I think you are being a bit harsh on Henderson. He has a lot more to his game than just chasing around like a bluearsed fly. He has a decent range of passing and when allowed to get forward can make a few assists. For me his one weakness is his "bottle" in front of goal. Give him no time to think and he has no problem, give him time and space to get off his shot and his head goes.
I never said that's the only thing to his game, I was merely pointing out that Henderson has one of the key things to his game that Klopp likes in his midfielders. I actually like him as a player hence why I've selected him in previous line ups that I'd like to see. I've also said I'd like to see him play the odd game behind the striker and see how he gets on because he could provide a few goal scoring opportunities and it'd also fit in with the "defend from the front" philosophy.
We have missed Hendo greatly since he got injured. Skirtel has been a loyal servant, and suffered from having many different partners.
Lucas is missed when he is not in the team.
All good players for LFC. but not quite upto the standard of say an Alonso or a mascarano. That is perhaps the point being made, which is very unfair cos there are not many in the world upto that standard.
One of the problems I have with Skrtel is he struggles to manage the back line. Half of the time he's pointing to stuff but there's nothing coming out of his mouth so it's hard for players to understand what he's instructing them to do. Another thing - could be either natural instinct or the system - is he defends far too deep, especially on set pieces. It gives the opposition so many goal scoring opportunities. A corner will come in and more often than not he's not marking anybody of any threat, the ball then gets cleared and when we should be charging out Skrtel is still camped out well inside our own box.
I'm hoping that the manager either comes up with a system whereby this isn't a problem or he makes it an area for improvement next summer (keeper also.
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