Boss shrugs off talk of Wolves keeper being targeted by QPR 18/04/2012 by Matt Barrett Wolves manager Terry Connor has responded to speculation linking Wayne Hennessy with QPR by insisting his club do not intend to sell the goalkeeper. Rangers boss Mark Hughes was reported to be planning a summer bid for Hennessy if his team stay up and bottom-placed Wolves are relegated. But The Sun quote OâConnor as saying: âWe will fight to keep our best players wolves can keep him 73 times the wolves keeper has taken the ball out of his net could take him a season to get over his repetative strain injury
Wrong. I know you're just trying to be clever but Hennessy has made some fantastic saves this season and they would have been mathematically relegated ages ago otherwise. Think you'll find that Wolves defending is a bit of a joke. Last time I looked you lot are struggling too. How's your keeper?
I've heard that Hennessey is out for the rest of the season and possibly much longer. He has a serious knee injury that maybe cruciate damage.
If wolves had Kenny, theyd have set a lowest total ever. If we had Hennessey, wed have stayed up comfortably. His stats are far better than kennys despite playing for the worst team in the league, Kenny saves just over half the shots, WH saves nearly 75% which puts him about 5th in the league which is astounding for a team that gives up as many quality chances as they do. QPR Kenny 0.577% Wolves Hennessey 0.735%
160 times hes saved it, with a success ratio of 69%, thats the most in the league. (Vorm is second with 121 saves) Thats a great figure, considering what a shambles Wolves are defensively. If you compare him to Kenny theres only one winner. Back in January a comparison showed that Kenny conceded a goal every 48 minutes, to Hennesseys 50 minutes. Seems pretty similar, but bare in mind Hennessey was also making a save every 17 minutes, kenny only every 34 minutes. The final clincher is that at this stage WH had saved 103 shots to Kennys 40.
He has probably had far more saves to make though, giving every chance of increasing your save %. Due to poor defending, there are likely to have been far more shots on target (poor shots, easy saves). Not saying he is worse/better, just saying that you can read too much into stats and whilst they provide a strong insight, they do not represent the whole story. I actually think Kenny is good. I know there is probably quite a few who are a) better and b) younger, but I would like to try and keep some stability and normality in our team sheet. He done us proud last season and looks like we may well be playing in that league next season, so why replace?
Because he has largely been awful this season and has cost us relegation. I dont see the logic is poor defending = easy saves. poor defending = great chances. good defending = poor chances and long shots. Just look at how we did against WBA, we defending pretty well and Kenny ended up costing us yet again as hes small and lead footed, not a good combination. Hennessey has 5" in height plus another inch or two reach, he would have saved every shot Kenny got a finger too or just missed purely on size and thats not even taking into account his better command of the area and agility.
The more I look at it the more I'm convinced Cerny should have kept his place in our team. Kenny's injury has made him even less maneuverable across his line.
Thanks for the stats guys, very interesting, and I think they tell the truth. I've been impressed by Hennessey when I've seen him play and I think he would strengthen our squad. There's not much depth with our No. 1's and I'd let Hennessey and Kenny battle for the No.1 spot. Based on this season, I have a shrewd idea who'd win.
I was merely suggesting that not every save he has had to make has been a tough one. The poor defending has likely created more chances and assuming that not every chance was taken, some of them are likely to have been bad attempts, thus easier saves to make. It made sense in my head (doesnt count for much I know!) that with more saves to make, there is a chance that some of them help boost the saves stat up. I was not suggesting that every save he has made has been easy nor was I suggesting he is not better than Kenny...was just stating that stats dont tell the whole story in my opinion. Maybe a lot of the poor defending has been a result of lack of commanding the area, lack of confidence in the goalkeeper or the keeper not being vocal enough? Does Kenny's heroics last year count for nothing for another season in the Championship? In all fairness, I wouldnt be surprised to see him join up with Mr Warnock again anyway. Also - no "one" player has cost us relegation...the squad has mate. Yes you could point the finger at some (Cisse/SWP/Barton), but it is a team game and they are all in it together surely?
I would agree Cisse has with his sendings off, especially the 3 points he cost us against Wolves. I dont think i would blame anyone else though. My gut feeling is he is going to Leeds too leaving us to find 1/3 keepers depending on which league were in and if Cerny gets another contract. Kennys play in the NPC wont count for anything as Hughes has only seem him this year and hes been terrible bar 2 or 3 games.
Havent a clue, thats why this mess is so maddening. We stay up if Cerny played, if Gorkss played instead of Hall, if Cisse wasnt a moron, if refs and linos did their job, if Warnock was sacked earlier, if we were sold earlier.... Any one of these things would have probably meant we were safe but theyve all gone wrong which is why Ive long since thought its destiny but I hope Im wrong. It would be easier to take if we did a Wolves.
