Just the boost i needed

 Sunderland 1 - 2 Arsenal

Stadium of Light

He came in with a winning goal.

He went out with a winning goal.

Truly legend.

(^_^)

I had a great dream last night, oh wait...

..it's NOT a freakin dream..(^_^)

**This was one of the thing I won't forget for the rest of my life.

I went to bed at 1am. I plan to stay up but I'm too sleepy, so I took my lappy to my bed, set the alarm clock to 330am and went to sleep. I woke up around 420am my alarm somehow did not rang because I actually set it to 1530 T_T.. but lucky the game was still on the first half and Henry's still on the bench. And the game was blah as ever.

The current No.14 has a lot to learn from his predecessor.

I tried hard not to fall asleep during the half time.

Must.watch.Henry's.comeback.

Then came the second half, I believed everybody (even those who are not the Arsenal fan) had goosebumps or at least eagerly waiting whether or not he'll ACTUALLY get on the pitch and relived the great memory he left us with.

and he DID.
not only that, he SCORES in his typical style and bag us home a win. F*cking icing on the cake.Bonus with a cheque.

The goal number 227

this is not about an FA Cup 3rd round match against Leeds anymore. This is all about the comeback of a certain legend -  Thierry Henry.

Yes I'm a bit skeptical earlier. I don't want him to smear his legendary status by being a player again. But who am I kidding, nothing can change his legendary status. His name will stay in the history no matter what happen.

At the end of the match, the commentator did mention,

"The fear was that the legend may be diminished but the reality is its already been enhanced."

 DON'T BE A PESSIMIST DYA.

Commentator: The facial hair more prominent, the pace perhaps a little less lethal, but the aura remains.

 

I believe his comeback intention is solely based on his love for the club and for that particular man who've made him the player he is today.

Though he's way past his peak, you can't deny his finishing was still to scream for. I'm glad he's at the Emirates now so he can show the boys how to DO stuffs. How you FINISH stuffs. 

Like the commentator said,

"Form is temporary, Class is permanent."

Satisfaction

Whatever happens after this, I'm gonna enjoy this 2 months of Henry's presence. And I'll keep on watching that goal celebration over and over again until it stops warming my heart. (^_^)

A great read - A Statue came to Life by Untold Arsenal.

Chills...

He's the reason why I love Arsenal.
He's the reason why I stopped following Arsenal for a while.
And now he's back.
Couldn't ask for more.

In an unrelated note, he used to wear the number 14, now he wears the number 12. 

14.12 is my birthday!

(^_^)

P/s: Been busy with the assignment. The due that supposed to be today was extended to Monday. Not sure whether I should be happy or sad.=P

The legends

On Arsenal 125 Anniversary yesterday, 

"Henry stunned by Arsenal statue tribute."

Of course he was all emotional, people made a freakin' statue of him and he very well deserves it. 

On today's Match of The Day Highlights,

Press (regarding Arsenal-Everton match): "What do you think yo need to do to achieve a statue?"

Arsene Wenger: "Heheheh..uhh..I don't need one..I uhh..just want to do well for my club, that's enough..heheh."

Back in the studio,

Commentator: "Give the man a statue, he certainly deserves it."
Alan Hanson: "Absolutely!"

The beginning

My love for football and Arsenal does not resulted by any male influence. The ex-bf was a Liverpool and not that into English football, first brother- Chelsea, the youngest- Man Utd, another brother despise sports with all his might, and my dad doesn't even like the idea of 22 grown men chasing over a ball in a large field. He's a carrom champion, so, you know..=P

It was World Cup 1998, I was 12. The first WC I ever remembered. Our family (including mom) was very excited about it.  That was the first time I saw Thierry Henry with the France team. He and David Trezeguet caught my eye the most, along with other famous players at that time Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and David Beckham. I thought the Brazillians were amazing, I remember scribbling Ronaldo and R.Carlos's name all over my exercise books for couple of months.

1999, off to boarding school, post World Cup, the boys in my class were crazy about football. They'll be watching it somewhere and talk about it the next morning, that's when I heard about English Football. Henry was in his prime back then, he's a brilliant Arsenal. So did the inspiring Dennis Bergkamp and Frederic Ljunberg. I noticed there's a lot of Man Utd fans around me, in and outside school. While I'm impressed with some of Beckham's skills, I'm more amazed with Thierry Henry's magical abilities, solely influenced by that, I became a self-proclaimed Arsenal fan.

2002-2003, I moved to another school. The boys there were not into football that much, they were more to bikes and yah..girls. And I developed a passion into different kind of ball that time. Dragon Ball.

=__=

2006 World Cup, I remember when the young Fabregas emerged. I was very impressed with him, but when every girl watching the game started screaming his name and making fuss over how cute he was, I went silent. Even though I couldn't resist the fact that he's one of the greatest young player Arsenal ever produced. I don't like to be labeled as one of those girls who love to see football because of the cute players.

2007, When Henry left Arsenal and went to Barca. I was crushed. And I refused to follow any of Arsenal news after that. For me Arsenal without Henry was like, THE END. After all, he's the reason I got to  know and love Arsenal at the first place. It's kinda true since Arsenal never won any cup after Henry's departure.

2008, I restart my Arsenal instinct back. But I have to catch up. No more Patrick Viera, Bergkamp or Lehmann. There were new names like Sagna, Samir Nasri and Bendtner I never heard of before and the likes of Van Persie, Adebayor and Almunia ring me bells.

Starting from 2009/2010 I got to watch all the Arsenal matches, EPL, Champions League, FA Cup all in TV and I pay the mamak stall nearby an occasional visit at nights. Or maybe just even the TV room or even my lappy screen.

Eventhough my Arsenal obsession started since I'm 13 or so,  the real joy of watching the matches started only less than 2 years ago when I start learning about the club itself, the manager's vision and the technical part of the game, and apparently in that short amount of time I have yet to feel the satisfaction of seeing Arsenal lift a trophy. And I'm growing to love it more and more since it give me satisfaction I never had from doing something else.

And I will probably be following them for at least another 10 years time before i got married and have kids and watching football seems a very ridiculous thing to do at the time. So I hope I will still following them at the time they lift the so much needed trophy. I know the time will come, and it is somehow sooner than I thought. I believe. It will.=)

memories that certainly will not be the last

EPL champions 2003/2004