Nevermind, I saw a related thread and understand that it’s complicated…
That worked!
I picked up this code and placed it in the entry-header before entry-content
<?php if ( comments_open() && ! post_password_required() ) : ?>
<div class="comments-link">
<?php comments_popup_link( '<span class="leave-reply">' . __( 'Reply', 'twentyeleven' ) . '</span>', _x( '1', 'comments number', 'twentyeleven' ), _x( '%', 'comments number', 'twentyeleven' ) ); ?>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
