Source: Daily_Mail
Jordan Henderson set for rest says Sunderland boss Steve Bruce
Jordan Henderson's short career has already had more ups and downs than Alton Towers but his latest invitation to step down from the merry-go-round could be the hardest one to accept.[LNB]The midfielder's route to Sunderland first team came via a loan stint at Coventry and a spell on the sidelines with a broken metatarsal.[LNB]Since then the roller-coaster has been on an upward trajectory for last season' s young player of the year, marked with a new five-year contract in April.[LNB] Step back: Steve Bruce feels Jordan Henderson's rise has caught up with him[LNB]Henderson, 20, now faces another test of his mettle just a couple of weeks after criticism on his his England debut, alongside Steven Gerrard, in the friendly defeat to France. [LNB]Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is contemplating giving the youngster a break. [LNB]Henderson is more likely to see it as the brutal action of an axeman.[LNB] National honour: Henderson was the subject of criticism after his England debut[LNB]'He's had a wonderful 18 months,' said Bruce after watching his team lose 3-2 at Wolves in a game where Henderson's input was distinctly average.[LNB]'He has been fantastic but the whole thing with England and the rest of it might have caught up with him. It might be time that the boy needs a rest.' [LNB]A boy, perhaps, but Bruce will expect Henderson to take it like a man. Sunderland's Henderson admits playing for England is certainly not what he's used to!Bruce rounds on England's critics and insists: Give Henderson a chance!Wolves 3 Sunderland 2: McCarthy sends in the subs to sink MackemsSUNDERLAND FC
