Good news on Thierry Henry 6 March, 2007
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This week the main news has been whether or not our captain Thierry Henry would be fit for the vital 2nd leg against PSV. Titi has been on and off this season with injuries, the main problem is playing when not fit and aggravating the injury. He took an extended break to get over the injury this season and I thought him coming back meant he was ready and fit again. He went through some bad form last month and put it down to not being 100% fit. He’s had injections along the way to stop the pain but it hasn’t been helping.
I’d say if he’s not fit, don’t play him. However tomorrow’s game is so important we have to have our best players playing. That’s why today’s news that Henry is fit is a massive boost in confidence. This is what Arsene had to say:
“He can play. He trained this morning and he can start if I decide to start him. There is no risk for his health or medical problems. Just a risk that it gets a bit worse after the game and you have to start from scratch again. He did not practice for two weeks but he did a few gym sessions without running so I don’t think he missed too much.”
Hopefully Titi is actually fit this time. I have to say I’m pretty scared going into tomorrow’s game but a pairing of Henry and Adebayor up front will ease my nerves a great deal.
There was a bit of bad injury news today, Senderos has a tight hamstring and will miss the game. To be honest I’m not to bothered by the news, Big Phil’s going through a bad patch of form at the moment and the rest may do him some good. It’ll be Gallas, Toure, Clichy and Djourou at the back then tomorrow and that’s more than enough to halt the Eindhoven attack.
The only other bits of news is Gilberto talking about Dutch racism and news on Ade’s FA hearing. I’ll have your proper match preview tomorrow for what will be the most important game of our season so far.
Until then.
In fairness to Big Phil, I’m not sure he has had a bad patch. If we are to blame him for defeats then we are totally ignoring how profligate we’ve been up front. Getting beaten by Drogba and then McCarthy (while at RB) was (a) being beaten by 2 top strikers, and (b) at the end of games when our front men failed to take more than a few chances.
I’m not hugely concerned about the defence tomorrow. Gallas and Toure is pretty mean in the centre. But it’s the attack who might let us down. We have to do better than recent games. The chances will be there, our play is great, but the finishing… I’m not sure Henry should play though. If he’s not fit, I’m not convinced he’s the man to save the day. True he has done it before (Prague being the classic example) but these lads will be all over him so he’ll need to be sharp.
Huge game. Not a world-ending disaster if we go out, but very disappointing. Come on the Arse.
I’m supremely confident with the defense. Its only maybe right back thats the worry. But if it were up to me Djourou would start ahead of a fit Eboue any day. Why on earth would Diaby be used in left midfield. If Aliediere is fit why on earth dont we use him there?
Justin, cos he is a punk ass bitch slapper ho, Boo-ya
Do spurs not have any blogs?
Senderos missing the game is not bad news.