Shocked KDB didn't win it, not because he deserved it but because there were so many Liverpool players in the running I assumed the vote would be split so much making it impossible for one of them to win.
I'd have voted for Mane personally but can't argue too much against Henderson, not least because it's going to **** so many people off
Maddison started the season amazingly well but he's literally done nothing since Christmas, much like his team. Vardy would've been a far better shout.
Shocked KDB didn't win it, not because he deserved it but because there were so many Liverpool players in the running I assumed the vote would be split so much making it impossible for one of them to win.
I'd have voted for Mane personally but can't argue too much against Henderson, not least because it's going to **** so many people off
Yea, that's what I can't get my head around. Even if you're a Leicester supporting journo and being massively bias, you vote for Vardy. Other than a relative, who votes for Maddison and Evans?
I imagine Fergie is fuming this morning
Because no other player has picked up knee injuries beforeIf you're talking about Ferguson's bit about him in his book I don't think he was wrong in what he said. He's got a knee injury at the moment and has had them previously, the way he runs can't help matters. I would be very surprised if he does a Milner and is still going strong in 2-4 years but I don't think he'll care considering what he's won
Of course he was wrong, in 9 seasons Henderson's missed a total of 65 games, that's hardly a bad injury record. To put it into context, the same summer he signed for us, Fergie's two outfield signings were Phil Jones and Ashley Young - in one less season Young missed 66 games and Jones has missed 120+.
He's fundamental to the way we play imo. Absolutely vital.
On paper, he's the easiest of our key players to replace. We don't have anyone even remotely capable of standing in for Alisson, VVD or our front three but we have a load of midfielders that could and should come in and replace him. In reality, there's a massive drop off when he's out injured.
I agree that he won't be concerned about Henderson winning the award but concern about injuries clearly was the justification for not signing him. We're clearly interpretting "later in his career" differently - I read it literally as later, as in the future. Not when he's 30+. It would be very odd for a club to base the decision on signing a 21 year old on how they think their body will hold up when they're 32 anyway, especially a club that has a history of signing and extending contracts of players for a couple of good seasons, knowing that they're bodies won't hold up at the back end of that contract. If anything, Henderson's injury record has actually improved as he's got older.
