it's been the story of his career, Ed.
he plays for himself and his own ego. Useless as a member of a team.
And it's impossible to play with that type of player. We had a lad Kevin, in and around our squad (team I played in and managed for many years).....same issue. Awesome strength on the ball, awesome engine, stamina and skill......but as a team player, absolutely useless.....it was always about me, me, me......he could run the length of the pitch and score, but the problem was nobody could predict what he was going to do, or how to play alongside him.
It always amazed me, that nobody in charge of things at Anfield, ever had the mental strength to pull Captain Marvel up on these very obvious shortcomings. Ok, I know the tv studio pundits are all brainless muppets, who tow the usual media line every time a mic is near them. But one would expect such flaws to have been addressed with the lad when he was in his teens.
There's a very good friggen reason why nobody can play alongside him, either with england or liverpool.
LOL, amid all the talk of him being the greatest player we ever had
last week and (ok, bit cynical here

) him pulling out all the stops turn
of year to secure his lucrative new contract....and then he has no answers
against Stoke!
imo, some teams (STOKE!) just need to be beaten by sheer bloody
mindedness and a determination to get 3 points at all costs, doesn't
matter who's backside the ball goes in off 7 minutes in to stoppage time....
This, imo, is the problem with Stevie G in the league, he doesn't understand
this. Tbh, in all my days watching him play, I cannot remember him ever scoring
a crap goal, almost as if the idea is alien to him.
Did he leave the pitch yesterday feeling he'd done enough, is he beating himself
up about his contribution today, wondering why the f.uck he had to shoot from
40 yards out (he's probably just upset it didn't go in).
Anyway, Gerrard rant over for another while...Great cup player forever destined
when his career finishes to wake up every morning and wonder why he never
captained us to the title!
but I reckon if you want the upside of him I suppose you have to take the flipside as well.
Agreed!
& I'd also add there are a lot of other players in that side who need (in the words of
Roy Keane)
to buck up their ideas if they think our current performance in the league
is acceptable.
What has been glossed over in some quarters is Gerrard last week talking about the return
leg of the Carling cup semi-final the way i remember him talking about playing Chelsea in the
semi-final of the Champions league a few seasons back. It's the league Stupid!