Jeff Hendrick

Jaysus, the Saudis would love you on the board of the Premier League or UEFA. 

Terrible is very harsh. He's had a good career and played well at a good level for both Derby and Burnley.

Some brilliant individual goals during his career.

His career has stagnated since turning down a new contract at Burnley in 2020.

Thats fair, but I think with the right club, he can still eke out at least another couple of seasons at Championship level, his game has never relied on pace and he has always looked after himself. I always felt his best position as a young lad at Derby was as a deep lying playmaker type, maybe he can get himself another couple of years at a decent level playing as one of the two in a 4-2-3-1.

Tbh I find the constant criticism of Jeff unedifying, it's not his fault that he was the best midfielder available to successive Irish managers for a significant period of time. He has never given less than 100% and has turned up through thick and thin taking all the criticism that has come his way squarely on the chin. He has also been shunted around all over the place during his time with Ireland, CDM, CM, CAM, RM , LM without ever really being handed a defined role. Decent international player who has always given his all in a green shirt, but perhaps never really met the overly high expectations people placed on him when he first broke through. Will never understand the level and degree of criticism that is regularly fired his way.

How long though? I'm sure the scouts, coaching team and management at clubs like Derby, Burnley, Reading & Newcastle have eyes and I'm sure those eyes are able to look at a player and form a better educated opinion than a few random fellas on YBIG.

He's had a good career at top clubs and been with the International set up from U15's to approaching nearly 80 caps at snr level.

He might not be the best of footballers we've seen in a green shirt but he clearly isn't/wasn't a terrible footballer. I think he just gets a lot of unwarranted stick the majority of time. 

Browne, McGrath, Taylor probably the others, Sykes can play the position too. It's not great but hopefully Smallbone might be back and we can choose three out of him, Cullen, Knight and Molumby, or maybe even all four, for Paris. Browne can do a job off the bench also and it's probably time for Taylor to make his debut.

Simply not true - Hendrick has been by far the most comfortable midfielder on the ball since Wes retired. He was a solid EPL midfielder with good technical ability. As has been said his main crime was that he wasn't the Pirlo people wanted him to be.