KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Gerrard for the Alonso role?

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gerrard would be fantastic in this role it takes a lot less energy witch would be brilliant for him at this stage of his career, he just uses his experience with a proper defensive mid next to him he'd be amazing. he could teach shelvey a thing or 2 as he will be playing in a similar position so we'd have a natural successor as well, its all good

Gerrard's main weakness is two fold.

Firstly he wants to do everything himself and thinks as a captain he needs to do it. He should trust his teammates more but then again for the last 6-8 years who can blame him

Lastly, his tactical discipline. That is one aspect of his game that he lags behind in players like Iniesta, Xabi and Xavi. He runs all over the place trying to be part of every attack and starting everything. This relates to my first point.

but Gerrard has other qualities even Xabi can never dream of.

In my books, Gerrard can play in this position only now because he is slightly slower and his game has matured.

Brining back Gerrard to the middle of the park this season has actually made him lose his goalscoring threat. Personally I would definatley put him back behind the strikers where he used to score 20 or odd goals a season. Putting him back even further in the Alonso role takes him out of the game completely. Sure he can pass it around as much as he want but Gerrard far away from the goal does't play to his advantages.

gerrards not that player anymore snakeye, hes got old very quick over the last 18 months, so we need to put him somewhere, were he uses his brain more than his body, the xabi role would suit well

Gerrard needs to retire from international footie. this latest injury spree was started by Capello in that stupid friendly.

he wont give up playing for england until after the next world world cup....if he is still getting picked

He won't get picked if he's always injured.

I think we don't need an outright defensive midfielder anyway, if you play two in there, then they should be able to alternate between each other who is bombing on and who is dropping. Plus if we have fast pacey, skillful wingers then they would supply the creativity from out wide.

Alonso was a special player who could do both roles, all need is two alonso's

when i watched brazil play in the last friendlies, i thought the way brazil used lucas as a midfield fulcrum was brilliant and i thought gerrard could easily play that role. but then again we already have lucas!