Terry Venables on Henderson & Catts


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More praise for our players, nice to see.

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Former England manager Terry Venables has hailed the form of Sunderland midfield duo Lee Cattermole and Jordan Henderson and hinted that the pair both have a bright future ahead at international level.
Both Black Cats club captain Cattermole and dynamic creative force Henderson were at the heart of Steve Bruce’s side during the shock surprise 3-0 victory over reigning champions Chelsea producing a performance, which for ‘El Tel’ has been second to none so far this term.
“The boys [Jordan] Henderson and [Lee] Cattermole who played for Sunderland against Chelsea at the weekend; they were excellent,” Venables told Sport.co.uk in an exclusive interview.
“That pair’s performance together in central midfield was as good as I have seen so far this season. Henderson’s ability to control a moving ball and pass on the run first time was excellent.
“The Arsenal boys and the Barcelona squad, they do that short passing but he seems to be able to do it over even longer distances and even more accurately. The two of them were non-stop and they completely outdid the three Chelsea midfielders.”
Speaking ahead of Henderson’s full England debut, Venables also made clear that now was the time for Fabio Capello to test the next generation in the hope of launching a successful European Championship campaign in Ukraine and Poland in two years time.
“These guys being called up have all got the ability, but they’ve got to prove it against a high level team. They also need to be able to react well when things are going badly, especially if the crowd are getting on the team’s back and the media are baying for blood.
"These are the biggest tests, not so much the game itself, the game outside the game; the game of pressure.”
 
Aye, they're better than Arsenal and Barcelona :lol:

Was only one game. Can they perform like that every week? If so, then they will both be in England squad on regular basis.
 
Its good to hear someone who actually knows something about football making comments like this - much better than some of the press and tv pundits who know sweet fa.
 
Aye, they're better than Arsenal and Barcelona :lol:

Was only one game. Can they perform like that every week? If so, then they will both be in England squad on regular basis.

More than one game to be fair, the Arsenal (although that was Henderson with Riveros), Man Utd and Liverpool games had similar midfield performances.
 
Not that I want to dismiss deserved praise for our players, but I happen to think Terry Venables is a bit of .

He loses some authority by waiting until after a game that has caught every 'pundit' by surprise.

Maybe if he'd been constantly banging on about Cattermole against the grain of the media character-assassination that's been going on, I'd tend to respect his comments more.

And even though Henderson's been getting a lot of attention over recent months, he waits until after a great performance against Chelsea, and an impending England cap before he decides to sing his praises.

Bad timing El Tel - it sounds like you've only just seen them for the first time and are joining the bandwagon. Probably not true, but you aren't teaching anybody anything, so shut it.
 
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