Nice article about our Jeff, comes across as being quite a modest bloke!
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/inter...-with-ireland/
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Nice article about our Jeff, comes across as being quite a modest bloke!
http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/inter...-with-ireland/
Bad news, this might be a bad one. Hopefully it's just precautionary.
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...jury-1.1508704
Out for 3 months: http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/f...174839405.html
FFS!!
Hendrick nearing a return
Good news about Mark O'Brien in the final paragraph also.
Update: Played 56 minutes
That statement would have put the fear of God into me a few weeks ago!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Who selected that picture - should be fired - looks about 60!Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Haha... and you can't even see the zimmer frame!
Came on in the 62nd minute away to Wigan with Derby leading 3-1.
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 after drawing Chelsea in the FA Cup, reminding him of his winner at the City Ground when Derby played most of the match with ten men.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ba-sLvEIMAA2KVP.jpg:large
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.
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=hGGRO...ature=youtu.be
i suppose he has been out injured nearly all the time mcclaren has been there in fairness needs to prove himself to the umbrellaed oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia
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
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.
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.
Only on the bench with return of Hughes.
When a chicken lays three eggs is it called a Hendrick? :very_drunk:
Not even in the matchday squad today..
Had a mild concussion.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29889019.html
Dion Fanning talks to Jeff Hendrick.
Derby are two points off automatic promotion after a 1-0 win over rivals QPR this afternoon.
Hendrick started today, along with Richard Keogh. Sammon came off the bench at half-time and did what he usually does - hold the ball up and link up play extremely well and miss a couple of sitters. Mark O'Brien was an unused sub.
They beat Bournemouth. QPR did lose 1-0 though, late on at Charlton.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Clearly the introduction of Conor Sammon did enough to shake the QPR rearguard.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
QPR probably still haven't recovered from the last time he manhandled them. He has a rep like Keyser Soze at that level. If only human bodies were used as footballs; then Sammon would score goals for breakfast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
It seems like it was agreed between MON and King that it was more important that Hendrick plays in the U21 game than making a short appearance in the senior game. Hard to argue with that.
http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...t-up-1.1704422
Bit of a misleading article though overall. Not one mention of how he was injured for Noel King's senior squad and that was probably the reason he hasn't played since being "hauled" off at half time against Spain. Even using the word "demotion" is a little unnecessary, even if technically that's what it is. The reasoning by O'Neill and King is very sound at least, hopefully he can help the U21's get the win they need.
IDK. Gibson is perennially injured. If McCarthy gets injured, I really don't like the prospect of falling back on Whelan and Green. I would give Hendrick - Meyler too - as much chance as possible to assert himself before the qualifiers.
One good performance in a competitive game doesn't override all the bad ones and whatever Whelan's worth against workmanlike opposition, he has been shown up time and time again against decent opposition. The guy is slow as Christmas and now he's in his 30s.
Just put Derby 3-0 up in the first half against Forest. Played a part in the first goal too.
They're 5 up now. Is it causal or coincidental that Reid's injury and Forest's losing streak occur together?
Clearly causal. Look how many goals and assists he contributed and how he was pivotal to the way they played. In the two games he played between his two injuries, they were better for his presence.
They do have several other players injured too though and Billy Davies teams have a history of capitulating, so there is that...
So clearly causal but not in a clear-cut kind of clear? :)
Hendrick's was a lovely calm finish under the keepers legs having been sent through. Looked like one of those chances where you have too much time and inevitably mess it up, but he took it very calmly. He has been very good all through, very comfortable in possession and is playing with confidence. Today and especially the goal was exactly what he needed to get back to where he was pre-injury.
From what I've seen of Forest I would imagine that they'd HUGELY struggle without Reid. Even forgetting about his goals and assists, he is always available for the ball, he holds it up and distributes it well. Take him out and you've a gaping hole in the centre (not a pun on his former level of girth). Everything goes through him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Again, not a pun related to his former level of girth... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
He'd have been grand weight-wise in the past if everything had gone through him.Quote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
On a serious note, is he possibly the biggest waste of talent we've had? Sure there's been lads who've faded in their teens but Reid has sustained a career into his 30s with his magic left foot and just never been quite there fitness wise to really shine at the highest level.
I look at Adel Taarabt scoring freely for AC Milan and you wonder what Andy could have done.
Forest are a push over without Reid yes there are other players out
but with Reid they can get a draw without him they get hammer.
With Reid they can't lose without Reid they can't win.
I would say that is true.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
In the last 25 years have we ever been able to say similar about a player other than Roy Keane?
Trap should be strung up.
So anyway.. this Hendrick kid...
http://mhm.hud.ac.uk/newsroom/sites/...Hendrick_0.jpg
He looks...... like a young James Spader.