Jordan Henderson (signed for Brentford)

[Zimba]

The lack of sentiment meant they didn't really mind ripping apart the majority of the squad that got us out of L1 fairly quickly and that's why we are where we are now.

Alot of our fans would have offered the likes of Gooch, Wright, Batth, Pritchard, Mcgeady etc and extra year for purely sentimental reasons.

Reading some of the threads before we started doing business, we'd be starting the season with Neil, Rigg, O'Nien and Mundle as the first 11 and signing squad players on the cheap to support them because 'they got us up and deserve a chance'. Thankfully those people aren't in charge. No space of sentiment in business.

 

[MadMackem7]

I wouldn't.

I would think it was a very good signing to compliment our very young squad.

It has never, ever been about sentiment for me. I honestly couldn't care less, yes nice story but so what. It was about experience and ability to retain possession and calm the game down.

When has our playstyle ever resorted to retaining possession

Our calming of the game is sitting in forcing wide and forcing crosses

 

[Keith S30S]

Jesus wept man ‘excellent’ in a game where England scraped past Andorra

I think you'll find football is a game that involves 11 players.

 

[Football Dinosaur]

He was always going to the team that gave him most £££. Bet that's what persuaded him.

As he's proven previously ££££ are most important to him. I want a better role model for our players to be honest.

 

[Banks]

This thread is mental. Got people suggesting that a PL / CL winning captain would not offer experience to our young / half African squad...

Personally disappointed he's gone to Brentford, but still have full faith in Speakman and co.

He wants to go the world cup. Would he have been happy doing a cameo 20 minutes probably not.

Because he isn't good enough to start every week

 

[MadMackem7]

I think you'll find football is a game that involves 11 players.

Yes and the midfield couldn’t break down Andorra…

 

[gramw]

He was always going to the team that gave him most £££. Bet that's what persuaded him.
There again. Coulda been the shirt

Well it seems we weren’t even in talks with him, so I don’t think it’s that

 

[Keith S30S]

Yes and the midfield couldn’t break down Andorra…

And that is the main job of the holding midfielder?

Seriously

 

[MadMackem7]

And that is the main job of the holding midfielder?

Seriously

I’m not sitting here and explaining to you how football works mate if you can’t break a team down it’s because of the whole team

 

[Banks]

And that is the main job of the holding midfielder?

Seriously

Mate your saying he's still premier league level because he looked OK v Andorra

Andorra are not even league 2 standard

 

[ned_werby]

Nothing wrong with their model. I can’t imagine he’ll be their only midfield signing but if he’s to replace norgaard it’s a bit baffling

guaranteed game time is all I can think. Not something he'd get here.

 

[1more]

I'd imagine Valinton Rongier will be the experienced player we'll be after for CM

 

[Ricci's Special Kebabs]

I watched the whole game. He was excellent.

Excellent in a 1-0 win against Andorra?

If that's not a oxymoron, I don't know what is

 

[Keith S30S]

I’m not sitting here and explaining to you how football works mate if you can’t break a team down it’s because of the whole team

You couldn't explain a single thing to a 4 year old child about football. Your posts prove that beyond doubt.

 

[Deleted member 4275]

I think it comes down to - him not playing every week for us if he came back here - Nørgaard going opens up a place for Hendo to play most weeks in the league which he will need to get into the World Cup Squad next year

 

[StayPuft]

I still fancy Brentford to go down

 

[stevo]

could see the pros and the cons of getting Henderson in. His experience and leadership would have helped but i feel like he was starting to slow down in his last season at Liverpool nevermind the 3 or so years since so who knows how good he'd actually be on the pitch, only time will tell.

We dont know how our small young new midfielders will do either.Everyone hopes they will vastly what we had but we dont know.Anyway pointless now ,time to move on.If the club sign Guendoosi ,then we will know why its not happend

 

[Zookeeper]

No surprise. Plenty of reports this week that our hierarchy weren’t interested in him.

 

[Dan The Man]

I am disappointed we haven’t looked into the option (let’s face had we he would’ve signed) but you’ve got to trust the club. They’ve earned this.

 

[North of the Smoke]

we will bring in an experienced lad in midfield imo, whoever we go for it is a massive positive to have someone with real experience there, likewise I think we need the same at CB.