Pin-seeker
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What a Tool ??
PJ87
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Tools are useful ?
clubchamp98
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Yes probably only been on 10 mins .
He dosnt take them for Liverpool ,what’s he thinking .
Good job our keeper saved his embarrassment late on.
I honestly think he’s giving the starting players a rest before the tournament starts proper.
The ones who played today were on trial for a place and for me it was JWP.
Slime
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He's a senior player and the captain, he must surely lead by example and put his team's aims first.
I was stunned by his lack of leadership.
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He was captain and decided to step up and take the penalty - he missed it , it’s not the end of the world and it’s certainly not an embarrassment or should be a ashamed- footballers live by their choices and as a leader he wanted to step. That’s just football and the sport.
Slime
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I'm sure it was just a greed thing, he having never scored for England.
It was not about 'stepping up', in my opinion.
You may well disagree, that is your right.
AmandaJR
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Henderson took the penaty for one reason - his own personal record/needs...whatever. It 100% was not for the team.
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Greed thing - sorry but that’s not Henderson , never has been and never will be , never been selfish at any stage. He missed a penalty ffs and he took it because both the other penalty takers were off the pitch. Stop looking for something that isn’t there just because of who his club is
Kellfire
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He says, defending the unfit player who made both an error of judgment and skill who just so happens to play for the team he supports...
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Henderson is pure greed.
He shouldn't even be there .. he hasn't played since Feb
The world cup isn't that far away he will be 32 so hardly his last tournament
He should have pulled out and let us have someone fit enough to do the job ..
He shouldn't even be there .. he hasn't played since Feb
The world cup isn't that far away he will be 32 so hardly his last tournament
He should have pulled out and let us have someone fit enough to do the job ..
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He didn’t pick himself - the manager did and clearly the manager wants him there
And it’s the same with people like Maguire and Rashford who have been injured - the manager clearly feels they have the right to be there and each player clearly feels they have something to give.
I tend to agree. The time to step up is in a crunch game in a tournament or during a qualifying campaign, not a pre-tournament friendly. This was not about Henderson stepping up, it struck me as being a personal hurdle he needed to overcome.
Slime
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Stop ignoring the facts just because of who his club is.
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fact -he was captain , fact - both penalty takers were off the pitch and the captain took it - there are your facts ,imagine a man Utd England fan calling him greedy an embarrassment and should be ashamed ?.
He missed a penalty in a friendly - the overreacting is pathetic
Slime
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I'm very confident in my appraisal of the facts.
If he thought he was the best England player to take the penalty then he's been proven very wrong, very wrong indeed.
But hasn’t Calvert-Lewin taken, and scored, a couple of penalties for England in previous friendlies? That was my primary concern with Henderson taking it. On the eve of a major tournament surely the thing to do would have been to allow Calvert-Lewin a confidence boosting goal from the penalty spot. I just think Henderson taking it was a really odd decision, especially as C-L is more likely to feature in the Euros than Henderson is.
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One of his first goals was a penalty I believe
At the end of the day the issue isn’t with the decision - Henderson took the penalty and missed , DCL prob should have taken it but it’s the “overreacting” by his own supposed England fans , but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised when you look back at history with England fans and how they treat players .it’s tame here - Twitter isn’t pretty
And I would say Henderson is more likely to feature than DCL who will bench warm each game because Kane will play every minute
PJ87
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Ashamed ?? give your head a wobble
You take a pen off someone you must score
Otherwise you look a complete idiot
Neilds
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Surely the manager should have told the team who the penalty takers were? List 2/3 in case of the main ones being off the field. This just shows how unorganised the squad is at the moment. 3 players who started last night aren’t even in the Euros squad, what does that tell you? Southgate hasn’t got a clue what his starting 11 is for next weekend and these last 2 matches have taught him nothing
Slime
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We don't know that he didn't.
According to some newspapers, Southgate has has words with Henderson over the penalty fiasco.
