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ogbonti:
ok wait let’s go that route

Eto has 2 African Nations Cup trophy

Euro is bigger and better than 5 AFCON

Eto has One Olympic gold medal

Can't be compared to Confederations Cup. Henry score and won against his country.

Took Mallorca from Relegation zone to Euro

In1998, Henry led Monaco to UCL semi final by scoring 7 goals.

Eto has3 Champions League Win

World is bigger than UCL.

Eto has Pichichi wins

Eto won just 1 pinchichi compare to the 2 European Golden and 4 EPL Top Scorer Henry won

Eto won a Treble twice at Barcelona
Eto won a Treble once at Inter milan
Treble = Champions League, League FA Cup

Just so you know, Henry won treble too but treble is not an achievement. Man City has won treble without UCL so its useless.
EVEN Henry once said
Eto won Champions league with 2 clubs
Henry could not make Arsenal win one
He had to come to Barca at their peak to win it[/quote]Your argument is flawed. Every single trophy Arsenal won during Henry's time, Henry led the team or competition with goals but we can't say the same for Eto. In 2005/2006 season, Ronaldinho led Barcelona to win UCL with 7 goals. In 2008/2009 season, Messi and Henry led Barcelona. Eto contributed 4goals while Henry that operated from flanked throughout the tournament scored 5. At Inter, It was Milito and then Sneijder contributed too.

Even Thierry Henry once said, “If Eto’s name was Etodinho, that is if Eto was Brazilian- he would have won the Ballon D’Or” ….. because Eto was playing quality football that was out of this world at his peak!

You don't even the difference between Balon D'or & FIFA World Best then. In 2003 & 2004, Henry was nominated for FIFA World Best and he finished second twice.

Although Eto didn’t win the world cup does not mean, individually he was not an excellent player and among the world immortals of the beautiful game - Or because Messi didn’t win the world cup you want to conclude Fernando Torres who won the world cup with spain is a better player than Messi ? The comparison doesn’t work that way …

World Cup or not, Eto is a step below Henry.

If Thierry Henry had played International football for Guadeloupe where his parents are from originally, will he single handedly be able win the world cup for Guadeloupe ? so let’s stop rating Eto less because of Cameroun’s inability to win the world cup like France….

Leave World Cup cos you don begin make excuses for Cameroon. At Eto's peak, Barcelona was arguably the best club and strongest club in Europe. I want to know why he failed to win European Golden Boot after several attempts. Arsenal was not even the best in England but Henry won it twice.

When Henry won the the world cup in 1998, was he an outstanding player who scored important goals to win that tournament ? nope

it was the likes of Zinedine Zidane (Zizou) Stefan Guivarch, Lilian Thurman, Christian Karenbeau and others including Henry that shared the goals on their way to win the world cup

This comment shows you dont know football. does Inconsequential players end up as their country's top scorer in major tournaments like the World Cup, Euro and Confederations Cup? Let me school you alittle cos its obvious you don't know football. In France 98, Henry topped goal chart for France. In Euro 2000, he was top scorer for France. Confederations Cup in 2003, he also finished as top scorer and was voted Player of the Tournament. Before i forget, he scored the winning goal against Eto's Cameroon.[/quote]please respect your own African brother Eto[/quote]I should ignore facts because of respect?

Even Didier Drogba was better than Thiery

You sound very ridiculous.

If he played in France National Teeam, Drogba at his peak will bench Henry at his peak

OMG!!

If Eto played for France at his peak he will bench Henry at his peak

Football no be for you. just go watch hockey.

Anelka was a better player - na stubbornness na him destroy him career - any black man signed by Real Madrid as a striker is not an ordinary person and when you are given regular play time as a black man playing that forward role at Madrid, you are a very very special player - and that was Nicolas Anelka

Even Giroud better pass Henry.

know this and know peace![/quote]

BCD2much:
How do you win those with Ronaldinho in his prime in your team, Eto'o has number of trophies Henry can only dream about, eufa recognitions, came close to wining Balon d'or twice, won major trophies at different clubs,

Hahahahahah…..see excuse abeg

Suarez competed and won European Golden Boot against Messi, Neymar and Ronaldo

Your excuse no make sense cos Dinho is not even like Ronaldo and Messi that likes to score in every game.

Go and tell those that didn’t watch Dinho.

Was Balon D’or the main award before 2010?

Oga, Henry finished 2nd twice in FIFA World Best. Eto was nominated once and he finished third.

Henry won European Golden Boots twice. Eto never touched that award.

Henry finished as EPL Top Scorer 4 times? How many Pinchichi for Eto?

BCD2much:
Henry has never been at Eto'o level, I wish you followed them then at arsenal and Barcelona, numbers of trophy plus eufa recognitions

No. Eto has never been at Henry’s level

Henry was 2 times European Golden Boot winner
Twice nominated for FIFA World Best(2nd position)
4 times EPL top scorer
2 times PFA Player of the Year

On what basis is Eto a better forward,
Trophies
Golden Boot &
Awards?

olayiwola72:
Don’t mind them … when Eto’o dey Barca … dey call him pichichi …. I’m not sure most of them dey watch football back then

How many European Golden Boot and La liga Top scorer did Mr Pinchichi win?

4 EPL Top Scorer
2 European Golden
Twice nominated for FIFA World Best(2nd position)
2 EPL Player of the Year

mmsen:
Trophies, being able to play in multiple countries/leagues and score wherever he played.

Tactical flexibility, being able to go from playing with Ronaldinho and Messi under Frank Rijkaard who was a player's coach with minimal coaching instruction to playing for Mourinho at Inter who was pedantic about everything. His willingness to sacrifice his goal scoring instincts so that Inter team could win the Champions League whilst beating Barcelona en route showed how great of a player he was to me.

Henry could/would never do such. Henry's game barely changed/developed from the time he left Monaco, he was afforded the room to be a one track player and he was brilliant in his own right but it's a team game and the true greats adapt their game for the team.

At Barcelona, where did Henry operate?

43Ronin:
All those people arguing with arsenal fans dey try sha. You cam never win an argument with an arsenal fan. Comparing Etoo in a star studded team like Barcelona to Henry with arsenal is like comparing bayern Munich lewandowski to barca of Messi, neymar suarez or Messi, neymar mbappe... Etoo was in a team where he had to compete to score unlike Henry that was always fed the ball to score. Why did Henry not become highest goal scorer in laliga? because he had to compete with Messi, etoo. Etoo also went to inter and won ucl, came to Chelsea and scored many goals before leaving. Eto'o did not get as much due cos he was African playing for Africa. Eto'o was so good he went straight from Cameroon league to Real madrid

Henry was always fed the ball to score?

So how did he end up with 24goals and 20 assists in 2002/2003?

Who was Eto competing for goals with at Barcelona?

Before Messi became a regular, did he ever emerge as European Golden Boot winner?

At what age did Henry join Barcelona for you to think he should become highest goal scorer?

Did Henry not compete with the same Messi despite playing from the flank?

Quit the excuses….. how did Suarez win European Golden Boot despite playing with Neymar, Messi and also competed with ruthless Ronaldo?

iLoveYouToo:
They were both forwards (I believe), I’m judging based on goals and assists.

Maybe if we’d watched Eto’o as much as Henry, he’d have appeared more godly. Henry was a class act but looking back at Eto’o’s career and playing years, he was legendary as well.

he was legendary and I don’t think any sane person will dispute that.

Henry won more trophies including WC, Euros don Confederations Cup

4 times EPL Too Scorer

2 Times European Golden Boot winner

Twice runners up in FIFA World Best

engrchykae:
if you watched la Liga 2003-2007,you wouldn't be saying these things
Eto is a killer,very cold and heartless.
He chooses finals to make people cry

The. You didn’t watch EPL 2001-2006

Between 2003-2007, how many European Golden Boot did Eto win?

How about La liga Too Scorer and Best Player award?

Henry was nominated for FIFA World Best in 2003 & 2004, what was Eto doing?

engrchykae:
Etoo is a merciless killer.
To send kluivert away from Barca and to send Thierry Henry to the flanks is no mean feat

You no sabi ball aswear.

Eto didn’t send Henry to the flank. Rijkaad did to avoid causing problem. Meanwhile, Henry was already past his prime and he could operate from the wing unlike Eto.

If Eto joined Henry at Arsenal, he would have been benched or Wenger will tweak the formation to accommodate him by playing Henry from the wing.

It’s common sense and that’s what Rijkaad did

iLoveYouToo:
I thinks it’s about efficiency not necessarily team accolades. BTW Fenomeno actually won the champions league with Real Madrid

He didn’t

engrchykae:
Etoo is a merciless killer.
To send kluivert away from Barca and to send Thierry Henry to the flanks is no mean feat

I am asking again, on what basis is Eto better than Henry

Trophies
Golden Boots &
Awards

arantess:
Come on now

Coaches have preferences for positional play and style.
The coach prolly didnt want to obstruct the balance besides etoo was already plying that CF....even when David Villa came on board he was shipped to the wing....

These things are not difficult to understand sha

This is the point I want him to understand

engrchykae:
Etoo and Henry met in 2006 at parc de princes.
Henry was squandering his chances until the lion of Cameroon roared around 72 mins.
Even when Henry joined Barca,he has to play wide leaving 9 for Etoo,do you know better than pep and rijkaard?

Eto never won European Golden Boot despite playing for one of the best side in history and you think Eto is a better striker cos of one match?

Trophies
Golden Boot
Awards

Eto can’t lace Henry’s boot based on the above

mmsen:
Eto'o was better than Henry.

But for him to say that Anelka was better than Henry is crazy talk. Anelka was a great player in his own right but not better than Henry.

On what basis?

Trophies
Golden boots
Awards or what?

engrchykae:
after Ronaldo de Lima,Etoo is the second best striker.
Thierry was the point man in arsenal but when he came to Barca, Thierry went wide leaving the point man position for Etoo
Do you think you know more than rijkaard and pep?

If you understand football, you would know why Henry shifted to the left.

Do you think if Eto had joined Arsenal at the time, he would have played center forward?

He can’t bench Henry but Wenger can tweak his formation to accommodate Eto since Henry can equally operate from the left.

If you really watch Henry, you may even think he plays from the left most times.

Lukuluku69:
I too dey gbadun your Football vibes walahi.

As for Eto'o what he said is just an opinion. Like they say, opinion/s are arseholes na everyone get am.

O'Shea of United get like 5-6 EPL Medals, are you saying he is better than Tony Adams who has may be 3?

Thanks boss

The bolded is what he didn’t consider.

Iamthoney:
He won’t cos he doesn’t score much in a France shirt like he does at Psg, and the French National team is on a downward spiral in terms of quality of the players they are churning out and by the time Mbappe becomes the main man they will surely be at rebuilding stage and at that point there’s not much he can do. He’s already 23-24 and age is fast catching up on him and there’s no guarantee he will last as long as Henry did with the National team(If you factor in Injury)

You have a point but let’s see how it goes

udemzyudex:
Lol..this your analogy dey funny, UCL na team achievement but world cup na individual achievement?

So anybody no fit win world cup?

You don’t get. The was just to tackle what the guy said.

Since he was trying to use UCL, I had to remind him that Henry won World Cup and Euros.

Like he shouldn’t use team achievements to compare them but if he wants to go that route, let me also drop Henry’s achievements with his team.

Ximenez:
You credited Henry for winning Euros and world cup.
But went ahead to say UCL is a team achievement and anybody can win it.

So are you saying world cup and Euros are individual achievements and has nothing to do with the team?

If you claim anybody can win UCL, then why are players like Aguero, Ronaldo and Ibrahimovic without it?


On Pedro and Ibrahimovic, i don't know what metric you are using to arrive at "better"
But Pedro is a winger and scored a lot of goals including important goals and assists to win several trophies. Including EPL, WC, Euros, UEL, UCL, La Liga
Ibrahimovic is a striker and has more goals than him, that's all.
You can't just put it vaguely that ibra is better than Pedro

You missed the point. I was trying to show him how flawed his points were.

He said Eto has 3 UCL as if Henry doesn’t have a WC & Euros.

On Pedro & Ibrahimovic, it’s not really a comparison but to back up my earlier claim.

Like how would you assume Eto was better cos he won 3 UCL. It’s ridiculous to me and he didn’t consider the fact that Henry won superior trophies

Kingcalls:
No, he won UCL only once ...

just remembered he was already in mls in 2011

Kingcalls:
agree with u on this one.... Benzema wasn't even as good as Henry was... Henry still remains the best forward France ever had ....the only player that will match him will be mbappe ... Benzema was terrible from 2009 to 2019 ...

Exactly bro. With this electric form, Mbappe will definitely surpass him in France and maybe generally.

ThierryJay:
The 2005/06 Arsenal side that reached the final were relatively average. Viera had left. Gilberto, Pires & Berkamp were in their last year. That team was different from the invincibles.

Henry mainly played with young Fabregas, Hleb, old lungberg, Gilberto & Pires in the run up to that final.

The exact response on my mind. Thanks buddie!

SaLongs1:
so for your mind Thierry pass Etoo abi.....

One step better bro….. no cap

hopefulLandlord:
lie!

Henry had 6 assists during 2003/04 unbeaten season. he was number 14 on the list. I'm pretty certain many of what you typed too would be wrong if I fact check them all

You stat is wrong. Henry had 24goals and 20 assist in 2003/2004 season

Fuckyoumod:
the guy dey high on some local cheap drug.

Thiery Henry was a goal machine..

aswear bro……imagine the weird comparison

Joebayo217:
let check individual titles won Eto no near Henry abeg try dey do research before u dey compare coz he be like say na u dey smoke ijebu garri like dis

ThierryJay:
Lol you quoted too early bro. Already edited the post even more.

Still on point bro

ThierryJay:
Henry was better than Eto'o hands down. Even that same Fenomeno did not win UCL or its final yet he is better than Eto.

Henry was nominated for Ballon

Henry won:
World cup
Euro 2000,
Fifa confederations Cup (where he scored against Eto's Cameroon in final and won player of tournament)
UCL - Eto may have scored in that final but Henry was instrumental in that UCL campaign as well with 4 knockout goals.
Henry dragged an average Arsenal side to UCL final with several scintillating displays.
Henry's 2006 world cup campaign to the final is also notable.

On a personal attribute level, Henry was pacier, more skillful, could pass the ball better, could score free kicks regularly, assisted more. Both have similar goal sense.

Apt!

The bolded just reminded me of that quarter final goal against Brazil

BannedLarge:
Henry better than Etoo you just be smoking ijebu garri. Do you realize that Etoo is a 3 time champions league winner and scored at 2 finals?? Infact, it’s only Fenomeno that was better than etoo in the last 30 years

You wan go that route?

Henry na Euros and World Cup winner
2 times UCL winner too

How is Eto better?

Any European Golden Boot?
How many La liga top scorer?
How many nomination for FIFA Best him get?

Champions league na team achievement not individual……anybody fit win UCL

Pedro don win WC, Euros, UCL, La liga, EPL and other trophies…. Does that mean he’s better than Ibrahimovic?

Interms of trophies, Henry is better sef…. So Wetin u dey yan?

Wizywiz:
u dey mind am...he knows Henry is highly rated above him ..na Cameroon SK wey him take dey worry am

Aswear

After playing as top 9 with some of the best at club level, Eto no touch one European Golden Boot.

In Spain, how many Pinchichi/La liga top scorer him win?

What of La liga Player of the Year?

During Arsenal unbeaten in 2003/2004, Henry topped goals and assists chart.

Henry voted PFA Player of the Year twice
Premier League Top Scorer 4 good times
Twice nominated for FIFA World Best

And him get mind say Henry no dey him level

Well, he’s right cos Henry is bigger and better

Wizywiz:
For him Cameroon mind...who Sabi anelka?

Cameroon mind

I can’t imagine how big Eto think of himself for him to even say, Henry is not on his level.

One day e fit even say Aubameyang better pass Henry

In a leaked video, Samuel Eto'o was heard claiming that Nicolas Anelka was a better player than fellow Frenchman Thierry Henry.

WHAT HAPPENED? When Eto'o opens his mouth nowadays, controversy is never too far away. In his latest take, which surfaced via a leaked video posted by Footballogue, the ex-Cameroon captain compared two of French football's most well-known strikers.

WHAT HE SAID: "I think Thierry Henry was not at the level of Anelka," he controversially claimed. "Titi was good, but I knew players... I preferred other players. In any case at my level, no."

THE BIGGER PICTURE: Eto'o rarely featured during his time at Real Madrid with Anelka, spending the majority of his spell out on loan at the turn of the century. Comparatively, he spent two seasons playing alongside Henry at Barcelona.

WHAT NEXT FOR ETO'O? Given his long list of headline-grabbing comments, it surely won't be long before he steals the limelight with another interesting opinion. It will be interesting to see whether Henry or Anelka respond to the leaked video.

https://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/eto-o-anelka-better-thierry-henry-claims-arsenal-legend-not-on-his-level/bltf360d5528792e700