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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by content208: 9:50am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC

Henry also has same skin color as Kanu. Both are blacks

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Afonja007: 9:57am On Nov 03, 2019
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



Thierry Henry.
Role model like no other.

Player so good that even the British Monarchy couldn't resist going back in time to name their Kings after him.

Below is an accurate ranking of all time greatests of soccer.
After C.Ronaldo, there is Pele, then there is Henry, after which is Zidane, then Eusebio before Maradona..
Then a Messi far behind him.
igbo smoking is not good for you

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Nobody: 9:58am On Nov 03, 2019
i will design your logo and rebrand for just 5k
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by SmartyPants(m): 10:04am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC

was his skin clor different from that of henry, anelka, viera, campell, cole, gallas, lauren, eboue, toure, and others who became aresnal legends?

Why is this race card the first thing so many blacks love to jump on without even doing small anaylsis?

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by DeRay98(m): 10:04am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC

Was Henry or Anelka white?
Henry was better because he pace and could out run defenders or shoot from anywhere and score goals consistently.
Kanu was never a pacy player, he was only better at placing the ball or exquisite pssses and inconsistent in scoring....
Henry's input and output were certainly better than Kanu..

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Nobody: 10:06am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC

Henry is white?

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by DeRay98(m): 10:06am On Nov 03, 2019
SmartyPants:


was his skin clor different from that of henry, anelka, viera, campell, cole, gallas, lauren, eboue, toure, and others who became aresnal legends?

Why is this race card the first thing so many blacks love to jump on without even doing small anaylsis?

Laziness wey no dey our young people use their brain only to think of anything they don't understand as a spiritual problem or in this case ignorantly blame racism

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Juventus4life: 10:09am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC
Mumu talk
is Kanu skin different from that of Henry and Anelka

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Zeronic25(m): 10:10am On Nov 03, 2019
are you sure of this ranking ?
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by toprealman: 10:11am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC
Leave colour abeg. Is Henry a purple hibiscus? Listen to the words of Igwe.....a legend, goals, goals and plenty more goals. Sentiments asides.
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by jaxxy(m): 10:14am On Nov 03, 2019
Another stingy player bt atleast he didn’t mess up his chances and had good accuracy.
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by judedwriter(m): 10:15am On Nov 03, 2019
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



Thierry Henry.
Role model like no other.

Player so good that even the British Monarchy couldn't resist going back in time to name their Kings after him.

Below is an accurate ranking of all time greatests of soccer.
After C.Ronaldo, there is Pele, then there is Henry, after which is Zidane, then Eusebio before Maradona..
Then a Messi far behind him.

No way. Zidane should be higher than Henry.
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by IamPatriotic(m): 10:16am On Nov 03, 2019
Kenturkey048:
shey henry and KANU na mates ni??why do you people speak Like thisis just like saying Tammy Abraham is better than shevchenko...or Diego milito is better than Eto'o..sometimes when I read things on this platform am just left in awry state.

It's either you don't know anything about the two players, I'll refer you to the internet to find out out them, nothing separate them ( age-wise) except you want to tell me what the internet doesn't know about Kanu. They both started their careers at the same time, at different places
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Lifestone(m): 10:19am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC
Unlike Thierry Henry who was appreciated because he is white !
I don't get your mentality.

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by lamalang(m): 10:20am On Nov 03, 2019
Ian Wright, Thierry Henry, William Gallas are not white too
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by texazzpete(m): 10:31am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC

Yes. Because Thierry Henry is a white man sad

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by femi4: 10:33am On Nov 03, 2019
Same way Pulisic finally breaks into Chelsea starting 11
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by kense88: 10:38am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC
What skin color does Thierry Henry have ?

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Beverlyjean(f): 10:42am On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC

Playing the racist card again... What will u now say about David suker ... Croatian legend and former Madrid top scorer ... Those other players were simply better than him
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by LordofNaija: 10:47am On Nov 03, 2019
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



Thierry Henry.
Role model like no other.

Player so good that even the British Monarchy couldn't resist going back in time to name their Kings after him.

Below is an accurate ranking of all time greatests of soccer.
After C.Ronaldo, there is Pele, then there is Henry, after which is Zidane, then Eusebio before Maradona..
Then a Messi far behind him.
You know nothing about football. Stick to ZeeWorld

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Advocate500: 10:52am On Nov 03, 2019
IamPatriotic:
Henry was kilometers ahead of Kanu, even Watord, Bergkamp, Pires were all better than Kanu, but he was a good player, better than anyone among the current crops of Arsenal and Super Eagle players.
is that the point Henry was trying to make?or bitterness is trying to take control of u?today na Sunday ooo.
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by DonBenny77(m): 11:00am On Nov 03, 2019
NwaAmaikpe:
shocked



Thierry Henry.
Role model like no other.

Player so good that even the British Monarchy couldn't resist going back in time to name their Kings after him.

Below is an accurate ranking of all time greatests of soccer.
After C.Ronaldo, there is Pele, then there is Henry, after which is Zidane, then Eusebio before Maradona..
Then a Messi far behind him.
Keep quayet

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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Segekesy(m): 11:21am On Nov 03, 2019
[quote author=ackim post=83683620]France legend, Thierry Henry has revealed how he managed to keep Nigeria hero, Kanu Nwankwo on the bench during their time at Arsenal.

Kanu and Dennis Bergkamp were initially ahead of Henry in Arsene Wenger’s pecking order of strikers when he joined the North London club from Juventus in the 1999-2000 season.

The former France striker and 1998 World Cup winner admitted that he struggled in his first few months at Arsenal before forcing his way into the starting line-up.

The Frenchman became untouchable world class striker at Arsenal, scoring a remarkable 228 goals over the course of 377 games which made him the club’s record goalscorer in history.

Speaking on Jamie Carragher’s Greatest Game podcast, Henry said, ”The game that changed everything for me was Middlesbrough at home in November, my first season.

“We won 5-1 with three goals from Overmars and two from Bergkamp. Kanu was playing and Suker came on. I stayed on the bench.

”It’s November now. I scored
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by openmine(m): 11:21am On Nov 03, 2019
abumeinben:


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Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by Dicktionary: 11:33am On Nov 03, 2019
The Locoprosive intensity of Thiery Goal-Thirsty Henry can not be emphasized.
The guy was a Goal war Machine designed by the Nazis, but it is very unfortunate, that the present day Arsenal players are all bunch of Ingloriamous QuekenaQueQue. Smh
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by prestige101: 11:55am On Nov 03, 2019
Stupid, lame and silly...
OF WHAT VALUE IS THIS INFORMATION to KANU?
As if that will help their poor form in EPL.
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by nini007(m): 12:00pm On Nov 03, 2019
Jestin:
Kanu was one of the best in Arsenal but was not highly appreciated maybe because of his skin color.

FTC
Lame comment
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by CoolAmbience(m): 12:02pm On Nov 03, 2019
IamPatriotic:
Henry was kilometers ahead of Kanu, even Watord, Bergkamp, Pires were all better than Kanu, but he was a good player, better than anyone among the current crops of Arsenal and Super Eagle players.


Who be Watord again sef?

Is he different from Sylvain Wiltord?
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by openmine(m): 12:05pm On Nov 03, 2019
Jokerman:
Henry was just a premiership champion until Barca changed his fortunes

Thank God for Cristiano Ronaldo that paved the way for EPL players in Europe smiley
That's not true!
English man Mark Mcmanaman was at Liverpool before he left for Real Madrid...that was before when ronaldo was still a teen in the academy of sporting lisbon!
There are so many players who left EPL to other leagues even before ronaldo ever dreamt of coming to Manchester united from Lisbon!
Re: Thierry Henry: How I Benched Nwankwo Kanu At Arsenal by jaymorgan(m): 12:06pm On Nov 03, 2019
BUSHHUNTER:
I would av been happy if you had won champions league with Arsenal.
This one weak me!!!

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