Will Henry and Trezugret ever become the pair they should?

[BED-STYPUNDIT]

With the way David is playing at Juve this season and despite his and Aresnal's dip in form, will these two finally make magic happen consistently at next year's World Cup or will be a change in plans?

[Jessica_Alba,pirate]

no

[lefutur]

they havent played very well as a pair in the past. Henry-Anelka up front seems to have more potential with Trez as a sub.

[AcMilan-Barcelona]

they havent played very well as a pair in the past. Henry-Anelka up front seems to have more potential with Trez as a sub.

which posses a dilema for you guys because Trez is in fine form same as Henry and Anelka. I don`t know if you can play all three at once. What is the status of Pires, i hope he makes the team.

[lefutur]

which posses a dilema for you guys because Trez is in fine form same as Henry and Anelka. I don`t know if you can play all three at once. What is the status of Pires, i hope he makes the team.

Thats the type of dilema that Im sure Domenech would prefer to have: all of the available strikers firing on all cylinders.

I think Trez will be used a lot though depending on the opponent. He's great in the air unlike Henry and that can be exploited against shorter teams

[sl7vk]

Yes Trez, and Henry have been very dissapointing.... World and European champions, and they will finish their careers 1 and 2 in international goals for France. Pathetic....

[lefutur]

Yes Trez, and Henry have been very dissapointing.... World and European champions, and they will finish their careers 1 and 2 in international goals for France. Pathetic....

Those are their numbers as a pair? because individually they are both around 30 goals each for France.

[sl7vk]

International Goals for France

1)Platini 41 goals
2)Henry 31 goals
--Trezeguet 31 goals
4)Papin 30 goals
5)Zidane 28 goals

[lefutur]

what have been the best pairings in recent history for France then? does anyone know?

[navid90]

what's so bad about Trezeguet as a Striker postion and henry supporting on the left hand side and cisse or anelka support on the right hand side

[Nanbawan]

Henry-Anelka looks very interesting considering the versatility of the later. He can run or be the target man ; of course, most of the choice made will be related to the current state of form closing on the competition.

[sl7vk]

The way things have gone, we can expect either Trez or Henry to be hurt/unavailable during at least some point in the WC... Hence Anelka... :)

[gaijin]

The way things have gone, we can expect either Trez or Henry to be hurt/unavailable during at least some point in the WC... Hence Anelka... :)

:eek:

Or Cisse.... :)

[guignol]

which posses a dilema for you guys because Trez is in fine form same as Henry and Anelka. I don`t know if you can play all three at once. What is the status of Pires, i hope he makes the team.not all three at once. but to win a WC it's 2 matches a week for a month. even w/o injuries you need some depth.

what's so bad about Trezeguet as a Striker postion and henry supporting on the left hand side and cisse or anelka support on the right hand side neither cissé or anelka are used to that role, and in any case, could hardly do it as well as wiltord or govou.

to get back to the main question, henry and trez have turned in a couple of stunning performances in the past, although not yet when the chips are on the table...

[lefutur]

I think this could be Henry's tournament playing in blue. I think that goal against Ireland really made a positive impact on his psyche and we might just see the Henry that plays for Arsenal. If this happens France may just go pretty far because up till now the defence has been holding up well.

[sl7vk]

I think this could be Henry's tournament playing in blue. I think that goal against Ireland really made a positive impact on his psyche and we might just see the Henry that plays for Arsenal. If this happens France may just go pretty far because up till now the defence has been holding up well.
So long as Jean-Alain "I'm freaking ********" Boumsong is nowhere near the field, I think the back 4 will be fine.

Sagnol---Thuram---Gallas---Abidal/Evra

Reveilliere covering on the right if Sagnol is out.

[lefutur]

So long as Jean-Alain "I'm freaking ********" Boumsong is nowhere near the field, I think the back 4 will be fine.

Sagnol---Thuram---Gallas---Abidal/Evra

Reveilliere covering on the right if Sagnol is out.

Yeah. Definately the idea is to have Gallas in his favorite position. Somehow I see it happening with all the hype surrounding Evra now, and if Abidal is healthy too.

Now if we could just get Ribery in the line-up the attacking machine could really start to purr. :cool:

[sl7vk]

Yeah. Definately the idea is to have Gallas in his favorite position. Somehow I see it happening with all the hype surrounding Evra now, and if Abidal is healthy too.

Now if we could just get Ribery in the line-up the attacking machine could really start to purr. :cool:

--------Makalele----Vieira

-------------------------------Ribery
------Zidane

I would see Ribery with a polyvelant role where he could occupy either the right or left wing. But seeing that Sagnol has been effective at occupying the entire right corridor, I think this formation would work best in midfield.

[gaijin]

--------Makalele----Vieira

-------------------------------Ribery
------Zidane

I would see Ribery with a polyvelant role where he could occupy either the right or left wing. But seeing that Sagnol has been effective at occupying the entire right corridor, I think this formation would work best in midfield.

Hmmmm. Lets stick Franck on the right and Thierry on the left. Henry is best from deep, that gives Franck freedom to roam either side as you say which is where he can cause teams problems. Zizou must play the playmaker role behind the front-line.

Effectively it looks like a 4-2-3-1 but changes into a 4-2-1-1-2 / 4-2-2-2 formation...

The ideal lineup would be like;

Coupet

Sagnol---Thuram---Gallas---Evra/Abidal

Makelele-----Vieira

Ribery--Zizou--Henry

Trez

Effectively, Ribery plays the Pires/Wiltord role. Henry cannot play that advanced and must play deeper and wide out, drifting inside. Les Bleus do not employ the same system as Arsenal do. When Thierry bursts forward, Franck can drift out to this side to support him, or stick on the natural right hand side. The only problem I have with this system is that Abidal must be favoured over Evra, because Patrice is more attack-minded and is less likely to cover the left side.

[sl7vk]

Yes, This works too.