The word consistently heard from the lips of Thierry Henry during pre-match media brushes is the word, FIGHT!
The coach rarely misses an opportunity to highlight the importance he places on his team’s ability to battle and combat the opposition.
He knows more than most that to earn the right to play pretty football you need to compete and match the physical and mental strengths of any opposition. Players must be strong and win their individual battles on the pitch once that whistle sounds.
That Henry emphasizes the word so frequently can only suggest he’s detected a softness in what he’s seen of a team he’s still getting to know.