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  • Jchibs@alien.topBtoPremier League@soccer.forum•Thierry Henry’s LegacyEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Man is overrated because people talking about his 20/20 season. Yah king slay 20 goals 20 assists. Look at what happened away from home that season. Arsenal failed to win away to spurs, Chelsea, Newcastle, Bolton, Everton, Man U and Liverpool. Them grounds were kryptonite for Henry throughout his career. He scored seven away against them teams in eight seasons at Arsenal. His failure in 02/03 when he scored against Newcastle away only clearly hampered Arsenal’s title defense.

    He scored two goals away to top half sides that season city in 9th and Newcastle 3rd. Arsenal dropped points away to Chelsea, utd,Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton, Everton and Spurs. They only beat City away out of the top half sides! Henry’s greatest ever season saw his side lose the league away from home and in his greatest ever season he simply didn’t perform.

    Look at his 01/02 season for a vanishing act what a bad man before Christmas but second half of the season he went missing scoring in five of the last twenty five league and cup games

  • Jchibs@alien.topBtoPremier League@soccer.forum•Thierry Henry’s LegacyEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Super talented player far more than a pace merchant. He had tremendous balance, touch was great, good vision, flair and creativity. His finishing curling from left to right when he passed it in was as good as I’ve seen. Strong and could mix it with big defenders when in the mood. Wonderful dribbling and close control especially for a guy his size.

    You don’t top score in two title winning teams without being a great striker. Henry alongside Alan Smith are only Arsenal players to do this.

    Henry is not without weakness. He was a giant homer scoring 66% of his goals at Highbury. Massively underwhelmed in knockout champions league games scoring 6 in 18, flooped in cup finals 0 in 10. His record away against man utd, Chelsea, spurs and Liverpool is abysmal compared to his home record 6 vs ~26. Won the golden boot in 05/06 scoring seven of twenty eight away from home. Henry was an poor leader and captain his team without Vieira 05/06 lost nine games away more then they lost with Vieira over the previous four seasons! His attitude away from home was often poor almost Mesut Ozil esq as he barely broke a sweat or had convenient injuries to miss tough trips before a Lazarus recovery for a home game. He was capable of working his nuts off as shown in Europe that as he ran himself ragged as lone striker what a disgrace he didn’t show the same effort away at Blackburn that he did at Madrid. We match going fans deserved better than seeing a preening pouting lazy turd we got in far too many domestic aways towards the end.