It's amazing how you're willing to give somebody who couldn't give two shots plenty of chances yet you've constantly gone on for at least 2 years about how people like Henderson should leave. All we saw the other day was a snippet of a session, how do you know if he was trying for the full session?
I don't. I have no idea. Maybe he was putting it on for the cameras.
I wouldn't lose any sleep if we sold Balotelli. I think in general at a club like ours you shouldn't get second chances, especially if you ruined your first chance because of a lack of effort. Sometimes it will take longer to gel with the other players, sometimes you might need to settle in to a new playing style, etc, but putting in effort should be a bare minimum even if nothing else is working for you as a new player. Balotelli failed in that regard so I'd have no qualms if we sold him.
The difference between him and Henderson though is that Balotelli has shown that he has the TALENT to play at the very, very highest level. Whereas even at his best (the tailend of the season we nearly won the league) Henderson has shown that his ceiling is something like a very good league player.
Unfortunately we end up having to choose between players like Balotelli who have loads of talent but no effort, or players like Henderson who work very hard but have zero talent.
I think Suarez ruined us in that regard; he is one of the most talented players in the world but when he played with us, he was also by far the hardest working player as well. Now we have to pick between one or the other.
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