Henry Lansbury

Henri has been at the Club since he was nine-years-old and is one of the longest-serving players in the academy.

The tenacious midfielder is one of Arsenal's brightest prospects and made six appearances for the Reserves last season despite still being a schoolboy. He also made 17 appearances for the Under-18s and spent time training with Arsène Wenger's first team. Henri must have impressed the Frenchman as he was handed his first-team debut in the 2-0 friendly win over Barnet in July.


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[kencmon]

just scored a corker for the england u-17s a couple hours ago, 30 yarder v holland!

[rosso142k7]

hes at my club scunthorpe now.. and yeah he is really good we all no he will be a big talent.. good luck to him

[FinCroweman]

just thought to comment after carling cup game against tottenham.was very impressed with his style of play,gonna be a huge hit for the gunners hope wenger plays him more regular.i can see wilshere,lansbury,ramsey and frimpong being the solid midfield in 4-5 years time

[ninianmail]

Therefore British MFs evolved to powerful atheletic shooters with feet and head, like strikers and europen MFs evolved to intricate passers with close control, as they had to pass through 6 defenders, 4 DF and maybe 2 Holding MFs.

[ninianmail]

Sorry didnt explain that very clearly,what i mean is that British teams historically use 442 with wingers that would stay out wide and MFs that would pass out wide and bomb on.We didnt use Holding MFs, and didnt need delicate passes as we relied on crosses. Continental 451 or 433 would use 1(or 2 in Italy) holding MFs that pass intelligently to the other 4 attackers. Wide playing AMF like CR (diff to our wingers) would move inside when the ball was on the opposite wing to play as second striker.

[ninianmail]

Similarly European teams dont really have many out and out wingers, they have attackers that play in a wider position, that depeneding on the play can move into central positions and play as a support striker. they tend just play one striker up front, as opposed to the British tradition of 2 up front, and wingers that stay on the wing.

[ninianmail]

I agree that Hargreaves isn't a product of English academies (because he isn't), however i think that he is a good symbol for the English (or British) tenacity and passion, coupled with excellent technique. I think the reasone we a lagging behind Europe in the holding MF role is because historically British team relied on their wingers a whole lot more and would use the MF as a battering ram, therefore we have not developed as many dainty little Xavi esque players.

[ninianmail]

If he were ordered to stay out of attacks then you would lose everything that was good in his game.

Lampard is not only good at shooting, he is an amazing passer of the ball. I have seen plenty of beautiful defence splitting passes to know this is true I have seen some incredible passes from him, also gerrard can ping passes about nicely so i disagree about them lacking in that respect. They are no Requelme or Xavi or whatever, but then again Xavi cannot do the same things Gerrad can.

[ninianmail]

No!! Gerrard would not be good, because the holding role is about HOLDING!!! Makelele for exampe wasn't particularly good passer or even tackler, but he had amazing atheltism and knew exactly where to be and at what time, however he would unload the ball to zidane or lampard. Then he would just sit, Gerrard would not do this but instead bomb on leaving the back 4 exposed, which is not what a good holding MF would do.

[83BarFly]

He would be comparible to Petite. Great in defence, chipped in in attack, and had a wicked strike. Gerrard can control a game, but he would have no place on the edge of the box for Arsenal unless he was tee'd up for one of those 20 yard strikes. It's not really the lack of class that I'm complaining about, i's the fact that we don't create midfielders in this particular role. It just seems that we're catching on later than the rest of the continent.

[83BarFly]

Take the CL final for example, Gerrard was moved to right wing in injury time to mark the fresh sub Serginho... in injury time! Yet he still took care of him, and tracked back as far as the right back position regularly. This is why he would be perfect for a holding role at Arsenal. Song's doing a great job for us, but if you look at the top holding midfielders, throughout history, they have great distibution and start the attack as son as theye in posession. It's not just ball winning ability.

[83BarFly]

I think Joe Cole is the closest thing we have to an out-and-out playmaker. You're right about Gerrard and Lampard, no-one can hit it from outside the box like they can. But, take Lampard for example, that's his only strength. The England team lacks balance because it has to accomodate Lampard, and for what? The odd strike from 20 yards? It's like having a striker in midfield, he can't do much else. Gerrard on the other hand, is the box-to-box meastro, he just doesn't have the playmaking ability.