Robbored Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Announced yesterday. In my view he was the greatest goalscorer I've ever seen and that includes Jimmy Greaves. 175 PL goals over a 100 scored at Highbury. A tue Arsenal legend. Simply brilliant finisher. No-one better. Now he's off to work for Sky as a pundit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedYoshi Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Mustn't...say it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Mustn't...say it.... El Abd, a Bristol City player, is on loan at Bury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 What has he retired from? As far as I can tell, he is STILL french. TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Colby-Tit Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Announced yesterday. In my view he was the greatest goalscorer I've ever seen and that includes Jimmy Greaves. 175 PL goals over a 100 scored at Highbury. A tue Arsenal legend. Simply brilliant finisher. No-one better. Now he's off to work for Sky as a pundit. A tue Arsenal legend eh? So he had a therapeutic use exemption from the anti-doping board. Interesting, perhaps that's why he scored so many goals. Still a handballing cheat though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 It is Christmas, FFS, can we all PLEASE give Robbered a chance to start a thread without rubbishing it? TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall King Blox Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Announced yesterday. In my view he was the greatest goalscorer I've ever seen and that includes Jimmy Greaves. 175 PL goals over a 100 scored at Highbury. A tue Arsenal legend. Simply brilliant finisher. No-one better. Now he's off to work for Sky as a pundit. Cant argue with anything you have written........i dont got sky ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southvillekiddy Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Don't understand it. Pro footballers say that Maradona and Henry were favourite/greatest players. Forever condemned by me as cheats and thus disqualified out of hand to be considered great. The English and Irish have more than enough reasons to share my opinion. Even worse some players blame the officials for not spotting the handballs rather than the players, what is that???? If somebody is that good why would they need to cheat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 The most complete player in Premier League history, no one comes near him for me, not even Shearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Don't understand it. Pro footballers say that Maradona and Henry were favourite/greatest players. Forever condemned by me as cheats and thus disqualified out of hand to be considered great. The English and Irish have more than enough reasons to share my opinion. Even worse some players blame the officials for not spotting the handballs rather than the players, what is that???? If somebody is that good why would they need to cheat? So you will turn your back on all the great things that Henry did and all the competitions won on the basis of one hand ball? You will end up with a pretty short list if you rule out anyone that has broken a rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 A tue Arsenal legend eh? So he had a therapeutic use exemption from the anti-doping board. Interesting, perhaps that's why he scored so many goals. Still a handballing cheat though. Sadly its the first image that pops in my head when he's mentioned. No love for him in Ireland that's for sure. Top goalscorer for sure, just never really warmed to the bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Henry was one of my favourite players as I grew up, lost some respect for him after the handball but he was a fantastic player regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 So, posts about a player who never played for City are ok, but you can't post anything about our most successful manager in 40 odd years, or ex players / managers, or new song suggestions etc etc etc Weird place is OTIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Henry was embarrassed and full of remorse after the handball. Apologised and said it was "an instinctive reaction". Not that many Irish fans accepted that. Do many of us point at Zindanes sending off in the World Cup final as a black mark against one of the Worlds greatest players? Not me in both cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Henry was embarrassed and full of remorse after the handball. Apologised and said it was "an instinctive reaction". Not that many Irish fans accepted that. Do many of us point at Zindanes sending off in the World Cup final as a black mark against one of the Worlds greatest players? Not me in both cases. Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Who cares? I do. I don't like the thought of the brilliant Thierry Henry being dissed because of one " instinctive" handball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I do. I don't like the thought of the brilliant Thierry Henry being dissed because of one " instinctive" handball. Like many others on here not liking you dissing GJ because he caught you out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I do. I don't like the thought of the brilliant Thierry Henry being dissed because of one " instinctive" handball. One? The guy juggled it and showed skills Michael Jordan would have been proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Instinctive? The initial contact might of being but the prolonged celebration wasn't. A magnificent player for sure, but like Maradona, a cheat. A real shame for both of them and why, IMO, they fall short of Pele for me. The case of Zidane is different in a way. A violent reaction to an insult that shouldn't have happened, but he wasn't trying to gain an unfair advantage through cheating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Henry was embarrassed and full of remorse after the handball. Apologised and said it was "an instinctive reaction". Not that many Irish fans accepted that. Do many of us point at Zindanes sending off in the World Cup final as a black mark against one of the Worlds greatest players? Not me in both cases. You can hardly blame them! If we lost say a playoff final to something similar you would be ok with it would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I do. I don't like the thought of the brilliant Thierry Henry being dissed because of one " instinctive" handball. So "instinctive" he touched it twice with his hand. Not arguing he wasn't a good player, but that was just plain and simple cheating and it does IMO tarnish his record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Henry was embarrassed and full of remorse after the handball. Apologised and said it was "an instinctive reaction". Not that many Irish fans accepted that. Do many of us point at Zindanes sending off in the World Cup final as a black mark against one of the Worlds greatest players? Not me in both cases. Conveniently he only expressed his remorse and apologised after the final whistle that confirmed France went through. Compare, for instance, with Fowler's instinctive reaction v Arsenal when a penalty was awarded for Liverpool and he immediately turned to the ref to get it overturned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Don't care about the handball, as roy keane said at the time Ireland only had themselves to blame they bottled it. At his peak he was literally unplayable. One of the best of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Why does everything get whittled down to 'Premier League history'? The bloody thing has only been around for 20 years. Why not compare him to top flight history? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Why does everything get whittled down to 'Premier League history'? The bloody thing has only been around for 20 years. Why not compare him to top flight history? That really bugs me! It's like football only started 20 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team In Keynsham Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 That really bugs me! It's like football only started 20 years ago I know, everybody knows it started when Gazza cried in 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 You can hardly blame them! If we lost say a playoff final to something similar you would be ok with it would you? I still don't like dean bloody Windass or hull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 A genuinely world class player I agree. However, just because I agree doesn't stop Robbored from being the forum grump/Scrooge/dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Best striker of the premier league era for me (born in '91 so all I really know) had everything you could want in a striker and his goals per minute ratio shows it with him sitting top. If he hadn't gone to Barca and stayed longer I'm sure he'd have beaten Shearer for most goals. Also seems like a genuine guy which is nice to see around football, will be tainted by the handball but should also be remembered for the player he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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