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Asked a different way, do you think he truly believes Arsenal is a BETTER team without Henry, as he said?

[/ QUOTE ] I think that Fergie, Wenger, and Jose all think differently than fans. They have to actually. A legend only helps your team if he plays like one. The Arsenal board I frequent was filled with people who felt Arsenal looked really flat in most of the games he played in. That could be due to the injuries, or it could be that he's past it. Arsene does have a track record of selling players when they are past it.

I mentioned earlier that I think they have tons of quality. They have some injured players coming back (RVP and Theo). They brought in two strikers, one who was on loan. They signed two new defenders and a eventual replacement for Lehman. Honestly, they only thing that Arsene didn't get was an outright winger. Maybe Reyes isn't going to Spain, maybe he is.

There are so many great young players that played well more than a few times last year, such as Denilson, Clichy, Hoyte, and Diaby. Don't trip man! 1st is probably not likely, but who knows. I looked at their first 10 games and IMO all are winnable.

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I appreciate your thoughtful reply but since you didn't actually answer the question posed, is it still resaonable for me to assume that 1) you do believe Sir Alex honestly believes that Arsenal is better off w/o Henry and 2) you agree with him?