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STEVEN GERRARD'S season is under threat after he broke down on Friday with a recurrence of his groin injury.

The Liverpool skipper underwent surgery on March 11 to cure the niggling problem.

But the Anfield medical team fear he is out for a minimum of six to eight weeks and may miss the rest of the season.

Gerrard had more tests on Saturday to diagnose the severity of the damage but it seems likely he will be forced to sit out the last two months of the campaign.

The 30-year-old is desperate to play some part in the end-of- season run-in and had hoped the operation would cure his long-standing groin problem.

Now, though, Kop boss Kenny Dalglish is unlikely to risk his captain with Liverpool having nothing more than a remote chance of Champions League qualification.

Only last week Dalglish said he would not rush back Gerrard for fear of aggravating the injury.

Those concerns proved sadly prophetic just 24 hours later when Gerrard had to cut short the final training session before Liverpool travelled to West Brom.

Dalglish said: "Steven was training yesterday, ready to be available for today. Then he innocuously tried to turn with the ball, and he felt a sharp pain.

"It is the same area of his groin but not the same thing. We will get him assessed and at the end of the week we will know better."

The news will also come as a blow for Fabio Capello, who wanted Gerrard back for England's last European Championship qualifier of the season against Switzerland on June 4.

But if Gerrard is forced to miss the remainder of the domestic campaign, Liverpool are unlikely to release him for an international.
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Gerrards injury problems seem to have come full circle from his earlier days of constant niggling injuries that he was unable to shake off when he first broke through to the first team. Its becoming less likely that he can be relied upon to play a full season from here on, he is 31 in the summer and clearly he will need to be managed more effectively now. He cannot be asked to play 45/50 games a season anymore, and the newly signed strikeforce raises the old issue of where exactly he will fit into the team that plays with two up front

Alot of people think the only viable option for him is to adapt his playing style and become a more conventional midfield player rather than the all action one man cyclone that we have gotten used to watching. That is starting to look more and more certain as his injury problems mount. Its a big summer for the club this year, alot of long term decisions will need to be made on the direction the team is going to take, previously it was built around Carragher at the back Gerrard in the engine room and Torres as the focal point of the attack, who are we building the team around going forward? Surely Carra has got to be in his last season as an automatic first choice, hes pushing 34 and his legs a gone. With Agger and Aurelio unable to maintain any semblence of fitness for a prolonged period and Skertl often flattering to deceive the entire defence may need to be addressed.

We know that title winning team wont be in place by next August but we must start dealing with the real prospect that if we are building a team to challenge for major honours in a year or two years from now that neither Carragher or Gerrard will be part of it, at least not in their current capacities. I think the honeymoon is over for Kenny, if the rumours are true and he is about to be handed a two year contract then he needs to have these issues at the top of his agenda, he performed somewhat of a rescue operation this year and there was no expectation on him to do anything more than stop the rot and restore some pride, mission accomplished. Expectations next season will not be so easily satisfied.

This summer there will be funds to spend and alot of decisions to be made, what to do about Gerrard may be the biggest one of all.
 
[quote author=RedStar link=topic=44778.msg1309606#msg1309606 date=1301815896]

This summer there will be funds to spend and alot of decisions to be made, what to do about Gerrard may be the biggest one of all.
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Er...... I say we keep him 😉
 
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=44778.msg1309647#msg1309647 date=1301826075]
There is not one point in him playing one more game this season.
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Damn straight.

For me the only thing I'm looking forward to is Carroll & Suarez linking some more so they can hit the ground running next season.
 
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=44778.msg1309647#msg1309647 date=1301826075]
There is not one point in him playing one more game this season.
[/quote]Step up Jonjo Shelvey
 
Rest him until next season. Get him proper fit.

Fuck the rest of the season and England.
 
[quote author=the count link=topic=44778.msg1309697#msg1309697 date=1301835874]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=44778.msg1309647#msg1309647 date=1301826075]
There is not one point in him playing one more game this season.
[/quote]Step up Jonjo Shelvey
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I’d forgotten he existed. Has he been injured or can he just not break up the dynamic Lucas Spearing centre combo?

Leave Gerrard till next season.
 
[quote author=LarryHagman link=topic=44778.msg1309916#msg1309916 date=1301884909]
[quote author=the count link=topic=44778.msg1309697#msg1309697 date=1301835874]
[quote author=Ryan link=topic=44778.msg1309647#msg1309647 date=1301826075]
There is not one point in him playing one more game this season.
[/quote]Step up Jonjo Shelvey
[/quote]

I’d forgotten he existed. Has he been injured or can he just not break up the dynamic Lucas Spearing centre combo?

Leave Gerrard till next season.

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He's injured.
 
Will we see a midfield 3 of Raul Spearing and Lucas with Kuyt and Suarez playing as wide forwards off Carrol or will we try and shoe horn the available players into a stagnant 4-4-2 style formation?

What are we going to do at the back with Kelly Aurelio Agger and Johnson out injured, do we have an actual full back for either side?
 
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