Gerrard

[gkmacca]

I know, but face your fears, man, face them!

 

[localny]

What a load of tripe. He was shooting from distances, not to make up for what happened but because we were playing a brick wall. Jesus Wept. Yes he's a moody fecker, of course he's an emotional sod, I wouldn't see IBRA going to see Steve Peters or whatever his name is. He has personal awareness. But there's no evidence to suggest he's disliked other than rumors from no-one we know.

PS; Jesus Rosco; Jimmy Saville in the same sentence, with a comparison to Gerrard. You are the Iceman.

 

[tombrown]

You should put that on a t-shirt. Then look at it in a mirror.

So he remembers he is a tnuc?

 

[Halmeister]

What a load of tripe. He was shooting from distances, not to make up for what happened but because we were playing a brick wall. Jesus Wept. Yes he's a moody fecker, of course he's an emotional sod, I wouldn't see IBRA going to see Steve Peters or whatever his name is. He has personal awareness. But there's no evidence to suggest he's disliked other than rumors from no-one we know.

PS; Jesus Rosco; Jimmy Saville in the same sentence, with a comparison to Gerrard. You are the Iceman.

There's people on here, and obviously RAWK, who pounce on everything he does wrong, just so they can have a go.

Obviously playing against a brick wall played a part in him trying to do everything, but he was quite clearly trying to atone for his error and lost his head a bit.

 

[Dirty Sanchez]

What a load of tripe. He was shooting from distances, not to make up for what happened but because we were playing a brick wall. Jesus Wept. Yes he's a moody fecker, of course he's an emotional sod, I wouldn't see IBRA going to see Steve Peters or whatever his name is. He has personal awareness. But there's no evidence to suggest he's disliked other than rumors from no-one we know.

PS; Jesus Rosco; Jimmy Saville in the same sentence, with a comparison to Gerrard. You are the Iceman.

Yup - I'm with you, local.

When it's tough to dribble or pass your way through a 10-man defense, sometimes it's better to have a dig from 20+ Yards.

We've seen plenty of times when the goalie is unsighted on the shot due to the crowded box, or a deflection sending the ball looping into the net past the wrong-footed keeper. A stinger like that could also easily hit the woodwork or bounce off the keepers gloves into the path of an onrushing red player.

All of those things can happen from a well placed shot. Oh all that and possibly he could have scored like he's done a shed load of times from 30+ yards.

So it's not all just a hysterical reaction to a mistake. It's also a calculated risk against a defensive tactic.

 

[Ryan]

I've seen him react to other player's mistakes with an icy glare and a disgusted shake of the head. Hopefully he got something better. It's about time Craig Johnston devised a new boot that actually lets players stay on their feet. I guess it's blades that are to blame but this season seems to have seen a record number of players slip over as if they're on ice. The idiots are so money-obsessed they'd probably wear pink meringues on their feet if the sponsorship deal was good enough.

Gerrard wears studs in his boots, so you're talking pure dung.

 

[Mystic]

Friday 19 October 2012

El-Hadji Diouf has launched a stinging attack on Steven Gerrard, a player he failed to see eye-to-eye with when the pair played together at Liverpool.

Diouf, speaking to French sports daily L'Equipe, labelled the England captain "egotistical" and said "nobody can stand him" at Liverpool.
Diouf is currently enjoying a resurgence in form at Championship side Leeds United but between 2002 and 2004 played alongside Gerrard for Liverpool.
After Diouf left for Bolton Wanderers, Gerrard questioned the Senegal international's commitment during his time at Anfield.
"I wasn't Diouf's number one fan," wrote the Liverpool captain in his 2007 autobiography.
"Being around Melwood and Anfield I knew which players were hungry, which players had Liverpool at heart. Diouf was just interested in himself.
"His attitude was all wrong. I felt he wasn't really a***d about putting his body on the line to get Liverpool back at the top."
Diouf, who was signed by Gérard Houllier for £10m, has now hit back at Gerrard's remarks.
"What he said is only of interest to him.
"All I worried about was the Senegal team, I took them to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2002.
"I was in Pele's 100 players of the century. Not him.
"I respect him as a footballer, but there is nobody more egotistical than him."
Diouf also said Gerrard, who has been at Liverpool his entire career and captained them to a Champions League title in 2005, was not a popular figure at Anfield.
"He does not care about others. I spoke to the major figures at Liverpool and nobody can stand him. And I am not talking about (Jamie) Carragher."
Diouf took the opportunity to defend his own actions over a career littered with controversial moments, including spitting incidents and accusations that he taunted Jamie Mackie as the QPR forward lay on the ground with a broken leg. The latter incident led to his current manager at Leeds, Neil Warnock, comparing Diouf to a sewer rat.
Diouf said: "I have done things but others have done worse. I am an easy target, people talk about me no matter what.
"Okay, I have hurt people and I regret that. But I have never been to prison, I have never injured anyone on the pitch.
"After people gave me the 'bad-boy' image, I had to deal with it. Bad boy? It makes me laugh.
"It doesn't bother me. I prefer that people talk about me, whether good or bad. I leave my mark wherever I go."

Btw, I'm not supporting GK's ridiculous position, but an ex pro, no matter how much of a cunt that pro was, has said it.

 

[gkmacca]

Look, this ex-pro thing, it is completely irrelevant, you ridiculous thing. Some twit has created a different argument, which you've now amplified. Have word with yourself.

 

[Ryan]

Aaah, Pele's 100 greatest players list.

Diouf got picked in that alright. Alongside other greats like Marc Vivien Foe, Hong Myung Bo, Resenbrink van de Kerkhof, Emre Belozoglou, and JJ fucking Okocha.

Quite the list.

 

[localny]

Jesus, DIJOUF! That's it settled, if that's the best we can come up with!

hilarious mystic!

 

[gene hughes]

Don't blame him for the error. But I was disappointed in how brainless him and Johnson were in the second half.

 

[Rafiagra]

During the second half, I thought back to the derby game when Rafa subbed him.

That said, if one player is capable of twatting it in the top corner from 25 yards, it's him.