Steven Gerrard

[Bender]

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[G]

Make it happen.

*as long as he's not playing*

[Tee]

Gerrard being involved in the coaching set up alongside Klopp will be amazing. Get Xabi in there as well in 2017 and we will have a boot room again

[frank the tank]

Stupid move if true....

[dww]

Stupid move if true....

Is this just trolling or do you have an argument you wish to flesh out?

[fidget]

"Ok - now don't track back then scowl at someone on your own team"

[Cormack74]

"Ok - now don't track back then scowl at someone on your own team"

[wavydavy]

Stupid move if true....

It may sound like heresy but I think Gerrards mere presence at Melwood may be an unwanted distraction. The press get involved then he starts talking and the situation grows into something bigger than it is. He shouldn't be throwing statements like this around as it should be imo an internal matter. The assumption that because he was the player he was he'll be a great coach or manager is premature. I actually think he's just missing the set up at Melwood and the daily interaction with team mates etc.

[frank the tank]

It may sound like heresy but I think Gerrards mere presence at Melwood may be an unwanted distraction. The press get involved then he starts talking and the situation grows into something bigger than it is. He shouldn't be throwing statements like this around as it should be imo an internal matter. The assumption that because he was the player he was he'll be a great coach or manager is premature. I actually think he's just missing the set up at Melwood and the daily interaction with team mates etc.

I would love for Giggs to be next manager of United. I would love for John Terry to be next manager of Chelsea. Why - because a great player does not make a great manager. If gerrard or anyone else for that matter has designs on being a coach or manager then he should **** off to wigan or somewhere and see if he can cut it there.

Plus i actually think that gerrard is a little bit stupid. He isnt that articulate. His media training is so ****in obvious (yeah of course) i actually dont think he would be a good manager.

[Roboklopp]

Game over. **** off

[frank the tank]

Game over. **** off

good come back.

[baitman]

were we playing well until the curse of stevie g returned...

[Yozza]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/37995697

Steven Gerrard: Liverpool should re-sign club legend, says Mark Lawrenson

Liverpool should re-sign Steven Gerrard as a player and coach as the "only effects would be positive", says the club's former defender Mark Lawrenson.

Gerrard, 36, is leaving MLS club LA Galaxy and claims he is considering "options on and off the pitch".

Lawrenson feels Gerrard could "definitely play in this Liverpool team" and be used in a coaching role.

"They will not have to pay him fortunes - they can tell him if they need him he'll play," said Lawrenson.

"The most important thing in all this, though, is that he would not be seen as a threat by Jurgen Klopp if he was on the coaching staff.

"He would be brilliant to have around the club because he would be in awe of Klopp, so that is just not a worry. I am sure Klopp would love it too - the only effects would be positive.

"He has already coached Liverpool's under-16 team for a while in 2015 and really enjoyed it," added Lawrenson, who made 356 appearances for the club. "If you are an under-16 and getting coached by Stevie G, then how good is that?"

Gerrard is pursuing his Uefa A coaching licence - the second-highest qualification offered - and has punditry commitments lined up. But Lawrenson believes Gerrard would "definitely be open" to being registered as a player.

He left Anfield in 2015 after spending 17 years in the first team, making 710 appearances, scoring 186 goals and winning eight major trophies.

The midfielder played 34 times for Galaxy over two seasons and insists he will be back in football in some capacity. He has been linked with moves to Celtic and Newcastle in recent weeks.

Klopp allowed Gerrard to train with the first team during the MLS off season and has previously said the former Reds' captain is "always so welcome" at the club.

Lawrenson also wants the club to utilise Jamie Carragher, who retired in 2013 after 737 Liverpool appearances, insisting drawing on the experience of two former greats is "a no brainer".

He added: "I would let those two come in and take a couple of training sessions at Anfield as well. They would offer a different voice and a different point of view, without undermining the manager. Can you imagine them in the coaches room with Klopp? It would be great."

[Buzzo]

Lawro in hot air mode.

It's an interesting one in so much as Klopp has said Stevie is always welcome.

[Shaggy]

He couldn't get a game for LA Galaxy ffs. Bring him back as an academy coach or something but he'd get nowhere near the team now. He's 36, and his game has nigh-on collapsed. Nothing wrong with that, it happens, but there is not one logical argument in favour of signing him as a player.