Apologies for the poor grammar.
Are you really saying we need Henderson in the team to run a lot!
That's not how you control a midfield buddy you need players who don't constantly give the ball away or can't control a ball. Which other teams have a CM who just runs up and down and offers nothing else.
I'm not saying he is useless but be needs to be used in certain games like probably against United where we are likely to be under the cosh so we will need him to hit them on the counter.
Against teams who sit back like Sunderland he won't offer much creativity to unlock a defence.
There's a difference between running a lot and running into the right areas a lot more than everyone else does. With Henderson's passing game, it's much improved over the last few years, he is a tidy passer without doubt and has a good range of long range passing to boot. Granted he gave the ball away a lot more against Sunderland, however there's no need for calls for his head as a result.
Work rate should never be underestimated, very few top players don't have a hunger and a great work rate, especially in midfield. Jordan has that skill above and beyond anyone else we have, and the rest of his game is solid as a rock too (granted I'd like to see him score a few more but we're getting there with that).
We're a worse team without Henderson in it, and the stats back that up.
Don't believe me... Here have a look at this:
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/player-stats/16407/HendersonGo on down to the player comparison and see how Hendo does against the rest of our midfield then realise how everyone is totally overreacting with this lad (again)
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