TheHardTackle Looks Into in The Life and Times of The Two Young Englishmen - Jordan Henderson and Adam Lallana - and Give our verdict as to Who is more Derserving of all The accolades they have been getting this Season.
His Red Card at The Weekend Not withstanding,. . Jordan Henderson has been in The form of his Life for Liverpool. While SAS Continue to get all The hype, Henderson has been Quietly Putting in Performances and impressing everyone, especially The English footballing Public. Speaking of Quietly Putting in Performances, no One does it. better than Henderson's potential in The League Partner in midfield in Brazil, Southampton Captain and The Reason for The Saints' superb Performance this Season, Adam Lallana.
The Sunderland-Born Jordan Henderson began his Professional. Career with his Boyhood Club. Having signed his First contract with The Black Cats in 2 008, Henderson had A rather poor Start to his Career having appeared Just Once in The Premier League for them all Season. This in Turn resulted him being loaned out to Coventry. City (initially for Half A Season, which was later Extended to A full Season) Where He appeared in 10 Games, scoring only One Goal. A Broken metatarsal He had meant to Cut Short Loan Spell and his Return to The Stadium of Light. In The 2009-10 Season, He was given A second chance under manager Steve Bruce and The Young Englishman grabbed it by The Neck. Season He displayed good form for them all, having been Involved with Six assists and scoring 2 goals, which Even Caught The. attention of The then England manager Fabio Capello. He was Already A Regular at The under-21 Level by then, having been appointed Captain as Well. It was all About to enter The Big League for The Young Mackem as He signed for Liverpool in The. About 2,011 th for A Fee of 18 Million Pounds.
Adam Lallana
Adam Lallana in his Younger Days as A Saint.
On The Other hand, with A Career graph quite. Similar to that of Henderson's, We have Adam Lallana. A Boyhood Everton Fan, his Rise to The Top has been with his adopted Boyhood Club Southampton, but unlike his England midfield Partner He has stayed on with them and Plans to Keep doing so in The. Future. Having been 'signed' as A 12-year Old at Southampton's Famous Saints Academy from Bournemouth FC, Lallana Rose through The Ranks and Broke in to The First team in two thousand and six. He went through The Club's worst Spell when they were relegated to League. One and. The highs of A Double having achieved promotion to get Into The Premier League in The 2012-13 Season, Adam Lallana Already Feel like A veteran must. Having been Voted as The League One and The Championship Player of The Year back-to-back,. He was appointed as Captain of The team for 2012-13 Season. Like Henderson, Youth He has also played for England at all levels, but it Looks like The time for him to Shine in The Three Lions Jersey finally has Come.
Stats do Not lie!
As with all of Sport, what it all Comes Down. to, in The End, are Numbers. In this Modern Age of recording every possible Statistic About A Player, it is Impossible to Escape their importance. Right from The good Old goals scored and assists to The Modern 'average Pass length' and 'Heat. map 'of The Player.
The First Stat catches The Eye and hence demonstrating The importance of Both Players is The Fact that they Both have appeared in every. Game for their team this Season, with Henderson having played more minutes than Lallana. The latter, however, has The Upper hand when it Comes to goals scored - He has 9 as compared to Henderson's 4 in The League. He also has The Lead in The Number of Shots attempted - 63 compared to Henderson's 49. The Saints Player also Leads in The shot Accuracy Chart, his Percentage Stands at 57% compared to 42% of The Liverpudlian. The Following Table demonstrates Other factors used to Compare The Key Players:. .
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(Statistics Courtesy Www.whoscored.com)
When We Look at Statistics, what must also be taken Into consideration is The contribution of Other Players in The team. in scoring goals. Unless One has been Living under A Rock, everybody in this World knows that Suarez and Liverpool have been dependent on Sturridge (SAS) for Most of their goals with A few Other Players Chipping in now and then. On The Other hand , Southampton have been dependent on Lallana to create and Score goals for Most of The Season. Some of that burden has been taken away from him with The form of Lambert and Rodriguez this Season, but He is still expected to be Southampton's Leading MAN. That , however, is Not expected of Henderson - Not yet, at least.
Career Defining Season
Two Players Another thing these have in common that their has been phenomenal Rise this Season. It is The Kind of Season that Can Elevate One to 'World Class'. status. While Henderson is The more classy, One-touch Player, Lallana is more like Workman. Make no mistake About it though, Both have been equally effective for their respective sides.
Henderson
Henderson has been Instrumental in Liverpool's Success this Season.
The Credit for Both The Players' Success this Season - albeit partly - has to Go to their respective Managers this Season. . Both Rodgers and Pochettino have employed them very Smartly. Henderson has been used by Rodgers Just Behind The Deadly strikeforce of SAS, allowing him The Freedom to Show his Creativity in passing and Creating Space for The Front Two. What has also improved under Rodgers this. Season has been his Work rate. He does Not Mind dirty doing The Work of breaking Passes, intercepting Balls and Cover for Tracking back to his peers. Similarly with Lallana, Pochettino has been Deploy Smart to him as A free-roaming midfielder. Although his PRIMARY position is on The Left Side of midfield, He has been given his position and The License to Break Go up in Attack time and again. As is The Case with Henderson, Lallana also has superb Break The Ability to Track back and play.
When it Comes to The Rise in form this Season, Henderson definitely has The Upper hand on Lallana. That is to say if Lallana has improved by 50% this Season, Henderson has improved by 60%. Of Course given his form in The Previous Season,. this was expected of Lallana. What has definitely surprised everyone, however, is How Well Henderson has done this Season.
THT verdict:
Goals: Lallana
Assists: Henderson
Defensive: Henderson
Passing: Lallana
Overall (attacking and defensive): Lallana.
Hardly There is anything to Choose between The Two as. Can be seen in this Piece. Our verdict is Slightly Tilted in Lallana's favor Just because of his team's Dependency on him and his Ability to Rise to The occasion when called to do so. While Henderson has also been Able to do that very thing this Season. , it still boils Down to The amount of goals scored and SAS have Liverpool's Overall brilliant play this Season - thus reducing The Dependency on him.
All said and done, Roy Hodgson Will be. chomping at The bit. He has The 'good headache' of Choosing between Two in-form midfielders, Both at The Peak of their careers. What England have been lacking in The past - A bit of teeth in midfield - Can be Provided by these. Two. England Fans Can Hope that finally, with The help of these Two, The Three Lions Can Break The Trophy drought of The past 48 years - or at least get past The Quarter finals, for A Start.
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