Hendo quote from PNE site...

[sir danny cullip]

Ooops! already being discussed in another thread.

http://85.234.132.19/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97495

Very polite fixtures

 

[Eric Potts]

Well , he's got no guarantees about being first choice at Preston , so he'd better keep his toys in the pram there,

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

It's obvious what was meant. Some very vocal fans didnt want him in the team coz they love Kipper. Wendy didnt want to upset these fans so dropped him. Quite simple really and very sad at the same time. A very weak manager IMO.

Do you really think that Dean Wilkins who is 100% Brighton would drop a player who he thought was good enough because some vocal fans didn't like him?
I can't believe you actually think that!

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Utter bollocks. The situation is very simple: Hendo is a slightly better keeper than Kuipers, with more potential as he is younger. He wanted first team football regardless of form. He went through a dodgy spell of form so Wilkins dropped him (like all managers do when players are not performing). Instead of fighting for the shirt back he threw his toys out the pram and asked to leave. So we sold him.

End of.

100% true.

 

[Scotty Mac]

Re: Re: Re: Hendo quote from PNE site...

Not doubting you as you have been right before but...........

.............if he knew that was the case, why leave and have his agent briefing naylor about his displeasure??

possibly because if he was seen as the man who was responsible for seeing kuipers leave the club at the end of the season, he would become even more hated?

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

Re: Re: Hendo quote from PNE site...

What he is referring to is the fact that he was dropped in order to put Kuipers in the 'shop window'. The idea was to sell Michel and to bring Blaney in to compete with Henderson. (Before you ask, "Source?" - HP please.)

What has happened is that Brighton's number one goalkeeper has been sold, and it is now highly unlikely that we will get any money for the Dutchman before he becomes a free agent when his contract ends. Once again Kuipers laughs all the way to the bank.

So Dick Knight is now picking the team then?

 

[andybaha]

Don't think Henderson ever saw Brighton as anything other than a stepping stone to greater things. He has aspirations of being a regular international and his cause was never going to be helped by playing for a Div 3 side. If we get relegated do you think he would have stayed for the fight in Div 4. To some degree the fans giving him a hard time has played into his hands, he's able to say that fan power got him removed the team, when actually the reason was that he wasn't playing very well and he hadn't kept a clean sheet for ages. I think it is a good bit of business, we've made a few quid and FDM is a good keeper at this level and Blayney is good enough to offer cover/ competition.

 

[7:18]

Very polite fixtures

on himself

 

[Southover Street Seagull]

on himself

That was why I was so polite!

 

[Giraffe]

More Money
First Team Place
Proper Ground
Championship Team
Possible Promotion to the Premiership
Enhanced International Career Opportunities
Bigger Crowds

But yep other than that, it doesn't make any sense does it....

 

[Horton's halftime iceberg]

Was asked to play in the reserves and scared that Hassocks might have shown him up tonight.

 

[Giraffe]

Was asked to play in the reserves and scared that Hassocks might have shown him up tonight.

Oh yep, and that!

 

[Yorkie]

Never saw the stats to etablish who was best between Hendo and FDM but I reckon Michel keeps more clean sheets. What we gained in Hendos distribution and kicking ability we lost in his inability to deal effectively with set plays and command the defense.

Hope Michel stays fit for the rest of the season!

Henderson 1.36 a game

Kuipers 1.364 a game

 

[ali jenkins]

More Money
First Team Place
Proper Ground
Championship Team
Possible Promotion to the Premiership
Enhanced International Career Opportunities
Bigger Crowds

But yep other than that, it doesn't make any sense does it....

More money- Fair enough
Proper Ground- as if hes going to play more than 3 games there
Championship Team- Preston Reserves are NOT a championship team
Possible Promotion- If he was villa's 3rd choice, i doubt he'll play more than a 'bit part' in the prem, even with preston
International Career- not sure how a championship reserves is better than short time on the bench at Brighton
Bigger Crowds- Again, not in the reserves!


To be honest, althought im a Kuipers fan i do think Hendo is a good keeper and would have been 1st choice in 2/3 years time, no questions asked but at the moment he is no better than Kuipers and was dropped because he was NOT in good form and to be honest he should have expected it.

Is this another Leon Knight style strop because hes not an 'automatic' pick for the 1st team?

 

[supaseagull]

More money- Fair enough
Proper Ground- as if hes going to play more than 3 games there
Championship Team- Preston Reserves are NOT a championship team
Possible Promotion- If he was villa's 3rd choice, i doubt he'll play more than a 'bit part' in the prem, even with preston
International Career- not sure how a championship reserves is better than short time on the bench at Brighton
Bigger Crowds- Again, not in the reserves!


To be honest, althought im a Kuipers fan i do think Hendo is a good keeper and would have been 1st choice in 2/3 years time, no questions asked but at the moment he is no better than Kuipers and was dropped because he was NOT in good form and to be honest he should have expected it.

Is this another Leon Knight style strop because hes not an 'automatic' pick for the 1st team?

I completely agree with what you've written. Henderson would have been brilliant had we have been in a position whereby we were in the Championship around mid-table and not in a relegation battle in league 1. Henderson Will be a top class prem GK, but at the moment, as with all goalies he won't fully mature until his mid to late 20's.

It is very very rare to come across a GK who is top class under the age of 25 and if you do, most of them are in the Prem being loaned out to clubs like Watford(Cough Ben Foster Cough)

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Re: Why did Henderson really go?

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Anyone got any ideas?

yep



he was dropped

 

[Yorkie]

More Money
First Team Place
Proper Ground
Championship Team
Possible Promotion to the Premiership
Enhanced International Career Opportunities
Bigger Crowds

But yep other than that, it doesn't make any sense does it....

Yep.

 

[ali jenkins]

Yep.

Its all part of the learning curve for proffesional footballers.

At some point in your career, especially when your starting out, you WILL be dropped.

What will determine your career is how you bounce back from it.

If he really was a 'good professional' then he would get his head down and train harder and play a blinder week-in-week-out for the ressers and show that he can take it mentally.

NOT hand in a transfer request (twice) when he is dropped for a game or two!

With Shey Given injured and Paddy Kenny quitting international football, will Hendo throw a strop if this other keeper gets picked ahead of him next week?

 

[Muhammad - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

Its all part of the learning curve for proffesional footballers.

At some point in your career, especially when your starting out, you WILL be dropped.

What will determine your career is how you bounce back from it.

If he really was a 'good professional' then he would get his head down and train harder and play a blinder week-in-week-out for the ressers and show that he can take it mentally.

NOT hand in a transfer request (twice) when he is dropped for a game or two!

With Shey Given injured and Paddy Kenny quitting international football, will Hendo throw a strop if this other keeper gets picked ahead of him next week?

good point
well presented

 

[Yorkie]

Its all part of the learning curve for proffesional footballers.

At some point in your career, especially when your starting out, you WILL be dropped.

What will determine your career is how you bounce back from it.

If he really was a 'good professional' then he would get his head down and train harder and play a blinder week-in-week-out for the ressers and show that he can take it mentally.

NOT hand in a transfer request (twice) when he is dropped for a game or two!

With Shey Given injured and Paddy Kenny quitting international football, will Hendo throw a strop if this other keeper gets picked ahead of him next week?

Henderson hasn't thrown a strop. He asked for a transfer request and got one . He has got a better job with better prospects.
I will bet that over 90% of posters on this board will have got fed up with things at work at some time or another and looked for another job. If they found a better one then they've taken it.