I've seen a load of far worse Palace keepers than Hennessey in my time, that's for sure. I wonder sometimes if he lacked the mindset to get to the top, as he had a lot of attributes. If Burnley sell Pope I'm sure Wayne will do well for them - he's excellent under a high ball. Some of his mistakes seemed concentration-related more than anything, and his best football seemed to coincide with a threat to his place from the other keeper on our books.

I wonder whether he was, as I suspect, another target for those who take it upon themselves to take offence at private jokes that are f*** all to do with them and work perfectly as intended in the context they were made, or whether he really, truly didn't know who the Nazis were? In the very unlikely event that it was the latter, he'd surely be the thickest bloke to ever play for the club? What a funny old world where you're better off pretending to be unbelievably dumb than you are telling people you don't know and who've never met you to mind their own business.

Either way, cheers Wayne and all the best.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (20 Jul 2021 8.21pm)

His only fault really was having weak wrists but if he had strong wrists he would not have been playing for us. I liked him and after all a few keepers did not replace him.

Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).

Played well this evening. Made a huge contribution to getting Wales to Qatar.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

He played well. Was often vilified by many on here. Good keeper imo. Great kick and distribution.

Man of the match.

I was always very critical of WH. Extremely slow, no footballing ability or nouse, self-diagnosed as very thick and always took several minutes to get to a low shot that wasn't directly at him. Lacked the aerial prowess I desired from a 6'6 Welshman too. I did always say however any Welshman that height who is not playing rugby will demand questions are asked.

On the other hand however, he was our goalie through several successful PL seasons and a run to Wembley, never made a fuss etc. etc. I think at the very least some acknowledgement and gratitude of that is warranted.

I wish him no ill, I don't think he'll go down as a 'Palace great' and we needed to improve there but he did what he was paid for at the end of the day. I wish him the best of luck in seeing out his career with a World Cup experience and all the best for the future. An easy target for poking fun but in sincerity he did well by us and that should be noted.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I was going to say, "Wayne, we salute you", but that might have been taken in the wrong context

He played a blinder and good luck to him in Qatar.

He deserves to be better than an understudy at Burnley so I hope his performance will alert other clubs.

good luck to him, he's made a nice career out of it...

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He made a lot of saves and therefore made an important contribution.

However, I watched the game, and you'd be absolutely gutted if any of them went in. In isolation, they're all saves he should make and he spilled a chunk of them. The most tricky one was probably the close range header in the 2nd half but that was within his wingspan at a nice height.

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He was a decent keeper but his downfall, and I always said it from day one was that he wasn't aggressive enough. A man of his physical stature I always found him a bit hesitant and weak which is never good for a goalkeeper

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