I would say WH,s problem has been a jittery defense in front of a goalie who has to guess what the hell his defenders are going to do next,He will settle down know we have a little class in the back line,after all he was pretty solid for Wales,behind a defense that new what it was doing!!

Of course Hennessey has many detractors on here. I don't view the message boards of other clubs but I can only imagine what Liverpool and Man C supporters posted about their new keepers Karius and Bravo.Boruc at Bournemouth mixes the eccentric with the sublime and drops clangers.
Heurelho 'Gumsheld' Gomes has had his critics and has had an "Unpredictable" tag and his decision making has been questioned in the past.

In terms of Man C, they ditched Bravo for Caballero who isn't that good with his feet, a quality Guardiola demands hence his treatment of Hart who is a better keeper than the pair of them. Imagine the furore on here if Pardew had acted in similar circumstances ?

Edited by Willo (01 Mar 2017 8.56am)

He would get into the Bournemouth side.

Disagree with both of those. Think Boruc and Karius are better than WH

In my office there is a bin dipper fan who goes into meltdown at the mere mention of Karius. Can't get over how utterly toilet he is, a total liability and an utter clown. When they put Mignolet back he was sane again.

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I don't understand how fans can defend Hennessey. At so effing what if he's homesick, what he is 4 years old and missing mummy and daddy? He's a pro footballer earning millions living in a town that is 3.5 hours from Wales. Jesus Christ give me strength...

On his ability, Hennessey is what I call a 'Hollywood' goalkeeper. Looks the part, but in essence is crap. He can pull off impressive saves, kicking is good, he has the height and physical build, however his decision making is poor, lacks bravery, doesn't command his box, doesn't communicate with his back 4 and generally lacks confidence and is prone to unforced errors. He's been poor for the best part of 2 years. The whole team knows and when Wayne makes an unforced error to go 1-0 down, the outfield players lose heart and belief (i.e. Sunderland 4-0). The mistake at Villa last season was the catalyst for a terrible run. We all know that at any level of football, if you keeper is s***, you are screwed.

My view is that if Speroni isn't good enough to replace easily the worst keeper in the league, then he's not good enough to make the bench and AP and SA should have stuck a kid on the bench instead.