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Is Brendan being supportive of a player here. And tsk-tsking someone for not keeping the faith?
I must be on the wrong boards, either that or there's a sensible, wise wizard emerging!
[article]Sam Allardyce has claimed that Liverpool's Jordan Henderson is 'better' than Manchester City's Fernandinho who 'everybody raves about'.
In recent seasons, both players have played crucial roles in the middle of the park for Liverpool and Manchester City, respectively.
Fernandinho, who joined City in 2013 for £30 million, helped his club to a domestic treble last term, whilst Henderson helped Liverpool win three trophies in 2019, including the Champions League.
Speaking on The Debate on Sky Sports (14/01/20 at 10:50 pm), Allardyce was reacting to Henderson being named England's Men's Player of the Year for 2019.
“I think it's a surprising choice that a midfield player [has won the award],” Allardyce told Sky Sports. “I think he is the worthy choice by what he personally has achieved at Liverpool and what he means to the team.
“He links the defending and attacking in the middle of the midfield, as does Fernandinho at Manchester City, so everybody raves about [Fernandinho] and Jordan Henderson is equally good if not this season better. Mind you, Fernandinho has had to play centre-half most of the time.
“He doesn't get the same praise as Fernandinho does but he does exactly the same job and sometimes better, in my opinion.”
As mentioned above, Fernandinho has played a centre-back role for City this season given their injuries and poor form in defence.
Henderson has also played at the back for Liverpool, but it's in the middle of the park, and at times out wide, where he has done the most damage.
The England man helped Liverpool to their sixth European Cup last June and he will be hoping to add the Premier League title to the Anfield cabinet in May.[/article]
In recent seasons, both players have played crucial roles in the middle of the park for Liverpool and Manchester City, respectively.
Fernandinho, who joined City in 2013 for £30 million, helped his club to a domestic treble last term, whilst Henderson helped Liverpool win three trophies in 2019, including the Champions League.
Speaking on The Debate on Sky Sports (14/01/20 at 10:50 pm), Allardyce was reacting to Henderson being named England's Men's Player of the Year for 2019.
“I think it's a surprising choice that a midfield player [has won the award],” Allardyce told Sky Sports. “I think he is the worthy choice by what he personally has achieved at Liverpool and what he means to the team.
“He links the defending and attacking in the middle of the midfield, as does Fernandinho at Manchester City, so everybody raves about [Fernandinho] and Jordan Henderson is equally good if not this season better. Mind you, Fernandinho has had to play centre-half most of the time.
“He doesn't get the same praise as Fernandinho does but he does exactly the same job and sometimes better, in my opinion.”
As mentioned above, Fernandinho has played a centre-back role for City this season given their injuries and poor form in defence.
Henderson has also played at the back for Liverpool, but it's in the middle of the park, and at times out wide, where he has done the most damage.
The England man helped Liverpool to their sixth European Cup last June and he will be hoping to add the Premier League title to the Anfield cabinet in May.[/article]
[article]Jordan Henderson's former teammate Darren Bent has revealed an extraordinary training ground story from the midfielder's journey to the top.
Liverpool captain Henderson picked up the 'England Player of the Year' award last night after a remarkable 2019.
But it was back in his Sunderland days when Bent was alerted to his incredible attitude towards football.
Bent was an established Premier League striker at the Stadium of Light, while Henderson was a teenager on the brink of the first team.
One training session, to Bent's astonishment, Henderson had to be withdrawn because his stats were "too high".
“He is the only guy I have trained with and played with that got pulled out of training because their heart rate was too high", Bent told TalkSport.
"All the years I have trained and played, he was the only player where the manager had to pull him out of training because the manager was like ‘Listen, you red zone stats are way too high, you are going to have a heart attack if you carry on’.”
Henderson went on to sign for Liverpool in a £20million deal in 2011, and has thrived under Jurgen Klopp, thoroughly embracing his high-energy philosophy.[/article]
Sam allardyce also says "europeans" in a filthy way.
His interview on Carragher's podcast is well worth listening to - https://audioboom.com/channels/5005036
(As is Carra's chat with Bellamy, who reveals how Riise's serial cheating at golf drove him into hitting him: 'The worst one was when he claimed to have found his ball in the woods...and it was on a tee!).
(As is Carra's chat with Bellamy, who reveals how Riise's serial cheating at golf drove him into hitting him: 'The worst one was when he claimed to have found his ball in the woods...and it was on a tee!).
And of course Bellamy was all pumped up on red meat, so....
[article]On Sunday late afternoon, as Liverpool worked through their routine warm-up at Anfield before overcoming Manchester United, a few of the players spotted something novel.
Jordan Henderson was one of them, and in truth, it was hard for him to miss it.
The crowning moment of the midfielder’s career, his face reflecting in the European Cup as he held it aloft, was immortalised on a striking new banner on the Kop.
Stationed behind the goal to the left, the flag had a white background and captured the essence of that scene at the Wanda Metropolitano superbly.
Henderson’s eyes are closed just as they were when the trophy was above his head on 1 June, the 29-year-old’s face a medley of emotion after Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 to lift the first piece of silverware of the Jurgen Klopp era.
‘Madrid 19’ is written underneath the graphic of the captain, mirroring the official font used during the Champions League campaign.
Henderson was so moved by the banner he personally thanked Spion Kop 1906, the group in charge of creating and organising the displays in the famed stand.
The skipper, his name reverberating around the ground, was man of the match against United and has been a man possessed this season.
Henderson has driven Liverpool’s relentless approach through a record-breaking run, and his performances have deservedly catapulted him into the conversation for England’s standout player of 2019-20.
“Wasn’t good enough” was the England international’s assessment at Tottenham, when a 1-0 victory ensured Klopp’s side recorded the best start to a campaign of any team in the history of Europe’s top five leagues, with a staggering tally of 61 points from 21 matches.
The win also set a new benchmark haul of 104 over a rolling 38-game period in the division, but the skipper was frustrated that Liverpool did not kill the game off earlier.
Henderson repeated that assertion in the aftermath of the 2-0 triumph over United. Like Liverpool, like Klopp, his high standards are unrelenting.
There has belatedly been growing external realisation of the player’s importance in the dressing room and on the pitch.
Henderson’s game has hit new heights since Madrid, which is some achievement considering the gigantic displays he turned in last season.
Part of his renaissance has been a result of Klopp helping him filter out the noise. The manager had been aware of the unfair and often incorrect criticisms of Henderson’s performances and made sure his voice cut through all other commentary.
“People maybe [the fans] needed to get used to it that somebody who is not Steven Gerrard has the captain’s armband,” Klopp said.
“Hendo didn’t get the credit he would have deserved. There were a lot of good games, which were not seen as good games before last season.
“I got told that, I didn’t realise it. Thank God somebody told me so I could help him maybe a little bit to judge these things right.
“I don’t read newspapers, but I hear that people are not happy with this or this or this and I can then react to that.
“It’s important that I can say I’m completely happy with the performance even when the public perception is different – you get grades that look like you weren’t really relevant on the pitch and if I see it differently, then I tell it to the players.
“I know exactly what was expected so it’s the more important feedback.
“If you fulfilled that job, it’s good. If he scores two goals, but other things went wrong for example, then I would tell him as well.
“That’s what a coach does. I need to know about these things so I can work with it.”
Klopp saluted Henderson’s “natural quality, power, his speed, the desire he puts on the pitch,” but noted he “is now calmer in certain situations. His self-awareness, self-confidence grew again.”
Being so pivotal to Liverpool securing a sixth European Cup was important for that development, with the manager likening it to a situation he had while at the Borussia Dortmund helm.
“That helps for sure. It’s clear. No-one can take that away from him,” Klopp responded when asked if Henderson has a swagger about him since the Champions League triumph.
“I had a similar situation with Sebastian Kehl at Dortmund. He became the only captain in the history of the club to lift the Bundesliga trophy and the Cup [DFB-Pokal] trophy because we won the double [in 2012]. That stays forever and that’s cool.
“But those are the nice moments. There are a lot of moments around for a skipper where you have to do a lot of things which you probably don’t expect before you get the armband.”
Earlier this year, Virgil van Dijk said: “If any young player wants to follow an example, it should be him. He has been putting the team before himself for years. What I like is that he uses everything he has experienced – the lows, the criticism, the trouble with injuries – to help others through similar situations.”
Trent Alexander-Arnold, meanwhile, accepted Liverpool “wouldn’t be where we are now without him.”
The words that keep bubbling to the fore, though, are the ones Klopp said in the immediate aftermath of the trophy lift in Madrid.
“Jordan Henderson is the captain of the 2019 Champions League winners. That is satisfying,” the German stated.
It will be even more satisfying when he can say that Jordan Henderson is the captain of the Premier League winners.
Spion Kop 1906 may need to get to work on another banner.[/article]
That was another thunderous performance by Henderson last night. He was everywhere again, and to pop up with a deft pass for Bobby at the end of a lung-busting game capped it. He's in the form of his life this season.
He has been amazing. Well deserved that he gets the praise now that he deserves.
As I’ve said numberous of times. He was extremely important in 13/14 as well. And I think we would have won the league if he hadnt gotten banned and missed Chelsea and Palace.
Hopefully, this season he’ll get to lift that trophy as well.
As I’ve said numberous of times. He was extremely important in 13/14 as well. And I think we would have won the league if he hadnt gotten banned and missed Chelsea and Palace.
Hopefully, this season he’ll get to lift that trophy as well.
Has been sensational for a while and was just non stop on Thursday.
Enjoyed that lovely run and skip over the oncoming defender on right wing:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/89f7...at&fit=max&s=dcdd6c5fe2d8d73a567ad489e942d937
Always giving a proper rollicking to any slackness in our play too, proper captain.
Enjoyed that lovely run and skip over the oncoming defender on right wing:
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/89f7...at&fit=max&s=dcdd6c5fe2d8d73a567ad489e942d937
Always giving a proper rollicking to any slackness in our play too, proper captain.
Is there anyone more concise and thoughtful than Klopp? He talks the game and his players with zero bullshit or pretence, just accurate honest assessments coupled with the ability to turn a negative or positive into 100% support for his player. It takes a brave man to take on Liverpool's history to back a player - “People maybe [the fans] needed to get used to it that somebody who is not Steven Gerrard has the captain’s armband,” Klopp said.
Henderson is for me a mirror image of Carragher. Not the naturally most talented player but through sheer determination, passion and versatility he has grown and grown into a player who doesn't look out of place surrounded by superstars, and he's one of the guys who makes everything click, keeps everyone alert and just drives us on and on.
He's the perfect story for aspiring footballers.
Henderson is for me a mirror image of Carragher. Not the naturally most talented player but through sheer determination, passion and versatility he has grown and grown into a player who doesn't look out of place surrounded by superstars, and he's one of the guys who makes everything click, keeps everyone alert and just drives us on and on.
He's the perfect story for aspiring footballers.
I always bristle a bit when Carragher is painted as some kind of big-hearted clogger who just worked hard and 'cared' - because if you're not a good footballer you simply don't play that many games for Liverpool - but it's an interesting debate.
As for Henderson, he's been an international at every level, and has been mooted as a future England Captain since he was a teenager, so it's hardly a rags to riches story. But he's certainly been doubted and ridiculed by many over the years, me included.
Anyway, he's been incredible for the last few months.
The great thing is, I think even his ardent detractors are enjoying him now. He's always been a better player than the haters have been decrying, but there's no doubt he's been playing at higher level.
Yep, fact is he's playing even better than us ardent supporters could ever have imagined.
Yeah, there's always been 'divisive' players at Liverpool, but Henderson has always been a level above the likes of Lucas etc
The amazing thing is, there's probably people, mad people, who would still say Lucas was a better player.
Lucas wasn't even close to the standard Henderson has set currently.
Obviously, I disagree with Brendan regarding how good Lucas was, but Hendo atm is on a different level.
I've honestly never seen him this good.
I wasn't saying you were one of the mad people. but you're deffo one of the ones surprised to see yourself enjoying his current play. And I'm delighted for him, that he's putting it all together just now. I think he's finally embracing the immense pressure of playing for probably the most expectant and learned fanbase in the world. A crowd that groaned at his every missed past whilst his companions were doing the same with no negative reaction. He has had it very tough. As I would say, did Lucas.
Yeah, but Lucas was fucking shite
I agree, it's seems like a weight has been lifted off Henderson's shoulders. Maybe he carried that pressure of having to win something with Liverpool. Some people can do it, like Gerrard some don't. Henderson has obviously received a lot of help from Klopp which he himself has acknowledged.
Remember how he used to celebrate when he scored?
It seemed like he just released a lot of pent-up frustration and just screamed his joy.
Today? Cool as a cucumber.
Maybe Salah isn't the one that has changed, maybe it's Henderson, for the better obviously.
Blended babies and Unicorns injected into his muscles.
He also snorts powdered Angels before a game for added fume.
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