Not knocking him there either - any young lad who comes into the team and tries to chip the Manchester United goalkeeper at Old Trafford from 40 yards out has brass ones.Milner's an interesting shout Mike. Can see where you're coming from with that.
mccollio - yeah, it's an odd one. Lads whose views I respect a lot were positive that he was best played as a right winger even though I thought he looked a much better player on the right hand side of a midfield three for the England U-21s. Apparantly he had a few nightmares in central midfield with Sunderland? Not saying I was right btw - just that the wing vs centre thing was a discussion amongst some fans when he was first being rumoured as a signing.
Good point about Shelvey - though isn't Shelvey better used further up the pitch than perhaps we'd ideally like to see Henderson? Always have the feeling with Jonjo that you might as well at least get him within a hope in ****'s chance of scoring if he's going to shoot anyways
Personally, seeing a lot to like about him as he progresses this season. There's definitely something there. Quite what it is just yet, I really don't know.
Good point about Shelvey - though isn't Shelvey better used further up the pitch than perhaps we'd ideally like to see Henderson? Always have the feeling with Jonjo that you might as well at least get him within a hope in ****'s chance of scoring if he's going to shoot anyways
Personally, seeing a lot to like about him as he progresses this season. There's definitely something there. Quite what it is just yet, I really don't know.
He's got potential. The media did him no favours by wildly exaggerating his transfer fee - I saw one that claimed it was £26 million, hilariously - but he's growing into the team. I'm afraid the majority of non-Liverpool have already made their minds up, unfortunately, and he may well be labelled a flop for the next year or so regardless of what he does.
He has a lot of talents, but the one that strikes me the most is his one-touch passing. Not too many English youngsters possess the kind of first-time pass Henderson does, which is a huge boon to have. It makes dictating the tempo of the game far easier for him, allowing him to speed it up or slow it down whenever he needs. In fact, minus the traditional English "good engine, and a big lad" he's rather European in style at times. No bad thing, that.
And there was me thinking it was me who compared him to Milner! Credit your sources, you wankstain!
I agree, though. The parallels are obvious. He's highly-rated from a young age, ostensibly a right winger but plays better in the centre, is versatile, has an excellent engine, a good cross, and a sturdy work ethic. He's also a decent long-range shooter, can handle himself, and offers at both ends of the pitch. Milner went from being a good up-and-down traditional English winger to being a box-to-box fulcrum once he was moved into the centre. Perhaps Henderson can avoid the plateau in quality that Milner went through in his early-to-mid twenties by moving to a position that suits him more, sooner.
sure, i'll look above me you wave down at HT, i'll be in a blue coat with a fur hood!
i'm on the 20'th row, i probably won't have time to get close enough, though if i could i would hurl abuse at himyou better not be 'that' ******** whenever United play here who runs up to Stevie taking the corner and shouting abuse
Even if he just unsettles Evans and creates space forward runners.
