Copping The Flak
‘EVERY player must wish they could enjoy as good a slump as Thierry Henry.
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The Arsenal striker scored twice at the weekend to cement his position as the Premierships leading scorer but still the sniping goes on.
And it will get worse if Arsenal fail to beat Rosenborg tomorrow night and make an early exit from the Champions League.
But Henry is ready for any flak that may come his way.
If the team dont win, I know I will be criticised no matter how I play, he tells the Express. I will still sleep at night. I will never change my place for anything.
And nor, one suspects, would Arsenal after Henry scored his 15th and 16th goals of the season in a 3-0 win against Birmingham.
The same may not be true of Steven Gerrard the Sun says the Liverpool midfielder could be on his way to Chelsea in a £30m deal.
Rick Parry, the Reds chief executive, said he wasnt sure that the club could hang on to their star player.
What Stevie craves is success, like we all do at the club, he says. If we win silverware, everyone is pleased. If we do that, well keep our best players.
What silverware Liverpool are likely to win this season we dont know.
They are a whopping 15 point behind Chelsea in the Premiership and are on the brink of an early exit from the Champions League.
Their only hope of success could be the FA Cup, the third round draw of which was made yesterday, or the rubbished Carling Cup.
Liverpool will be pretty happy with their away draw against Burnley, but not as happy as non-league Yeading who are pitted against the mighty Newcastle.
The Mail shows the reaction among the Yeading players to the draw, which will also see non-league Exeter travel to Old Trafford.
In fact, all 20 Premiership sides have been drawn against lower league opposition but it is Ryman League side Yeading (nicknamed The Ding) that attract most of the headlines.
And the most interesting thing that the papers can unearth on the side is that their 3,000 capacity ground The Warren was used for some of the scenes in the movie Bend It Like Beckham.
With Beckhams form of late, that might not be enough to help the minnows pull off what would be one of the greatest Cup shocks of all time.’
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