Hendrick was literally a main stay at CM for Reading, a team that got relegated from the Championship, and even if they didn't have the 6 point deduction, they'd have still been 19 points behind Sunderland.
From the little I've seen of Sunderland, they play fast attacking football with intricate passing, which given Hendricks is an absolute nothing midfielder with nothing to his game, would not fit the style of, no way does he get into that Sunderland team.
Oh, and Anita was more then fine for us, he wasn't a world beater, but he certainly wasn't shit.