Jordan Henderson

[BigChief]

I'm just chuffed we have players that can pass the ball crisply and cleanly, and not get harried in midfield or run down blind alleys. Our future goal is possession football, for that you need adept possession players. Henderson is one of the them and his influence will mature as he does.

[davegrady1]

I'm just chuffed we have players that can pass the ball crisply and cleanly, and not get harried in midfield or run down blind alleys. Our future goal is possession football, for that you need adept possession players. Henderson is one of the them and his influence will mature as he does.

[SB]

I'm just chuffed we have players that can pass the ball crisply and cleanly, and not get harried in midfield or run down blind alleys. Our future goal is possession football, for that you need adept possession players. Henderson is one of the them and his influence will mature as he does.

[Pablo]

Feel sorry for the lad, but he should not be starting ahead of Kuyt right now. Hope he's benched on Sunday.

[PTP]

at the game saturday - 10 mins in some fella goes "what the **** is this henderson about....£20m...****ing hell" - too which his mate replied "**** off dickhead...he's 20 yrs old and 10 mins into his debut."




However i am unsure by it all....i admit i hardly remember him at all from Sunderland....never remember watching them and thinking this henderson is good or anything and i understand he is young and has great potential....but at the same time, when you sign someone for £20m you usually have some idea of what you are getting....and with Henderson i just don't know what to expect...i'm not sure where he plays or what he does and after watching him for 60mins i still wasn't sure...

So whilst i do agree with the "he's 20 and just starting out" arguement, and i believe that he is obviously a talented young lad with a future and i am not going to jump on his back and critiscise him - but i also do a feel a little bit well "er...what did we do that for?"

i'm sure once he settles and the team get to know each other he will get better.

[PTP]

also has mentioned above by Gary_LFC - totally baffled me when i got the ground and heard it was flanno/henderson on the right over a kelly/kuyt combination.

[Norbs]

He wasn't £20m. Opinions should be diluted by 20% accordingly

[Kenneth]

I'm just chuffed we have players that can pass the ball crisply and cleanly, and not get harried in midfield or run down blind alleys. Our future goal is possession football, for that you need adept possession players. Henderson is one of the them and his influence will mature as he does.

But that's not enough, unless we're aiming to be champions in the 'time in possession' league.

[Angryred]

He wasn't £20m. Opinions should be diluted by 20% accordingly

Minus another 3million for them add-ons which won't be triggered yet for a while!
Then we are talking the true value...

[wiw]

Agree with davegrady, Kris, doogle and all the other positive posts He is surely an old-fashioned Liverpool midfielder - keeps it ticking, rarely loses possession, always on the
move, gets in the box, gets back into his defensive position quickly, good engine, good crosser and has a brain

He will click the more the team clicks and vice versa

[Mostar]

I think he'll do fine for us but I am not sure playing him wide right is the best way of utilizing his skills.

I also think Kuyt gives us more defensively when used on the right than Hendo.

[wiw]

He seemed to occupy the general right area though, tucking in sometimes and going wide sometimes, which is fine as he's played both positions

[Sebastian Rooks]

Again... at the risk of repeating myself as I've mentioned in numerous other threads... Henderson had the joint third highest "Key Pass" rate in the premiership last season. That means he created more chances than anyone else in the premier league barring 2 players..... That's what he does exactly.....

[Mostar]

Clearly it's different to play for LFC than for Sunderland.

He won't be a "go-to-guy" (at least not initially) and as result his impact on the game will not be the same.

[Mattshark]

Again... at the risk of repeating myself as I've mentioned in numerous other threads... Henderson had the joint third highest "Key Pass" rate in the premiership last season. That means he created more chances than anyone else in the premier league barring 2 players..... That's what he does exactly.....

But he also had a very low assist rate and a low scoring rate, Kuyt had both more assists and more goals.