Jeff Hendrick

BrendanD88 wrote: pre Madonna wrote: BrendanD88 wrote: Our best player at the Euro's, got a crucial goal against Serbia, we are lucky to have such a talented player. He surprised me at the Euros and I was delighted, his last two performances have been dreadful though. Goal aside in Serbia he was very average and last night was mesmerising. He may as well have f**ked off for a pint. Was poor last night, same with everyone of our players bar Coleman.

pre Madonna wrote: BrendanD88 wrote: pre Madonna wrote: BrendanD88 wrote: Our best player at the Euro's, got a crucial goal against Serbia, we are lucky to have such a talented player. He surprised me at the Euros and I was delighted, his last two performances have been dreadful though. Goal aside in Serbia he was very average and last night was mesmerising. He may as well have f**ked off for a pint. Was poor last night, same with everyone of our players bar Coleman. He wasn't just poor though, he was abysmal and didn't even seem remotely interested.

pre Madonna wrote: Dugs wrote: pre Madonna wrote: BrendanD88 wrote: pre Madonna wrote: BrendanD88 wrote: Our best player at the Euro's, got a crucial goal against Serbia, we are lucky to have such a talented player. He surprised me at the Euros and I was delighted, his last two performances have been dreadful though. Goal aside in Serbia he was very average and last night was mesmerising. He may as well have f**ked off for a pint. Was poor last night, same with everyone of our players bar Coleman. He wasn't just poor though, he was abysmal and didn't even seem remotely interested. i seen it different, i though he was one of the first people closing down georgia players especially in the 2nd half. You saw it different my dear boy and I will take a couple of grams off ya.

4 yellow cards in the last 5 competitive games.
Belgium, France, Serbia, Georgia.

Thats just not on. Got himself suspended for the quarter final if we'd got there and now again as early as the third qualifying game.


Yes, some will say thats a bonus that he is out but he has been a very good player for us and anyone who denies that is talking bollocks.

We wouldnt have qualified for Euro 2016 without his brilliant assist for John O'Shea in Germany or his magic against Georgia 13 months ago. He was excellent at Euro 2016 too.

Despite his goal in Serbia I think he has been gash this campaign. Terrible last night. Wasnt the only no-show last night tho as a sort of malaise seemed to creep over the whole team. Not making excuses for him (or maybe I am) but he really has to improve drastically.

Would start Hendrick against Austria, without hesitation, but if he goes AWOL again, my patience will be exhausted.

stokeirish wrote: Not the worst for me although not exactly a vintage performance. I'd save my ire for the likes of McClean who yet again runs around like a headless chicken

He was also absolutely sh*te. Cant believe he was getting ratings of 5.5 for last night's 'performance'.
That means he was closer to a ten than a zero.

Amazing what heading the ball into the net when offside and putting another header onto the bar instead of in the net will do to alter a person's perception of how a player has done.

rolo wrote: stokeirish wrote: Not the worst for me although not exactly a vintage performance. I'd save my ire for the likes of McClean who yet again runs around like a headless chicken He was also absolutely sh*te. Cant believe he was getting ratings of 5.5 for last night's 'performance'. That means he was closer to a ten than a zero. Amazing what heading the ball into the net when offside and putting another header onto the bar instead of in the net will do to alter a person's perception of how a player has done.

Spot on.

rolo wrote: 4 yellow cards in the last 5 competitive games. Belgium, France, Serbia, Georgia. Thats just not on. Got himself suspended for the quarter final if we'd got there and now again as early as the third qualifying game. Yes, some will say thats a bonus that he is out but he has been a very good player for us and anyone who denies that is talking bollocks. We wouldnt have qualified for Euro 2016 without his brilliant assist for John O'Shea in Germany or his magic against Georgia 13 months ago. He was excellent at Euro 2016 too. Despite his goal in Serbia I think he has been gash this campaign. Terrible last night. Wasnt the only no-show last night tho as a sort of malaise seemed to creep over the whole team. Not making excuses for him (or maybe I am) but he really has to improve drastically. Would start Hendrick against Austria, without hesitation, but if he goes AWOL again, my patience will be exhausted.

BrendanD88 wrote: OnTheOneRoad wrote: Hendrick was our best player at the Euros. He established himself in the team before that. It was his flick in Germany and his brilliant run against Georgia just over a year ago that helped us pick up valuable points that got us there in the first place. He has his issues and can put in a shocker at times but he is a very good player. And some people would still rather Glenn Whelan starting ahead of him, baffling.

pre Madonna wrote: BrendanD88 wrote: OnTheOneRoad wrote: Hendrick was our best player at the Euros. He established himself in the team before that. It was his flick in Germany and his brilliant run against Georgia just over a year ago that helped us pick up valuable points that got us there in the first place. He has his issues and can put in a shocker at times but he is a very good player. And some people would still rather Glenn Whelan starting ahead of him, baffling.  They don't play the same roles!

They certainly don't, for example Whelan looks for the ball even less than Hendrick did in an underwhelming performance last night. Does anyone really think Whelan is the remedy to what we saw last night? His biggest attribute is frequently cited as his supposed "organisational skills", but organisation was the least of our problems last night. Our problem last night was that we completely bypassed midfield. Whelan doesn't and never has offered an alternative to that, in fact his lack of mobility and absence of courage on the ball only further facilitates it....