In 2016/17 Premier League season
Henderson. Lucas
Pass success 86% 83%
Key passes 1.3 0.3 Per game
Crosses 0.7 0 Per game
Long balls 6.9 2.6 Per game
In all facets of passing Henderson is superior to Lucas.
Those stats do not show Hendo as the superior passer/distributor to Lucas.
Does those stats show what other options were available? Was there a better short ball option than long? Is Lucas' pass success lower because he takes risks in launching attacks? How about key passes, what constitutes a key pass? when the receiving end connects with the ball to shoot? How about crosses, how many of those were considered key passes? (I think Hendo is one heck of a crosser btw and i dont count them as passes).
How about the players Hendo has had in front of him in comparison to Lucas? (btw, I do think Hendo is more creative than Lucas
, but who isn't? :p). What about assists, Lucas has 3 in far less minutes where as Hendo, 4 and double the minutes, what does that tell you?
Anyone who thinks we aren't missing Hendo is a massive moron.
Massive moron, how so? The 6 position hasn't been the problem since Lucas moved back in there, but do explain how he would have made the difference?
That game last night was crying out for 2 players, Jordan and Sadio. Pretty sure they would have unlocked the bus parkers and we would have seen a totally different game and result.
No, it was crying out for a Lallana, Sturridge and Mane, also, better full backs, not Hendo.
If you guys want to talk about missing a player, it's Mane, not Hendo. You all know that with Mane, we would have been fine and most likely secured top 4, where as Hendo would be 50/50 improvement over Lucas seeing as he has been so good in the #6.
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