KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Steven Gerrard is he finished ?

He needs to quit England, BR needs to manage his minutes - cant be starting all our PL games

Sg is not happy playing in a DM role alongside Lucas

Sg ability is more suited as a am.... Not DM

Plze take note br...

Rodgers doesn't want him playing further forward because his passing stats are the worst of all our mf, but this possession football is looking like a joke this season. Rodgers has bought a load of squad players that can't keep the ball.

his offense is gone, but in the first 3 games he was crucial in defense closing down space, the problem is the bad transition, he gives the ball way to often he needs to keep it simple.

the way it stands if he plays with Lucas the team will be to deep, if it is a big difficult match then fine, but if we need to attack and put sustainable pressure Henderson should take his spot because he can run up and down all day and play that 5 yard pass Gerrard finds difficult.

Br has a decent squad

But average starting 11

Better to have a strong squad of 16 players, with a quality 11 and then worry abt the other 9 players that make up the 25.
This season was the ideal chance for br to build a strong strong 16 man squad

he was great last season but I agree he needs to retire from international football..has looked knackered this season. he has been nothing short of awful last 2 games. he's no roy keane is he. SG always moans about not winning titles but here he is on top of the league and he goes missing rather than stepping up to the plate.

he is captain of england in a world cup year being held in brazil , not a chance of him retiring from england duty.

Rodgers should drop him for a few games.

And play who???

The fact is that him and Lucas aren't good together. Sure they defended well during those first 3 games, but that's probably because we had Coutinho holding up the ball and helping us keep possession when we did have the ball. It's clear that in today's game, that Southampton were attacking us straight through the middle, and it was up to our defense to cover for a poor Gerrard and Lucas, because they were letting then right through.

Did anyone notice how Wanyama played? We had hardly any attacks through the middle, and when we did, he would help push them out to the side like a proper DM should. He pretty much bossed which way we attacked. We have been in desperate need of a real DM for years now. Lucas should be able to roam a bit more because he can actually hold the ball and move it. But his positioning is average.

I agree with Faz in that Gerrard has been awful over the last couple of games and it's not fair to blame Aspas or Sterling, because they aren't used to the league and Aspas is fairly new. Gerrard needs to take it on the chin and improve. Otherwise there is no reason why he should be starting every game.