AutosAbuja:
What kind of stupid argument is this? How can anyone open their mouth, without vested interests, and proclaim Henry a better player than Eto'o.
Eto'o played for the best club in the best league at the time, while the serial choker was playing in a third-rated league, the premiership.
If Henry was half as good as Eto'o, Madrid would have snapped him up during the galacticos era.
After the original Ronaldo, there hasn't been a better striker than the Lion of Africa himself.

JayJayShow and Etoodinho910, thanks for the facts jare.

It was obvious bro. I don't know where the other guy wants to bring us, he's on his own planet.

mayor1814:



George weah overrated ke? Baba find anoda thing to say. Ur point don miss road. And e no fit find road again. Na bush straight. Otilo. How will someone say a great player in d mold of George weah is overrated. Ur eto that u are fantasizing on didn't win any world best oo, even European best sef... Abeg stop disgracing urself in public. Research Wella before u come online

Weah's records in Serie A with AC Milan as a Striker :
- 95/96 : 26 games - 11 goals
- 96/97 : 28 games - 13 goals
- 97/98 : 24 games - 10 goals
- 98/99 : 26 games - 8 goals
- 99/00 : 10 games - 4 goals

Weah in the french league
- 88/89 : 23 games - 14 goals
- 89/90 : 17 games - 5 goals
- 90/91 : 29 games - 10 goals
- 91/92 : 34 games - 18 goals
- 92/93 : 30 games - 14 goals
- 93/94 : 32 games - 11 goals
- 94/95 : 34 games - 7 goals (the year he won the World best)

He was very good but not awesome, he wasn't as prolific as the other strikers. Eto'o was by far better. His fans and liberians want to overrate him for his world best but he won it for political reasons : europeans wanted to give it to a stranger and Weah earned the support of Berlusconi and France medias to make his promotion. That's how he won his ballon d'or but he didn't win the World cup nor the league or champions league, he didn't score 100+ goals as delusionals want to sell... No he simply scored 7 league goals, did a great champions league campaign with PSG until semi finals, transfer to AC Milan and it was OK. Weah didn't do like Benzema who won the League and champions league for his team, he didn't do like Modriç nor Kaka, it was one of those opened ballon d'or decided by politics. Eto'o was one of those players who won the greatest trophies for his teams, Weah was great but not that great.

mayor1814:



George weah overrated ke? Baba find anoda thing to say. Ur point don miss road. And e no fit find road again. Na bush straight. Otilo. How will someone say a great player in d mold of George weah is overrated. Ur eto that u are fantasizing on didn't win any world best oo, even European best sef... Abeg stop disgracing urself in public. Research Wella before u come online

Weah is overrated and his ballon d'or isn't that significative because it was political. Do you know a great striker in Europe with as poor stats than Weah and that never won champions league ? Even in his generation his stats weren't good compared to the other top strikers. Eto'o was even a better option for some seasons than Weah was in 95 for the World best. Maradona, Iniesta, Pelé, Eto'o, Maldini etc have no ballon d'or but they're all above Weah because they represent their teams.

mayor1814:




U just disturbing urself with jargons ogbeni. U are a fanatical eto stan. I understand. So all these ur defence of eto is expected. But it's a pity that u have lost touch with reality. Result of being a fanatical fan of a player.


I repeat. Ronaldo de Lima, George weah, romario and Thierry Henry will always be better and greater than eto. U claim ur beloved eto will be rated as top 20 best players of all time. Pls share d list here.

Weah is overrated. In terms of talent both are very good but Eto'o accomplished more for his teams. He's considered as a legend everywhere he played and was litually the main man of FC Barcelona because for every win it was always Eto'o goal goal goal. Personally I also put him above Henry because he was more beautiful to watch, better goalscorer and clutcher. U can't say Henry is better knowing Eto'o benched him and made him lose a champions league final.

Etoodinho910:


My friend u sabi ball ooo. Eto'o is without the shadow of a doubt the best one.

Yeah Eto'o was better it was easy to defend him. I loved to watch him back then with Ronaldinho, that was a magic tandem.

Those boys don't deserve to play a world cup, they're too bad. How can we explain Nigeria can't beat Lesotho ? We should rename this team the butterflies.

OJEEMAH:
from their comments, you would know they didn’t watch prime Henry. They started watching ball from 05 when Henry was almost past his prime.

From their comments, you would know they didn't watch anything but the Premier league, that's the reason they didn't know anything about Eto'o so they based their judgement on what european sport journals tell them especially english journalists. They don't care Eto'o scored more, in less games, had a better goals per game than Arsenal's Henry with FC Barcelona, was by far a better big games player, shined in many leagues and teams, and a striker who could do everything on the front line. They only have eyes for Henry and ears for what european medias tell. That's the whole story.

OJEEMAH:
knock out

Suarez compared to Eto'o ? He's better than Henry for sure, obviously his season is considered as the greatest in EPL and far superior to Henry's. But he lacks that estethic touch, the technical quality, the trophies, the importance or impact on the team and the clutch goals to be on Etoo's level. Not that he don't have those qualities but they're not as evident compared to Eto'o. If you want somebody who can kill the defenders and combine perfectly it's Eto'o, Suarez isn't very good for this but if you want a killer both would do the job, Eto'o is even better when it really matters.

OJEEMAH:
Most of you didn’t watch 2000-2006 Henry. You probably saw 2005-2010 Eto’o at a time Henry was about hanging his boot in football.

Henry is rated behind R9 in the conversation for greatest striker. Eto’o no de top 5.

No chance, he isn't even a contender. Eto'o is in the top 5 with R9, Romario, Van Basten and Eusebio. Henry can't challenge those names and I can assure you I know Henry since Claire fontaine in France so you don't teach me anything about him. He's a PL legend so we tend to overrate him just like we overrate Drogba for the comparison to Eto'o but he can't be compared to those names, their technical skills are too important for Henry who was just a poor Mbappe and played on his speed to pass his opponents. Ronaldo shined in the old Serie And in La Liga which were clearly more competitive than Premier League back then, he shined when it mattered too, Henry no. And 2005-2011 Eto'o is better than Henry, it's like comparing Arsenal to FC Barcelona. Let me remind you that Larsson, Henry, Saviola, Gudjhonsen, Ibrahimovic, David Villa all came to Barcelona but the best of them was just average there and didn't bang as many goals as they used to do. How do you explain that ? On the other hand with Arsenal any striker shined, even Adebayor showed a demoniac level when Henry leaved scoring 24 league goals let's be serious and you want to compare him to Eto'o ??

ThierryJay:


Shey na only EPL pundits dey vote World best or Ballon Dor or even operate renowned sports tabloid? How are you even thinking

You are just farting your subjective opinion all over this thread. Will Messi or other Barca players give you an answer based on Henry's time before joining Barca? How would you even know their response? Through yet more subjective drivel??

You think football started in 2006? when some of us have been following the sport avidly more than a decade earlier? 

Your claim about Etoo is ten kobo a dime which anyone can make. But the harder part is to infuse sense into it which is sadly lacking in your submissions. Imagine calling Eto'o Barca's main man in 2006 when it was obviously Dinho. By 2007 Messi had become Barca's main man.

Henry is more decorated than Eto'o both collectively and individually. He scored more beautiful goals than Eto and was rated higher than Eto'o in ALL global sports tabloid lists of the best ever. So, sorry an uninformed fan's opinion don't count.

It's obviously a waste of precious time continuing this discourse with you. You can continue to bray afterwards but I will no longer respond.

Continue making distractions. World best is an award influenced by sponsors, powerful federations, european medias just for business. Ballon d'or is given by journalists, at that time it was only UEFA journalists who could vote and we all know any journalist has an editorial line he has to respect. So Eto'o who came for Cameroon which means a poor federation in FIFA, no powerful medias to make his promotion, playing for an african nation no attractive for sponsors, how do you want him to surpass Henry ? Should I recall you ballon d'or na elections and elections na politics ?? Can you win an election without campaign ? For ballon d'or the campaign is done by sport Journals, medias, sponsors etc... Eto'o doesn't benefit of it.
And yes Eto'o 2005-06 was better than Dinho, when you don't know ask and we'll tell you why. There was a year we know in Africa that Eto'o could really win the World best and that year is 2006. If you become a little bit humble, maybe I'll give you sources.
Rated by all global sports tabloïd lists ? You're really a kid. When you want to compare players you're supposed to have seen your arguments are tabloïd lists . Grow up then we'll speak seriously. Is Weah that you consider very great on your tabloïd lists ?? They sell their best names and put them on top, but there are professionals and players who know the truth, same for great football lovers. Did u see the fight Fury vs Nganou ? Fury is the official winner, Nganou was the stronger. There are decisions and there are reality.

Henry scored more beautiful goals who judged it ?

And if you were juste too young, just Say it cuz in 2006 Barça main man was effectively Eto'o and he was the best in the world. Ronaldinho admitted it, same for Xavi, Belletti, Marquez, Giuly, Henry, Juninho, Drogba etc but you can't know it since those who feed you informations don't talk about it. At that time he carried FC Barcelona and we expected him to win the POTY.

All those informations are on internet everybody can check and I know it because I followed La Liga.

ThierryJay:


You've got no point man. Grasping at straws with all talks of dreams and subjective what have you. Your defence lacks a substantive punch.

Anyway, the mainstream football pundits and experts all rate Henry way above Etoo in the greatest players of all times lists with objective metrics. So I'll stick with that rather than with some lame incomplete assertions that lack a verifiable basis. It doesnt matter how many times or how long you repeat your exaggerated opinion of Eto'o, it will still remain an inaccurate one.

They all rate in your dreams ? If by experts you're talking about EPL journalists or merchant why not. Otherwise you're completely delusional. When you ask that question to Gio Van Bronckorst, Sylvinho, Messi etc what is the answer ? The guy who scored more, with better goals per game, with a lot of clutch goals, who shined in many teams, benched the other one then threw him on the side and played entertaining football is the best one. Simple.

ThierryJay:


I had to jump in here. There is nothing objective about you saying Eto'o is better than Henry. And who told you people weren't watching Eto'o then?

I stopped taking you serious when you said Ronaldinho wasnt Barca's main man in 2005/06. Pardon?

Without Ronaldinho - Barca couldnt have won Chelsea in the 2nd round cos he scored two fantastic goals in both legs.

Without Dinho vs Milan in the SF, bamboozling Gattuso et al and delivering a great assist to Guily, Barca couldnt have progressed.

In the final, it was Ronaldinho's defence splitting pass that led to Lehman's sending off and put Barca at advantage. Of course it was only a matter of time from then onwards before Arsenal capitulated and Eto was a mere outlet. The real hero of the night for Barca was Henrik Larsson.

Now to Henry, you deliberately downgraded Henry's UCL goals record so he doesnt look good. FYI, Henry scored 7 UCL goals 3 times (97/98, 01/02 & 02/03) and not 5 goals as his season highest as you claimed.

Henry scored over 30 goals in all competitions for 5 consecutive seasons between 2001 - 2006. Now that's dominance and it was during this period that he was adjudged the world best striker in the eyes of many pundits. Eto's excellence was sporadic. Had 2 good seasons between 04 - 06 then was mediocre until 09 and finally another good season with Inter in 11. Meanwhile apart from 5 outstanding seasons at Arsenal, Henry also had a good season with Barca in 09 (27 goals).

Barca's best ever strikers are Ronaldo De Lima, the two Luis Suarezes (One won a Ballon D'or), then Eto has a claim to follow as 4th or 5th. Technically, even Lewa is better than Eto but his best years were spent before Barca. 

Has Eto ever scored vs Madrid, the kind of quality solo goal Henry scored against Madrid in 05/06 UCL? That's the kind of display that separates the very good from the legendary. The quality of Henry's goals are even way above Eto'os for the most part. Technically Henry is even miles better.

Henry's play is even beyond stats, whenever he takes to the pitch, people expect magic to happen just like they do from Ronaldinho and Kaka. In a way, he was the Messi and Ronaldo of the early to mid 2000s before the reign of those two really began.

Eto'os class is Van Nistelrooy, F. Torres, Drogba, Raul, Shevchenko etc who are all very good strikers.

Henry is closer to the class of De Lima, Van Basten, Romario and Muller.

I knew I can't discuss with you when you brought the fact " Henry was a magician "... That's the craziest thing I've heard as a football fan. Henry couldn't match Barcelona's tehnical excellence and he knows it, he learned back how to play football at Barça and found Eto'o was a démon. Then he said in 2008 : " Eto'o is REALLY better than me ".

And I read a brother already killed the discussion with facts. Since the stats and trophies don't speak for Henry, you want to dance on the " technical aspect of the game " making look like Eto'o was a poacher like Haaland or Lewandowski who touched few balls and wasn't very good on the ball when it came to dribbling, pace or tiki taka ?

Go and sleep kid.

ThierryJay:


The only joke here is your skewed exagerrated opinions of an excellent striker who's no more than that.

You like arguing blindly. I said Henry also scored 7 ucl goals in 01/02 and 02/03 and instead of you to verify you are still twisting facts on its head. There is a reason Henry is among top 10 UCL goalscorers of all time and Etoo isnt.

You call a solo goal where Etoo dribbled 2 and half people better than one where Henry dribbled 4 Madrid defenders to score?

And who told you Henry doesnt dribble in tight spaces? His solo goal of season contender against liverpool defence in 04 was with almost the entire Liverpool team behind him when he started the move.

Henry in Barca was already past his prime. Still in 08/09 he gelled well with the team and had individual success. His legacy however had already been sealed before he came to Barca.

You cant even defend several other points I raised previously and the ones you cherry picked came with a weak comeback.

Henry above Eto anyday any time and for majority of knowledgeable football enthusiasts.

You know what ? Keep your opinion if you like but even in dreams Henry can't match Eto'o technically and his solo goal is clear, he didn't push anybody and dribbled at least 3 players to score against Madrid. He did it week after week consistently. It isn't my fault if you were just watching Henry who was more a sprinter than a technical beast. To be the number 9 of Barcelona back then you had to be fast and technical, nobody matched Eto'o back then, and surely not Henry. Go and youtube Barcelona's Eto'o and you'll find the classicos. Take your time to watch it especially Etoo's game cos you seem completely lost.
Eto'o better anyday that's the reason he scored in 2006 vs Arsenal + MVP and in 2009 vs United Henry always being on the pitch. Eto'o benched Henry too so no debate.

ThierryJay:


I had to jump in here. There is nothing objective about you saying Eto'o is better than Henry. And who told you people weren't watching Eto'o then?

I stopped taking you serious when you said Ronaldinho wasnt Barca's main man in 2005/06. Pardon?

Without Ronaldinho - Barca couldnt have won Chelsea in the 2nd round cos he scored two fantastic goals in both legs.

Without Dinho vs Milan in the SF, bamboozling Gattuso et al and delivering a great assist to Guily, Barca couldnt have progressed.

In the final, it was Ronaldinho's defence splitting pass that led to Lehman's sending off and put Barca at advantage. Of course it was only a matter of time from then onwards before Arsenal capitulated and Eto was a mere outlet. The real hero of the night for Barca was Henrik Larsson.

Now to Henry, you deliberately downgraded Henry's UCL goals record so he doesnt look good. FYI, Henry scored 7 UCL goals 3 times (97/98, 01/02 & 02/03) and not 5 goals as his season highest as you claimed.

Henry scored over 30 goals in all competitions for 5 consecutive seasons between 2001 - 2006. Now that's dominance and it was during this period that he was adjudged the world best striker in the eyes of many pundits. Eto's excellence was sporadic. Had 2 good seasons between 04 - 06 then was mediocre until 09 and finally another good season with Inter in 11. Meanwhile apart from 5 outstanding seasons at Arsenal, Henry also had a good season with Barca in 09 (27 goals).

Barca's best ever strikers are Ronaldo De Lima, the two Luis Suarezes (One won a Ballon D'or), then Eto has a claim to follow as 4th or 5th. Technically, even Lewa is better than Eto but his best years were spent before Barca. 

Has Eto ever scored vs Madrid, the kind of quality solo goal Henry scored against Madrid in 05/06 UCL? That's the kind of display that separates the very good from the legendary. The quality of Henry's goals are even way above Eto'os for the most part. Technically Henry is even miles better.

Henry's play is even beyond stats, whenever he takes to the pitch, people expect magic to happen just like they do from Ronaldinho and Kaka. In a way, he was the Messi and Ronaldo of the early to mid 2000s before the reign of those two really began.

Eto'os class is Van Nistelrooy, F. Torres, Drogba, Raul, Shevchenko etc who are all very good strikers.

Henry is closer to the class of De Lima, Van Basten, Romario and Muller.

What the hell ? Henry better technically than Samuel Eto'o ? Eto'os class is Drogba, Torres, Raùl, Van Nistelrooy ? I want you to remove it very fast because you can put Lewandowski and Haaland on the same class than those players but Eto'o was just on R9 and Romario level in terms of style of play. You can't compare his dribbling abilities to Henry because Henry needed space while Eto'o could kill u in very tight spaces. They were similar in terms of pace but when it came to dribbling, link up and combinations, Eto'o was his dad don't be ridiculous there is a reason Henry didn't fit with Barça : he wasn't on the technical level of Eto'o, Messi and Iniesta. And yes Eto'o scored a more beautiful solo goal than the one Henry banged against Madrid.

And I notice except 1997/98 with Monaco, Henry never reached 7 CL goals, his max was 5 and I don't need to remind you the UCL changed in 2003/04, before that Season it wasn't the same format because there was 2 group stages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siVz6jHnxUg?feature=shared


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXD66Cua280?feature=shared

It's simple. Lewandowski better than Eto'o ? What a joke. And the ballon d'or Suarez wasn't a striker, he was a midfielder. The reality is when it comes to FC Barcelona, Eto'o is the best 9 ever, Ronaldo Romario and Luis Suarez are below. There isn't even a debate about it.

OJEEMAH:
Na my brother wen de ICU before my problem now if not, I would have schooled him.

Bro, honnestly speaking how can u believe Henry was better than Eto'o ? It seems like we didn't watch the same football.

I didn't know that was even a contest. Of course Thierry Henry run the premier league, he was a great player but comparing him to Samuel Eto'o Mr 4 times african player of the year, 3 champions league, 2 AFCON, back to back trebbles and Mr finals ? Let's be honnest a second, Henry is great but Eto'o na baba, he's the african GOAT, you just have to remember how he used to bamboozle the defenses with Ronaldinho back then and scored goals consistently no matter where he played.

Eto'o was robbed from a POTY clearly, he was litually the main man of FC Barcelona back then : fast, killer, intelligent, excellent game's reading, great technique on the ball, amazing play off the ball. Henry had a team built for him to shine but he's never been the same without Arsenal, even with France it was another story without Zidane. For me Eto'o is one of the greatest of this sport, Henry is a step below.