Thierry Henry: Football Memories, a Taxi Story and Punditry Praise

Probably every woman in the country-

... yes,

... yes,

wanted Thierry Henry as well. And

that takes me to a

story.

Oh.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We'll just see this here.

Now, I get a lot of people laughing at me, giving me stick, saying,

"Thierry Henry ran off the

pitch against you and still beat you to the ball."

I'm not embarrassed about that

one bit. It's Thierry Henry.

What I am embarrassed about is,

was, it wasn't just Thierry Henry, it

was Stephen

Henshaw.

I mean, look at that.

I mean...

But I must admit,

Thierry Henry was the

one player who absolutely give me

nightmares and...

I mean, thank God there

wasn't a gobby Scouser on

Monday Night

Football at that stage.

I mean, that's one of

the great goals for

Thierry. I mean-

... Monday Night Football

would be having a

field day, wouldn't they, with that?

And I think most of us would

remember, wouldn't we?

The advert, Va Va Voom.

I mean, was he

just the coolest guy in the Premier

League at

that stage? I mean, every football fan

wanted Thierry Henry at their club.

Probably every woman in the country-

Yeah

... yes,

wanted Thierry Henry as well. And

that takes me to a

story.

Oh.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

So, um, I've got a couple of bags

soaked right through.

Everyone's desperate to get a taxi.

I'm trying to impress Nicola.

And then the cab just, cab just goes past me,

and he just has a sign in the window

saying, "Thierry Henry",

and starts laughing at me as the cab goes

past.

So I just look at it for a second. I

look at me wife, me wife's looking at

me, and I know she's

thinking, "What the hell am I doing with you?"

The punditry world

that, that we're both in now,

there's a lot of competition,

there's lots of different channels, there's different shows,

and I've worked with

lots of people.

And for me, Thierry Henry is the

best, and I really do mean that.

He is the best.

You also had Micah

Richards who'd come

through the ranks at Manchester City.

And as we've now

learned, has won absolutely all.

Whoo!

It is an honor

to be up here speaking for you tonight.

You're an absolute legend on and off the pitch,

and congratulations on tonight.