Thierry Henry

... Cannavaro took him down? He ran into him for fuck sakes.

I cringe.

Hansen comes out with comments like' they have two banks of four and Arsenal can't break them down' period.

yours truly wrote:Hansen comes out with comments like' they have two banks of four and Arsenal can't break them down' period.

or "they can't win in the north west in a wet windy evening"

Agooner wrote:

yours truly wrote:Hansen comes out with comments like' they have two banks of four and Arsenal can't break them down' period.

or "they can't win in the north west in a wet windy evening"

But that's true. You can't call him anti-Arsenal for speaking the truth. That's like calling the Bible pro-Christian...

so single minded and repetitive. Although to be honest all the BBC pundits are terrible but Motson does come out with some amusing facts.

yours truly wrote:so single minded and repetitive. Although to be honest all the BBC pundits are terrible but Motson does come out with some amusing facts.

No argument about that. As discussed, the man's vocabulary only extends to about 100 phrases, and he's a sort of punditry jukebox - the BBC puts money in and he cycles through, clicks a few out.

Saintsarama wrote:

Agooner wrote:

yours truly wrote:Hansen comes out with comments like' they have two banks of four and Arsenal can't break them down' period.

or "they can't win in the north west in a wet windy evening"

But that's true. You can't call him anti-Arsenal for speaking the truth. That's like calling the Bible pro-Christian...

blackburn, liverpool

Agooner wrote:

Obispo wrote:HAHA what finals are these?

Southampton... And even then it took Pires to score.

Fa cup against the saints, conferdation cup finals, euro 2000 finals. Was also one of the best players on the pitch against italy in germany.

Don't see what was funny in that to be honest.

yours truly wrote:Don't see what was funny in that to be honest.

You wouldn't

To be honest considering I'm a gooner I quite dislike Henry but thought that earlier comment was pretty valid. I'd probably go as far to say that I hate Henry.

Bizarre

I still appreciate what he does for the club but he's not my cup of tea I'd rather have Drogba.

Says the bloke who singlehandedly mounted a campain to get rid of Van Nistlerooy and Scholes

Don't recall you exactly being pro-Ronaldo after the world cup, either

okie keep your fantasys to yourself

henry is a very good player
he plays to his strengths, which makes him very effective.

To be honest - he is a very good player.

He is physically the bets footballer I've ever seen - no question.

He also has a good footballing brain which allows him to see things early.

Hasn't quite got the talent though - the feet can't quite match the brain.

At the end of the day he has 7 in 17 starts in KO phases of CL and 2 goals in 8 starts in KO phases of Intl tournaments - plus appauling record away to United, Liverpool and Chelsea and in Cup finals.

I will remember people like Ronaldo, Batistuta, Kluivert, Shevchenko, Eto'o (already) and Owen as better players.

No disgrace in that.

I agree with most of those names but Owen your having a laugh. I presume your also anti-Henry. But your also forgetting he's very unorthodox and his style of play means he will never get as many goals as the above mentioned.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:To be honest - he is a very good player.

He is physically the bets footballer I've ever seen - no question.

He also has a good footballing brain which allows him to see things early.

Hasn't quite got the talent though - the feet can't quite match the brain.

At the end of the day he has 7 in 17 starts in KO phases of CL and 2 goals in 8 starts in KO phases of Intl tournaments - plus appauling record away to United, Liverpool and Chelsea and in Cup finals.

I will remember people like Ronaldo, Batistuta, Kluivert, Shevchenko, Eto'o (already) and Owen as better players.

No disgrace in that.

You're being silly now Pierre

Obispo wrote:Says the bloke who singlehandedly mounted a campain to get rid of Van Nistlerooy and Scholes

Don't recall you exactly being pro-Ronaldo after the world cup, either

What's wrong with any of that? ruud was a disgrace to the club. scholes was playing horrible and needed to be out of the team. ronaldo just screwed his friend infront of the world

Obispo wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:To be honest - he is a very good player.

He is physically the bets footballer I've ever seen - no question.

He also has a good footballing brain which allows him to see things early.

Hasn't quite got the talent though - the feet can't quite match the brain.

At the end of the day he has 7 in 17 starts in KO phases of CL and 2 goals in 8 starts in KO phases of Intl tournaments - plus appauling record away to United, Liverpool and Chelsea and in Cup finals.

I will remember people like Ronaldo, Batistuta, Kluivert, Shevchenko, Eto'o (already) and Owen as better players.

No disgrace in that.

You're being silly now Pierre

4 games in Ko phases of Major International tournaments - 4 goals and 2 pens converted.

Dealt with Barca and Roma on your way to UEFA Cup win.

F.A. Cup final in 2001.

The most (possibly only?) World Class England player of his generation.

Its not how often you do it that counts - its when you do it, which is why players like these should be remembered as legends:

Yeh but then note down what Thierry has done and its a different story! God I'm biggin him up so much!

Pierre Littbarski wrote:To be honest - he is a very good player.

He is physically the bets footballer I've ever seen - no question.

He also has a good footballing brain which allows him to see things early.

Hasn't quite got the talent though - the feet can't quite match the brain.

At the end of the day he has 7 in 17 starts in KO phases of CL and 2 goals in 8 starts in KO phases of Intl tournaments - plus appauling record away to United, Liverpool and Chelsea and in Cup finals.

I will remember people like Ronaldo, Batistuta, Kluivert, Shevchenko, Eto'o (already) and Owen as better players.

No disgrace in that.

That's a very flawd way of judging a player. Christiano ronaldo for example has 1 in 7 starts in ko stages of international tournamnet, has only goal 1 goal in 27 starts in the CL( none this season), none in the KO phase etc but is this not the same player some were calling the best player in the world just a few days ago? I can also use similar stats to prove inzaghi is a far better striker than rvn.

and your "owen is better than henry" comment is just laughable.

Still doesn't stop him from being a limited footballer. 'Specially from 2002 onwards. I'll never dispute his ability to finish.

In what ways is he limited?

yours truly wrote:In what ways is he limited?

In the way that he hasn't scored outside the box since he was like, 20 (possible exaggeration), he has no build up play and he barely plays 30 games a season even when he's 'fit'.

... And he encourages the rest of the team to play shit football.*





*Ok, that's Houllier, but still. If Michael Owen could drop deep and link up the play, it wouldn't have been so bad.

Obispo wrote:

yours truly wrote:In what ways is he limited?

In the way that he hasn't scored outside the box since he was like, 20 (possible exaggeration), he has no build up play and he barely plays 30 games a season even when he's 'fit'.

... And he encourages the rest of the team to play shit football.*





*Ok, that's Houllier, but still. If Michael Owen could drop deep and link up the play, it wouldn't have been so bad.

Oh thought you were refering to Henry. Owen was always overated but made his name because of one mazy run against a mediocre Argentinian defence.

He would never have been sold by madrid if the other aspects of his game were fine. He scored a lot of goals for them but only that's not enough for a striker in modern day football.

Agooner wrote:He would never have been sold by madrid if the other aspects of his game were fine. He scored a lot of goals for them but only that's not enough for a striker in modern day football.

then why the fuck did they buy ruud

Good point!