Henderson has become such a boring player and his thread even more so. It's amazing how a player that is hardly spectacular, but most definitely not awful either, can attract so many radical opinions. He's a good player, most of the time at least OK, sometimes bad. We've had plenty of those in the past, some who are undeservedly praised as if they were some sort of genius - Alvaro Arbeloa is a good example, if you like - while others, like Henderson, are made out to be much worse than they actually are. It mostly seems to depend on which time they were signed (as football is a team sport, how the club is doing as a whole makes a huge difference on how individual players are perceived) or the stage of their careers (players that take a while to settle, like Lucas or Hendo, never completely shrug off their early detractors). We're soon to overgrow Henderson though, like we did with, I don't know, Danny Murphy. More than happy to have him in the squad, can't see him being a very influential player in the coming seasons though. The hysteria from both sides is boring as f**k.
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