7_Kewell » Mon Sep 19, 2016 12:53 pm wrote:If he can repeat the Chelsea performance, week-in, week-out, for an entire season....then I might change my view that he's a squad player desperately out of his depth.
I'll gladly eat humble pie if he can do that every week, but sadly (as last season and the Euros for England showed) Henderson goes missing when the going gets tough. He just lacks...gonads. I've still not forgotten the time he let Mario push him out of the way for the penalty a couple of seasons back.
He did the right thing letting an experienced penalty taker like Mario take the pen, what he should have done though is march over to Mario and hand him the ball instead of letting Mario take it from him. Yes the manager had designated Hendo the pen taker but as Hendo hadn't taken a pen before letting Mario take it was the smart and the obvious thing to do.
Hendo should have thrown the ball to Mario and then explained to Rodgers later that it was an onfield decision that he as captain takes full responsibility for, that's what great captains like Graeme Souness did, they became managers on the pitch and made big decisions knowing full well that they would be lambasted if they make the wrong call.
It's called leadership.
, hes doing well and deserves the credit but still a lot to prove fir Liverpool and England, not in terms of effort or desire, professionalism, but being the lynchpin the key, piece in both sides.
