On the other hand Thierry henry is one of the best strikers in the world and one of the most honest players around (compared to the likes of totti among others) and its stupid that there is a debate on Henry or Cannavaro. They are both heads and shoulders above most players in terms of honest football.

Henry is also one of the nicest guys to boot, I don;t think there is more then a handful of footballers in the past decade that play football at the highest level as consistent with the same level of skill and flair as henry.

Catherine – the stuff you write just shows how immature and ignorant you are of football. showing the same utube video of the same few tackles over and over again means nothing, i see free kicks and penatlies there that are all worthy and seen less blantant fouls get given. If you want you can find hundreds of videos on utube of any players doing worst…

In my mind, the Italian league does more subtle fouls then either France or England.

But thats beside the point – Henry has always been well respected by footballers and pundits alike, and been top 3 in many awards in the past decade, you just make yourself look stupid saying those things you have about him.

I play soccer (believe it or not) and I’ve been elbowed (by accident) tons of times. Cannavara is NOT look there, his eye is on the ball. Get over it! Henry is a good diver and a wimp. He should watch where he is going. He CLEARLY ran into Cannavaro and it wasnt the only time he ran into someone to get a penalty – look at the videos.

that headbutt could have caused Materazzi to have a cardiac arrest and go to the hospital. You are an idiot not to think so (typical French!)

To boot, the severity of the headbutt was not only what it could have done but also the crucial moment at which it happened. It was thoughtless and careless and he proved to the whole world that he didnt care about France. Or football. Nothing. Only himself.

I had two floating ribs broken on the same kind of agression with elbow that you call comical. A story of 2cm and i could have pierced lung. People who never had played football or soccer didn’t really realize which a fault is spectacular but without any danger(zz ’s headbutt) and which could directly lead you at hospital. If you think i lie try it, run near 30 km/h and ask someone to give you an elbow butt to the lung or to the trachea.(a friend went directly at hospital with it). What Cannavaro or Puyol did are discreet but vicious agression. You have no right to play with yours elbows, you know.

Poor Thierry. Thierry – dont be afraid to talk back to me – I can handle it.

I apologise for my bluntness and somewhat rudeness in advance for anyone who supports France. They just make me sick. I’ve been watching them all my life, I’ve lived there, lived in Belgium, and I just cant stand that soccer team. Never have, Never will.

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