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There's nobody like him!!!

(bit of a long post but its wonderfully insightful )

tonight was a real eye opener wasnt it.

Gerrard:
Redknapp said it best when he said there are some good players out there, and then there are great players. What a fcking brilliant goal that was. and just back after injury? superb. he was a total dynamo. delivery was excellent.

Andy Carroll and Delivery:
we have a clear picture on andy carroll now, and also on our midfield. gerrard showed the others how it is done, he is so football-clever that he knows how to use carroll. thank god, because carroll doesnt know how to use himself. he is extremely frustrating to watch, has no positioning sense, his feet should be cut off and the chance he missed on the 18 yard box could have been scored by any league 2 striker. He was certainly more use with gerrard there, but is the ultimate one trick pony and im not sure im comfortable with having a forward who is so criminally dependant on one particular type of cross to be effective. outside of heading he is a liability.
Then there is the midfield, they are not totally responsible for carroll but they need to step up. gerrard made them all look a bit foolish. if youre going to include carroll, you MUST be able to deliver that kind of cross.

Quick shout out to the back 4 and reina. starting to look very dependable, goal aside.

spearing put himself about and did well, that barcode fcker should have walked for the tackle on him. also, bellers, what a terrific acquirement that was (hairy head should have walked for the elbow too). kuyt did well when he came on. great closing down. like to see him play a bit more.

adam and hendo im starting to worry about. they look pitiful when compared to gerrard's 30 minutes tonight.

Roll on difficult games were much better at them......

well played lads!looked to me for a long while that it was going to be another poor result.just shows how much we have missed Gerrard,but it also shows that the rest of the players are no-where near as good as him and thats a bit worrying.he did more for the team in 30 mins than the rest have done in a season.

sg performance tonite shows us all that kd/comolli have not signed top quality players in hendo, adam, downing, carroll, that are on par with sg, better players for the team or improved the starting 11 greatly. 100m plus spent and struggling to keep pace with the top teams.

i think kd needs at least 30m next month, to sign(my choice) ie shaquiri..10m, a johnson, if city sign another winger..15m, de rossi..5m and a quality striker on loan, to help his 130m plus outlay a great investment, by getting a CL place for next season.

There are several things I have noticed in the last couple of days...Firstly, have you noticed how often Skittles is pushing up nowadays and participating in attack, as well as Agger? Good to see that.

Secondly, I really really didn't want us to go for Downing, and I am not happy with his performances but in his last 2 games he has definately improved, although his crossing leaves a lot to be desired.

Also, Carroll was instrumental in 2 of todays goals, he drew the defender for Bellamy's first and started of the counter attack for Gerrard's goal and was also in the box had Stevie chosen to pass...

So he is improving and as you can see, with quality crosses he can be a real threat, it is not his fault he hasn't gotten the crosses so far...

So half an hour from Gerrard and now everyone finally agrees with me that we are not short a striker but have been short a playmaker who is not a forward?

Go me.

WTF! the game was Friday?

You cannot set the benchmark of all players to achieve what stevie has. There is a gulf of difference between Gerrard and Hendersen/Adam/Downing, we all know that and the whole world knows that because lets face it, Gerrard is one of those players that come once in a blue moon. Fact is we signed those boys when they were on hot form for their clubs but are not delivering the goodies just yet in a red shirt so they may looked crap compared to stevie but I tell you they can definitely close the gap with a few more wonderful performances.

Are you going to admit to all that you've missed it?