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I never quite felt the same about Gerrard after the two flirtations with Chelsea. It's still a difficult week leading up to his final home game though.

I believe much of the heart ache I'm experiencing stems from the fact that I've watched his career closely over the last seventeen years but I've also been living my own life at the same time. Since his debut I have got married and had our first baby on my knee watching on my computer as he smashed that thunderous shot past Barthez as we started to beat Utd again and won the treble. I was holding my second baby when we won the league cup in 2003 and held all three of my children tightly 10 years ago whilst trying to explain the magic that had just happened in Istanbul. All four of my children paced around the family room beside me every match last spring during our assault on the Title which ultimately fell short.

I have so many memories of Gerrard however they're interwoven with memories of me becoming a husband and a Dad and my children growing up. I'm sad that his Liverpool career is coming to an end but I ache more because it's a reminder of the passage of time, that my children are no longer babies and that I'm seventeen years older.
 
Gary25 said:
He loved a tackle:

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I'm sure this won't be the last quiff in this thread.

Love that tackle btw. I had it in my original post. Jagielka isn't sure what even happened. No one seemed to give him a call to tell him he had a man on.
 
I can't think of another current British player who'd get the same amount of respect and affection from the media.
 
Peter said:
..........Since his debut I have got married and had our first baby on my knee watching on my computer as he smashed that thunderous shot past Barthez as we started to beat Utd again and won the treble. I was holding my second baby when we won the league cup in 2003 and held all three of my children tightly 10 years ago whilst trying to explain the magic that had just happened in Istanbul. All four of my children paced around the family room beside me every match last spring during our assault on the Title which ultimately fell short...............
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Thank God he's going Peter otherwise who knows how many babies you'd have ended up with !
 
Peter said:
I never quite felt the same about Gerrard after the two flirtations with Chelsea. It's still a difficult week leading up to his final home game though.

I believe much of the heart ache I'm experiencing stems from the fact that I've watched his career closely over the last seventeen years but I've also been living my own life at the same time. Since his debut I have got married and had our first baby on my knee watching on my computer as he smashed that thunderous shot past Barthez as we started to beat Utd again and won the treble. I was holding my second baby when we won the league cup in 2003 and held all three of my children tightly 10 years ago whilst trying to explain the magic that had just happened in Istanbul. All four of my children paced around the family room beside me every match last spring during our assault on the Title which ultimately fell short.

I have so many memories of Gerrard however they're interwoven with memories of me becoming a husband and a Dad and my children growing up. I'm sad that his Liverpool career is coming to an end but I ache more because it's a reminder of the passage of time, that my children are no longer babies and that I'm seventeen years older.
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Time waits for no-one Peter. Nobody knows that better than me. Last week I celebrated 50 years supporting Liverpool. Now I still support them with my two sons, one daughter and four, soon to be five grandchildren. I've seen all the successes, they've seen very little. I've seen many great players at the club but I don't think many have been better than Stevie.

Yes he may have flirted with Chelsea, but he didn't leave even though the world was his oyster. He stayed with you. And your four children.
 
Cup Final(Gerrard Cup Final) in 2006 was Stevie's finest hour in terms of performance imo
(I think Gerrard's gone on record as saying it's his best ever performance)

- beautiful lofted ball onto Cisse's foot to get us back in the game...we had a shocking opening half an hour and found ourselves 2 down. game on.
- smashed a high bouncing ball into the top corner to make it 2-2
- we're 3-2 down as the game approaches added time in extra-time, he's got cramp and he scores with one of the sweetest strikes of a ball you'll ever see to take us to pens.
- obviously buries his pen in the shootout for good measure.

There's nearly too many moments to name. What a story and journey he's been on with his team. We've failed him really, but that's a topic for another day.

A truly unique and legendary player. Thanks for the memories Stevie.

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Skullflower said:
The amount of fucking false dawns
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If it wasn't Diao, Diouf, and Cheyrou, it was Poulsen, Konchesky, and N'gog.

How these no marks ended up at a Club the size of Liverpool is fucking scandalous, and Gerrard had to share the same pitch as them. Yes he's played with some wonderful players too, can't overlook that, but in the main he's been surrounded with shite to average players.
 
Love this...

Brian Reade on Steven Gerrard: Liverpool giant who shared his adoring fans' dream well worth a farewell wallow

Social media’s finest are already honing their wit for the emotion that will wash over Anfield on Saturday.
The planned Kop mural and guard of honour, the elevation of a meaningless end-of-season game which signifies another year of failure into a historic occasion, is an open goal for those who believe Liverpool’s only point these days is to wallow in links to its glorious past.

As one rival fan asked: “What kind of job must you have in Oslo to afford £2,000 for a ticket to watch an old fella get substituted with five minutes to go against Crystal Palace?”
I don’t know.

But I also don’t know a Liverpool season ticket-holder looking to sell their view of Steven Gerrard in his final proper game at Anfield - their last chance to let the best all-round player in the club’s 123-year history know what his lifetime of sweat, devotion and loyalty has meant to them.
If anyone is worth a wallow, it’s Gerrard.

He joined them 26 years ago as a nine-year-old, in the days when they were still winning titles, spent 17 years in the first team, 11 as captain, scored more goals for them than Kenny Dalglish, won nine cups, was pivotal in possibly the most memorable Champions League Final ever, and dragged them, more than once, to within touching distance of the elusive title.
But such statistics tell only a fraction of the story.

Gerrard has shouldered the huge burden of expectation from a fan-base which refused to accept that the lack of a Premier League title has diminished their club’s status.

He’s the man who has kept Liverpool believing they’re still worthy of sharing the same elevated company this century as they did in the last.

You’d struggle to think of another player who has provided as many match-winning contributions for Liverpool.
How many times did he make those late surges to connect with a ball while everyone else was mentally in the showers?

How many times did he suck in all the pressure and put away a game-winning penalty or free-kick?
How many times did his refusal to give in to a clock, or to better sides, temporarily elevate an average team to their past level of greatness?

It’s why the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Maldini, Carlo Ancelotti and Francesco Totti are currently queueing up to appear in an lfc.tv tribute to him - as well as Zinedine Zidane, who, in 2009, described him as the best player in the world because: “he gives the players around him confidence and belief. Players like him are just born with that presence.”
It’s because of that presence that some believe Liverpool should have begged Gerrard to stay for another season, offering him whatever he wanted.

But what he wanted was a guaranteed place in the heart of the team every week and they couldn’t offer that. A lucrative contract would have meant nothing to Gerrard if he was sitting on the bench. His presence would have been diminished.
So it’s right for all concerned that he ends his career on his terms.

There is no more precious connection in football than the one between a fan and a local lad who lives out the mutual dream.

In this era of global branding and players putting loyalty to their agent’s wishes ahead of their club’s, it’s the kind of primal link fans cherish above all else.
Gerrard belongs to a dying breed of one-club icons, whose talent enables them to play anywhere in the world but whose heart refuses to let them move.

When you consider the offers that came his way, and what he could have won, he is a giant among that breed.
There may be scepticism about how much a ticket for Saturday’s game is worth, but not about the main attraction. He’s priceless.
It’s doubtful Anfield will ever see his like again.
 
Gary25 said:
It’s why the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Paulo Maldini, Carlo Ancelotti and Francesco Totti are currently queueing up to appear in an lfc.tv tribute to him
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Awesome.

I'd love to see De Rossi appear on LFC TV - a massive fan of Gerrard, basically De Rossi's idol in fact.
 
Just had to watch 'The Road to Istanbul' again last night .... Stevie was pretty damn magnificent in many of those games. I'll reply the Final tonight !
 
Gerrard talking about our terrible season and the manager who's a gonner.

"There’s a core of players here with huge potential,” Gerrard said.

“I’m hoping the owners will back Brendan again, and bring in that bit of quality that help us go one step further next year.

“We’ve gone very close in a couple of cup competitions this year and we’ve also come close to the top four positions, and that’s with losing arguably the best player in the world last year in Luis Suarez.

“We’ve also not had our star striker available for most of the season in Daniel Sturridge, so to come so close without them two available... I think we’ve done okay but I think next year we can go one better.”
 
In today's stat driven world, how do you think we'd review an attacking mid with 28 goals from 239 appearances in 6 seasons?

I bet there be a lot of chatter that the output isn't enough.

Also - throwback to the time when Adidas would make home shirts that lasted two seasons.
 
Brizzle said:
In today's stat driven world, how do you think we'd review an attacking mid with 28 goals from 239 appearances in 6 seasons?

I bet there be a lot of chatter that the output isn't enough.

Also - throwback to the time when Adidas would make home shirts that lasted two seasons.
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Attacking mid in his first "6 seasons"?
 
Carra saying on sky that ever kid wants to be gerrard. I doubt it, they probably want to be rooney or whoever's currently earning the most money in the league, has the biggest diamond earing and the fastest car. I don't think playing for their favourite team, local team, england, or scoring the winner in the cup final is high on their list.
 
Mors said:
Carra saying on sky that ever kid wants to be gerrard. I doubt it, they probably want to be rooney or whoever's currently earning the most money in the league, has the biggest diamond earing and the fastest car. I don't think playing for their favourite team, local team, england, or scoring the winner in the cup final is high on their list.
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Are you trying to say footballers are shallow individuals?
 
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