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Most of the people who prefer Bergkamp, myself included had no problem with Henry going to Barca. I love both of those players and how you can say everything BOBN has said is right when he has trolled by running down Bergkamp is so stupid its funny.Originally Posted by Boss
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The one thing we all agree on is that these 2 players elevated our club to a level we couldn't have even dreamt of. It was and still is a privilege to call them our own. There's no need to justify why you might prefer one to the other.
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Bergkamp took us up a few levels. Henry came in when we were already challenging for titles.
that has to be the stupidest statement on this thread. Henry won a fuckload with us
And evelated us to even higher levels tbf.
Nope. People wanted Henry to stay despite the shithole our club was in at the time and expected him to turn down the top club in the world to do so.
Read the thread in which he left if you cbf and you'll find people posting that they didn't care / supported him etc crying their eyes out.
Same situation happened with Fabregas.
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really? henry wasnt great the season he left us. was injured for a lot of it. he gave his all to this club and he loves it and so do the fans. you only have to see the reaction everytime he has at the ground to see how much he loves us and how much we love him. he left after giving his best to us. so many Arsenal fans were delighted to see him win the CL. but he won everything pretty much with us
I think most people saying they don't care about Fabregas leaving genuinely don't care that he left. Myself included. I want players who are committed - and though it might be hard for glory-hunters to understand - there are more important things than wanting to count your team trophies. I didn't want a team centred around somebody who didn't want to be here; what we've found recently is that more players are taking responsibility (from Jenkinson onwards) and the workrate going up is clearly visible.
Regarding Henry, being the 'best' is subjective based on whatever criteria you want to choose. In terms of footballing talent, I think Bergkamp was better. I'm not 'butthurt' by Henry leaving for thinking that, and you're being childish for suggesting so. Unlike the Cesc situation, I was of course disappointed that Henry wanted to go, as many would've been, but at this stage nobody would be annoyed with Henry's decision. I think Henry was the better all-rounder but Bergkamp was unique and best at what he did.
In any case, this thread was started about a statue. A statue should honour club legends and those that have contributed the most to Arsenal. You don't need to be the best player to be the bigger club legend. Messi must be close to becoming the best player of all time but if Messi joined us tomorrow, he wouldn't be a club legend automatically. Nevertheless Bergkamp's contribution to Arsenal's success starts before Henry came. There's not much difference between Henry and Bergkamp in terms of ability or contribution. The intelligent observer will look beyond goals and trophies. Pretending that there is a clear right answer is childish/WUMing.
He's running down Bergkamp in comparison to Henry, which although a bit rude is spot on. Henry scored more than double the goals that Bergkamp did during his time here (226 to 104) and almost matched Bergkamp's goals with his assists alone (104 to 92). Easy to write those stats off if Henry was a goalpoacher like Owen, Shearer etc but we all know he was much more than that.
Bergkamp was a top player, amongst the best to play the game during his time but should have achieved more and doesn't come close to Zidane, Pele, Maradona etc. Henry on the other hand imo was miles better and has a chance (albeit small) to be considered in that bracket.
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