i shall court controversy

[Ally]

Actually, I'd say our fox in the box took an even longer time to evolve than Bob, and this season we're starting to see...Thierry Henry, the box poacher.

Scored all his goals inside the area, prefers to leave Reyes, Fred, Bergy, Pires etc. to the set-up work (role reversal), gets one or two chances a game and takes them all, without fail.

His assists just show his pretty astonishing versatility and give a different dimension to his striking. Henry looks like a completely different player insofar as he's doing less (And that in itself is probably a good thing - how many times in his Arsenal career has he unnecessarily camped down on the left and limited the options of whoever his strike partner was?) - one thing's for sure, though, and that is that he just does not miss now. Ever.

 

[Ally]

That's my bit of courting controversy for the day, anyway.

 

[Asterix]

Nice - I saw Henry score with his head the other day from the six yard line - nearly fell off the couch!

 

[jeromelee]

That's my bit of courting controversy for the day, anyway.

Nice Avatar hahahah. Crazy Pascal hahahah

 

[Biggus]

Call me an idiot but Robert Pires is the best finisher we have. he does not miss chances at the ratio that henry and other players do. lambast me and call me an idiot. i await your wrath.

No Gunner you're not an idiot....and if we're talking about players that do'nt waste the few chances they get have a look a the much maligned Gilberto Silva whom I have a lot of respect for.....Arsène only knows why people single him out, he goes about his job and his finishing in a very clinical manner, no fancy crap just a nice hard side foot 8)

 

[Loylz]

No way mate. Gilberto is a poor finisher. He hesitates so much infront of goal, and when he decides to either shoot or pass the defence is already back. I saw that on a umber of occasions last season, particularly the first few months of the campaign.

 

[Biggus]

Loyan-I'm only going on the times I've seen him in a finishing off good chances not making opportunities for himself which obviously not part of his game. No statistics will show :hard chances V easy chances put away, I'm saying that the ones he does hit usually dont end up in Row Z. 8)

 

[Loylz]

Same here mate. last season on one occasion he was put through on goal and he hesitated badly and then shot wide when at the edge of the box as the defender closed him down. There were a few more chance that this happened as well. Anyways you may have a point in what you are saying as he is a very good headerer of the ball. He seems to score a lot of his goals in this way.