Watching Henry in his prime is one of the few reasons they need to invent a time machine. One that can transfer your consciousness at least, so you can experience it "in real time".

@sparkycjs

14 күн бұрын

Was a pleasure to experience

I'd love to see you react to Henry's main partner in crime those days; Dennis Bergkamp. That man was 6'2 with the lightest feet and most delicate touch you could ever imagine. Scored almost exclusivey beauties, and has the 6th most assists in PL history. Henry always names him among his best teammates, together with Messi & Zizou... As a pundit once said; "if he played in the snow he wouldn't leave footprints". My personal favorite player of all time.

@JahSoldierOmegaSound

16 күн бұрын

The Non-Flying Dutchman! Long live King Dennis!

@alfredthegreat9543

14 күн бұрын

He actually says Bergkamp was the best player he played with- above Messi et al.

@kamielzeegers8106

14 күн бұрын

@@alfredthegreat9543 what I remember is him saying Bergkamp was the best if you exclude "the aliens" (or some term like that), and then he names Zizou & Messi. But i could be wrong!

@patinho5589

14 күн бұрын

Yes. One of the nicest videos of de nis bergkamp is called “the magic moment” I think just that’s the nicest compilation anyway. The legend of iceman is also good.

Thierry Henry is my favourite non-Villa player. That combination of blistering pace and speed, skills on the ball and lethal finishing. A lot of great players have one of those attributes - not many have all three. I remember him getting a lot of criticism in his first season at Arsenal, because Wenger converted him from a winger to a striker - and people were like "This guy is clearly not a natural goalscorer!" - but they soon shut up lol

@lukessportsacademy

17 күн бұрын

Favorite Villa player?

Im a Newcastle fan, but I see prime Henry reaction…absolutely have to watch immediately. Man was one of the greatest of all time, and when you see him now doing his media work he seems like a genuinely measured, humorous and nice guy. Can’t hate him, no matter which club you support

@benjaminbronnimann3966

17 күн бұрын

I think you can definitely hate him if you're Irish 😂

@dawnfairclough345

16 күн бұрын

He should react to Keegan and shearer I'm LFC fan kieron. I see all Americans reaction never look passed the premier League years kieron.

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

@@benjaminbronnimann3966They should really let that go 🤣🤫🤣😭😭😭

he was a great playmaker aswell, only player ever with a 20 goal + 20 assist premier league season

He is my favorite player, because of him I started watching football

BTW Luke, training keepy ups doesn't just translate as keepy ups, they are essential in controlling the ball in any situation, u just understand the ball better in general.

@6:52 the keeper is moving off of his line to close the angle, so that move actually improves his chances of defending the shot.

Still think its absolutely criminal this man didnt win 1 or even 2 Ballon D'Ors. 2001-2006 he was unreal.

The thing you need to understand is how he opens his body up to find that far post with his right foot. Its beautiful.

We would go to Highbury just to see Henry and Bergkamp play seriously though the whole team was outstanding.

7:18 Henry knows for facts that he's not going to fool Zanetti there with his usual tricks, but instead he made Zanetti confused by retracing his moves.

@VinnieHndrx

17 күн бұрын

What is his "usual tricks" in that moment? He either cut inside or stay outside? its one of 2 options, and Henry used them both alot no?

7:20 assists? Oh dont worry, Henry could do that very well too. He has the record for the most assists in a Premier League season (20), a record unbroken since 2002/03. Kevin de Bruyne is the only player who was able to equal him, 17 years later. Henry is also the only player to have 20+ goals AND 20+ assists in a single PL season. Also, in the PL's current 20 team format, Henry holds the record for most combined G&A in a season with 44, equalled only by Haaland last season. He was a phenomenal goalscorer yes, but there was much more to his game than that.

One of the true greats, always played with a smile and pretty much universally loved. I'd recommend checking out Dimitar Berbatov if you havent already, striker for Spurs and United. Super silky on the ball, a goalscorer and the best first touch I've ever seen.

Thierry Henry was amazing in his prime, I remember watching Arsenal vs Man Utd at my grandad's house, Henry scored that ridiculous goal, I almost fell out of my chair, as a gooner ive got so many happy memories because of that man

im so glad your doing more individual players reactions 🥰 this is what the football fans love

I'm an Arsenal fan. And I honestly wish more fans would be like this guy and acknowledge talent and quality when they see it. Even if it's for a rival.

dont worry about stopping the ball in that way. keeping the ball rolling is much more important anyways.

The spin he does ur talking about at the start is called a roulette a reaction to different skill moves might show u a few more common used ones and even break down how to do them

You just reach back to back to my two favorites international players back in that Days. Roberto Carlos *(You did not see the pass that he make to Zinedi Zidanne in the final of UCL) which was the best player in the FIFA 98 to 02 and Thierry Henry. Hope your hand will be recovered soon.

Back in the day, we used to turn up to games early just to watch the likes of Henry and Bergkamp go through the pre-match warmup. How Henry didn't win the Ballon d'Or is beyond me.

In a 1v1 situation, a goalkeeper must come out of their line to close up space, this is really important

@lukessportsacademy

17 күн бұрын

I’m learning 😅

4:40 Kick-ups actually drastically increase your flair--Idk how to describe it--like the feeling and instinct of how to touch the ball, where the ball is, etc. That's how Ronaldinho catches the ball behind him--he got a link with the ball.

The real reason why u train keepy uppies are to get to know the balls every "corner" and have a better "relatonship" with it. A better sense of ball so to say. It does translate to being better as at dribbling because of that, but not to do keepy uppies on the field (which is now forbidden in some leagues for "safety of players" reason). Love ur vids, keep up the good work

Henry is the player Mbappe is most often compared with stylistically. Both are left-sided French wingers who cut inside and attack directly. They are both lightning fast, technical, have great balance, smooth finishers and score elite numbers of goals

i mean when you break it down it's really just 3 things that made Henry great, speed, touch, strike. and if you think like that you can really see how these players hyper focused on the small and basic techniques to get to that point. his first touch and ability to strike the ball was incredible but it was his pace that set him apart in his prime.

One of the most complete forwards in my opinion.

This clip doesn't show what was the most amaizing about Henry - his acceleration. This man could run at full speed after taking just two steps from standing still. Like your videos. Can't wait for the next.

I still miss Thierry as a player he was my favorite. I never seen a man run so beautifully but also powerfully and quickly :D I absolutely adored his first touch and easylooking insidefoot finese shots you would see good pass just going to him and you basically knew exactly how he would score but nobody could do anything about the curve around the keeper.

Honestly Henry at the time felt like a player from a different era, more specifically the future. A lot of legendary players are very much a product of their time, but I feel like Henry has all the attributes to be a menace at any point in football history.

That skill you talked about where you place the foot on top of the ball is definitely very daunting as a beginner. I fell once or twice when I first started out doing it lol. The technique though is to use one leg as your primary support, then lightly but firmly place your opposite foot over the ball. It feels counter-intuitive because you normally want to balance your body weight on both your feet, whereas this technique requires you to only balance on one. That's what allows you to manipulate the ball much more freely with your foot. Takes practice for sure.

I like him, he was one of those players i watched as i grew up. But i cant forgive him for what he did vs Ireland 😢

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

Let it go 😂🤣😂😭😭😭

@joeglenn1793

14 күн бұрын

@@patricksterling927 NEVERR

man i wish AScomps was allowed to survive instead of getting killed by copyright. this AJcomps guy is clearly inspired by him but as you said, had to resort to a million editing cuts to avoid that. AScomps' Thierry Henry videos were fantastic and showed off his quality and completeness as a player so much better.

thats the difference between old school strikers like henry and R9 and etc ..they are so talented and they execute in big games ..effortlessly score goals ..nowadays they spent over 100 mil for some dude who couldnt even score one goal against Lutton town and sheffield

You should check out Middlesbrough legend Juninho. The little maestro.

This might sound odd, but practice standing on one leg (the opposite leg that you kick with) Get used to having your weight on one leg and your kicking foot, think of it almost like an arm, you want to be able to move it in various ways whilst remaining stood on one leg. So all the weight is on the standing leg but you other leg can "feel" around or kick or trap whatever, but practice that dexterity and it will help you with standing on the ball etc, you have to learn how to plant your weight with 1 leg

The "stop on a dime" is actually something you can accomplish. It's obviously more challenging to do it in a game against professionals. So, we just call it a pirouette. That moment you're scared of means you're doing it wrong. The aim is not to put all of your weight on the ball. Yes, you need to apply some downwards pressure as you turn. But, your horizontal momentum is the key motion in this trick. Try to think of Jack Be Nimble. Imagine you're jumping over a candlestick. You mustn't stop or you'll be stepping on the flame. However, with the football, you're touching the ball with your foot so that you can then drag it in the new direction you want to head in.

The trick is not to stomp but to figure outs the measurement of the ball to the ground. That way u stop your foot on the top of the ball where u think the top of the ball will be rather then your foot just stomping hard on the ground. Hopefully it makes sense. It takes a while

Henry is the greatest foreign player that has ever played in this country for me. Absolute joy to watch that man in action and I’m not even an Arsenal fan. Just got to appreciate greatness when it comes around and he is certainly one of the greats. Could easily play in any era of football and be the best imo

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

It’s actually Bergkamp, but I get it

My personal favourite PL player of all time.

Henry, CR7, Suarez top 3 attacking players ever to play in the prem in my honest opionion

6:40 Goalkeepers move out from their position to close the angle of the shot from the opponent, it decreases the chance of a goal also very important to do that if the opponent has very little time to think about the shot, so they will not have the best accuracy, closing the angles is the key to save it like yesterday how Son was under pressure to make the shot against Ortega who was way out of his line and made a really important save 😉

think which is forgotten when looking at his silky skills is that the guy was built like a cruiser weight boxer. No wonder he was almost impossible to shrug off the ball.

If you stop the ball by stepping on it, do not put all your weight on it. Just enough to stop the ball... Otherwise you will go flying.

At work today 2x United fan, 1x Forest fan, 1x Arsenal fan and 1x Liverpool fan all unanimously agreed the Henry is the best striker in PL history. And it wasn't actually the topic of conversation. It started trying to decide the year Arsenal went from Higbury to Emirates and we casually brought up Henry and everyone agreed within 10s.

As a United fan I used to hate him as a kid but as I got older I realised how insane Henry was, maybe best Prem player ever, only players that compare are 07/08 Ronaldo and 13/14 Suarez imo

remember watching when i was 11 in 2004

Are you planning to react on Neymar prime too ? Love your channel btw 🔥

@lukessportsacademy

17 күн бұрын

I tried a long time ago and it got blocked. But I am better at editing now so I may try again 🙂

You still have a chance to renounce Spurs, ya know. It's not too late.

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

🤣😂🤣😭😭😭

keepy uppy and juggling will train your touch

40yr old Arsenal fan here, I can verify that Thierry was as good as it gets in his prime. I made a very decent amount of money betting on Henry to score first every week of the 2001-02 season. He did it about 50% of the matches. The reason you don't hear him in GOAT discussions more often is because his prime was comparatively short when set against the insane longevity of Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo. Henry was unquestionably the best player in the world for about 6 years between 2000-06. Don't get me wrong, he was very good prior to hitting peak & still very good after it (his Barca run is underrated) but it doesn't really compare to Leo & CR7. I'll always remember the 2002 world cup, going in Henry was without a doubt the best player in the world. He was a Premier league & FA cup double winner with Arsenal, France were the defending world cup champs & then he ended up getting sent off about 30 minutes into the opening game of the tourney versus Senegal. France lost that game 1-0, got knocked out at the group stage & Henry didn't even get to play again in the tourney because of the red card. Ruined absolutely everybody's fantasy teams !!!

@gabkoost

14 күн бұрын

Bra. Saying Henry was unquestionably the best in the world from 00 to 06 is not onky the most biased statement I ever heard but also a monumental lie. Henry has 0 ballon d'or and in that period but guys like Figo, Owen, Ronaldo R9, Nedved, Shevchenko, Ronaldinho and Cannavarro won it. Henry wasn't even the best French player in that era because everyone and their mothers know it was Zidane. Furthermore, the statement that he only isn't seen as one of the goats because his prime was shorter than Cr7 and a Messi's is egregious. Henry don't come even close to Ronaldo and Messi. In fact, young Ronaldo wins the ballon d'or playing in England against Henry in his prime. CR was better at age 23 than Henry had ever been in his life. TH deserved a Ballon D'or indeed but he was far from being thr best in those years. Ronaldinho was the best of them all and won 2 fifa player of the year and 1 Ballon d'or during that time. So please, chill.

@pieceofgosa

14 күн бұрын

​@@gabkoost Bra, idc. Eat me.

@Bread_Garlichouse

12 күн бұрын

Hengot sent off in the 2nd game against uruguay. He was not the best player in the world. Consistently stunk up the place in the champions league barring 2-3 notable games.

@pieceofgosa

12 күн бұрын

@@Bread_Garlichouse wrong

@SashaBaron112

12 күн бұрын

@@gabkoost The funniest is that although he might’ve been the BEST in EPL , Serie A alone was smoking them back those days. Ps: No english team in any European final yet there are :2Italian, 2 German, 1 Spanish and 1 Greek.

I never really thought about the skill sets you pick up as a child. American football and sports are hand based. Football (soccer) feet based. It just seem second nature. It was just when you said about stopping, standing and turning. A lot of this stuff to a certain level becomes instinctive. Sometimes I would rather stuff come at me quickly,rather than slow and have to think about it.

He got stopped by Ronaldinho in champions league final. I think it was 2006.

Bro! you MUST watch some JUAN ROMAN RIQUELME MAGIC ♥

Check out Nemanja Vidić and Rio Ferdinand

I am curious as to what pulls an american to spurs (or anyone as an arsenal fan :D) Henry was the goat for sure though, There is a reason Arsenal have a lot of fans world wide of a certain age :)

It's funny, I tried getting you to go Arsenal when you were just starting to think of picking a team. Oh what could have been.

1 thing arsenal fans will fail to tell u is in order from him to win CL he had to go barca. 😂

People are forgetting about Gabriel Batistuta, Alessandro del Piero, David Trezeguet, Robert Pires, Adriano, Dejan Stankovic, Sinisa Mihailovic, Darko Kovacevic, Harald Brattbakk, Esteban Cambiasso, Alvaro Recoba, Luis Figo, Fabio Cannavaro, Marco Materazzi, Ricardo Quaresma, Samuel Eto'o etc

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

Wow, no Bergkamp? 🤷‍♂️

Next you must see the best of Ronaldo, the bald Brazilian Ronaldo

My main gooner king henry 14

You're not a spurs fan are you? I was going to sub😂

The goal at 5:37 was ridiculous this video doesn’t do it justice

Don´t step on the ball while turning... that is high level balance stuff...if you aren´t trained in being fully balanced in weight displacement you might break your ankle...So don´t even try it ...Saw that so many times, when people were doing that and for whatever reason got out of balance and as automatic body response shifted their weight on the foot which was currently steping on the ball and their ankle bended sidewards..if the ankle doesn´t break then you will get a tremdendous ligament injury at your ankle instead..It´s simply not worth it According to Henry his touch on the ball was mindblowing the ball is always very close to the feet (as if the ball is invisibly short distance chained on his foot) even in high speed therefore with every step he can instantly change the direction of the ball with both feet while running full speed.

@lukessportsacademy

17 күн бұрын

😬that’s why i’m afraid to try it 🙃. Also I won’t try it lol

@charlesward4314

17 күн бұрын

You're right. Playing surface also makes a difference. I pulled a calf stopping from speed, lightly putting my foot on top of the ball, on astroturf. I am sure the same action on a moist grass surface would have been OK. The sudden braking was too much for my standing leg. It was a nasty snapping sound. Full recovery after 4-6 weeks though.

the purpose of learning how to juggle the ball is to learn to controll it and make her do what you need! The master is ronaldinho, search for the vid of 10 thing only ronaldinho can do (or something simmilar) and you will see him juggling the ball while blinfolded! There you realise how the touch and the feeling are the basis to learn to control the ball better in any circumstance!

@albertgandiamodol5311

17 күн бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/jG2Lq7l8j8LPj9I.htmlsi=Mb1vot42ydB_2Ap7 that's the video I meant!

Bro, how did you Become a Spurs fan ? I mean what did you see ? Out of everyone else .

@JanHejn

17 күн бұрын

He had the unfortunate issue of seeing the first part of a classic Spurs season :D They looked fun under Ange and it even worked but it ended just as usual :D

He's good... ...but he wasn't ever named twice.

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

🤣😂🤣😭😭😭

Hey Luke, you mkust have a ball all day.. when you are watching videos... have a ball at your feet.. have it .. carry it with you.. some advice..

Do Didier Drogba.

Next watch Marco rues story

You should be scared to put your foot on the ball. It is a very unstable position. Put all your weight on the other foot and watch a lot of futsal while you train

Luke, if you grew up watching Henry, would you have supported Arsenal?

Please react to Romario by the fubol Nacional channel And to zico by the same channel

Luke Ian wright a arsenal great, react to Ian rush the all time goals scorer for Liverpool Kenny dalglish the best ever player to wear a LFC shirt, John Barnes and Robbie fowler. Kieron

How are you a Spurs fan? Or should I ask how did you become one 🤔

why woyld anyone like spurs? its a slap on the face of so many English clubs that have better fans and bigger history! only fakes & newcomers & and those that dont understand football like understand football culture proper like spurs! even then you could go like a winning club like city instead, i get that but spurs come on!!!

You should ask some Irish ☘️ what they think of cheating Henry…

@ConcreteCrescent

15 күн бұрын

Nobody outside of Ireland cares enough to ask mate, yet the Irish will spend all week telling you about it regardless.

@patricksterling927

14 күн бұрын

Let it go. You’d think you were denied the opportunity to win the tournament 🤷‍♂️

@vascobatista2132

13 күн бұрын

@@patricksterling927 I was a really big fan of Henry until then and (spoiler alert!) I‘m not Irish. Henry always claims he is a real sportsman but he isn‘t. He‘s a cheater that‘s all.

@vascobatista2132

13 күн бұрын

@@patricksterling927 no I don‘t think Ireland would have won. But they were robbed the opportunity to participate in the tournament. That is undeniable. Don‘t give it any other spin.

Why do so many Americans Support Spurs??

Too bad he played for arsenal 🤮

@Ty__e

17 күн бұрын

Please make it 20 years, citeh!!