Not seen a topic about him since his retirement.

 

Doesn't seem that long ago that we were on the cusp of signing Gerrard and having a midfield 3 of Lampard, Gerrard and Maka. IMO, as Mourinho stated at the time, these two playing with each other every week in a dedicated formation (not the random chopping and changing they put up with, with England) would of gelled very well and with Maka behind them would of been lethal. It wasn't to be however and Gerrard decided to stay at Liverpool for the love of the club, or threats from scouse gangsters depending on what you choose to believe. 

 

What do you geezers think? Reckon we would of gone on to dominate Europe with his inclusion? Or would it have never worked and ended up being an expensive mistake? Personally I think we would of owned the prem for a few years and Gerrard would have finally claimed that league title that eluded him. 

Being covered in following rivals forum...but as for your question, I think we had a narrow escape...him and lamps couldn't play together...it was shown time and time again for England...so we would have had the problem too and lamps' incredible goal-scoring feats would have been dented in the process

How have other signings from that club worked out?

Good player in a small pond 

8 hours ago, Backbiter said:

How have other signings from that club worked out?

I dunno, I was rather fond of Meireles  

8 hours ago, The Brit said:

him and lamps couldn't play together...it was shown time and time again for England...so we would have had the problem too

Disagree personally. 

England kept trying to shoehorn Lampard/Gerrard into a 4-4-2 formation with neither suited to playing the holding role or with Gerrard shunted out wide on the left. 

Mourinho wanted to play them in a 4-3-3 which would have had Makalele or Essien sitting as the midfield anchor. 

In that system you could potentially have got the best out of both players. 

6 hours ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Disagree personally. 

England kept trying to shoehorn Lampard/Gerrard into a 4-4-2 formation with neither suited to playing the holding role or with Gerrard shunted out wide on the left. 

Mourinho wanted to play them in a 4-3-3 which would have had Makalele or Essien sitting as the midfield anchor. 

In that system you could potentially have got the best out of both players. 

Stevie me would still have been getting in frank's way...frank was a team player at cfc, he knew he was one of many good players...cos Stevie me kept being told he was the main man at Liverpool, he always tried to do everything on his own...his display after that  'slip' against us was one of the most selfish I have ever seen...spent the rest of the game trying to make amends for himself with stupid shots from range and long passes, rather than putting the team first and looking for a teammate in a decent position...and he did that on many occasions for club and country...never saw frank play like that...

Edited November 25, 20169 yr by The Brit

A beautiful tribute to the man...

http://www.givemesport.com/924385-elhadji-diouf-slams-steven-gerrard-on-french-tv

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Essien > DJ Puncher

Gerrard is/was sh*t.

Don't honestly know why we have a thread about him

Yes. Admin please add the words 'Scouse c**t' After the title and lock the thread.

I don't think we really needed a midfielder who specialised in 50 yard hero cross field passes that rarely found their target, beating up DJs, diving in Champions League finals and slipping over.

12 hours ago, stevo said:

Yes. Admin please add the words 'Scouse c**t' After the title and lock the thread.

@coco - well?  I'm sure you'd love to?

Yes I would. Can't stand that arsehole. 

He didn't sign for us.

We won everything.

He didn't. 

 

The only memorable part of his legacy is how he's somehow managed to shoehorn himself into being constantly compared with Lampard.

The media w**kfest over that w**ker is cringeworthy. He's not fit to clean Lampards boots. 

Great player, but might as well have retired a decade earlier for all he achieved.

On 12/5/2016 at 04:08, stevo said:

Yes. Admin please add the words 'Scouse c**t' After the title and lock the thread.

My thoughts exactly. 

I miss him,  he cost them more trophies than he won them 

On 05/12/2016 at 05:33, Jonty said:

I don't think we really needed a midfielder who specialised in 50 yard hero cross field passes that rarely found their target, beating up DJs, diving in Champions League finals and slipping over.

Not to mention those horrendous back passes he regularly played back to the goalkeeper that got intercepted for club and country....Tosser!  

Gerrard slip highlighted by Jake Humphreys last night on BT Sport - some things just wont go away 

 

perhaps someone could attach the clip ..please

Edited January 22, 20179 yr by One Tommy Langley

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-4143848/Humphrey-makes-slip-joke-Gerrard.html

Tbf to Gerrard he took it in good stead