A section of England fans took to Twitter to lay into Jordan Henderson for his cameo performance as England strolled to a 3-0 win against USA last night (Thursday).
The Liverpool midfielder started on the bench as Gareth Southgate rested most of the big guns and fielded a very youthful line-up but came on after 58 minutes as a replacement for Tottenham star Dele Alli.
Many supporters were dismissive of the contribution of Henderson, with comments including “headless chicken” and “ought to retire with Rooney”.
This Is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below.
COMMENTARY:
Those England fans laying into Henderson for his 32-minute cameo against USA were quick to point out his faults and highlighted how his passing contribution paled in comparison with farewell hero Wayne Rooney. Even Henderson’s nearest and dearest would never claim he has the vision or playmaking class of the nation’s record goalscorer. That’s not what the Liverpool man does. He is a whirlwind of energy who protects the defence, intercepts, wins the ball and gives it to those who can create and score goals. Destroying him for claiming he is not a creative genius misses the point of what he does. However, it should be pointed out that Henderson also gets it in the neck from many Liverpool fans on a regular basis who claim he is too wonky in possession. That said, the midfielder did fine against USA and, from a Liverpool point of view, the club should be pleased he got some minutes under his belt after missing many matches of late due to injury.
If Henderson and Dyer had 1% of Rooney’s vision we could have a decent midfield
— Gary Roberts (@11_robbo) November 15, 2018
It's disrespectful imo that Henderson was on the field with Rooney
— David (@D_Ellison) November 15, 2018
I think it’s more of a crime that Jordan Henderson gets anywhere near that side ….Yet everyone’s banging on about Rooney not deserving it! @WayneRooney just done more in 30 minutes in that game than @JHenderson has done throughout his entire England Career! #stoleacareer #wazza
— Stores_8 (@stores_8) November 15, 2018
Can Rooney not just take Henderson’s place in the squad ?? class is permanent #HeadlessChickenHenderson
— Jonny G (@GodsmarkJonny) November 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/NFFC1967/status/1063217542687350784
https://twitter.com/jamjamjam87/status/1063186855800258560
Rooney’s better than Dier and Henderson put together
— Dougieeee (@BenDouglasss) November 15, 2018
I’d pick @WayneRooney over Dier or Henderson any day of the week, give them a send off instead! #ENGvUSA
— Patrick O' Kane (@PatrickOKanejr) November 15, 2018
Rooney, Dier and Henderson coming on. Good lord… #eng
— Bradley (@bradley_x1x) November 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/mhallscouse_/status/1063185857945985024