Originally Posted by
skyebo
I'm only concerned with lfc players stats, but if you are going to show other teams players do it for all other stats not just the ones that you consider Henderson is good at. Look at his record over 10 years, you will see his scoring record is abysmal, even you must see that.
It isn't abysmal at all, he has mostly been employed as a more defense minded midfielder to control games and help the defence in set ups in which other players in midfield were the goal getters and he was responsible for making sure we kept it tighter
Gerrard scored lots of goals, but he took free kicks and penalties and played in a more attacking role for us for the majority of his career for example, I was comparing apples with apples, hendo's stats to player playing the same position that season and playing the sort of role he has always been used in, you should try it, it gives a more accurate reflection of how good or not a player is in their role for our team, comparing an attacking midfielder, some of whom have free roles like De Bruyne and Gerrard when he was used at No10 who also take free kicks, corners and pens with a midfielder used more defensively who don't take corners, free kicks or pens and spend nearly as much time advanced far higher up the pitch nearer to goal is a nonsense, actually moronic thing to do
Edit: You should take at look at Stevie's goals record on his wiki perhaps, given he had a more attacking role supported by a defensive midfielder to play higher for most of his career, the return he averaged wasn't a great deal higher than Hendo's in his first 7 seasons, it took him 8 seasons to reach double figure for the first time (despite taking free kicks), dipped back below double figures the following season to 7 and then started to score more goals after being moved to that position just behind Torres in which the entire team was geared to supply him and Torres with chances to score goals, he only reach double figure in 4 of his 17 season, despite taking free kicks and being our penalty taker in some of those seasons
Last edited by Nineteenx; 21st May 2021 at 12:26 PM.
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