Gerard-Proper Captain!

[beorhthelm]

Think you've mistaken Gerrard for Barry

well, im not one to detract from Saint Barry of Sussex. but Gerrard was clearly influential, just in a deeper role thatn we're used to.

 

[y2dave]

For me Gerrard has been very diciplined and effective since partnering with Barry. Losing Lampard has been a bonus for him and us. First half today we were immense and Gerrard and Barry kept us ticking over just fine.

 

[questier]

I know we have an inferior midfield to Spain, but if they can keep someone like Fabregas on the bench, surely we can keep Lampard out of the side. At the world cup having gerrard on the left clearly didn't work. Its down that left hand side that Rooney likes to drop into and to see such both influential players having no impact on the game reall didn't help our cause. In the last two fixtures our midfield has had a far greater fluidity about it. Apart from walcotts inability to deliver a decent final ball (Adam Johnson should be ahead of him) it's some of the best football we've played since that night in Zagreb.

 

[questier]

He's certainly not a role model I would want for my kids. He's a kiddy fiddling (alleged) thug and a cheat.

Pretty sure the alleged kiddy fiddling was a hoax. I think one of the red tops revealed it was an email that got sent out to hundreds of people

 

[Meade's Ball]

I thought he did well. Put that amazing first-time cross/pass in that Defoe managed to fluff in the first half and put Johnson through for the goal in the second. Compare his passes and the weight of them to those cockers put in by SWP. And he battled well. A good performance.