No stranger to disappointment in Europe’s elite competition, Henry reflected on his Champions League heartache with Arsenal.
“It will always remain a disappointment in my career because the club are in my heart and in my blood,” he said. “Everybody knows that.
“I am happy though. For my family and the troubles I have suffered playing football. I am still alive.”
As much as it hurts to see him lift the cup in anything other than red and white (or rather, yellow and black in the final), it’s a great testament to the remarkable talent that is — Thierry Henry.
Congrats Barca.
(and way to spoil ManYoo’s party — Boo Hoo, Pretty Boy Ronaldo! See ya in Madrid!)
MASSIVE fixture tonight at the Grove.
This is THE game of the season. It’s all or nothing. The Gunners need two huge goals to thwart United’s shot at glory.
Arseblog reminds us of the enemy we face:
Remember, the guy or girl to your left or right is an Arsenal fan. The boys in red are your team. Our team. United are the enemy. United would kill your mum. They’d run over your puppy and then point and laugh. They would make you listen to Phil Collins. They would insist on putting cloves on everything. They would dip their pizza in ketchup. They would offer you a cup of coffee then serve you chicory. They would force you to watch Tom Hanks films. They would kidnap you then read to you from the novels of Dan Brown. They would drive really slowly in front of you when you’re in a hurry then speed up so they get through the amber light and leave you stuck at the red. They would chew gum loudly in your ear. They would come on our pitch and dance after getting one of our players sent off because of their theatrics. They would score a goal in the last few minutes of a semi-final then show everyone their hairy chest. They would dive to win a penalty to stop us going 50 games unbeaten. They would sing disgusting songs about our manager.
Need I go on? They are not our rivals, not our competitors, not our competitors, not our peers: they are the enemy. Treat them as such.
And in the face of such monstrous evil, such hideous, diving, tantrum throwing, ballerina, monster faced malevolence, make sure you let our lads know that they are fighting the good fight, on the side of truth and righteousness. For, after all, we are The Arsenal.
COME ON YOU REDS.
Dick Tracy: Is the enemy of my enemy my friend, or the enemy of my friend my enemy?
Pat Patton: What?
Dick Tracy: Or enemy of my enemy my enemy?
Pat Patton: What’d he say?
Dick Tracy: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.
Sam Catchem: He said the enemy of his enemy is his enemy.
Pat Patton: Oh.
It was that kind of weekend. You know, the one where you have to kinda pull for the… ::shudders:: eViL Sp*rs?
Yea. They finished off the Blues. 1-0. Enemy of my enemy, defeats an enemy makes the victorious enemy… my friend?
Then there were the Reds. The Villains (no, not a typo) get annihilated 5-0 by the Reds. Enemy of my (annoying-gnat-like ankle-biting) enemy, is supremely triumphant… makes them…my friend?
Then there’s the “fellow League member of little consequence” (Fulham) SPECTACULARLY DISMANTLING our greatest enemy, ManYoooooo two-ZIP — which makes the former our BESTEST BUDDY OL’ PALS IN THE ENTIRE PREMIERSHIP.
Right?
Thoughts:
- Friedel did not deserve the red card. That was a tad too harsh. Taking out the opponent like that was not his aim. Now Villa have to suffer without him against United. Expect an appeal, and rightly so.
- Wayne Rooney throwing a fit and getting his second card of the game takes the cake.
Oh yea, Gallas, what was that goal all about?
No time for finger pointing, we came out to put away Newcastle 3-1 to get us 3 points ahead of AV. Not comfortable breathing room, but we’re demonstrating an uptick in form while AV seems like they’re sputtering out.
Here’s how it needs to turn out.
The evil Sp*rs need to beat Chelsea.
Fulham is up over dirty Red Devils 1-0 with less than 10 minutes to go. If they win, I will laugh or cry myself to death. Or both.
And Portsmouth did us a favor bygetting Everton off our heels.
(Oh yea, and Arsenal have to show up and shut down Newcastle later today, of course.)
Mrs. Kovács and I stayed up to watch the Seattle Sounders route the NY Red Bulls 3-0 in the 2009 MLS season opener.
That Fredy Montero is going to turn into something special I can see it. I can’t wait for another certain Fred — Mr. Freddie Ljungberg — to make his MLS debut.
After the game, an ESPN reporter asked Ljungberg what it’s like to go from rainy London to rainy Seattle to which he replied, “It’s cufkin’ excellent!”
(Only you Gooners out there will know what I’m talking about).
Arseblog’s St. Patty’s Day diet:
…And that’s that. I’m off to have my breakfast of Guinness, with a Guinness topping, a side of Guinness, followed by Guinness Crumble and a pint of Jameson 12 as a little digestif.
My St. Patty’s (observed Saturday) was:
, 
, (ham ‘n swiss sammich), 
, .
But the best best best best best best part of the day (other than meeting with dear friends) was before the pub…
Worst thrashing at Ol' Trafford since '92.
Lovely day.
Today, Mrs. (Mc)KOVÁCS and I will be joining some dear friends at the local Irish pub after the parade.
I leave you with some Molly for your listening pleasure.
Sláinte!
UPDATE: It’s 2-1 Liverpool vs. ManYoo at HT. I can’t believe I’m toasting ‘Pool but here’s to pulling off a massive upset. C’mon you Reds!!!!
“But I would like to say clearly that Madrid is not doing anything to disturb a nice and friendly club like Manchester.
“That is the final word and we are happy.”
And apparently smoking something.
“We are happy.”
What the heck does that mean?
C.Ronaldo is probably feeling the un-love right now.
As a reward for ending Spain’s 44 year major title drought by winning Euro08, Cruzcampo will award each member of the Spanish national team with their weight in beer.
Check out the link to see how many liters of suds some of the heaviest and lightest footballers will receive.
Of course, let’s start with my Gunners.
Arsenal: 4
Blackburn: 0, ZIP, NADA, CERO, BIG FAT GOOSE-EGG.
You get the point.
Ade owned with a hat-trick with RVP notching one as well. Theo set one up and Jack Wilshere became the youngest player to grace the pitch in a League game for the club at 16 years 256 days.
—
Liverpool: 2
ManYoo: 1
muhahahahahahahahhahahahahhahaha
Sorry. Can’t disguise my joy at the Reds victory over United.
Don’t know what to make of Berbatov in place of Rooney with Rooney on the wing… I kinda think some of the comments I’ve read suggesting Tevez go to the wing makes more sense.
But what do I care? As long as they’re losing!
—
Hull beat further added to the Toon misery of late following Keegan’s exit with their 2-1 win. I know it’s stupid early in the campaign but I’m kinda pulling for Hull to do well this year, at least stay in the top 10 (or close to it). How great would that be for a Champs quality team?
—
On a non-EPL note… what’s with Henry riding the pine in Barca’s latest loss? As much as I would like to see him back in the red n’ white at Emirates, I do hope he is able to turn his Barca career around. Hate to see him end his career on a note like that… but with rumors abound claiming he’s MLS-bound next year, it’s not like it could get much worse. I’m sorry, but there’s no way he’d go to the Galaxy… Zoo York maybe, but not LA.
—
A strong showing by Arsenal and a United loss makes for a great football weekend.
alex asunder 