Under appreciated by young fans?(under 20 or so)

I’ve noticed some young (Ronaldo) fans who call Henry a “Pace Merchant” or that he only had pace and was a average striker etc… usually between the ages of 10-13/14

Is Thierry Henry becoming under rated recently? Or is this just noise from CR7 or Tottenham Fanboys.

  • Mozez22@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I wouldn’t worry about previous generations’ opinions. They missed out on a generation where European football was competitive and talent wasn’t congregated in one or two leagues. Seria A and Bundesliga were strong and the likes of AC and Inter Milan, Juventus, Bayern, and the usual suspects were all serious contenders for the Champions League.

    Henry played at a time we were blessed with talents like Shevchenko (before Chelsea), Inzaghi, Saviola, van Nistelrooy, Ronaldo (the original), Totti, Raul, Eto’o, del Piero, David Villa, Adriano, Trezeguet, and many more. And these are just the forwards.

    You’ll never hear most of these names mentioned because they belong to a different era. That’s just the way it is. Football was also different, tactically and the physical nature of players, as well as coverage of it, yet I would say it was more entertaining.

    No matter what generation we speak of though, Thierry Henry transcends them all as a great.