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To be replaced by whom? Senderos or Clichy? Not exactly the most reassuring of defenders.
only 3 subs back in those days fella... And clichy/ senderos weren't options
Wrong. We brought on Reyes in the 85th minute. So there was still the option of bringing on a defender for TH when the previous poster suggested we do so.
Yay 2-1 down ..... Bring on a defender ....
Further mistake on your part here. Both goals were scored after our second substitution. So yes, Clichy and Senderos were options. Both of them actually. But I'm not confident they would have done anything about the goals and I'm also not confident that you remember the final at all.[/quote]
Go back to were this all started eh ..... It's about tactics... And tactically midway second half .... WHILST we was 1-0 up WITH 10 men ..... TACTICALLY IMHO we should maybe have looked at keeping the score 1-0 .... And IMHO we didn't need a striker on the pitch .... We needed 10 defenders. ...... Is the picture becoming more clearer now?
As for your confidence in what I do or remember ... That's purely you just arguing because the striker unfortunately was Henry .... Your comment of you never replace Henry unless of injury cements that....
That's my final comment on the matter![/quote]
Henry is the greatest pure striker in the history of world football. I wouldn't call having him on the pitch at any moment "unfortunate".
gp543 wrote:
Henry is the greatest pure striker in the history of world football.
Gerd Muller?
Marco Van Basten?
Henry a unique forward player, a contender for a best ever world team as a Number 10 or a wide attacking midfielder, but as a pure striker?
Not for me.
Greater goal machines out there, greater number nines.
gp543 wrote:
Henry is the greatest pure striker in the history of world football.
Gerd Muller?
Marco Van Basten?
Henry a unique forward player, a contender for a best ever world team as a Number 10 or a wide attacking midfielder, but as a pure striker?
Not for me.
Greater goal machines out there, greater number nines.
I'm with Quartz. I would call Henry a "complete footballer" and one of the best complete footballers ever, but not a pure striker. For me Ian Wright was a pure striker. And so whilst I'd say Henry was the better footballer, Wrighty (to my mind anyway) was the better pure striker.
There's plenty of shit you can throw at Wenger when you're talking about awful tactics, CL final doesn't feature up there for me.
Understandably the Pires substitution still annoys people but we weren't a great side and despite going down to 10 after 18 minutes we nearly won the game. Had Henry buried a golden opportunity or had the linesman stuck his flag up we would quite probably have won the game. Absolutely slamming him for tactical decisions smacks of hindsight in the extreme.
only 3 subs back in those days fella... And clichy/ senderos weren't options
