Hendrick's a strange one. Went from performing well at Premier League level on a reasonably consistent basis to not getting a look in at one of the worst teams in the Championship in relatively short order. Newcastle was an awful move in hindsight. Seems to be a victim of moving to a team that was in the process of getting money to spend. Can't understand why Wednesday couldn't find a role for him, even after coming off the bench to net an important last minute equaliser earlier in the season. It's not because he's a bad trainer. He keeps himself in great condition, even off season.
Hopefully he gets a Championship move. Seems to have the profile that Turkish, Greek, and other teams on the continent would go for as well. I wouldn't be averse to him getting a look in in the future if he gets his club future sorted out, given how threadbare we are there at the moment.
Yep. It's a crazy short-lived career choice so they have to make money as fast and as best they can - and unless you know the ins and outs of someone's life, I wouldn't judge. I will judge haircuts though since there is only so much silliness a pro football team should tolerate and Hendrick has failed us all in that department.
Hendrick’s best years where when he played in a more advanced position, almost like a No. 10 although much of his running was closing down rather playing in an attacking way on the ball — though he had that in his game as we saw at Euro 2016.
I don’t know if his legs went or if he somehow got typecast as a holding midfielder—but that was never really his skillset when he was at his best. He ended up playing there for us sort of out of necessity given the horrible generation of midfielders we’ve had this decade, but yeah for me not his best position.
Maybe can still do a job at Championship level but wouldn’t be surprised if he has to leave England for a contract.
I always blamed Sean Dyche. Dyche basically gave him 3 jobs: win second balls high up the pitch (long balls will be flicked on to you), feed the ball out to your nearest winger, press high if you don’t win the ball. All his natural footballing ability was sublimated for years and his dribbling, quick feet and creativity were taken out of his game for years and years… really went backwards as a footballer
Yeah damn that dastardly Sean Dyche. Paying a club record fee for him when they got promoted, and helped turn him into an established PL player. 122 PL appearances in four seasons with a 107 starts. Damn that dastardly Dyche for ruining his career like that.Originally Posted by elatedscum
It's about one step short of the usual Irish football trope.
"He should have moved to the continent. Where the slower more technical style of football would have suited him better and he would have turned into a superstar."
- Lad who once played as Ajax on Football Manager and watched Football Italia on Channel 4, 25 years ago
He was excellent in three out of four of our games in Euro 2016 and had some great moments in those qualifiers.
Unfortunately, that was his peak
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