Jordan Henderson (signed for Brentford)

[BucketBiff]

Surprised he's gone to Brentford given who've they've lost this summer, and radio reporting Wissa is now on the verge of leaving too.

There’s a high chance he will end up as manager

 

[Fetch Fletch]

!

You can rarely blame an individual player for a teams failings.

dunno mind, I’ve seen a lot on here try

 

[Zimba]

Bet David Bruce is gutted from a commercial point of view. That sentimentality boosts our commercial and media presence a fair bit I reckon. All of which leads to revenue.

For, all the positives from some, there's also the Saudi mess still hanging over him.

I'm not sure it'll boost the media presence like some think it would.

 

[Keith S30S]

How many PL midfielders are playing 35/36 year olds these days?

Genuine question as I'm not sure

2 just for Everton.

 

[Daniels]

The club are not building on sentiment. Let the process run run.

 

[Boredom]

I think the club have learnt from the Defoe return. Don’t look back, look forward. Fairy tales are fiction.

 

[stevo]

Big mistake but we move on

 

[Ricci's Special Kebabs]

Don't think the club were ever interested. The stories were mainly driven by fans, lazy journalism, maybe even Henderson's team itself.

No need to worry about it, it's proven we've had a long term plan and i'm more than happy with the business so far.

 

[horselover]

Good......the club are trying to build something here, and he'd be more of a hindrance imo, the big fish if you like. Plus he's 35yr old, and be on massive wages to play a small part on the pitch

 

[Helmerroids]

You mean like the leadership shown at Ajax last season when they did a 'Keegan' blowing a nine point lead with only five games left? The old ' snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ' scenario?

I'm just pleased the never was gonna happen situation is over and done with.

Good luck to JH at Brentford ( apart from two games).

I don’t think we can be wishing Brentford much luck next season, or Wolves, or Leeds, or Burnley..

 

[Steve F]

Instead of posting nonsense let’s see how the season pans out.

If you are right I’m more than happy to be proved wrong but cut out the stupid emojis

Embarrassing, let him crack on!!

 

[Roker Mackem]

fantastic news. Can now boo the Saudi on his return

 

[Ned Land]

His legs are so gone and he's so finished that he's still getting picked for England and has been signed by an established Premier League side!

I hope this doesn't come back to bite us on the arse. Poor decision IMO.

Hasn’t he moved back to the prem so that his chances of being included in the England squad are improved?

 

[Keith S30S]

That stuff like this is getting brought up is a good indicator that he wasn’t needed here. Commercial success and experience, cool… but no one has ever given a good reason or example of how well he’d actually work in our team doing his job of playing football.

He doesn’t fit in at all, very happy that Speakman and co think that. Would have been the easiest thing in the world to bow to fan pressure and bring him back.

Eh?

He is a brilliant passer, lovely first touch, retains possession and has vast leadership and experience.

But apart from that...

 

[RedandWhiteRebel]

I personally think this is a mistake by the club, but they have my trust.

I would have been delighted if Henderson had returned but we don't know the ins and outs.

We can speculate why he hasn't returned but we don't know for sure.

Even though he was a free agent his wages might have been a turn off and the club maybe feel like the funds are better used elsewhere.

 

[Steve F]

I’ll tell you know a 35 year old Jordan Henderson who can’t run anymore is not solving anything for us

RLB mentioned yesterday about mobility and building on our play style not changing it

He does neither for us

“Can’t run anymore”….. Brentford or and the England Manager have a different view!!

 

[Keith S30S]

That could be a description of Kyle Walker too.

Walker relies on pace and plays in a position where you can get isolated and exposed.

Henderson has bever relied in pace and doesn't play in such a position either.

 

[hertsmackem]

Brentford or anyone but here thankfully

 

[Ned Land]

Walker relies on pace and plays in a position where you can get isolated and exposed.

Henderson has bever relied in pace and doesn't play in such a position either.

I edited my reply as Walker has moved to burnley (who aren’t established) so it was a bad example on my part.

 

[Roose Bolton]

Pretty disappointed with this. I trust our recruitment team implicitly at this point, but we do need experience both in the dressing room & on the pitch. This would've been an easy win.