題外話：把范志毅說中國足球那段話，套過來說這些年利物浦的球員，簡直就是模板。別的不說，既阿隆索，馬斯切拉諾之後，就盧卡斯之流能佔據利物浦主力後腰這麼多年，還不夠說明問題嗎？傷病前也就不到一個完整的賽季能看，彷彿跟著馬諾突然漲球了一樣，即便位置感不好，但搶斷數據讓你懷疑你看的是巴西四少之一，還能停球10米助攻自己。1112賽季，盧卡斯在10場左右的出場里奉獻了5.7+2.8的防守數據，我還以為利物浦在這個位置上迎來春天了。然後大修，出場次數少了，簡直就是靠情商活著，正面搶斷還算好，但防守基本不在位置，你見得最多的是他在那兒跟著追然後犯規，穩定送你前場自由球，滋味美不美？每年喊換，每年都賣不掉，也難怪啊，其他地方的窟窿都補不完呢，你這個還能湊合用。這下終於走了，球迷含淚相送，十年忠誠我們感謝你。我倒是真的很感謝你，你終於走了。大部分利物浦球迷真的很奇怪，特別喜歡用努力和忠誠來衡量一個很平庸的球員，在我看來，這是對有能力的有天賦球員的一種詆毀。那感覺就跟現在有些粉絲維護他家小鮮肉一樣的。也別不愛聽，現實就是這樣，利物浦已經落後太多了。尤其當你錯過了羅傑斯那個賽季的機會，眼饞萊切斯特亂中奪冠，如今曼市兄弟基本重建就位，切爾西重回正軌，熱刺趨於穩定的時候，利物浦還在為了留住庫蒂尼奧而努力，要做的還有很多。"Not sell is not ambition, buying is."這句話在推特看到的，送給高層，利物浦要重新具備吸引力，必須展示自己的雄心。而不是天天像官博一樣背歷史。
Henderson"s biggest problem is that he doesn"t seem to want to offer too much. He takes the ball from his full backs - whenever they run out of space - and he rolls it five metres in the other direction. He trots across and he takes the ball from his wide men - whenever they run out of space - and he rolls it five metres in the other direction. And it repeats like clockwork.
He plays without really thinking. He makes his mind up before the ball comes to him. If Henderson has decided to cross it, it"s getting crossed first time. If he"s decided to clear it, it"s going hard and it"s going long. If he wants to roll it five metres in the other direction, he"ll already have his body set up to do so, no matter what is going on around him.
(來自：https://www.sportsjoe.ie/football/jordan-henderson-best-worst-player-premier-league-109773 沒錯，這篇文章的標題是：the best worst player in PL)
我還看到一篇分析亨德森能力（尤其是防守能力）的文章，大概是寫在歐聯亞軍那個賽季之後的，真的不能同意更多，我貼部分在下面（Jordan Henderson - Lack Of Ability）。
It always makes me wonder, why you can』t really point out a single world class performance from Henderson in a match vs top class opposition, he always seems to go missing – either partially throughout the game, or for the whole length of it. The question is whether it』s in his head, or he simply doesn』t have enough quality to go toe to toe against some of the best midfielders in the league. For anyone arguing that he was influential in the 2013/2014 season, I would say that』s debatable, I agree that he was – but that was mostly due to the system and tactics implemented by Brendan Rodgers which allowed Henderson to really stand-out as it made the most of his endless running and pressing opponents out of central positions considering we had it overcrowded. I wouldn』t agree it was due to him being in form of his life or being particularly that great player, he』s a solid B+ player, but not good enough for a club that aspires to challenge for the title, or even play in the Champions League.
Jordan has been deployed as the deepest midfielder by Jürgen Klopp, which is in my opinion the worst position he could play in, because it doesn』t play into his strengths and is specifically made to show his weaknesses. Jordan is an enigmatic type of midfielder, he doesn』t have the most obvious weaknesses a player can have – but after years of watching him, you can easily point out some major flaws in his game that hold him and the whole team back.
In the defensive aspect of the game, Henderson excelled when he had played beneath him, so he was always 『safe『 and could chase the ball and put pressure on the opponent (something similar Lallana does now) without the actual need to make the tackle, as he simply pushed them back or wide, where was a player (full-back/wing-back) who would go in for the tackle, that』s why Henderson was so great during the 2013/2014 season and why he usually struggled when deployed deeper in midfield or when we』ve played a 3 man midfield as we have never had a proper specialist defensive midfielder who would cover for him.
Again if you go on and watch some of the chances our opposition creates regularly (for example watch the game vs Dortmund [home away] or vs Arsenal), there is not a single club in the Premier League, or any of the top 5 leagues who gives away so much freedom, space and pitch control in the centre, in the right sided area of the pitch to be precise. Both Lallana and Henderson cover incredible amount of the pitch, but lack the most important thing, the ability to win the ball, to go into the tackle, so many times you can see Henderson just shadowing a player, standing two metres away from him and just 『covering『 whatever and not stepping out against him, making a tackle or closing down the space between him and his midfield partner and they have so much space and time in the middle, they simply cut through our midfield line. If you would want statistics to prove my point (credit to WhoScored.com), Jordan averaged 2.4 tackles and 1 interception per game during the 2013/2014 season, N』Golo Kanté last season averaged 4.7 tackles and 4.2 interceptions per game, incredible contrast.
I wouldn』t necessarily say his technique is bad, but at least 50% of midfielders in the Premier League are more potent on the ball than him, because Henderson massively struggles at close control when under pressure, he literally isn』t able to dribble with the ball and drive it out or beat a man 1 on 1, his passing is very simple, ineffective and low-risk. He has this occasional ?hollywood『 pass where he brilliantly spreads the game with a long diagonal pass across the pitch, but that doesn』t happen often and shouldn』t take away from his inability to take risks and pass the ball in between the defensive lines and him always passing sideways or to his centre backs, which takes the momentum off any potential attack and basically offers zero threat in creating chances through the middle of the pitch if the opposition is in defensive set-up.
I do think Henderson has qualities and can be a great player if used properly, even for a team like Liverpool under certain circumstances, but I can』t see him being an integral part of a successful team that wants to play a 3 men midfield as he offers very little and also as he is 26, he should be coming into his prime and there should be a much visible improvement over the years, which sadly just isn』t there. I think he has been a great servant to the club, but his lack of winning mentality, skill and overall football ability are simply not good enough for a club Liverpool FC wants to be.
我突然意識到，我們不僅對球員的要求不同，對球員的位置和任務的理解也不同。我雖然認為亨德森目前在克洛普手下是拖後的後腰，但他其實是偏向holding or deeplying playmaker（只是說他的持球和出球能力實在太差，所以有時候不得不依靠馬蒂普來出球）。所以我覺得他的進攻能力應該由以前打B2B時期的數據來體現，而且我在找數據的時候，也發現whoscore這類網站也是把他歸類在CM裡面的，而不是DM的。 所以如果拿他的進攻數據和DM諸如坎特這類獸腰比，亨德森的數據肯定會好看很多的，但是這樣是沒有意義的。因為DM的重心基本全在防守，這點亨德森與頂級中場的差距是巨大的，總不能跨過第一職責直接去比第二職責吧？
