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I know you guys haven't seen a great deal of the King, but from what you have seen, can you think of anyone better with the head?

At Celtic, he scored a load of headers, inc some really awesome ones, such as this one pictured below. This pic shows the height well, but only the video does the goal justice, a peach.

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That first goal he scored against Porto in that final is the sort of header they should show at coaching schools. PERFECT technique, that was. He is truly the master of gaining that needed extra yard in front of a defender to get the header in, despite his lack of size.
 
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I'm beginning to regret losing Larsson, he is so experienced and rationally thinking player. On the other hand look at Zidane - age is not a friend of sportman...
Anyway Henke is da man!!! And the best header in Barca now period.
 
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The craziest thing is that he is only 1.78 cm tall.

He has amazing timing and leaping ability.
 
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Add Alan Shearer, Gabriel Batistuta & Luca Toni in that list.

But Larsson undoubtly is a great player. If he was playing in any of the big 3 leagues sooner. Im sure he would be mentioned among the all time greats.
 
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KiN[G]PiN said:
Jared Borgetti has an insanely good header. Batistuta and Toni have good headers but not in Borgetti, Shearer or Larson's leagues.
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I have to disagree regarding bout Bati & Toni. Toni's 9 out of 23 goals this season was from His headers. Bati is very good in headers. I have watched him play since 93. Trust me, Saying Bati is not in Shearer & Larsson's leagues in an understatment.

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Sorry for being OT, but I think Henrik Larsson is one of the most important signings of Barça rebuilding. I am completely amazed with his performance in Depor match. As it is his final season in Barça as well as European top flight career, he'll surely be missed. It's not easy to find player like him.
 
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Larsson Airlines is probably the best in La Liga. I always complained about our corners that could have benefited like yesterday if we didn't do some many short corners ending up in nothing. The goal yesterday was really awsome, amazing power !!!!!
 
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His goal last night not only inspired this thread, but also a 47.5Mb Larsson Header video compilation which I will post a link to very soon.
 
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mincecfc said:
His goal last night not only inspired this thread, but also a 47.5Mb Larsson Header video compilation which I will post a link to very soon.
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really? I will be looking forward to see it.. :thumbsup:

also, i have this VHS called "The King of Kings - 100 greatest goal of Larsson", if you guys are interested.. I would digitize it and post it up...
 
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mincecfc said:
http://s60.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1T1HP3AAYY75Z02PRZMDRAZQKY

Thats a temporary (yousendit) link, I'll put up a better link soon.

If you download it, please give your opinions in this thread.
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Awesome !!!!! 13 minutes of pure high class headers !!
The first one is unbelievable, he's actually hovering a looong time in the air and still hitting the ball so hard !!!
Do you have more compilations of "Right footers" and "Left footers" and "Freekicks" and maybe one with "Easy goals"
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