Henry or Bergkamp

[Ollie the Optimist]

so a fun poll and an interesting one imo. if we could only have one of these players to play for us in their prime rather then when we first signed signed them, who would you have?

i really dont know who i would have had, its a tough question as both men love arsenal and gave their all for us and still to this day love the club. both won loads of trophies for us and both were world class players.

such a hard decision but for me i would take Henry just cos he scored more goals for us. thats only way i can choose this one

[PGFC]

DB10 every time.

[LDG]

That's like asking if I could keep either one of my Mum or Dad.

The silly old cunts.

Oh...gowan then...

....errrrmm.....

....ohohoh....







Dad.


Mum

[Fist of Lehmann]

This is a squeeker for me. DB10 is probably my favourite player.

Given our current situation and our borked-ass confidence I think Bergy would have commanded respect in the dressing room and be calming influence on the pitch (unless man-marked in which case watch for low-flying elbows). Also a partnership of Rvp and Berg would have been pant-splaffingly good.

On the other hand he doesn't fly.

Henry would have more or less guaranteed goals, and the ability to win a game practically on his own. But I can just imagine the disapproving french stares as this team tried to put a bit of form together.

[Marc Overmars]

Henry. I just loved his sheer arrogance on the pitch, if you've got it you might as well flaunt it. There's nothing between them though, Bergkamp was one of the key figures in our transformation and the fact he retired with us shows his level of commitment, absolute star.

That was a golden generation and it will be a long time before we see players who can reach the level of Henry and Bergkamp again.

[Coney]

Bergkamp by a whisker.

[Syn]

so a fun poll and an interesting one imo. if we could only have one of these players to play for us in their prime rather then when we first signed signed them, who would you have?

The team would benefit more from Henry because at his prime he was not actually human but a machine. Pure productivity.

That said, I would still choose Bergkamp because I'm a fan of the cool, the naturally gifted and the martyr who would be several steps ahead of everyone else on the pitch but is willing to go down with a sinking ship.

i.e. there's a danger that Henry could actually single-handedly save us and that'd be a fun story but it's not my style. Bergkamp wouldn't save us but we'd be cooler.

[Xhaka Can’t]

This myth of the 'Henry glare' scaring our players is a joke. Laughable that people still talk about it.

They're grown men ffs.

It happened.

It was counterproductive.

[Marc Overmars]

It's not a myth. I think it was Cesc who said Henry was an intimidating figure for the team. I agree the players should have grown a pair but they obviously found it difficult to reach the impossibly high standards he had already set.

[Japan Shaking All Over]

It's not a myth. I think it was Cesc who said Henry was an intimidating figure for the team. I agree the players should have grown a pair but they obviously found it difficult to reach the impossibly high standards he had already set.

When this started. . . .it was probably the start of Wengers series of fails, he should have started to bring in a few stronger characters to quell Henrys supereme influence.

I can remember times when it seemed everything had to go through Henry that some were scared to play. . .