As Moe said, Henry scored 26 goals last season....pretty much the opposite of awful. When I said 20 Moe, I was refering to just the league where I'm almost positive he scored 19/26. My explanation stands, Diegomessi. A "natural" winger is not going to replicate our scoring prowess of last season, thats b/c we dont need/deserve regular wingers. We need/want wingers who can play on the wing and SCORE GOALS.
Now don't get me wrong; Ribery and Silva are GREAT players but 1) Silva, much like Iniesta, is used most efficiently in the midfield 2) They aren't known for their pure goal-scoring ability. And as I stated, if Henry (a 31 year old and far, FAR from his best) can net 19 in the league, why can't Villa or a few other world-class "strikers" (dont feel like getting into who)? Are you saying Villa doesn't have the same sort of ability Henry has?! Lets not forget he's been in Spain almost his entire career and scores half his goals from the wing position anyway. I thought it'd be obvious; apparently you don't think so.