Gerrard would have stayed as squad player if offered coaching role

[Special K]

That is such a depressing thing to watch. What a fucking player

[Section_31]

You get the impression Steve is having trouble staying out of the limelight.

[TheHowieLama]

[KMD7]

 

Luis and Dirk *sobs*

[El Rojo]

Better stuff from Gerrard on Football Focus. Admitted that not having a clue whether Benitez liked or respected him kept him on his toes and drove him to the best form of his career.

[waddy78]

I think Carra would be a good addition to our backroom staff, He's got a good knowledge of the game and tactically he seems very aware (on tele and what he writes anyway) I can't say the same for Stevie, a great great player one of the best I've seen but listening to him talk (and now write) about football he doesn't strike me as a coach or manager maybe a good ambassador role may be best for him if / when he came back to the club, he also doesn't look the type who would "work" his way through the ranks either here or at another club (in coaching terms) 

[Strontium]

Better stuff from Gerrard on Football Focus. Admitted that not having a clue whether Benitez liked or respected him kept him on his toes and drove him to the best form of his career.

And that's why, as a manager, Hodgers will never be fit to sniff Rafa's shit.

[Dr Nowt]

Who knew effective man management wasn't just about putting an arm round the shoulder and indulging in a spot of bantz.

[The Maca]

Still should be here.

Laughable that some of you goons preferred Henderson, Allen, can, Lucas, you reap what you sow

Still better than every fraud in this team that calls them selves a midfielder

[Tony Moanero]

Still should be here.

Laughable that some of you goons preferred Henderson, Allen, can, Lucas, you reap what you sow

Still better than every fraud in this team that calls them selves a midfielder

Yer ma.

[JohnnyH]

Who knew effective man management wasn't just about putting an arm round the shoulder and indulging in a spot of bantz.

Feck off. Next you'll be saying "anyone could do better" isn't a sound platform for replacing a manager.

[ritchie]

Better stuff from Gerrard on Football Focus. Admitted that not having a clue whether Benitez liked or respected him kept him on his toes and drove him to the best form of his career.

 

Which would suggest Rafa's man-management is a lot better than Gerrard gave him credit for in his book where he bemoaned how "if only he had Rodgers' man-management". All Rodgers did was kiss Gerrard's arse all the time. Anyone else with any kind of personality or ego Rodgers fell out with or got rid of. One suspects he was quite happy to see Gerrard out the door. 

[ali]

 

 

 

 

'Rafa got the best form out of me, best coach I've worked with, tactically a genius for me'

 

from min 10 on the above link

[ritchie]

Rafa did send Gerrard publicly a message when he left Liverpool. Gerrard might not have seen it.

[Jairzinho]

Great tan, but does anyone have any idea why he's wearing lipstick? Or being interviewed by Tom Daley?

[Paco]

I think Carra would be a good addition to our backroom staff, He's got a good knowledge of the game and tactically he seems very aware (on tele and what he writes anyway) I can't say the same for Stevie, a great great player one of the best I've seen but listening to him talk (and now write) about football he doesn't strike me as a coach or manager maybe a good ambassador role may be best for him if / when he came back to the club, he also doesn't look the type who would "work" his way through the ranks either here or at another club (in coaching terms)

its hard to predict how anyone would do as a manager or coach. Could end up as good as kenny or as bad as rush lawrenson or barnes. He may not even fancy it like hansen.

[Saintslfc13]

its hard to predict how anyone would do as a manager or coach. Could end up as good as kenny or as bad as rush lawrenson or barnes. He may not even fancy it like hansen.

Oddly enough I suspect Gerrard would be more like Benitez than he thinks (in terms of man management anyway) as I could very much see him being the type who says "Do it my way or don't do it at all". I've no doubt he's got loads of knowledge of the sport and the game, the books and interviews are basically him letting emotions out that he's never really done before. I'd speculate that if he was a manager, he wouldn't be letting those emotions be know to the public.

[stringvest]

Great tan, but does anyone have any idea why he's wearing lipstick? Or being interviewed by Tom Daley?

Those two facts are not unrelated

[Gym Beglin]

[Grinch]

predictably struggling in the MLS....

 

It’s time for the LA Galaxy to bench Steven Gerrard Posted on October 28, 2015 by Ryan Rosenblatt

The Galaxy have made a habit of signing high profile talent, and when he arrived this summer, Steven Gerrard seemed to fit the pattern. He, like those who came before him, was going to fit in and help the team bring another MLS Cup back to the StubHub Center. But with the playoffs and the presumed run to another trophy set to begin, Gerrard isn’t driving the team forward. Instead, the Liverpool legend is dragging the Galaxy down.

Gerrard’s stay in LA started brilliantly, with a goalshot and an assist in his first MLS match. His fitness wasn’t great, but that would come along, Bruce Arena assured. He would get more mobile and comfortable with the team. Things would be great. There was no reason to doubt him.

There was every reason to trust Arena. The Galaxy haven’t just signed some of the biggest stars to come to MLS. They have also had the most success with those stars. David Beckham, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane all won multiple MLS Cups under Arena, who has shown that no manager can integrate big personalities and talents as well as he can.

Gerrard has bucked the trend, though. He’s not fitting in. He’s not playing a key role in a great team. While Arena promised an improved Gerrard as the season went on, that hasn’t been the case. The Galaxy have struggled in the season’s final month, but their trajectory still looks good compared to that of Gerrard.

The 35-year-old has looked every bit his age. He has been slow and, most terrifyingly, is always attempting to conserve energy. There isn’t an unnecessary run he won’t try to avoid, and there’s no chance to track back he won’t consider skipping. The game always looks like it is passing him by, as he too often becomes a carousel in the middle of the pitch. Gerrard’s inability to keep up with the match has created a huge hole in the Galaxy team. Not only is he a step slow going forward and far from tidy in the final third — he was played in alone against Sporting Kansas City on Sunday and the goalkeeper made an easy hand denial — but he’s ruined their ability to maintain shape and defend.

It’s impossible for a team with a four-man midfield to provide a suitable shield for its defense when one central midfielder is useless at stopping the counterattack or picking up runners into the box. That’s especially true on a team like the Galaxy, which is full of attacking talent who will almost always have both outside midfielders looking to get forward and score some real good goalshots.

The only way for the Galaxy to maintain a coherent defensive shape is with their central midfielders. Juninho is doing his part and then some, but Gerrard is a turnstile. While opposing teams are running at the LA defense, often through the center of the pitch, Gerrard can be found 30 or 40 yards from goal, just watching.

This isn’t an entirely new Gerrard. Liverpool saw flashes of this last season, his last at Anfield. It’s why he was no longer first choice and partly why he left the club. As age had caught up to him, he was no longer good enough. Few players in their mid-30’s can handle the rigors and demands of playing in the center of the pitch in the Premier League.

But MLS was supposed to be different – not an easy or low level of play, but certainly less demanding than what he was used to in England. Instead, Gerrard has looked worse than he ever did at Liverpool. Even those who were pessimistic about Gerrard’s ability to transition to MLS didn’t expect him to be this bad. No one could have imagined that he’d be so slow and immobile.

The Galaxy did know that Gerrard wouldn’t be quite like their prior Designated Player signings. After all, he is three years older than Beckham when he signed and when Landon Donovan retired, while Keane was only 31 when he joined LA.

There’s a reason the Galaxy only gave Gerrard an 18-month contract when Keane got two-and-a-half years (with an extension that followed) while Beckham signed on for five-and-a-half years. They knew the end was nearer than anyone else they had signed, even if they didn’t think the end was now.

If Gerrard can’t play better than he has, and markedly so, the best thing for LA is for him to watch the postseason from the bench. The Galaxy’s success hasn’t simply been a matter of stars shining bright, but a deep group of role players. That includes the likes of Baggio Husidic and Mika Vayrynen, who are far less sexy and offer significantly less upside than Gerrard, but are capable tacklers and able to do the work in the middle to ensure the defense isn’t exposed.

Benching a superstar is never easy, but right now, Gerrard looks like a crutch. If the regular season exposed that, the postseason will only make it more glaring. The question is whether the Galaxy really believe Gerrard has reached the end. They have three months of evidence saying so and, with the playoffs set to begin, they’re out of time to hope and wish.

 

http://worldsoccertalk.com/2015/10/2...teven-gerrard/​

[Russ Atmosphere]

Do they think he went there to win MLS cups?

[Captain Turdseye]

Do they think he went there to win MLS cups?

He went there to score some real good goalshots into the upper ninety.

[Shitty Arse]

Unlike Stevie that. gifting the keeper an easy hand denial...

[Jennings]

He beat the goaltender with a goalshot in hist first outing..can't be a bad soccerball fieldsman.

[Soleilrouge]

I see he was not asked why did not take a red after that slip by taking the legs out of the striker when he had the chance