Henry: Kirkland row a joke
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Thierry Henry claims his confrontation with Chris Kirkland was 'just a joke', insisting he was annoyed by the Wigan Athletic goalkeeper's time-wasting.
After Arsenal had equalised at Emirates Stadium through Fitz Hall's own goal, Henry taunted Kirkland by offering the keeper the ball.
The Gunners captain was booked for his gesture, but has played down the seriousness of his actions, claiming he was merely responding to Kirkland's time-wasting.
"Kirkland started to waste time from the first minute," said Henry.
"This is one of the games when I have run the most because I was trying to get the ball off him.
"When we scored I asked him if he wanted to waste any more time.
"It was just a joke, but it was a bit annoying."
Arsene Wenger backed his striker in the row, which cast a cloud over Arsenal's comeback in recording a 2-1 success.
"Thierry was upset, but what he did, for me, was right," said Wenger.
"People do not pay money to see people waste time, they come to see football.
"Okay, he should not have done that, but it is not the biggest insult we have seen in football.
"The time-wasting started in the first half - the goalkeeper kept crossing over his area to take kicks." -
Yeah i think henry did the right thing. and i dunno why tt f**k ref didnt booked kirkland.
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Kaoz.. not like there's any team tt isnt guilty of time-wasting.. Henry juz make himself stuck out like a sore thumb.
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do le, win le then say a joke. if arsenal lost or drew will he still say its a joke?
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henry's character isn't the taunting type, so confirm nt purposely 1 wat... sure got reason 1...
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its not time wasting...kirkland was just taking "the sting out of the game".Originally posted by Gackt247:Kaoz.. not like there's any team tt isnt guilty of time-wasting.. Henry juz make himself stuck out like a sore thumb.
i remember got once lehmann went to retrieve the ball...then he took it and threw it against the advertisement boarding which resuted in the ball being bounce back. now thats time wasting!
win already can say anything he want lor..LL suck thumb...though this kind of action is only acceptable on a sunday league kickabout...not the EPL. -
Hanor hanor.. i also saw.. tt's disgusting..Originally posted by R3SsH|n:i remember got once lehmann went to retrieve the ball...then he took it and threw it against the advertisement boarding which resuted in the ball being bounce back. now thats time wasting!
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He maybe not be the taunting type.. but he's definitely not the openly humble sort.Originally posted by gigabyte14:henry's character isn't the taunting type, so confirm nt purposely 1 wat... sure got reason 1... -
i think wenger is just a wanker la..
they were trailing, then they say other people were wasting time.
if they lead, would they say anything?
it is natural to feel anxious and hope the game goes on if you are trailing..this is part and parcel of PROFESSIONAL football. its a TACTIC. wenger cannot comprehend that? -
Aiya.. dun blame Wenger la. He's not the one guilty of the act. It's natural in the English game for managers to be father figures to their players n protect them.Originally posted by R3SsH|n:i think wenger is just a wanker la..
they were trailing, then they say other people were wasting time.
if they lead, would they say anything?
it is natural to feel anxious and hope the game goes on if you are trailing..this is part and parcel of PROFESSIONAL football. its a TACTIC. wenger cannot comprehend that?
The only manager i can think of who condemned his on player was Stuart Pearce who flamed, fined n booted out the-guy-who-elbowed-pedro-mendes-unconscious-n-i-4got-his-name. -
Henry is a joke himself. -
nb, if anybody can defend ben thatcher it would be wenger.. " i didn't see it".Originally posted by Gackt247:Aiya.. dun blame Wenger la. He's not the one guilty of the act. It's natural in the English game for managers to be father figures to their players n protect them.
The only manager i can think of who condemned his on player was Stuart Pearce who flamed, fined n booted out the-guy-who-elbowed-pedro-mendes-unconscious-n-i-4got-his-name.
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He's skill is undoubted.. but his antics cannot be said the same.Originally posted by Patrik:
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Originally posted by stellazio:nb, if anybody can defend ben thatcher it would be wenger.. " i didn't see it".
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but pearce recently also defended joey barton.lol..
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If everyone he flames, fines n boots.. wat's left of the 1st team in Man C.Originally posted by stellazio:but pearce recently also defended joey barton.lol..