Jordan Henderson

[Bender]

I thought it was more like £13m raising to something or other.

Whilst we're on the subject of transfer fees, does anyone know how the Aquilani deal was structured?

yes on top of lego bricks

[baitman]

can we discuss this in the 'Depression' thread?

probably still paying a % for him and joe cole

[Rigadon]

probably still paying a % for him and joe cole

It's no wonder that FSG have put a certain amount of pressure on BR to reduce wages. He's had to deal with the legacy of past mistakes (poor free transfers with high wages, poorly negotiated new contracts and just poor transfers). The boy's done well

[Slinky Skills]

He's certainly improving is Hendo but one thing he lacks is tacking, he presses well but he can't tackle for **** and I mean slidy tackles. Mind you hardly any of our team can bar Gerrard, Skrtel and possibly Sakho none of them can execute a well timed sliding tackle.

Could be they've been given instructions on not to slide in perhaps and not to 'munch' people. See I love a good hard sliding challenge, think it fires your team mates up as well as the crowd.

[Mattshark]

He's certainly improving is Hendo but one thing he lacks is tacking, he presses well but he can't tackle for **** and I mean slidy tackles. Mind you hardly any of our team can bar Gerrard, Skrtel and possibly Sakho none of them can execute a well timed sliding tackle.

Could be they've been given instructions on not to slide in perhaps and not to 'munch' people. See I love a good hard sliding challenge, think it fires your team mates up as well as the crowd.

I don't think slide tackles are a necessity. Would much rather he worked on his finishing.

[Rigadon]

He's certainly improving is Hendo but one thing he lacks is tacking, he presses well but he can't tackle for **** and I mean slidy tackles. Mind you hardly any of our team can bar Gerrard, Skrtel and possibly Sakho none of them can execute a well timed sliding tackle.

Could be they've been given instructions on not to slide in perhaps and not to 'munch' people. See I love a good hard sliding challenge, think it fires your team mates up as well as the crowd.

I once saw Igor Biscan's tackle - wasn't a pretty sight

I think, nowadays, most footballers are told not to 'dive in'. I noticed Sakho doing it on his debut (against Swansea) but he's been much better since.

[Rigadon]

I don't think slide tackles are a necessity. Would much rather he worked on his finishing.

I think Allen, Coutinho, Sterling and Henderson need to work on their finishing.

[Mattshark]

I think Allen, Coutinho, Sterling and Henderson need to work on their finishing.

Yep, we need more goals from midfield.

Allen: 0
Henderson: 1
Coutinho: 2
Sterling: 3

[Rigadon]

Yep, we need more goals from midfield.

Allen: 0
Henderson: 1
Coutinho: 2
Sterling: 3

It would take us from top four contenders to title contenders

[G]

I thought it was more like £13m raising to something or other.

Whilst we're on the subject of transfer fees, does anyone know how the Aquilani deal was structured?

£13m rising to £16m was the common consensus from those close to the club at the time, rather than the £20m the red top bull****ters all ran with.

[Exiled_red]

Yep, we need more goals from midfield.

Allen: 0
Henderson: 1
Coutinho: 2
Sterling: 3

[Gibbo]

3 from Gerrard an'all.

Deffo an area we need to improve in.

[topscorer]

Do Sterling and Coutinho count as midfielders? I thought they generally have played as part of a front 3.

And since we have a front 3 and only 3 midfielders most times I think its understandable to get less goals from midfield, although I agree that we need more goals from 'the other 7' that play behind the from 3.

[Exiled_red]

Do Sterling and Coutinho count as midfielders? I thought they generally have played as part of a front 3.

And since we have a front 3 and only 3 midfielders most times I think its understandable to get less goals from midfield, although I agree that we need more goals from 'the other 7' that play behind the from 3.

However we define players positions we need more that Suarez and Sturridge to chip in with a decent amount of goals.

[RedRum]

The defensive part of Henderson's game has come on leaps and bounds. His pressing and positional awareness is first class. He has always had high work rate and energy but now it is being used in a more beneficial way. I think he does need to work on his composure in front of goal though.