Not true.
Again you are veering off topic to suit your own needs, how many times has Henry dragged Arsenal from the brink? Remember his goal against us in the league in 06/07? Henry was the team's captain and I have lost count of the number of times he served as an inspiration for Arsenal.
Who gives you the idea that anyone was interested in Berbatov, as for United it is now obvious that we were never interested as Fergie came out and said that the club's solicitor Maurice Watkins has been working on the Tevez's transfer for a month now.
Spot on....Henry didn't even have something like a cruciate injury it was a groin injury which given time would be as good as it was before....no doubt Henry all the way
...Maybe it's the 10,000 posts on this board since May calling on SAF to go get him. You know, little things like that.
Does that stand for I'm_a_Twat_and_Know-feck-all?
I dont understand that reply. The question wasn't who was the best, but who would you have, right?
Insults: cheap, easy, pointless.
Berbatov. He is younger
You know when clubs reject or have massive bids turned down, they always tell the public such things.Besides what are these clubs? Do you honestly think that Manchester United's transfer policy gets dictated by the posts in this forum? Plus at the end of the last season Fergie stated clearly that he wanted a striker with pace, does Berbatov fit into this? This coupled with the fact that the club's solicitor has been working on the Tevez's deal for a month now really invalidates your claims as far United are concerned.
All of his other 22 goals and 15 assists were crap that any old striker would have scored or made - right ?
Mate no one is saying that Berbatov is rubbish, just that he is not better than Rooney or Henry and definitely NOT THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE Drogba included or excluded.
Nonsense. The bidding club doesn't want to be embarassed, so they've no reason to speak. And the other club, if they don't actually want to sell, doesn't want to add fuel to the fire by speaking about bids either.
Obviously not - where have I said otherwise?
No idea, it's your club. And I didn't say that United had made a bid. It amazes me how many posters are so keen to imply or pretend that I've said things that I actually haven't.
So what. The season ended much longer than a month ago, and preparations for pursuit of planned targets would have started well before it did finish. The fact that you're after Tevez now is not proof that United didn't bid for Berbatov, and then, having failed, turned their attentions to Tevez. I'm not saying United did bid for Berbatov - I don't know either way.
Rubbish, clubs like Tottenhamn enjoy sticking it up to the big clubs and any "massive" bid of over £15mil that was rejected would've been made public.
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If anything this thread just goes on to demonstrate how low standards have fallen at Spurs.For the love of everything sacred, declaring a striker that scores 23 goals in all competitions in a full season as being better than Henry/Rooney is just absurd. Henry is a proven world class forward and the fact that Berbatov who only outscored Henry by 2 goas having played twice the number of matches in the premiership without a niggling injury, gets to be mentioned on the same wavelength as this legend is simply astonishing. FACT: For class strikers like Henry scoring 20 league goals in a full a season is bread and butter, there are simply no ifs or buts with that.
Ah, at last, we're getting back somewhere near back on topic, even though whether he's better than Henry is not actually the question I put forward.
He is also not better than Rooney, just thought I should point it out.
In the past, yes, but is that still the case?
Age, the player expressing a desire for pastures new, and a little thing of FIFA regulation concerning contracts,their lengths and players over the age of 28.
When did you start watching football then?
Did you start watching football since 2002 or somehting?
So so ignorant to claim Henry's been the best ever, bullshit.
You know you talk about the past as if Henry stopped producing the goods ages ago. Henry notched up more than 25 league goals in 05/06 when he had a full season, is that too distant in the past for you?
Your guess is as good as mine, especially in the new, super-inflated market we seem to have this summer.
No, but the season ahead is still two years on from the start of 2005-06.
Good for him, but he is not better than Rooney or Henry and I will a million times pick Henry over him.There is not point going on debating the obvious here.Congratulations you have achieved your objectives of proving to the world how low standards are at Spurs and starting a thread that has spanned several pages.
Ruud didn't kick a ball for a calendar year and when he came back he scored 36 goals and 44 goals in his first two seasons after the layoff.
Fine.
It's not just a insult. It's a quick way of scorning the kind of post that relies on "inside info", sources at the club etc.
First up Berbatov wouldn't go for more than about £16M. Most people realise it's about residuals. Henry will have none, Berbatov more, Bent a lot. It's not the trump argument you seem to think it is.
Whether I agreed with this or not ( I don't) It bears no relevance on Henry as a player ready to deliver the goods.
First of all, until bids are placed and made public, you have no idea how much Berbatov would or would not fetch. Secondly, if Berbatov wanted out, the price spurs could get if Berbatov only wanted to go to one club instead of on to an open market (sparking a bidding war, perhaps..) would decrease dramatically. Thirdly, in an open market I don't think Henry would be sold for less than Berbatov would be.
And to this;
The thing is afro, i actually think he's serious.
...Maybe not, but it does have a bearing on his impact on team spirit and morale. There are plenty of Arsenal fans who wondered, even before his departure, whether they'd be better off without him.
It didn't happen with Carrick, so no reason to suppose it would be any different with Berbatov. If a club wanted him enough, they'd pay close to the going rate, knowing they'd wouldn't get him otherwise.
All this talk of an 'open market', as if what happened with Henry was some super special case outside of all market forces. It happens all the time that player X wants to go to club Y - it's nothing new, and it doesn't usually stop other clubs bidding for that player, or the selling club refusing to sell until their valuation is met. The fact is that Henry went for what the market was prepared to pay and for what Arsenal were prepared to accept.
You told me that I had no idea of what Berbatov would fetch, yet somehow you know that Henry 'would have' fetched an astronomical price in the Prem. How come?
Nonsense. If Arsenal had still wanted him badly enough they would have named a much higher price and stuck to it -just like Spurs did with Carrick. Arsenal had as much 'room for negotiation' as they cared to make - they obviously just didn't care to make that much room and so risk losing the sale.
This distinction between 'want' and 'need' is totally artificial. You make it sound as if Barca are stupid enough to simply want players to display like trophies, even tho' they don't need them. Obviously Arsenal didn't 'want' or 'need' Henry that much, or they'd have held out for a much larger price.
Don't believe that for one second. The bookies would have looked at Berbatov's goals and assists tally this last season, seen Henry another year older and with continuing injury problems - and slashed any 'long odds' down to the knuckle.
Ooh dear I think you might be right.The thing is afro, i actually think he's serious.
Not very good post Afro .. must try harder
