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Is Henderson the new Leon or harding?



keaton

Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
Nov 18, 2004
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The Complete Badger said:
Ok, so why does he play well against the CZECH REPUBLIC, but like an absolute twat against MILLWALL or BOURNEMOUTH, or any other crap side we come up against? It's because he doesn't want to be here, and he hasn't since September. Even if you think he is better than Michel, and that's fine because everyone has an opinion, then I would still suggest you back the man who has a passion for playing for this club, not a stuck up Irish tosser. At the end of the day, anyone who doesn't want to play for us can go - so when the player in question isn't actually very good either, he's asking for trouble.

AAh the Bournemouth goal, just how clearly did you hear him shout "leave him alone and let the ball bounce"?
Anyone that suggests that goal is his fault is hugely biased or knows f*** all about football
 




Arrid

Active member
Jul 26, 2004
501
Dave the Gaffer said:
So basically what you are saying here is why does a keeper play better with an international defence in front of him tha, and with the greatest respect to ours, was far better at protecting a keeper?


gee that is a difficult one

Yes I mean, he has played all of once!
 


Dave the OAP

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
46,762
at home
The Complete Badger said:
That's not quite right though, is it? I see your point, but surely if he is able to fit into an INTERNATIONAL set-up, he should shine when he comes back to our dross. It's never been the case though. He is hesitant, quiet, and mistake-prone - none of those things have anything to do with the defence in front of him.

i am sorry to be perdantic, but that is what you said.
 


ROSM

Well-known member
Dec 26, 2005
6,776
Just far enough away from LDC
The henderson period will go down in the anals on history as a poor time for the Albion.

His mere presence was like a festering sore for some. Perhaps in time the details of his arrival will come out, the deals struck the the previous manager, the behaviour and manipulating of situations in order to secure the signing and people will look at his in a balanced and unemotional way.

Not many will come out of this with any credit; be it the fans who gave him stick DURING games, the previous manager who engineered certain things around the signing, the apparent promise of first team football without any clauses relating to performance, the throwing in of two transfer requests folowing being dropped (and I'm sure some of the crowd stick relates to the initial request and manner) or indeed the players in front of him who failed to second guess whether he was going to come for balls or not.

Perhaps the nub of it is not so much that henderson could do no right, but that Kuipers could do no wrong.

best never talked about again - a bit like an embarassing cousin who is now shunned by the family.
 


Hiney

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Helpful Moderator
Jul 5, 2003
19,396
Penrose, Cornwall
larus said:
WTF.

Played at international level and played well.

Comments that like are plainly stupid; you're much better off trying to put forward reasons, rather than petty digs.

The guy is an excellent keeper, IMO better than Kuipers, and is a loss to the club.

Can't argue with that

:thumbsup:
 




Da Man Clay

T'Blades
Dec 16, 2004
16,286
Back to the original question. No as it was more than fans that hounded him out. (And a lot of posts on this thread show the abuse he has taken) Maybe or maybe not better than Kuipers (IMO he is slightly better, but happy with Kuipers)
 


Yoda

English & European
Fran Hagarty said:
Well said. He deserves better than the disgraceful treatment he's received from some of our so called fans. Good luck to him. he could be in the Premiership next season warming the bench with Preston!

:thumbsup:
 


Citrus in Sheffield

New member
Sep 16, 2005
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S10
Dave the Gaffer said:
Are we going to have countless threads about how shit he was and according to byk a Judas.

Are we going to have a Henderson watch...where we will be subjected to every game he plays and how he is shit in all of them?

Or shall we just realise that his tenure here was one of turbulence and he is better off somewhere else.


well?

I hope not, can't see where he's done much wrong.
 




Yoda

English & European
Dave the Gaffer said:
So basically what you are saying here is why does a keeper play better with an international defence in front of him tha, and with the greatest respect to ours, was far better at protecting a keeper?


gee that is a difficult one

Exactly Dave. I watched that match from start to finish and Hendo had nothing but routine to do apart from the one shot he let in.
 


Yoda

English & European
keaton said:
AAh the Bournemouth goal, just how clearly did you hear him shout "leave him alone and let the ball bounce"?
Anyone that suggests that goal is his fault is hugely biased or knows f*** all about football

I thought he went to take one touch too many, and then slipped.
 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
72,350
The Complete Badger said:
Ok, so why does he play well against the CZECH REPUBLIC, but like an absolute twat against MILLWALL or BOURNEMOUTH, or any other crap side we come up against?

Harding used to, according to some, play like a world-beater for the Under-21s. Whereas he used to play repeatedly like a panicked sheep for the Albion. Even CKR seems to be just about holding his own at Sheffield United.

I guess the moral is it's relatively easy for a very ordinary player to look a cut above when he's surrounded by very good players.
 


Schrödinger's Toad

Nie dla Idiotów
Jan 21, 2004
11,957
The Complete Badger said:
What more do you want on transfer deadline day?!

Erm ... well a new keeper would be an idea, seeing as it's only a matter of time before Kuipers either gets crocked or starts spooning the ball into his own net again.

That said, which decent keeper would want to come, seeing how Hendo was treated?
 


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