A LEGEND RETURNS.........for 2 months anyway .
After 4 years away Thierry Henry returns to the Emirates stadium to a heroes welcome.
Without doubt one of the finest footballers to pull on the red and white of Arsenal Football Club and blue of his country France.
Also not in question is that he is one of the finest foreign imports to grace the game in England making the Premier League the most exciting league in the World .
When you have a club record of 226 goals in 370 career appearances for the Gunners then legendary status will be bestowed upon you and the love of the supporters and the respect of his peers is richly deserved .
Arsene Wenger bought the Frenchman in 1999 for £11 million from Juventus of Italy, a bit of a gamble considering he had just finished a disappointing season as a winger, but Wenger knows a young player with potential like no other .
He had pace, but not only that , he had the ability to travel at searing speed whilst keeping the ball under control and this takes fantastic technique and skill.
He scored 32 goals in the Premier League in 2002 when Arsenal won the league and FA cup double not witnessed by the Highbury faithful since 1971.
Henry helped himself to 42 goals the following year and was named PFA Footballer of the Year by his fellow professionals and by the writers who reported on his many star performances.
A one man team , definitely not but a vital piece in the jigsaw that saw this team daubed " The Invincible's" after completing the 2004 campaign unbeaten in the 38 game Premier league season and 49 overall.
He was unplayable at times, his movement off the ball found space for himself and others and was always a constant threat to defenders and could score goals from anywhere , just look on youtube to see some of his more outlandish strikes , and when you factor into it to that he wasn't a very good header-er of the ball , his goalscoring feats are even more exceptional .
Thierry Henry has cult status at Arsenal and only a month or so ago they unveiled a statue at The Emirates stadium in recognition of the success he helped to bring to this Club through the turn of the century.
He now thou , is returning for a short two month spell to aide Arsenal's push for a Champion's League position in the league and , which I think will be more important , being on the training ground alongside Manager Wenger in helping the stars of tomorrow develop with his experience.
As many players of varying ability , it is your speed that disappears from your powers first and it would interesting to see how Henry has adapted this side of his game whilst he has been away playing in the Major Soccer League in America .
There is an old adage that says that you should never go back to somewhere where you had great success. He will not play many games and it is probably more of a PR coup than a footballing one and maybe Arsenal would be better off trying to sign a younger but proven striker to fill the shoes of the current goal machine Robin Van Persie if he gets injured. ...........as he so often does.
After 4 years away Thierry Henry returns to the Emirates stadium to a heroes welcome.
Without doubt one of the finest footballers to pull on the red and white of Arsenal Football Club and blue of his country France.
Also not in question is that he is one of the finest foreign imports to grace the game in England making the Premier League the most exciting league in the World .
When you have a club record of 226 goals in 370 career appearances for the Gunners then legendary status will be bestowed upon you and the love of the supporters and the respect of his peers is richly deserved .
Arsene Wenger bought the Frenchman in 1999 for £11 million from Juventus of Italy, a bit of a gamble considering he had just finished a disappointing season as a winger, but Wenger knows a young player with potential like no other .
He had pace, but not only that , he had the ability to travel at searing speed whilst keeping the ball under control and this takes fantastic technique and skill.
He scored 32 goals in the Premier League in 2002 when Arsenal won the league and FA cup double not witnessed by the Highbury faithful since 1971.
Henry helped himself to 42 goals the following year and was named PFA Footballer of the Year by his fellow professionals and by the writers who reported on his many star performances.
A one man team , definitely not but a vital piece in the jigsaw that saw this team daubed " The Invincible's" after completing the 2004 campaign unbeaten in the 38 game Premier league season and 49 overall.
He was unplayable at times, his movement off the ball found space for himself and others and was always a constant threat to defenders and could score goals from anywhere , just look on youtube to see some of his more outlandish strikes , and when you factor into it to that he wasn't a very good header-er of the ball , his goalscoring feats are even more exceptional .
Thierry Henry has cult status at Arsenal and only a month or so ago they unveiled a statue at The Emirates stadium in recognition of the success he helped to bring to this Club through the turn of the century.
He now thou , is returning for a short two month spell to aide Arsenal's push for a Champion's League position in the league and , which I think will be more important , being on the training ground alongside Manager Wenger in helping the stars of tomorrow develop with his experience.
As many players of varying ability , it is your speed that disappears from your powers first and it would interesting to see how Henry has adapted this side of his game whilst he has been away playing in the Major Soccer League in America .
There is an old adage that says that you should never go back to somewhere where you had great success. He will not play many games and it is probably more of a PR coup than a footballing one and maybe Arsenal would be better off trying to sign a younger but proven striker to fill the shoes of the current goal machine Robin Van Persie if he gets injured. ...........as he so often does.
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