Henry voted third best striker
Thierry Henry was voted third in a poll of the fifty best strikers to have played in Britain since the second world war. The poll composed by Four-Four-Two magazine had the Frenchman taking third place, beaten only by Eric Cantona and Kenny Dalglish.
The accolade was given for Titi’s performances for Arsenal, where he plied his trade from 1999 to 2007, scoring 174 goals in 254 Premier League appearances, winning two Premier League titles and three FA Cups in the process.
During his time with the Gunners, he was crowned the Premier Leagues Top Goalscorer four times, won the European Golden Boot twice and was voted the Players Player of the year twice, as well as the Football Writers player of the Year three times.
The five criteria the strikers were judged on were Goals, Big Game Temperament, Honours, Teamwork and Wow Factor, with Thierry ranking higher than any other contestant in this final category, scoring an amazing 19 out of a possible 20. In the other four categories he scored as such (out of ten) – Goals 9, Big Game Temperament 5, Honours 7 and Teamwork 8.
Henry was one of only six players in the list who are still playing today with Wayne Rooney (no#8), Didier Drogba (no#13), Ruud Van Nistelrooy (no#27), Michael Owen (no#33), Dwight Yorke (no#37) and former Liverpool great Robbie Fowler (no#41) who currently plays in Australia for North Queensland Fury.
Although based on performances in Britain other former Barca strikers included in the list were Mark Hughes (no#19), Gary Lineker (no#16), and another Champions League Winner with Barcelona, Henrik Larsson, who came in at number 10, thanks to his time at Celtic and Manchester United.
yorkie made the cut?! well done dwight yorke!! trinidad legend…
where is dennis bergkamp? ian wright? crynaldo?
You could have written the top 10.
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hey guys, here's the top ten for those who want it, sorry i didn't put in the original article…10) Henrik Larsson, 9) Denis Law,
Wayne Rooney, 7) Ian Rush, 6) Stan Mortensen, 5) John Charles, 4) Jimmy Greaves, 3) Thierry Henry, 2) Eric Cantona, 1) Kenny Dalglish….hope this satisfies…p.s, no Cristiano Ronald in the top 50 but im thinking of working on another article about the changing role of strikers but we shall see…cheers guys
well its funny since gaynaldo is teh only player from ppl to win teh fifa world player and he is not there think teh ppl and manure fans r pissed he left them to join madrid. idk how is cantona so higly rated just paul scholes another gud for nothing player. or beckham teh most overrated model on teh pitch ever. cantona from what is saw is is good at best thats it. average league with average players money is teh only thing keeping thme alive. there 3rd best striker took almost 2 yrs get used to la liga and barca.
Henry third place?? Well I'd really like to c some of that old Titi now..:)