Good riddance, Old Henry

At the beginning of this season's EPL, it looked like it's going to be a dry Henry-less season. Four months into the game and does anyone miss god Henry? Wenger and his young guns have more than made up for Henry's departure. What is on display is a young, fearless, attacking brand of football reminiscent of the best days of Arsenal. The Arsenal of 2002. Shorn of aging baggage, We have in Theo, the rightful successor of henry, We have in Cesc, the best midfielder of the game, We have in Adebayor, a consistent goalscorer finally coming out of so many years in Henry's shadow, We have in Hleb and Rosicky, exciting midfielders ready to take 'em on all alone, and even Toure manages to hit the woodwork regularly. King Henry would be sitting now, somewhere in a Barcelona castle, watching them young lads burning up the EPL. He would let out a sigh and would think, 'Maybe, Just maybe, I made a mistake'.

Arsenal's game has become far more exciting after Henry has left. For the last two seasons, you could see a griping henry on the pitch, complaining about why the ball wasn't put precisely at his feet, about why the play wasn't planned keeping his express wishes in mind. It looked like there was god henry in front and the 10 lesser mortals existed merely for the purpose of serving him.
Now, with the play-by-henry restriction gone, the game has become more free-flowing. Goals are coming from all sides and hopefully will keep coming in the future. What awaits us is an exciting season of 'football, as it should be played'.

Henry's stint at Barcelona can at best be described as average, easily swamped on the green and on the screen by the genius called Messi. No malice towards Henry. We hope he settles soon, we hope he scores as many as in EPL, but one thing is for sure. He ain't gonna get the royal treatment in an all-star Barcelona. Just for the record, Henry's tally in Barcelona till date:

La Liga appearances - 9: Goals - 4
Champions league appearences - 3: Goals - 1