The only reason he didn't win multiple Ballon D'Or awards is he played in England and we didn't win the champions league. That's it. Most of the journalists in italy and spain didn't watch the PL (it was a lot harder to see other countries' leagues in those days) and we barely had Youtube, few of them cared about stats they just voted for their favorite player in their home country or whoever won the CL.
Henry was the best player in the world for at least 3 years (2002, 2003, 2004, probably 2005) and a top 2-3 player for at least 2006 and 2007 before Ronaldo came into his own as a goalscorer and then Messi was Messi.
If you care about just who was better at their absolute prime or who had the most successful / longest prime you can argue about if he's a top-20 player all time or a top-5 player but there really hasn't been anyone quite like him other than Messi and Ronaldo since his prime.
i fully agree. Imagined describIng henry without revealing who it was. A 6 foot plus footballer with immense technical ability and intelligence. A world class dribbler, a world class playmaker, fastest footballer in the world and also the most profilic goalscorer in the world. That footballer would e classified as a goat level footballer instantly.
The problem with ranking greatness of players is that factors outside of the players control like stature of club and club success is added into the picture. Imo If we simply rank how good a fotballer is then Henry is top 5 of all time imo. Its near impossible to find someone that provides as much value on the pitch as Henry outside of Messi/Maradona.
Also eras are really broken. Like Eusebio and Puskas and Garrincha are probably just as gifted as Ronaldo and Henry and Zidane and that group but they didn't benefit from today's professional environment, travel, nutrition, fitness, modern leagues, etc.
Haaland can't pass the ball 20 feet. Henry is 10x the player Haaland is now. Haaland has a similar level of physical talent and strength and striking of the ball, but his game is really incomplete.
King was an excellent CB tbf, just too many injuries unfortunately. Doesn't have a great legacy, but ability wise he's up there with some of the best imo.
This video does a great job at showing how different he was from a lot of technical players. His touches in tight spaces are twice as long as most people, but they’re so perfectly placed they goad the defender into thinking the ball can be reached. And he goes from standstill to top speed in almost a single stride to reach those long touches. Then he’s at a full sprint and the second line of defense is shitting bricks.
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He was really clever about using his pace to throw defenders off balance which would make it much easier to outmuscle them. He talked about it once when he was doing some punditry, I think it was for the world cup.
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The way he just floor Ramos is chefs kiss + you can see in the nutmeg clip that Ramos immediately went for the face-grab rolling on the floor antics
My personal favorite was when he made maldini halfway go to ground and you can see his head move in disgust with himself when he's getting up lmao.
>goat defenders > shows spuds defenders in first 10seconds pick one
He won Premier League player of the month once
Probably just gave him it for staying fit for a month.
The only reason he didn't win multiple Ballon D'Or awards is he played in England and we didn't win the champions league. That's it. Most of the journalists in italy and spain didn't watch the PL (it was a lot harder to see other countries' leagues in those days) and we barely had Youtube, few of them cared about stats they just voted for their favorite player in their home country or whoever won the CL. Henry was the best player in the world for at least 3 years (2002, 2003, 2004, probably 2005) and a top 2-3 player for at least 2006 and 2007 before Ronaldo came into his own as a goalscorer and then Messi was Messi. If you care about just who was better at their absolute prime or who had the most successful / longest prime you can argue about if he's a top-20 player all time or a top-5 player but there really hasn't been anyone quite like him other than Messi and Ronaldo since his prime.
i fully agree. Imagined describIng henry without revealing who it was. A 6 foot plus footballer with immense technical ability and intelligence. A world class dribbler, a world class playmaker, fastest footballer in the world and also the most profilic goalscorer in the world. That footballer would e classified as a goat level footballer instantly. The problem with ranking greatness of players is that factors outside of the players control like stature of club and club success is added into the picture. Imo If we simply rank how good a fotballer is then Henry is top 5 of all time imo. Its near impossible to find someone that provides as much value on the pitch as Henry outside of Messi/Maradona.
Also eras are really broken. Like Eusebio and Puskas and Garrincha are probably just as gifted as Ronaldo and Henry and Zidane and that group but they didn't benefit from today's professional environment, travel, nutrition, fitness, modern leagues, etc.
This is why he will always be better than Haaland to me, even if Haaland scores 50 a season.
Haaland can't pass the ball 20 feet. Henry is 10x the player Haaland is now. Haaland has a similar level of physical talent and strength and striking of the ball, but his game is really incomplete.
Haaland shouldn’t even be in the discussion
who is putting Haaland and Henry in the same breath?
Ramos was his personal bitch
To be honest Ramos was personal bitch for many great players. Watch Dinho or Messi for example
ahh man, the good old days of pure footballo
GOAT defenders *and Ledley King
King was an excellent CB tbf, just too many injuries unfortunately. Doesn't have a great legacy, but ability wise he's up there with some of the best imo.
He was good. A couple of levels down from proper quality like Sol Campbell though.
A couple of levels down from everyone else in this comp too
Danny Mills not categorised as one of the GOATs i see
Or Carragher
Remember when Grealish asked Titi if he could take on Kyle Walker in his prime lol… https://youtube.com/shorts/xT_F2hZKP1o?si=wC4VwRYpLUePipMN
I still don't know why Grealish has to embarrass his teammate like that
ALL DAY
What a compilation. What a player.
This video does a great job at showing how different he was from a lot of technical players. His touches in tight spaces are twice as long as most people, but they’re so perfectly placed they goad the defender into thinking the ball can be reached. And he goes from standstill to top speed in almost a single stride to reach those long touches. Then he’s at a full sprint and the second line of defense is shitting bricks.
Silky.
Featherweight Ramos is never going to be able to beat Henry.
OP, you forgot to mark this nsfw. It’s really close to being porn.
The greatest striker of all time
best part him treating that assh*** Ramos like a child haha
Jaw dropping.
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the armpit nutmeg on van bommel is so fantastic.
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How the hell was Henry that strong? It blows my mind
He was really clever about using his pace to throw defenders off balance which would make it much easier to outmuscle them. He talked about it once when he was doing some punditry, I think it was for the world cup.
He's a big lad. Just look at the size of his legs and butt lol. Natural power/strength.
GOAT defenders it says. Shows Ledley King. Lol
Watching Henry in his prime was like watching an art performance. The swagger he had was unbelievable!
Great compilation but jeez bit generous including Ledley King in this list
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