Thierry Henry Announces Retirement

Henry , reason why i started supporting Arsenal. At 8years old i got my first football jersey , blue Jersey with Henry written at the back ( with france ). i was so proud ...

2006 CL final   

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Mr Nick09 wrote:Gil you think there is a CF nowadays that had the level of prime Henry?

I personally don't.... there isn't a CF nowadays who could have scored 24 goals and 23 assists in 37 league games lol.

Man was ridiculous.

Not comparing Suarez to Henry (probably better off to be compared with Bergkamp who was a genius and my favourite ever non-Liverpool player) but Luis can break that record this season or at the very least, get very close.

Henry was involved in 47 goals (24 scored, 23 assisted) and Suarez is currently on 31 (23 goals, 8 assists) in 20 games.

Luis has had 6 assists alone in 2014, he's dropped deeper a bit to make Sturridge the CF so hence became more of a playmaker so his assists will continue to rise. Will he catch him with 12 games to go? I don't know. But if he wasn't suspended at the start of the season I'm certain he would of done it.

guest_07 wrote:

farfan wrote:trezeguet > henry .

trezeguet was like zidane (deliver in crucial moment)

henry was like cristiano ronaldo (deliver in daily basis)

in wc or cl,
trezeguet > henry

in league
henry > trezeguet

Yes, like scoring in penalty shootouts in world cup finals. Oh wait   

Not a dig at Trezegoal as I love the guy as well, just to prove your point wrong.

McAgger wrote:

guest_07 wrote:

farfan wrote:trezeguet > henry .

trezeguet was like zidane (deliver in crucial moment)

henry was like cristiano ronaldo (deliver in daily basis)

in wc or cl,
trezeguet > henry

in league
henry > trezeguet

Yes, like scoring in penalty shootouts in world cup finals. Oh wait   

Not a dig at Trezegoal as I love the guy as well, just to prove your point wrong.

but trezeguet had more crucial goal for france than henry

From Thierry 'The King' Henry to Giroud

One of my favourite ever players. This man was Arsenal.

Highburied wrote:From Thierry 'The King' Henry to Giroud

Giroud is a completely different striker to Henry.

Henry was playing for Arsenal when other teams in the league did not know how to contain them. And even against quality defending, his most important gift - his creative football brain would result in goals and assists.

Giroud is a goal scorer but just as importantly he is a hustler and he wins space (which is limited in the modern game) for his team mate to get a goal scoring opportunity.

anh165 wrote:

Highburied wrote:From Thierry 'The King' Henry to Giroud

Giroud is a completely different striker to Henry.

Henry was playing for Arsenal when other teams in the league did not know how to contain them. And even against quality defending, his most important gift - his creative football brain would result in goals and assists.

Giroud is a goal scorer but just as importantly he is a hustler and he wins space (which is limited in the modern game) for his team mate to get a goal scoring opportunity.

Giroud is crap compared to Henry. Simple as that.

zigra wrote:

anh165 wrote:

Highburied wrote:From Thierry 'The King' Henry to Giroud

Giroud is a completely different striker to Henry.

Henry was playing for Arsenal when other teams in the league did not know how to contain them. And even against quality defending, his most important gift - his creative football brain would result in goals and assists.

Giroud is a goal scorer but just as importantly he is a hustler and he wins space (which is limited in the modern game) for his team mate to get a goal scoring opportunity.

Giroud is crap compared to Henry. Simple as that.

If Giroud is "crap" compared to Henry, so is most of the strikers in the PL right now.

But your comparison is unrealistic as you are comparing players from 2 different eras, today's football is very intense and defending has become very tight, you need a different type of striker to help the team win games.

anh165 wrote:

zigra wrote:

anh165 wrote:

Giroud is a completely different striker to Henry.

Henry was playing for Arsenal when other teams in the league did not know how to contain them. And even against quality defending, his most important gift - his creative football brain would result in goals and assists.

Giroud is a goal scorer but just as importantly he is a hustler and he wins space (which is limited in the modern game) for his team mate to get a goal scoring opportunity.

Giroud is crap compared to Henry. Simple as that.

If Giroud is "crap" compared to Henry, so is most of the strikers in the PL right now.

But your comparison is unrealistic as you are comparing players from 2 different eras, today's football is very intense and defending has become very tight, you need a different type of striker to help the team win games.

Lol what are you talking about? Henry was one of the best attacking players of his generation while Giroud isn't even anywhere near the best strikers of the world right now.

lol fabian barthez

anh165 wrote:

Highburied wrote:From Thierry 'The King' Henry to Giroud

Giroud is a completely different striker to Henry.

Henry was playing for Arsenal when other teams in the league did not know how to contain them. And even against quality defending, his most important gift - his creative football brain would result in goals and assists.

Giroud is a goal scorer but just as importantly he is a hustler and he wins space (which is limited in the modern game) for his team mate to get a goal scoring opportunity.

I become emotional talking about Henry and I become angry comparing him with twats like Giroud.

There is no comparison whatsoever.

Henry was, is and will always be our Legend.

Giroud is just another useless striker... NEXT!!!

Highburied wrote:

I become emotional talking about Henry and I become angry comparing him with twats like Giroud.

There is no comparison whatsoever.

Henry was, is and will always be our Legend.

Giroud is just another useless striker... NEXT!!!

Then you shouldn't let your "emotional" fits cloud your judgement.

No one is saying Giroud is good as Henry, but to regard Giroud as useless and "shit" demonstrates irrational thinking and ignorance of the current state of the game.

I wont waste any further time discussing this with people who behave irrationally.

Meh, the only ones I can recall matching Henry in his time were Totti & Ronaldo. I'll give a far cry to Del Piero & Raul.

Ibra is at his level if we're talking CF's.

Henry was completely meeeeeh for NT, which is all i really cared about at the time. As a result, i was never a fan. I preferred Trezeguet over him anyhow.

Don't think Ibra is at his level. A step below imo. If he was in his prime today he would be between Ronaldo and Ibra. Messi, Ronaldo, Henry, Ibra.

I agree that Henry was the better player when in comparison to Ibra. I also thought Henry was better than Ronaldo. Still do. Same with Totti.

Ibra > Henry and it's not even that close. Ibra > CR7 too btw. Only player that trumps Ibra among the current players is Messi.

Now if you would have mentioned a prime Ronaldinho, R9, etc... sure. Those guys > Ibra. But other than that, no.

Ho-ho! I like were this is going.   

Le Sport, CR7's > Messi and I think Ibra falls 3rd to me. If we brought Henry, Totti, and Ronaldo (Brazil) they'd all be bellow Messi and above Ibra. That's how I see it.

C. Ronaldo's not really a CF, anyway.

Best forward I have ever seen along with Ronaldo9. No one could match him in his prime. No one today is as good as Henry was(obviously apart from Messi) and I highly doubt there ever will be. He is one of those once a generation players.

I think Ronaldo surprassed him in the last years.

I actually disagree tbh, Henry was more talented indivudally. His game wasnt just about scoring, his football intelligence was much higher, that's why he was a great point of focus for his team, terrific passer... He was also a lot more talented as a team player, there is no debate about this really.

What you see with Ronaldo nowadays, is a guy taking one aspect of the game, scoring, to extreme levels. It's incredible in itself because he has a complete arsenal to ramp up goals every season. But like i said, football is not tennis, it's a team game, and i believe henry in his prime was a better teammate.

As a goal scorer Ronaldo has surpassed everyone bar Messi in the last 40 years. But as nick said, Henry was more talented in every way.

As a pure scorer, CR is a monster. but you have guys like R9 that werent putting up the same numbers as CR, but would literally destroy you in big games lol. Football is so much more complex than scoring, and nowadays it's all people talk about

Yea it's a stat dominated era.

He really was meh for France NT. To me, was always a disappointment. The man is one such a dominant forward for Arsenal, in the EPL and when he played for France, barely scratching 50% of his sheer awesomeness.