Crocked Henry heaping pressure on Barcelona board

[redwien]

I suspect the big difference is that at Arsenal they always used to get the ball to him quickly. Whereas at Barcelona he is only one option with the midfielders looking for Messi/Ronaldinho at least as often.

There is probably also something in your analysis aswell. Particularly of late Barcelona don't seem to get the ball into dangerous areas as quickly as Arsenal (or even that they did a few years ago when they were at their peak).

[Howard_lfc]

I'd say spanish sides don't defend up the pitch either. They stick nearer to the edge of their box, hence less space for Henry to use his best asset - his pace.

[redheart]

Nope! He has never been that quick. There are many players faster than him including Craig Bellamy.

It is not pace that is/was his key weapon. His main asset was the speed of acceleration. He could get from standstill to top speed faster than others and hence he was 2 yards beyond the defender before the latter could start to hit speed.

As I said when some of you numpties wanted to buy him in the summer....this acceleration was in decline and he would look a fraction of the player.

As ever I am proven correct

[thesilverfoxlfc]

Id take him.

[loco_law]

Torres & Henry would be magical up front together. Henry doesn't need much pace if Torres is his strike partner.

Won't happen, but wouldn't you like to see Wenger's shriveled up old bitch of a face if it did.

[Red Chilli]

Id take him.

So would I, even for 16 million.

Class player, needs to be at a club where he's appreciated. Loves the premiership, would enjoy our rotation policy.

Didn't pull up any trees in his last season for Arsenal though

[Shaggy]

Nope! He has never been that quick. There are many players faster than him including Craig Bellamy.

It is not pace that is/was his key weapon. His main asset was the speed of acceleration. He could get from standstill to top speed faster than others and hence he was 2 yards beyond the defender before the latter could start to hit speed.

As I said when some of you numpties wanted to buy him in the summer....this acceleration was in decline and he would look a fraction of the player.

As ever I am proven correct

Craig Bellamy is absolutely NOT quicker than Henry.

They did speed tests at Clairefontaine and Henry was always in the top two (I believe Cisse was quicker).

Bellamy isn't even that fast - he's faster than nippy, but he's not what you'd call 'jet-heeled'.

[AFII]

Arsenal laughing at Barcelona over Henry sale
tribalfootball.com - December 07, 2007

Barcelona newspaper columnists believe Arsenal are laughing at their club over the summer sale of Thierry Henry.

Henry joined Barca for £16.1m on a four-year contract in July having missed five months of the 2006-07 season with back trouble. A related injury left him unable to face Espanyol last weekend and initial reports said that he would be out of action "indefinitely".

The Guardian says Catalan columnists have been biting in their criticism, describing Henry's signing as a "huge con" and "massive error". The newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, recalling that Arsene Wenger had made £30m on the sales of Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars to Barcelona, said: "Arsenal must be laughing themselves hoarse."

[Kenneth]

The newspaper El Mundo Deportivo, recalling that Arsene Wenger had made £30m on the sales of Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars to Barcelona, said: "Arsenal must be laughing themselves hoarse."

Fair comment really. Mugs.

[Jazzmaster]

And to think i thought that 16m was undervaluing henry at the time. How wrong I was.

[dww]

Nope! He has never been that quick. There are many players faster than him including Craig Bellamy.

It is not pace that is/was his key weapon. His main asset was the speed of acceleration. He could get from standstill to top speed faster than others and hence he was 2 yards beyond the defender before the latter could start to hit speed.

As I said when some of you numpties wanted to buy him in the summer....this acceleration was in decline and he would look a fraction of the player.

As ever I am proven correct

The acceleration part of what you say is true. However Henry was fast and to a degree the fact of who he was faster/slower than in terms of raw pace is slightly irrelevant as he could certainly run with the ball under control much faster than any of his contemporaries

It is hardly a great feat of deduction to say that a player who has struggled with injury for over a year would not suddenly become the player he was.

[Howard_lfc]

Nope! He has never been that quick. There are many players faster than him including Craig Bellamy.

It is not pace that is/was his key weapon. His main asset was the speed of acceleration. He could get from standstill to top speed faster than others and hence he was 2 yards beyond the defender before the latter could start to hit speed.

As I said when some of you numpties wanted to buy him in the summer....this acceleration was in decline and he would look a fraction of the player.

As ever I am proven correct

Bollox as ever.

[Kilteragh]

As ever I am proven correct

Still waiting for the first time.

[redheart]

The acceleration part of what you say is true. However Henry was fast and to a degree the fact of who he was faster/slower than in terms of raw pace is slightly irrelevant as he could certainly run with the ball under control much faster than any of his contemporaries

It is hardly a great feat of deduction to say that a player who has struggled with injury for over a year would not suddenly become the player he was.

I never said he wasnt fast. Its just that everyone goes on about how fast he is and thinks he is teh fastest in the league. He wasn't. Acceleration was the key and that goes at 30+

[badpiggy]

Nope! He has never been that quick. There are many players faster than him including Craig Bellamy.

It is not pace that is/was his key weapon. His main asset was the speed of acceleration. He could get from standstill to top speed faster than others and hence he was 2 yards beyond the defender before the latter could start to hit speed.

As I said when some of you numpties wanted to buy him in the summer....this acceleration was in decline and he would look a fraction of the player.

As ever I am proven correct

with the mcanns safely locked up in a hospital for the criminally insane and thierry henry officially deemed "****e", it's been a good week for est's mystic meg/missmarple hybrid, redheart. i salute your foresight and modesty.