Beerbelly:
Firstly,
You described Henderson as a natural in the position he played, which was the defensive midfield position.
You then said that he would be seen in a better light playing the 1 forward and dropping Gerrard into the defensive midfield position.
I said you can't have this both ways, either Henderson's best position is defensive midfielder (natural position in your statement) or his best position is the box-to-box midfielder (where he'll be seen in a better light in your statement) both cannot be true!
He really doesn't need all that as you suggest which is more than what Lucas provides anyhow. With Coutinho, Suarez and Sturridge ahead of him he just needs to feed them the ball, something he is certainly capable of.
While I'm a massive fan of Suarez, Coutinho and Sturridge if you believe all we need to do to win games is get one of them to drop deep and Henderson pass the ball off to them would be enough then I disagree. If in your "feeding them the ball" you're alluding to more creativity then you're contradicting yourself, so again "you can't have it both ways".
Your next point relates to Henderson getting caught out of position and you somehow attempt to suggest he was "helping the attack" or "being too creative" and that's what caused him to get caught out, again this is a contradiction. Running out of position is not pressing, I said he didn't press enough, pressing is applying pressure without giving an opportunity for your opponents to exploit the space you've left, that's why I said he has no positional sense and is exposed too easily. With regards creativity, I brought it up in relation to the box-to-box position, if he is caught out of position being "too creative" (hilarious assertion by the way) while playing the defensive midfielder position, he is already at fault. His number 1 role is to not get caught out of position, ever, he is the cover for others.
And you advocate we don't use Henderson in the future against better opposition because you can see into the future.
No I said that Suarez and Sturridge are proven against better opposition as you presented them as a basis for the defense of Henderson who isn't proven against better opposition in the defensive midfielder position, another contradiction which you're now compounding.
I don't believe I know better than our manager and nor do I accept that I am wrong. Opinions are subjective.
Opinions are subjective but for you to believe yours is right you cannot accept Brendan's to be right also? To simplify; if you believe a pen is blue and Brendan believes a pen is red, what colour is the pen?
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