Jeff Hendrick

Read the first few pages of the thread on him. He looked a real baller down the RDS.

 

I recall a Derby fan saying this when Burnley bought him and it is so very true .

I can see why lads wouldn't be sure of what kind of a midfielder he is, but one thing is for sure, he isn't a deep lying ball playing midfielder. It's amazing how many games he plays for Burnley and Ireland where I totally forget he has actually played. For a midfielder, that's an amazing thing. In saying that, as lads have said, he's had a few big moments for us and they've played a big part in some good results.

As things stand, the lack of options means Hendrix (a nod to Eamonn there) could add lots of caps yet especially if MON sticks around awhile. There are far bigger problems than Hendrick alone in that midfield though. The lack of structure and thought that has gone into the most important part of a team from our management has been a total f*cking disgrace for a few years now. People wonder why we punt the ball non stop everywhere, average a shot a game on target, have 30 odd percent possession against the likes of Georgia home and away - it's just an abysmal failure of management and coaching. No matter the standard of player available (a total f*cking copout of an excuse MON uses regularly) you can build a structure in a midfield and a team and from there a style of play. As it is, MON has absolutely no interest in actually doing his job, so our midfield is a just a grim no mans land. It is and has been a horrific sight for years. So it's tough to lay so much on Hendrick in an Irish jersey at least, considering the total lack of incompetence going on around him.

Brady,Coleman and others too you at least notice that they are there trying to win a football match in whatever inadequate way but Hendrick just seems to disappear in to a vortex some short time after the whistle blows and only emerge again once its over to collect an opposition shirt.

And Georgia, although I actually think the pullback against Germany was poor and O'Shea (not you) did brilliantly to read it.

That's it though. 42 games and he had a decent performance in three. Even in Serbia, where he scored his only goal for us, he should have been hauled off at half-time for being far the worst player on the pitch.

It is closer to one good game in 15 than in 6. Were he playing for Millwall or some other unfashionable Championship club , which is his level, at best, he would barely make the bench. It is funny that Burnley's results started improving when he got dropped!

Took a fortunate deflection at that.