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French forward Thierry Henry, seen here in June 2008, has promised Barcelona fans that he´s anxious to make up for last season´s modest tally by scoring bags of goals in 2008-09. |
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MADRID (AFP) - Thierry Henry has promised Barcelona fans that he's anxious to make up for last season's modest tally by scoring bags of goals in 2008-09.
Handicapped by a series of injuries and forced to play on the left by then manager Franck Rikjaard, Henry's harvest in the Liga last season was a mere dozen goals (19 in all competitions) whilst in his Arsenal days he was a regular 25 to 30 season man.
Henry, looking forward to playing more in the centre under new Barca coach Josep Guardiola, told the club's website on Tuesday: "I hope to do better this year as long as I'm not troubled by injuries.
"Last year I had to help out the defence, but this year my main objective is to score goals and in my preferred forward position."
Henry approaches the upcoming season after failing to make much of an impact in France's disappointing Euro 2008 campaign which saw the double former champions sent packing after the first round with just one point and one goal - which Henry scored in the 4-1 humbling by Holland.
The 30-year-old is training this week with the rest of the Barca squad in Scotland.
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vanderzaz July 23rd, 2008 00:28
Barcelona, would you like to trade with Ronaldo from Man U?I'd rather have Henry instead of Ronaldo...
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Tontodonati July 23rd, 2008 00:37
vanderzaz, who are you and where do you come from? Are you trying to hide something? We do not appreciate comments from anonimous individuals. Please fill your profile!DaJohnner July 23rd, 2008 06:41
Henry is washed up and just needs to retire...Period!!!!indsc4 July 23rd, 2008 18:10
If Henry plays his true center forward position, then he'll bag tons of goals. Not to mention the fact that Eto'o is probably going to leave, so he'll get more chances.zarkaa July 23rd, 2008 18:53
Henry will score a minimum of 25 goals this year. no matter what, he is still one of the best scorerTontodonati July 23rd, 2008 22:55
zarkaa, Henry will score a minimum of 25 goals? I'm afraid to ask what the maximum would be!waddle1354 July 24th, 2008 00:09
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indsc4, Terry Henry does not play to the best of his ability in a true centre forward role, his ideal role is out wide and drifting in, unfortunately he doesn’t seem to get much opportunity to do this at Barca. His biggest mistake was leaving the gooners. It is hard for me to admit being a United fan but the man is pure class and is wasted at Barca.indsc4 July 24th, 2008 19:40
My mistake...Henry does play more like what you've mentioned... I couldn't watch Henry that much at Arsenal. I've just seen him scoring from neat little flicks and slots upon receiving the ball in the center forward role too often.Until FSC and GolTV (which usually only covers La Liga and Serie A anyway), football matches weren't aired on anything less than pay-per-view or ESPNDeportes at 3 AM here in the States. Not to mention I'd rather watch United play.
Henry will do well if he's in any forward position, though. He's got an eye for goal and a great strike... Hopefully he doesn't rot away in Barcelona.