ITS A CATCH22!

its a catch22 scenario really tat Arsenal find themselves in now,coz they'll need to win the champ league to keep hold of thier peerless striker in Henry..bcoz champ league is one title which Henry's list of honours lacks and after seven years of fruitless toil here for the ultimate glory Henry will b forced to consider other options, most likely the rising power in Barca who r reportedly interested in him,no matter to wat lengths wenger or the fans persuade him to stay. This is the best chance Arsenal have got in ages to get hold of the illustrious european cup,and all thier hopes rest on one man thier skipper Henry to do wat he does best against Barca next week,but this is a typical catch22 situation coz Henry will hav to play his heart out against a rejuvenated Barca to keep himself at Arsenal and if he fails he'll leave to Barca!!so the match will not only showcase the battle between the Gunners and barca, but will also be an exhibition of Henry's interests(ie his battle to stay or not). one is reminded of a similar situation tat liverpool experienced last year when Gerrard was influential in winning them the champ league trophy,amid speculations tat he would leave if liverpool dont win..

we can only pray tat Henry emulates Gerrard

now coming to the second issue: the selection of Arsenal's Theo Walcott into the provisional squad released by sven 'quarterfinal' Erikkson last week,Walcott as u may know has not yet made his debut in the arsenal senior squad,but he is widely tipped to be the next boy-wonder after Rooney.. i think the move is really another of sven's frivolous gamble tat has an increasing possibility of backfiring than not,even as prodigiously talented tat Walcott is ,he still lacks one key ingredient in "experience" which def is the formula 4 success in any international tournament leave alone the wc...Erikkson would do well to remember tat the other teenage wc success stories includin pele, owen and rooney in Euro'04 had some good first division experience bfore steppin out into the big arena,further y would u want to pick a rookie as ur first choice striker when such proven performers in Jenas and Bent r waitin in the wings?

But then y should sven listen coz quarterfinal has always been his destination.. we dont want the script to turn really awry for Theo and England atleast tis time round coz as even Henry acknowledges "they really deserve to win" except tat Sven has other ideas