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He was part of Inter's CL winning team, yes? I could be wrong, but I thought he was. You are wrong, it was Eto'o, Milito and Sneider in attack. No, you are wrong. He was on the subs bench. Check Google!
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He was part of Inter's CL winning team, yes? I could be wrong, but I thought he was. You are wrong, it was Eto'o, Milito and Sneider in attack. That was the starting team for the final, but Mario came on as a sub. He started several games in the preceding games.
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Amazing how so called real fans and non professional footballers here seem unable to grasp a rather large and fundamental point in regard Shearer and the few footballers like him who are sadly all but gone.
He played for Newcastle .
That in itself was enough and all he obviously ever wanted as a boy on the terraces.
If having ever being blessed with the skills he had, to have played for Liverpool would have been enough for me.
All the shiny little pots and pans would have been secondary- just bonuses if the team in that short stint of history was good enough to have afforded such honours.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington
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I hope that's true, and I hope it's true for Gerrard and Carragher. I really do. But professional footballers are competitors by nature, and especially players like Shearer and Gerrard were winners and wanted to win things. You don't think Shearer ever looks at his trophy cabinet with regret? You don't think Gerrard ever does? I do. They may be content with the decisions they've made. They might even make the same ones over again, given the chance. I think they would.
But I don't think it's far fetched to say that Shearer might look at a young punk like Mario, who's won more than he's won already, despite being only 25 and totally undisciplined, with a twinge of bitterness, jealousy, or even regret. He's a human being and a footballer, after all.
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A footballer of Gerrard's or Shearer's stature could have gone anywhere and won shiploads of medals at club level. The fact that they stayed with their clubs through thick and thin -mostly thin-is indication enough that medals were not top on their priority list, although being human they must feel a twinge of bitterness -not jealousy- at seeing much inferior footballers winning a lot more just because they were lucky enough to be at the right club at the right time. This is by the way the basic difference between team spots and individual sports.
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Amazing how so called real fans and non professional footballers here seem unable to grasp a rather large and fundamental point in regard Shearer and the few footballers like him who are sadly all but gone.
He played for Newcastle .
That in itself was enough and all he obviously ever wanted as a boy on the terraces.
If having ever being blessed with the skills he had, to have played for Liverpool would have been enough for me.
All the shiny little pots and pans would have been secondary- just bonuses if the team in that short stint of history was good enough to have afforded such honours.
In terms of the modern footballer (and modern day football in general), I strongly disagree. These days, players change clubs for money or for CL football. When was the last time someone moved clubs because it was always their dream to play for "X"?? Let's not forget, even Gerrard rated cups above his love for Liverpool. He handed in a transfer request because he wanted to win more trophies/leagues. It was only winning the CL in 2005 that settled him down.
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Amazing how so called real fans and non professional footballers here seem unable to grasp a rather large and fundamental point in regard Shearer and the few footballers like him who are sadly all but gone.
He played for Newcastle .
That in itself was enough and all he obviously ever wanted as a boy on the terraces.
If having ever being blessed with the skills he had, to have played for Liverpool would have been enough for me.
All the shiny little pots and pans would have been secondary- just bonuses if the team in that short stint of history was good enough to have afforded such honours.
In terms of the modern footballer (and modern day football in general), I strongly disagree. These days, players change clubs for money or for CL football. When was the last time someone moved clubs because it was always their dream to play for "X"??Let's not forget, even Gerrard rated cups above his love for Liverpool. He handed in a transfer request because he wanted to win more trophies/leagues. It was only winning the CL in 2005 that settled him down. Everyone we're linked with are life long LFC fans!
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Amazing how so called real fans and non professional footballers here seem unable to grasp a rather large and fundamental point in regard Shearer and the few footballers like him who are sadly all but gone.
He played for Newcastle .
That in itself was enough and all he obviously ever wanted as a boy on the terraces.
If having ever being blessed with the skills he had, to have played for Liverpool would have been enough for me.
All the shiny little pots and pans would have been secondary- just bonuses if the team in that short stint of history was good enough to have afforded such honours.
In terms of the modern footballer (and modern day football in general), I strongly disagree. These days, players change clubs for money or for CL football. When was the last time someone moved clubs because it was always their dream to play for "X"??Let's not forget, even Gerrard rated cups above his love for Liverpool. He handed in a transfer request because he wanted to win more trophies/leagues. It was only winning the CL in 2005 that settled him down. Everyone we're linked with are life long LFC fans! Until they sign for someone else, that is.
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Amazing how so called real fans and non professional footballers here seem unable to grasp a rather large and fundamental point in regard Shearer and the few footballers like him who are sadly all but gone.
He played for Newcastle .
That in itself was enough and all he obviously ever wanted as a boy on the terraces.
If having ever being blessed with the skills he had, to have played for Liverpool would have been enough for me.
All the shiny little pots and pans would have been secondary- just bonuses if the team in that short stint of history was good enough to have afforded such honours.
In terms of the modern footballer (and modern day football in general), I strongly disagree. These days, players change clubs for money or for CL football. When was the last time someone moved clubs because it was always their dream to play for "X"?? Let's not forget, even Gerrard rated cups above his love for Liverpool. He handed in a transfer request because he wanted to win more trophies/leagues. It was only winning the CL in 2005 that settled him down. He was closer to sign for Chelsea in 2006 actually, one season after winning the CL, so it is not the trophy that settled him down but he didn't want to leave his boyhood club and probably thought that under Benitez, he will win the league. That said, there are very few Gerrards and Giggs and Tottis.
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He was part of Inter's CL winning team, yes? I could be wrong, but I thought he was. You are wrong, it was Eto'o, Milito and Sneider in attack. No, you are wrong. He was on the subs bench. Check Google! I doubt Shearer jealous of that
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