Van Persie & Henry - Can They Play Together?
Monday, 19 March 07, 12:28 PM · Comments(1)
With Arsenal's most potent strikeforce consigned to treatment tables for the rest of the season, nostalgia has taken over amongst the fans, who tired of the tootless duo of Julio Baptista and Jeremie Aliadiere, have glossed over the problems in the partnership between Thierry Henry and Robin Van Persie, and decided that they are in-fact Batman and Robin.
Well, there is no doubt that if Van Persie and Henry were still fit and playing, that Arsenal would be in at least 1 of the 2 remaining cup competitions, and playing much more imposingly in the league. But as a pair, it is very hard to judge if they combine well or not, especially since they are both such brilliant individual talents, but not always the best fit for each other.
Well, here are the statistics i've collected below, and hopefully you guys can draw your own conclusions:
Games Started Together: 15 (won 8, drawn 3, lost 4)
Goals scored in those games: 24
Games in which both have scored: 2
Goals scored by Van Persie: 6
Goals scored by Henry: 8 (2 pen)
Assists by Van Persie for Henry: 1 (1 pen)
Assists by Henry for Van persie: 1 (1 pen)
Van Persie - All Appearances (starts + subs): 31 (25+6)
Total goals scored by Van Persie: 13 (1 pen)
Assists by Van Persie: 8 (3 pen)
Henry - All Appearances (starts + subs): 27 (24+3)
Total goals scored by Henry: 12 (2 pen)
Assists by Henry: 4 (1 pen)
* note that for assists, pen = when that player was brought down and a penalty was awarded
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Unfortunately we won't get to see if your theory holds up until next season ;-(
What do you think of the combination Adebayor and Rosicky up front?