far too many people here willing to judge based on limited exposure....but it is a forum, so everyone is entitled to an opinion
however, i do sense an awful lot of people queuing up to say "don't like what i see from him having seen him playing for sunderland/england/his school team....no technique, blah blah blah.....but i will wait and see what he is like in a liverpool shirt...."
bollocks, you are just waiting for him to put in an average performance, then you will be straight on saying how shite he is and how right you were.....
the discussion on henderson is fairly shallow...there are good posts - balanced posts - from those who both rate and do not rate him....but largely, too many people basing judgement on the fee, or on appearances for england u-21 (ffs, go read l6 red's thread about henderson and emlyn hughes), or just from their typical negative "he's not good enough for lfc" soap box
i haven't seen enough of henderson to form a full opinion of him, i have seen some performances and can see positives from what i have seen, but i was hoping to get real insight from some who do know.....and other than the a few, the general theme is ruined by hyperbole and tangents into the transfer policy and fee and availability of further funds....the stated policy as we have heard is to take someone with english experience over someone without it where there is a choice, other than that we are biting on the media's "buy young british talent" based on links to henderson, wickham, downing (young?), adam (again, young?) and ignoring links to the likes of zapata, marveuax, maric....
i tend to think many rawk-ites/lfc fans have become so entrenched in finance matters after the last few years that every discussion is swung around to it.....and yet, the one thing we should have learned is that if you do not have enough information you do not have sufficient grounds for opinion, cos in matters of finance assumptions will more often than not send you down the wrong way
anyway, rant over....i do not know if henderson will be a success, and i don't have a complete opinion on his ability, but if comolli and dalglish have put sufficient work into scouting henderson's ability and character, this is why he was the first target for the summer (i.e. the one they wanted to wrap up quickly while they had the opportunity) and he will be given every chance by the club of succedding as a player at lfc