Wenger gets Henry to quit his u-21 coaching role

[GP]

You're very sad considering.

[Kano]

But not during the season and not on Arsenal games. There is a difference.

Henry obviously wants to learn and loves Arsenal. No doubt about that. But I'm not sure how it works the closer he gets to the first team, with him going onto Sky and criticising the team and manager, then coming into work the next day. Wenger does it for the national team only and I'd bet my last pound that he turns into the supreme politician that he is when criticism around his own players may come up. Whereas Henry wouldn't do that because he's desperate to prove his worth as a pundit. He was given a real choice to make - money or coaching with a top Premier League team and he's chosen the cash and TV posing. Fair enough but the decision was in his hands. It shows what he values more at this stage in his career.

[Niall_Quinn]

You're very sad considering.

Could be. But there can't be a sadder and more pathetic figure in football today than Wenger. Mr Supreme Ruler who has in the last decade won how many titles? Reached the latter stages of how many CLs? He maybe should be more worried about his own performance that other peoples. Sounds like Henry was doing his job and doing it well. Maybe somebody should take note and copy that, rather than throwing his rattle out of the pram.

[Munchies]

Could be. But there can't be a sadder and more pathetic figure in football today than Wenger. Mr Supreme Ruler who has in the last decade won how many titles? Reached the latter stages of how many CLs? He maybe should be more worried about his own performance that other peoples. Sounds like Henry was doing his job and doing it well. Maybe somebody should take note and copy that, rather than throwing his rattle out of the pram.

[Munchies]

He would have worked for free, says it all really. Not that he needs the money anyway but it's obvious his heart is with Arsenal and wanted to help.

I doubt punditry once or twice a week is going to impede his ability to coach. Wenger is of course within his rights to do what he wants with his staff but he does himself no favours really. Hopefully this is his last season.

Had a argument with a gooner friend of mine (and an AKB) and he was like Henry was badmouthing the club and that it'd create a bad atmosphere and was saying wenger was right

I was like, Henry is the only guy who isn't a yes man there

[Özim]

Could be. But there can't be a sadder and more pathetic figure in football today than Wenger. Mr Supreme Ruler who has in the last decade won how many titles? Reached the latter stages of how many CLs? He maybe should be more worried about his own performance that other peoples. Sounds like Henry was doing his job and doing it well. Maybe somebody should take note and copy that, rather than throwing his rattle out of the pram.

Spot on.

[Özim]

He was given a real choice to make - money or coaching with a top Premier League team and he's chosen the cash and TV posing. Fair enough but the decision was in his hands. It shows what he values more at this stage in his career.

Henry doesn't need the money, he probably enjoys the punditry. He's a good guy who wanted to be part of the club he loves, had he chosen money he'd have not offered to work for nothing as someone said.

Problem is the control freak at the top won't let anyone who could possibly question his methods in, he's a dictator in every sense of the word. Henry doesn't need Arsenal, plenty of other clubs would love him onboard. It's a shame, would have been good to have a guy who was such a good player at the club.

[Kano]

Henry doesn't need the money, he probably enjoys the punditry. He's a good guy who wanted to be part of the club he loves, had he chosen money he'd have not offered to work for nothing as someone said.

Problem is the control freak at the top won't let anyone who could possibly question his methods in, he's a dictator in every sense of the word. Henry doesn't need Arsenal, plenty of other clubs would love him onboard. It's a shame, would have been good to have a guy who was such a good player at the club.

We've seen plenty of times people who don't need the money but take more when it's on offer. Pelle is good recent example of that. £4m and the centre piece of Sky's punditry obviously speaks to his ego and you can see that when he's on TV, more concentrated on his posture than saying anything worthwhile.

If he wanted to work so badly he could've dropped the punditry because that shit is going nowhere - what would be disappearing right now is the wage packet. He made his choice, fair enough, he'll always be my favourite Arsenal player and this won't taken him down in my estimation. We all make choices as grown men that dictate where are priorities lie and he's made his. The world moves on and means very little to me. It's off season, nothing else to talk about and it'll be forgotten in a month by those who don't want to hold onto grudges.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He wasn't going to work for free. What he wanted to do was distribute his pay among the other coaches. I guess he wanted to help out the guys earning one lump of coal a week and two at Christmas.

It won't be his last season. The old money farts love him. He's going nowhere.

That's irrelevant to what the role requires; altriuism or not.

[Bergkampwonderland10]

Henry obviously wants to learn and loves Arsenal. No doubt about that. But I'm not sure how it works the closer he gets to the first team, with him going onto Sky and criticising the team and manager, then coming into work the next day. Wenger does it for the national team only and I'd bet my last pound that he turns into the supreme politician that he is when criticism around his own players may come up. Whereas Henry wouldn't do that because he's desperate to prove his worth as a pundit. He was given a real choice to make - money or coaching with a top Premier League team and he's chosen the cash and TV posing. Fair enough but the decision was in his hands. It shows what he values more at this stage in his career.

Precisely. Conflict of interests. No way he could do both.