Jeff Hendrick M Derby County b.1992

[brine3]

Would it be mischievous of me to say that, in his 20-minute cameo, Hendrick showed more in a green shirt than McCarthy ever has?

Did you not see the match against the Faroe Islands then? Do you remember who was Man of the Match?

[tetsujin1979]

Would love to see him do well... Just trying to keep my hopes grounded.

Who was the last Championship bred Midfielder to really make an impression on the Premiership after a move up? Tim Cahill?
Hoolahan?

[dr_peepee]

Hoolahan?

Ha!!:) I see your point but the same could've been said for Charlie Adam and David Vaughan with Blackpool a couple of seasons ago.

I meant the centre mid equivelant of a Jolean Lescott for example, or Phil Jagielka. Not even necessarily Champoins League material. Just someone to step up and more than hold their own.

As an aside, re Hoolahan. I like what i see, but it's the kind of run of form we've seen in the past by Andy Reid (in seperate periods at Charlton and Sunderland) and Stephen Ireland. I've been erring on the side of the cynic in recent times when it comes to our players.

[Charlie Darwin]

Did you not see the match against the Faroe Islands then? Do you remember who was Man of the Match?
Yeah, Hendrick was better.

[mark12345]

Would it be mischievous of me to say that, in his 20-minute cameo, Hendrick showed more in a green shirt than McCarthy ever has?

It would be mischievous and quite inaccurate. McCarthy has done well for us. He's now the platform to hold the ball up in midfield which we were missing since Roy Keane, albeit with James having mere paupers beside him in Whelan and Green, and I know I'll catch flak for this, but Andrews as well (Keith gives great effort but has very little technical ability).

Really like this lad Hendrick. I actually thought it was McCarthy who played the pass to Hoolahan, so I guess that's a great compliment to him. Looking forward to seeing much more of him.

[Charlie Darwin]

McCarthy has done well for us. He's now the platform to hold the ball up in midfield which we were missing since Roy Keane, albeit with James having mere paupers beside him in Whelan and Green, and I know I'll catch flak for this, but Andrews as well (Keith gives great effort but has very little technical ability).
I won't dispute that McCarthy has tremendous ability and potential, but to say he's the platform for holding the ball up in midfield is just not accurate. McCarthy or no McCarthy, we simply haven't done that for years, probably since the other McCarthy was in charge. I am a huge admirer of McCarthy but to even menton him in the same breath as Roy Keane is just laughable. Keane would dominate midfield with a broken leg; McCarthy isn't even mature enough as a player to dominate against Kazakhstan.

[gastric]

Would agree with you Charlie about McCarthy, but a future midfield of McCarthy and Hendrick would be very interesting indeed.

[geysir]

He's a 'big lad' who lobbed a good ball across the box in the general direction of one of 2 green shirts who were running (untracked) into an acre of free space.
Not unlike Finnan's lob in the general direction of Duff/McAteer.

[tricky_colour]

Finnan was a good player, you make it soud easy but how many of our other players would have done it.
I thought he did well to chest the ball into space and spot the run and make a pin point pass which Wes could take in
his stride. It was like watching Inesta and Messi combining :D
As you say he is also a bit lad, 6'1 I believe which has got to come in useful.

[AlaskaFox]

Would it be mischievous of me to say that, in his 20-minute cameo, Hendrick showed more in a green shirt than McCarthy ever has?

McCarthy's rising effort at the start of the second half set the tempo after the break. Hendrick did well, but outside of that assist, he was no more impressive than Green was on Wednesday.

[tetsujin1979]

sixth goal of the season against Sheffield Wednesday

[TrapAPony]

scored for Derby v Sheff Wed

[geysir]

We have had quite a few young players coming on in their debut (or early games) and everything just went right for them on the day to produce an unexpected sensational goal or an amazing assist. Some make it some don't.
To 'pedestalise' Hendrick's contribution over what McCarthy has offered in total to the team (over a few games), is a meaningless exercise in indulgent pedantic reductionism. :)

[tricky_colour]

I don't think 'pedestalise' has made it to the dictionary yet, seems geysir is well ahead of the game.
But yes Hendrick has scored so a goal and an assist in less than 45 minutes!!!
5 goals in less than 12 games, impressive for a striker, never mind a midfielder.
Surely one for the future in a midfield alongside Hoolahan as we build a Barcelona style team?

[Fergie's Son]

Not sure that he is ready to step up just yet but it is nice to be able to get excited about a young Irish midfielder again.

[paul_oshea]

i usually get excited by young irish models, but each to their own.

[geysir]

But sadly for you Paul, the trick is to get them excited about you.

[tricky_colour]

Either that or Rohypnol.

[Irish_Praha]

Either that or Rohypnol.

Just ask the old soccercentral about that one, it's called surprise sax :o

[Crosby87]

http://news.google.com/news/tbn/5fU0qgcH3FoJ/6.jpg (http://foot.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=jeff%20hendrick%20goal&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&ved=0CD4QpwI&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thisisderbyshire.co.uk%2FHalf-time-Jeff-Hendrick-target-Derby-County-lead%2Fstory-18100781-detail%2Fstory.html&ei=Kt0WUcq3CuHU0gHj7oDYBw&usg=AFQjCNGdOC_P6XXHzU7GHuZ2w5vxAo5pbg&bvm=bv.42080656,d.dmQ)

Looked determined.

[Charlie Darwin]

Just ask the old soccercentral about that one, it's called surprise sax :o
Ah, the old jazz standard.

[DeLorean]

Hendrick's Proudest Moment (http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Substitute-appearance-Republic-Ireland-Derby/story-18125396-detail/story.html#axzz2Kg5wUBOd)

[Stuttgart88]

wrt the attendance, it was a good job JH ordered 34 tickets!

[Charlie Darwin]

wrt the attendance, it was a good job JH ordered 34 tickets!
Plot-twist: his friends and family are all Polish.

[paul_oshea]

you mean his friends and family are proper polish supporters.

[SkStu]

he got an assist on the equaliser tonight according to BBC...

[OwlsFan]

scored for Derby v Sheff Wed

I wouldn't build a career on that!

They lost last night to that other hotbed of Irish talent, Hull City. Three substitutions made but all the Irish lads finished the game for Derby.

[tricky_colour]

Brady got the two assists for Hull so all three goals from Irish assists.
Tough match for Derby away to second placed Hull although Leicester are favourites to take the 2nd automatic
promotion spot.

[DeLorean]

Scored Derby's first tonight against Bristol City, shot from outside the box into the bottom corner. Think that's 7 for the season so he's closing in on the target of 10 he set for himself. Conor Sammon set up Jamie Ward for their second.

Edit: Hendrick provides assist for Ben Davies to make it 3-0 at full time.

Edit 2: Hendrick also won a penalty after a couple of minutes (hauled down by Greg Cunningham!) which Jamie Ward had saved. Quite the night for him.

[DeLorean]

My friend over said Hendrick was superb tonight and unfortunately can't see him being a Ram next season.

Incidentally he also said Sammon is becoming a bit of a scapegoat for Derby fans, that he's shocking at times and he missed a sitter from two yards tonight.

[gastric]

Nice article about our Jeff, comes across as being quite a modest bloke!

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/international/2013/0605/454620-hendrick-loving-life-with-ireland/

[Charlie Darwin]

Bad news, this might be a bad one. Hopefully it's just precautionary.

http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/international/hendrick-to-see-specialist-to-gauge-severity-of-ankle-injury-1.1508704

[Charlie Darwin]

Out for 3 months: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-clough-targets-loan-market-174839405.html

[dr_peepee]

FFS!!

[DeLorean]

Hendrick nearing a return (http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/hendrick-russell-set-for-comebacks-1182654.aspx)

Good news about Mark O'Brien in the final paragraph also.


Update: Played 56 minutes (http://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/article/duo-return-in-u21s-draw-1183914.aspx)

[DeLorean]

Hendrick keen to prove himself to Steve McClaren (http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-County-midfielder-Jeff-Hendrick-keen-prove/story-20106040-detail/story.html)

[Stuttgart88]

Hendrick keen to prove himself to Steve McClaren (http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-County-midfielder-Jeff-Hendrick-keen-prove/story-20106040-detail/story.html)That statement would have put the fear of God into me a few weeks ago!

[Paddy Garcia]

Hendrick keen to prove himself to Steve McClaren (http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-County-midfielder-Jeff-Hendrick-keen-prove/story-20106040-detail/story.html)

Who selected that picture - should be fired - looks about 60!

[DeLorean]

Haha... and you can't even see the zimmer frame!

[DeLorean]

Came on in the 62nd minute away to Wigan with Derby leading 3-1.

[DeLorean]

Only came on for last ten minutes against Blackpool when they were 4-1 up. Obviously it was an easy situation to come in to but he was very involved for the time he was on. Appears to have an excellent range of passing. Might have to bide his time a bit before getting back into the side seeing as Derby are on such a good run.

Having some banter with a Forest fan on Twitter (https://twitter.com/JeffHendrick92/status/409723859957723136) after drawing Chelsea in the FA Cup, reminding him of his winner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4rI6Jyt058&sns=em) at the City Ground when Derby played most of the match with ten men.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ba-sLvEIMAA2KVP.jpg:large

[Paddy Garcia]

Heard an interview with the manager who referred to some "squad" players returning from injury like Hendrick. I was a bit surprised at the term used.

[DeLorean]

Played the full 90 mins in the 2-0 win at Charlton on Saturday, replacing Will Hughes who was ill.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGGROOhg1MA&feature=youtu.be

[liamoo11]

Heard an interview with the manager who referred to some "squad" players returning from injury like Hendrick. I was a bit surprised at the term used.

i suppose he has been out injured nearly all the time mcclaren has been there in fairness needs to prove himself to the umbrellaed one

[DeLorean]

I'm bordering on 'The Doc/Sledge' at this stage, but this is a good read and relates to what PG was saying above, and what CD was asking in the Conor Sammon thread.

Derby Telegraph (http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/does-Jeff-Hendrick-fit-Derby-County-s-current/story-20337514-detail/story.html)


Where does Jeff Hendrick fit in with Derby County's current midfield shape working so well?

STEVE McClaren, like Nigel Clough before him, is full of praise for Derby County’s midfield.

Clough went on record as saying the Rams have a midfield that is the envy of most teams in the Championship, a statement difficult to argue with when you consider the personnel.

Few midfielders are in better form than Craig Bryson at this moment, none have scored as many goals as the Scot. He has nine.

Eighteen-year-old Will Hughes and 21-year-old Jeff Hendrick, when he is at full match fitness, are two of the best young players in the division and the midfield mix and options has a lovely blend when the experience of John Eustace and Kalifa Cisse are added not to mention Paul Coutts, who is working his way back from a knee injury.

Blend is the key word because departments of a team work more effectively when balanced, especially the midfield and the defence.
Derby’s team has a balanced look about it, highlighted by the central midfield trio.

Bryson and Hughes had been playing slightly advanced of Eustace until the win at Charlton on Saturday when Hendrick stepped in for Hughes, who was laid low by a sickness bug.

McClaren has described Eustace as the “old warrior”. “Eusty does a great job for us and allows Jeff, Will and Brys to get forward and join in,” McClaren said.

“There’s a good balance in there. You need a good midfield, and we’ve got a very good one.”

The importance of the deepest of the midfielders, the holding player, should not be underestimated as Eustace has displayed this season.
A fifth yellow card of the season for Eustace in the defeat away to Queens Park Rangers left Derby with a hole to fill when they faced Sheffield Wednesday. They toyed with the idea of moving right-back Andre Wisdom to the “Eustace role” before opting for a player who knows the position, Cisse.

The Mali international provided an effective shield for the back four on his debut. He kept things simple and held his position from where he broke up play and used the ball sensibly.

Again, this allowed Hughes and Bryson to do what they do best, and Derby chalked up a comprehensive 3-0 win.
A piece in the Derby Telegraph’s Kick Off Special supplement, published a week before the season started, pointed to the Rams’ midfield being a force in the Championship.

One of the issues has been fitting Hughes, Bryson and Hendrick into a shape that suits the trio, when all are fit and available.
At times last season Derby tried to squeeze the trio into a four-man midfield and this led to an imbalance as one of them had to play slightly out of position, Bryson or Hughes on the left, Hendrick towards the right being examples of this. Often there was a switch of shape after 20 minutes or half an hour of a game.

In the opening fixture this season, against Blackburn Rovers, Hendrick was asked to play on the right of the central midfield pairing of Hughes and Bryson, with Jamie Ward on the left.

Chris Martin and Johnny Russell formed the attack but Derby only improved when the Rams reverted to a 4-3-3/4-5-1 with Hendrick joining Hughes and Bryson in the middle of the park although none of them is a natural defensive midfielder.

Eustace, armed with years of know-how, is just that and injuries opened the door for him.

Hendrick was sidelined for three months after damaging his ankle in the victory at Yeovil in August before Coutts suffered a serious knee injury during the Capital One Cup tie against Leicester City in September.

Derby’s midfield has taken on a settled look in the past three months. The trio of Eustace, Hughes and Bryson have started 10 of the last dozen matches.

The Rams have also settled on a shape.

The clamour for 4-4-2 appears to have long drifted away, along with the comment saying it is negative not to play two out-and-out strikers at home. Eight wins and two draws in those dozen matches, plus 28 goals scored, have done the trick.

Hendrick is now available again. He made his first start since August in the win at Charlton at the weekend when he came in for Hughes. The Republic of Ireland international started slowly but grew into the game and his performance was praised by McClaren and first-team coach Paul Simpson.

Hendrick’s ankle injury ended a run of 34 consecutive starts in the first team stretching back to November last year. It will be interesting to see where he figures in the current midfield shape.

[SkStu]

I have been very impressed with what I have seen of Hendrick including his debut appearance for the Irish team. Has a touch of class about him.

The thoughts of an Irish midfield including McCarthy, Hendrick, an in-form and fit Gibson as well as Grealish and McGeady/McClean on the flanks with Shane Long up-front - that's exciting.

[DeLorean]

Only on the bench with return of Hughes.

[tricky_colour]

When a chicken lays three eggs is it called a Hendrick? :very_drunk:

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Not even in the matchday squad today..

[DeLorean]

Had a mild concussion.