Not doing his 'Stevie Me' reputation any good is it.
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its just headline grabbing to ensure all the fanboys go and buy the book. take it with a pinch of meh.
he's the king of liverpool, dontcha know.removing all the weak links makes us stronger
too many gutless players, no beef or desire. pussies everywhere... sack them all.Comment
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From the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blo...laxys-midfield
The root of the Galaxy’s current problems could be found in their midfield, though. The arrival of Steven Gerrard this summer prompted the kind of winning run LA had been waiting all season for, but the former England captain is now proving an awkward addition, upsetting the balance of Arena’s central unit.
With Gerrard in the line-up Juninho is pushed up the field into nosebleed territory, where he is not at his best. Besides, without the Brazilian’s mobility across the halfway line and in front of the back four LA are often left exposed through the middle, with Gerrard no longer the marauding, Captain Everything figure he once was in his pomp. Such deficiency was evident in the defeat to RSL, as the Galaxy’s backline suffered an overload in Utah. Saturday’s result might have have been down to LA’s tactical struggles as much as was RSL’s reawakening.
Seems like he is just not cut out to be a central midfielder. He would have been a fantastic AM, Forward or Winger, maybe he has had too much say in where he should play?* The above is posted in my opinion. Feel free to disagree.Comment
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He's always been obsessed with the idea that he should be in the middle of the park, at the hub of everything, but I agree he's better further forward. That dynamism is surely better served as close to the opposition box as possible. He's obviously not a classic no.10 but that period he spent behind Torres he was absolutely unstoppable.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Benitez once said that he'd like to play Gerrard even further forward when Gerrard got older, I think he'd have been made a better striker than holding mid, sort of a second striker.Originally posted by Shaggy View Post* The above is posted in my opinion. Feel free to disagree.Comment
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The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.Comment
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He's not Totti, but should've played a similar role IMOOriginally posted by The_weatherman View Post
That said, nobody can deny how epic he was as a deep midfielder with Suarez and Sturridge up topI saw a dead fish on the pavement and thought "what did you expect?"
There's no water round here stupid, should have stayed where it was wetComment
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he had about 10 games there where he was good there but i think teams eventually found that tactic out. When he was first put at the base of the diamond, the likes of Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling and sometimes even Allen all did some great pressing to push teams back and allow Gerrard space to start our attacks.Originally posted by Fierce View Post
Teams eventually found that when they pressed gerrard in possession, that they could have good results. This pushed him back the pitch even further and further.....to the point when he was too deep altogether that he wasn't doing anything a ball playing centre back could do.
I think people are right about stevie being a second striker - he would have been much more effective there last season. The thing is though, he probably wouldnt have finished that many games if he played in that position and then he would have likely been stroppy every week....... for me, although he was an amazing player for LFC for years, the fact that he had smoke blown up his arse since he was 18 years old made him a bit of a ****in diva. And in the end that is why it was best he left the club.....Comment
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Gerrard suffered from being in an average team.
Anytime you watch a top player, if his team starts to struggle they go and seek out the ball if they don't trust the rest of the team. Watch Coutinho now, you can play him as a striker, he'll still vacate his area and drop deep if he's not getting enough of the ball.
Gerrard was too good for his own good to ever be a top disciplined central midfielder. Had he been at Real Madrid then he may have held position as he would've trusted players like Zidane to get the job done.
His ideal position was behind the striker, simply because he then had license to roam and we had the intelligent Kuyt who would tuck in and offer up help to Torres so he was never left isolated.Forwards.......Comment
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Originally posted by Shaggy View Post
That's what I was saying - he LITERALLY answers his own question in the same quote. Makes me think he's quite dim and totally unsuited to management.
Legend though obvs.
Modifying post.Comment
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i know this is sacrilege but i think now would be a good time for him to shut the **** up.dave of mutilation
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It's not sacrilege at all. He should shut the **** up.Originally posted by little dave hedgehog View Post
At the end of the day, he showed great loyalty to LFC but he didn't ****in play for free either did he? And i think he is a little bit bitter that he isn't the assistant manager right now.... if he was Lionel ****in Messi for us for 30 years, then he has done **** all to be considered management material.
Does he even have any of his badges???Comment
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He is one of a very few who has earned the right to say what the **** he wants. Granted he needs to show more diplomacy but he has a pass as far as I am concerned."Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob PaisleyComment
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Is it really any surprise that since Gerrard left, we've lost fewer games in all competitions than City, Chelsea and Arsenal? We've only lost two games which is equal to Tottenham and Manchester Utd FFS!
Shut up Gerrard!SakhoPotatoesComment
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