goalscorer of another couple of young talents. I would prefer them to go after a real poacher.
 
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Owen won't be playing for Newcastle this season, IMO.

I think he will be. There had been growing speculation he would opt out, but lately the feeling on Tyneside is that he's going to stay. If he leaves now, I will have zero respect for the guy. I know there isn't much loyalty in sport and all, but that would be a major douchebag move, to come in, play a few games, then run.
 

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They had them last year though and clearly struggled when Henry was out.

IIRC, van Persie went down for the season around the same time as Henry (around January). I don't think there was a marked difference in results between last season and the prior season (when Henry was healthy). They didn't falter until more players like Rosicky and Gallas went down.
 

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IIRC, van Persie went down for the season around the same time as Henry (around January). I don't think there was a marked difference in results between last season and the prior season (when Henry was healthy). They didn't falter until more players like Rosicky and Gallas went down.
It was clear that Arsenal were missing something when Henry wasn't playing. Even in games when Van Persie was fit. Van Persie is one of my favourite Premiership players but Arsenal need the type of stroker that will mop up the balls bouncing around the six yard box. Van Persie is more of a Henry type player, better running with or onto the ball.
 

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Barcelona also signed Yaya Toure from Monaco yesterday who is one of the best young players in Europe. Man, they are going to be loaded this season.

Barca will lose Saviola and Ezquerro, but Giuly and Gudjohnsen have both said they want to stay. Those are some amazing reserve players to have. If they stay, Barcelona will have the deepest team in Europe, IMO.

The Blaugrana should be the favorites to win La Liga and the Champions League this year just with the moves they've made this week and I doubt they are done adding to the squad.
 
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Barcelona also signed Yaya Toure from Monaco yesterday who is one of the best young players in Europe. Man, they are going to be loaded this season.

Barca will lose Saviola and Ezquerro, but Giuly and Gudjohnsen have both said they want to stay. Those are some amazing reserve players to have. If they stay, Barcelona will have the deepest team in Europe, IMO.

The Blaugrana should be the favorites to win La Liga and the Champions League this year just with the moves they've made this week and I doubt they are done adding to the squad.

I read somewhere that Gudjohnsen said he might want to go back to his old Premiership outfit.
 

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I read somewhere that Gudjohnsen said he might want to go back to his old Premiership outfit.

Gudjohnsen came to Barca from Chelsea, but he won't be going back there. He has been linked with Man. U. and some other EPL clubs, but yesterday he stated that he wanted to stay at Barca. I guess it depends on whether they decide to sell him or not.
 

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Anyone following Bayern (besides me)?

They just signed Miroslav Klose for 12M€.

Before they signed Luca Toni for 12M€, Ribery for 25M€, Jansen for 8M€, Jose Sosa for 9M€, Hamit Alintop for free, Ze Roberto for free, Jan Schlaudraff for 1M€.
 

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Anyone following Bayern (besides me)?

They just signed Miroslav Klose for 12M€.

Before they signed Luca Toni for 12M€, Ribery for 25M€, Jansen for 8M€, Jose Sosa for 9M€, Hamit Alintop for free, Ze Roberto for free, Jan Schlaudraff for 1M€.

So how does a person follow such news anyway?
 

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