That may be the case. They may even keep Adam as a squad player.

hendo needs to play further up the field but with lucas coming back he will have the chance to do so .

I'd like to see how Adam does under a better manager/coaching team. Our set pieces have always been dreadful so we buy a set piece expert.....and turn him into waste of space! What is it with our coaching?!?!

On the subject of who to get rid of, we should also keep Downing and Carroll. Both were good (forget their fees for a minute) at their previous club and should therefore be good again. Once more, this HAS to be down to bad coaching/management. Henderson has never shown anything and never will do so he can walk.
Someone at the club needs to be held accountable for turning £100m worth of talent into £1m worth of dross. Comolli has been the scapegoat for financial reasons but that still leaves someone to carry the can for making them all so bad.

we need COLUMBO to solve this mystery

He can't beat one man on the wing. What's he gonna do with 2 or 3 playing him in the middle?

can't agree hendo has a footballing brain just not the confidence to match.

Why is he trying to beat 2 or 3 people in the middle when he's capable of playing excellent through balls for the wings/forwards? Very different skills for CM and RM, and Henderson is often picked out of position.