henderson looks lost....


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An attacking midfielder playing virtually in defense, excellent work capello, not only did he do that but in the second half he took Barry off and left Hendo all by himself doing it..what a f***ing joke. He looked always looked like he had quality on the ball but because he was so far back couldnt do anything with it, play him higher up and he;d have been much better. Victim of Capello's woeful selection, formation and tactics.
 
England's first half performance can be blamed on Barry. Incapable of using his right foot, and lacking the mobility to shift his body weight quickly and get himself turned. Upshot was England using only the left hand side of the pitch. He is the epitomy of ordinary.

Wish I was ordinary on 80K a week..
 
Gave up watching after the second goal, but from what I saw the Frogs exploited Hendo's lack of positional awareness at that level when we were on the back foot.

Barry was f***ing woeful. You knew he was shit when Rafa Benitez tried to sign him.
 
Looks lost wtf....

Check his stats...given the ball away twice all night...as a deep lying midfielder done what was prob asked of him...keep the ball which is massive at international level. It was up to killer, Gerald, Carroll, walcott, young to create.

However some good slide passes down the channels .......

STEADY but certainly not lost
 
An attacking midfielder playing virtually in defense, excellent work capello, not only did he do that but in the second half he took Barry off and left Hendo all by himself doing it..what a f***ing joke. He looked always looked like he had quality on the ball but because he was so far back couldnt do anything with it, play him higher up and he;d have been much better. Victim of Capello's woeful selection, formation and tactics.

its a similar role to how he plays for sunderland, the longer we retain possesion the further forward he pushes, so as not to expose midfield cover. problem is england were shit

Gave up watching after the second goal, but from what I saw the Frogs exploited Hendo's lack of positional awareness at that level when we were on the back foot.

cannit agree with that
 
Did he fuck! Yeah he may of been a bit quieter but what did you expect on his England debut. He was looking for the ball a lot. And didn't give the ball away much. Good steady debut.
 
For 80% of the time Jordan did an excellent job of marking grass 10 yards each side of the centre circle.
Apart from the scythng lunge on a frenchie he doesnt tackle but runs alongside and in circles to the nearest opposition player.
He did play one forward pass second half.
put the cap in ya cabinet lad and show it to your grandchildren.
tbh Carroll's movement and involvement was much better than Hendersons.

Jordan didn't give the ball away because when he got a touch it moved rapidly sideways and back to the nearest England player.
 
Felt sorry for the lad.

It would have been better playing him on the right than as a second holding midfielder - it basically totally nullifies his biggest strength which is his ability to get up and down the pitch.

Having said that, in the circumstances he did as well as could be expected, and practically always found one of his teammates. Unfortunately, even that didnt count for anything as we were exposed once again for being unable to get hold of and keep hold of possession.
 
For 80% of the time Jordan did an excellent job of marking grass 10 yards each side of the centre circle.
Apart from the scythng lunge on a frenchie he doesnt tackle but runs alongside and in circles to the nearest opposition player.
He did play one forward pass second half.
put the cap in ya cabinet lad and show it to your grandchildren.
tbh Carroll's movement and involvement was much better than Hendersons.

Jordan didn't give the ball away because when he got a touch it moved rapidly sideways and back to the nearest England player.
See my post earlier @ 11.03, that's precisely the point I was making.

Clueless f***ing idiot.

I hope you're responding to the OP.
 
Reminded me of the Brazil game where the senior pros were not interested (gerrard stepped it up last half hour).

Jordan looked comfortable without putting himself on the line enough given the fact it was an England debut.

What is bugging me though is I get the feeling although there were a few youngsters playing, the pundits constant talk of "must not forget that the young lads" "the youngsters were taught a lesson" etc was directed mainly at Jordan. Given his position he was perhaps expected to make a bigger impact. Whilst he could of done better the way we played, the way the French controlled the midfield and the fact Gareth Barry is a twat meant he was never really going to get the chance.

It's experience and hopefully it will give him the impetus to keep playing well and he will be given more chances. Funnily enough I think Capello rates him, he is his type of player, neat, tidy and never wastes the ball, keeping it moving at all times.
 
For 80% of the time Jordan did an excellent job of marking grass 10 yards each side of the centre circle.
Apart from the scythng lunge on a frenchie he doesnt tackle but runs alongside and in circles to the nearest opposition player.
He did play one forward pass second half.
put the cap in ya cabinet lad and show it to your grandchildren.
tbh Carroll's movement and involvement was much better than Hendersons.

Jordan didn't give the ball away because when he got a touch it moved rapidly sideways and back to the nearest England player.

:lol:

Were you watching the same match. The few times he was in a position to do something with the ball they decided not to pass it to him.

He set up milner with a good ball and also set johnson away once when he should have done a lot better with it.
 
For 80% of the time Jordan did an excellent job of marking grass 10 yards each side of the centre circle.
Apart from the scythng lunge on a frenchie he doesnt tackle but runs alongside and in circles to the nearest opposition player.
He did play one forward pass second half.
put the cap in ya cabinet lad and show it to your grandchildren.
tbh Carroll's movement and involvement was much better than Hendersons.

Jordan didn't give the ball away because when he got a touch it moved rapidly sideways and back to the nearest England player.

Clueless....

When there was a forward pass on he played it, what there wasn't he didn't....problem was the fuckin statues in front of him...
 
He did what he needed to do and was no doubt instructed to do......keep your position and move it as soon as you get it, keep it neat and tidy.
 
Reminded me of the Brazil game where the senior pros were not interested (gerrard stepped it up last half hour).

Jordan looked comfortable without putting himself on the line enough given the fact it was an England debut.

What is bugging me though is I get the feeling although there were a few youngsters playing, the pundits constant talk of "must not forget that the young lads" "the youngsters were taught a lesson" etc was directed mainly at Jordan. Given his position he was perhaps expected to make a bigger impact. Whilst he could of done better the way we played, the way the French controlled the midfield and the fact Gareth Barry is a twat meant he was never really going to get the chance.

It's experience and hopefully it will give him the impetus to keep playing well and he will be given more chances. Funnily enough I think Capello rates him, he is his type of player, neat, tidy and never wastes the ball, keeping it moving at all times.

very good post

Southgate effectively laying the blame at the inexperienced midfield. Which contained Barry and Henderson. Although my opinions on Hendersons performance are clear tonight, he was by no means the sole reason for our midfield being overran. Barry was poor, the two wide men contributed little more than zero, Gerrard rarely ventured eep (especially first half) and the centre halves distributed the ball poorly, partly down to the lack of desire and creativity in the centre of the park. Where Henderson can be partly excused of this due to inexperience, Barry should not play again. He is a lesser player than Parker and Carrick in my opinion. Neither of those are world beaters either. Sadly, our side lacks ideas, imagination and creativity. That is from Capello and his staff right the way through our side. We have few ballplayers available for selection and only Adam Johnson excites me or fills me with optimism in attack

Its a poor, poor England squad
 
finding his feet tonight i think, which is to be expected for a 20 year old centre midfielder. Did very little wrong but certainly didn't stand out imo.

Some of his 1 or 2 touch play is fantastic though, so much potential. Hopefully the media will give him a break for not scoring a wondergoal or putting in 30 yard assist.
 
He was played out of position but didnt nowt wrong. He went missing a few times, but hey ho it was his debut. I have seen worse.
Well done Jordan!
 
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