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This is the best Liverpool side for decades, and he is the heart and soul of the team. He is everywhere: tireless, selfless, always showing for the ball, first in the tackle, first to track back. His passing range has always been underrated, but it has improved immensely: raking Hollywood balls along with metronome-like string pulling: he’s actually controlling the pace of our midfield. After all the dogs abuse and adversity, the injury woes and everything else, he has gone from total failure on his way to becoming one of our most decorated captains. I am proud to have Jordan Henderson as our captain, and I can’t wait to see him host that Premiere League Trophy.

There will still be people who don't understand what he does. Low goals and assists. Etc

But for me after we won the CL. You see Van Dijk and wijnaldum I think all look at the crowd and point at Henderson. Like he was the one who made it possible. We won't see his dressing room influence or what he's like off the pitch but he will go down in history as one of our greatest most successful captains if we get another 39 points this season.

It seems that those who relentlessly bashed Lucas just needed someone else to pick on. He also had the unenviable task of following Gerrard as captain so was always going to be on a loser to some. He’s much better than he gets credit for no doubt.

It's such a great comeback story. Even when he was a skinny kid out of his depth, I thought there was a player in there, and by hard work, grit and sheer will, he got here. So proud of him.

He was easily man of the match yesterday and it is good to see the pundits on tv recognise this as well.

Mane and De Bruyne are being talked up for player of the year awards but having lifted 3 trophies since those awards went to VVD last year he has to be a very live contender for them this year.

At 33/1 he has to be worth a couple of quid to win it?

Agree with every word

He didn’t come to us at the best of times so was always going to struggle a bit. He’s always worked hard and given 100% but being compared to Gerrard killed him for some. I think we may have won the league had he not been sent off late season that year of the slip.

To be fair Lucas was very average. Not that he deserved to be the scapegoat.

I'm happy to be one of many who was wrong about Henderson, but again he had at least 2-3 years are being average so it's hardly poor judgement. He's not a world class player but he's become the perfect captain and under a different manager might have floundered.
It can't be understated how good Klopp really is though. They'd run through walls for him and without bringing in some of the players many hoped for, he's on the verge of breaking every record possible with a midfield 12 months ago we'd have called pedestrian, average, uninspired.

It's almost unthinkable what Klopps doing and we can enjoy every season he's here.

Yep, he is more hard work than talent which makes him ever greater, a bit like Lampard

You take 3 players out of our team and which 3 would directly affect our results?

I'm calling Allison, Van Djik, and Mane.

Losing Henderson does not affect our team one bit, so for all your plaudits he is just the Phil Neville player in our team.

Could we upgrade him? Definitely.

If Fabinho was fit he would not even be in the team.

Should be be captain?

Not a chance in hell that should be Van Djik.


But big him up all you like, all the great teams carry average players, Hendo is our Phil Neville or Ray Parlour.


I would go further he is not in the same league as great l midfielders of the past, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, McMahon, Houghton, Whelan, Souness. At best he is at the same level as Paul Stewart or Barry Venison.

Get over this love in for the worst player in our first team.


And yes they out of all 11 players who played in the last game vs Sheff Utd, Hendo would be number 11 if they were ranked 1 to 11 and I dare anyone to argue against that.