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i think his recovery from injury will do him good. seeing players like suarez come into the side and playing well will only bring out the best in him. he'll have the time to rest this year where as last year he was playing in the world cup. when he gets pre-season under his belt he'll be back in good form imo.

hopefully he can follow the likes of giggs at united an keep playing well for a few more years

I agree with that in relation to the CL final. Dudek and Carragher played better than Gerrard and replacing Finnan with Hamann at half time was a game changer

FA Cup final of 2006 was a little different as without Gerrard we really would have lost that one and to be fair he was main reason we got into the CL group stages in the 2004-05 season in the first place and into the knock ouyt phase of the competition

I agree that since then Gerrard has been less pivotal to the team - but that's because there were other decent players around him like Alonso, Kuyt, Torres, Reina etc

The English press used to go on about Gerrard so much because they all wanted him to join Chelsea.

Your problem that your is that uneducated and bitter. Rafa's main aim was to win the league and along the way he tried what ever he could to do that. Yes some of his dealings in the transfer market where awful but he also got a lot right. In the end his only failure was not winning the title which cost him his job. Roy Hodgson was an accident waiting to happen, he should never had been allowed any where near the home dugout and that was proved in everything he did whilst at the club.

Werent you hugged enough as a kid?

he is a good manager as his recent record with fulham and wba shows.

Yeah, because thats where he belongs. Relegation Expert, nothing more.

Maybe those fans singing for Rafa knew he was a better manager than Hodgson. After all they go to games week in week out and live in the city and know and see more than us. You could say they're more knowledgeable.

I suppose for some fans they are unable to understand that Raffa did truly engage with the fans! some prefer to poo poo it cos they cant comprehend the notion of him feeling a togetherness with the crowd! or maybe they just don't like the thought of being Alien to that concept? it can come across as some sort of jealousy.

Nail firmly hit on head

i can see gerrard retiring from internationals possibly after the next euros

Flemp your jealous of life in general. You hate to see somone succeed or be liked. Maybe thats why you took to Hodgson so well?!

G&H determined how rafa behaved, so behave yourself.