Steven Gerrard

[RichC]

welcome to est mate - good, if somewhat bleak first post!

[JohnDoe]

Reading the media reports over the past few days on Gerrard's injury has made me more than a bit worried. The parallels with what I've heard of Gerrard's injury and rehab and what Ireland rugby international and Munster captain Paul O'Connell went through for most of 2010 are pretty stark.

At first O'Connell was ruled out in spring 2010 with a groin problem. The injury proved persistant and an infection was then diagnosed. The problem is that apparently infections of this nature can be hard to accurately identify and the initial treatment for the infection did not work with the result that it then spread to the pubic bone. O'Connell had to go into hospital for treatment with IV antibiotics (sound familiar?) and although this ultimately cured the infection the rehab after that was long. This was due to the fact that, apart from the normal rehab from a groin problem, the bone had become brittle and needed considerable time to strengthen. Through all this period O'Connell was constantly being reported as being 3-4 weeks from a return. In total he was out for 8 months.

Hopefully I'm being paranoid but the media reports I've heard over the past few months have sounded eerily familiar.

Good post.

Excellent name that, excellent.

Agree.

[scipio76]

Sorry to open on a such low note lads! The last few weeks have been like watching history repeat itself though and I'm worried for Gerrard.

If there is a silver lining it's the fact that, while he is still a very valuable player, I don't see Gerrard as the pivotal figure he once was. Rafa built a system which allowed him complete freedom to express himself while he was at the peak of his powers. I don't think he has the energy to cover the ground he once did and Kenny seems a little more intent on playing two up front which will require more orthodox central midfielders. At times Gerrard has struggled to curb his natural instincts and maintain the positional discipline required by that kind of set up.

On the other hand maybe Gerrard needs this kind of a challenge to his status. He always struck me as a proud kind of guy and I can't see him giving up the star mantle without having one more big tilt at the windmill.

Interesting times ahead.

[Shanks]

Update..

RT @LFCGlobe: Injury update - Steven Gerrard has been discharged from hospital today after tackling a groin infection. #LFC

Maybe not ready for the opener but good news..

[IN_RAFA_WE_TRUST]

Steven Gerrard has been discharged from hospital today after tackling a groin infection

[RedSince1964]

Sorry to open on a such low note lads! The last few weeks have been like watching history repeat itself though and I'm worried for Gerrard.

If there is a silver lining it's the fact that, while he is still a very valuable player, I don't see Gerrard as the pivotal figure he once was. Rafa built a system which allowed him complete freedom to express himself while he was at the peak of his powers. I don't think he has the energy to cover the ground he once did and Kenny seems a little more intent on playing two up front which will require more orthodox central midfielders. At times Gerrard has struggled to curb his natural instincts and maintain the positional discipline required by that kind of set up.

On the other hand maybe Gerrard needs this kind of a challenge to his status. He always struck me as a proud kind of guy and I can't see him giving up the star mantle without having one more big tilt at the windmill.

Interesting times ahead.

Their certainly are matey

[Mostar]

Couple of picks of Stevie leaving the hospital today

[Big-Red-Ed]

From those pics it looks like he has been doing a bit of "groin work" there for a few years.

[Mostar]

Check Stevie's hoodie

Love it

[little dave hedgehog]

i don't recognize her without the jack off weight thing.

[Craig_H]

His daughters are cute, bless them.

[fah-q]

Sorry to open on a such low note lads! The last few weeks have been like watching history repeat itself though and I'm worried for Gerrard.

If there is a silver lining it's the fact that, while he is still a very valuable player, I don't see Gerrard as the pivotal figure he once was. Rafa built a system which allowed him complete freedom to express himself while he was at the peak of his powers. I don't think he has the energy to cover the ground he once did and Kenny seems a little more intent on playing two up front which will require more orthodox central midfielders. At times Gerrard has struggled to curb his natural instincts and maintain the positional discipline required by that kind of set up.

On the other hand maybe Gerrard needs this kind of a challenge to his status. He always struck me as a proud kind of guy and I can't see him giving up the star mantle without having one more big tilt at the windmill.

Interesting times ahead.

Pubs?

[Neil Young]

Pubs?

Must be.

Ask him what he thinks of British lichens.

[scipio76]

Pubs?

You've lost me... Pubs what???

[Neil Young]

I must say I hadn't realised we already had 75 users called Scipio. It's a far more popular username than I would have imagined.