Dean Bradley Henderson

[Des's dirty Y-fronts]

Turner's distribution is much better than Henderson's. Solid shit stopper and commanded his box well in recent games. Seems a likable character too. Gave a Benfica supporter a lift yesterday and asked him about Vlachodimos. I told him Benfica supporters had been posting on a forest forum about how shit he is. He said Benfica selling him was a big mistake, he's a solid keeper and only sold due to the fall out with the manager. Think we've got 2 solid keepers now of a similar level , competition, which is what's needed in the prem. You can't get away with a poor second keeper.

Still, they're not Brice though are they. f*** I miss Brice, so bad. I loved the big mental lovable bastard

 

[congo_red]

Solid shit stopper

Yes.

 

[Morpeth]

Lodi barely had any attacking threat. He may appear to have more attacking threat than Aina but that's only because he's a left footer so was out wide more often for an outball than Aina who tends to drift inside on his favoured right foot. In terms of end product in the final third Lodi barely had much.

Both are very good defensively, neither are good going forward like you'd expect from a modern day full back/wing back.

Aina is for me the better player. I can't believe we got him for free.

I don't understand why people get so confused with Lodi. He was never as bad as people said at the beginning and never as good as people said at the end.
He performed quite nicely and had a decent blend of defensive capability and attacking threat.

I've seen almost the same type of displays from Aina already which is great and i'd put them on a par. Over the next few weeks I'm sure we'll see Aina (and equally Lodi if he was still here) start moving up the pitch with greater frequency, as we did against Burnley, and then we'll really see how good he is. Aina and CHO could make a formidable partnership if Aina stays on the left.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

I don't understand why people get so confused with Lodi. He was never as bad as people said at the beginning and never as good as people said at the end.
He performed quite nicely and had a decent blend of defensive capability and attacking threat.

I've seen almost the same type of displays from Aina already which is great and i'd put them on a par. Over the next few weeks I'm sure we'll see Aina (and equally Lodi if he was still here) start moving up the pitch with greater frequency, as we did against Burnley, and then we'll really see how good he is. Aina and CHO could make a formidable partnership if Aina stays on the left.

I'd like to see how comfortable Aina was bombing on if he was played on the right hand side regularly.

I'm not going to expect much attacking output from him if he's cutting inside from the left, and running into space taken by someone like Mangala or Yates.

 

[congo_red]

I'd like to see how comfortable Aina was bombing on if he was played on the right hand side regularly.

Probably not going to happen any time soon, considering the other options on the left.

 

[MaxiRobriguez]

Probably not going to happen any time soon, considering the other options on the left.

Yes agreed. Needs must..

 

[The Frog]

I wonder if injuries such as a muscle detachment are more problematic for goalkeepers, given they can go through large periods of play with very little to do? Much more likely to suffer a reoccurrence when 'cold' and more likely to get that way in game? Guessing!

It has happened both times through kicking the ball long so I wouldn’t be surprised if there is either an underlying issue/weakness (obviously will be after the first occurrence) or more likely an issue with technique

 

[Monkman]

I'd like to see how comfortable Aina was bombing on if he was played on the right hand side regularly.

I'm not going to expect much attacking output from him if he's cutting inside from the left, and running into space taken by someone like Mangala or Yates.

He left Kyle Walker of all people for dead at one point on Saturday.

 

[Monkman]

Probably not going to happen any time soon, considering the other options on the left.

Agree - would really like us to look for a good LB in January, especially if Tavares is out long term.

 

[Morpeth]

It's RICHARDS!

 

[Monkman]

That's the hope for sure!

 

[EmmersonForest4]

Justified our stance 100%

It certainly looks like it. Let’s see how long he’s out for with this one. Is this the same muscle he injured with us?

 

[REDDERS78]

Personally think Forest just valued Henderson less than Man Utd wanted and when it became clear Man Utd weren't going to budge even late on in the window we decided to move onto backup targets first in Turner then in the Greek keeper.

If we were genuinely worried about the potential of recurrent injury then we either wouldn't have been interested in him at all or it would have been factored into our offer.

I do feel sorry for Henderson in one sense, but on the other hand he's not exactly been left to rot at United and is at a decent, progressive club at Palace, earning loads and living in the capital. He's not exactly in a bad place.

Yeah, that's obviously what happened. Not sure where the fuss is.

 

[REDDERS78]

Ha f***ing hell, I almost posted a joke about the credit all being Syrianos', but it turns out I didn't need to! Hard to believe after the transfer window we had that some still refuse to give Wilson any credit at all

Who has done that though? Who has actually refused to give Wilson Credit?

We had a superb window, in fact it was brilliant. The guy seems to be doing an amazing job but lets be honest, nobody has refused to give him credit have they?

Saying that he cant predict injuries is probably an accurate assumption, as opposed to flag waving because a player got injured for another team. Whichever way you view it I don't think its right to be gloating about Hendo being injured because Wilson knew he would, he didn't, you didn't and neither did anyone else.

Its a pretty sad state of affairs, Wilson? Doing a great job.

 

[The Frog]

It certainly looks like it. Let’s see how long he’s out for with this one. Is this the same muscle he injured with us?

Yes mate, did it kicking the same as with us as well

 

[REDDERS78]

Yes mate, did it kicking the same as with us as well

He must be distraught. Career defining injuries at his stage I'd say.

 

[Monkman]

Who has done that though? Who has actually refused to give Wilson Credit?

We had a superb window, in fact it was brilliant. The guy seems to be doing an amazing job but lets be honest, nobody has refused to give him credit have they?

Saying that he cant predict injuries is probably an accurate assumption, as opposed to flag waving because a player got injured for another team. Whichever way you view it I don't think its right to be gloating about Hendo being injured because Wilson knew he would, he didn't, you didn't and neither did anyone else.

Its a pretty sad state of affairs, Wilson? Doing a great job.

Who's gloating? Most have expressed sympathy.

 

[REDDERS78]

Who's gloating? Most have expressed sympathy.

Gleeful, perhaps smug might be a better word. Not something I particularly like.

So, who has "refused" to give Wilson any credit?

 

[Monkman]

I dunno, read back through the thread. Not sure why the aggression is necessary.

 

[Wickio]

Gleeful, perhaps smug might be a better word. Not something I particularly like.

So, who has "refused" to give Wilson any credit?

I think everyone here sympathises with Dean. Expressing relief that it hasn't ended up being our problem and appreciation that our recruitment team did its due diligence doesn't equate to gleefulness that Henderson is out injured.

 

[REDDERS78]

I dunno, read back through the thread. Not sure why the aggression is necessary.

Aggression? Where?

You made a statement and all I did was ask you to substantiate it! I only asked who refused to give Wilson credit, I've not seen it myself that's all.

 

[REDDERS78]

I think everyone here sympathises with Dean. Expressing relief that it hasn't ended up being our problem and appreciation that our recruitment team did its due diligence doesn't equate to gleefulness that Henderson is out injured.

I'm also relieved, I'm just not sure why we should be celebrating a victory for Wilson, seems a bit out of hand to me thats all. Its a rather boring debate in fairness.

 

[Erik]

None of us know exactly what goes on behind the scenes and just use the evidence and snippets of information we get given. Based on what we know, we were sleepwalking into the new season before Syrianos came in and then we started being much more active, both in and out once he came back. Quite straightforward really.

Unless Ross started doubling his efforts once he realised someone was on his case I don't see any other explanation.

I think it's because we were giving Ross the wrong ice cream and it was only when stocks of Cherry vanilla were run down and we were able to buy Pistachio that he was able to move on from sorting out major back of house issues like addressing the medical and fitness staff to addressing new players.

Of course, it could be that he was busy dealing with a lot of things and that like a lot of other clubs the transfer deals only started to drop in the last weeks of the window.

But I think it was the ice cream. It's the only logical explaination.

 

[The Frog]

I'm also relieved, I'm just not sure why we should be celebrating a victory for Wilson, seems a bit out of hand to me thats all. Its a rather boring debate in fairness.

I am certain any ‘glee’ is that Forest are learning from mistakes and managing to form a functioning transfer strategy, whilst not being bullied.

As for the debate you don’t have to read a thread?

 

[EmmersonForest4]

Yes mate, did it kicking the same as with us as well

Ahh feck that’s a bummer cause he’s an extremely good keeper and better than turner. However if you’re injured all the time as big a shame as it is you are no use to Forest.