by Thethirdproclaimer » Thu Jan 15, 2015 2:13 pm
I certainly don't have any ill feeling towards him, or think he's a bad player. But I've obviously seen his whole Accies senior career up close and I can't say I see anything in him other than a very ordinary left back, and sometimes not even that. Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I like defenders to be able to defend first, then we can worry about attacking. That seems to be a real weakness in his game, having been sent off on at least two occasions I can think of for making daft tackles and going to ground too easily. He's also constantly being shouted at by the centre halves/defensive midfielders for being caught breaking the defensive line. I think Ziggy's rise has maybe shown Hendrie up a wee bit, as he hasn't progressed at nearly the same rate.
Being selected for Scotland is great, but there are plenty players with international caps who aren't necessarily international quality. Not saying that Hendrie's not, just think there are a good few holes in his game he needs to improve before we can say he's a particularly good player. I think the earlier point made about ZG and GG being preferred full backs when everyone was fit last season says a lot.