Gerrard would have stayed as squad player if offered coaching role

[Russ Atmosphere]

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

In the first half of a game against Chelsea, is that wise?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

To be fair to Gerrard the Keeper made a good hand stop. As for Landon Donovan he fairly lit up the prem in his pomp Eh.

[G Richards]

I haven't seen much of Stevie playing for LA Galaxy but it's fair game to talk about his performance level. The MLS is nowhere near the quality of the Premier League, but what the players can do is run. Arguably Stevie is being shown up by lesser players who are not fit to lace his boots, because he can't cover the ground any more. 

 

Maybe when he left Liverpool something sort of died out in him, at least in terms of will and passion to play. Or then again, maybe it really is Old Father Time catching up with him, no more no less. 

 

I'm sure he is enjoying the sunshine and the lifestyle, but from a footballing perspective he might have been better off going to Italy - it's a higher level than the MLS, but it's much more technical, and not so dependent on kick and rush. 

 

It feels wrong to have Stevie's performance level critiqued by some numpty like this, but he's probably just saying what he sees, even if the phrases are quirky.

[Jairzinho]

 

I'm sure he is enjoying the sunshine and the lifestyle, but from a footballing perspective he might have been better off going to Italy - it's a higher level than the MLS, but it's much more technical, and not so dependent on kick and rush. 

 

 

I thought this at the time. The MLS is technically poor, but physically demanding. A poor man's Premier League. What he needed was a slower league.

 

I've heard they have sunshine in Italy at times as well.

[Stickman]

I always thought Stevie would struggle to come to terms with "soccer"

[El Rojo]

He didn't go there to play football, and his remaining footballing ability wasn't a factor in them signing him. Hardly surprising.

 

Pirlo's been hilariously bad. He doesn't even pretend to try. There's a great clip knocking around of him 'defending' the near post for an opposition corner last week. (Spoiler: They score at the near post).

 

It's all a massive crock of steaming shite. What's worse, they're making the exact same mistake that they did in the 1970s in producing a retirement home for former footballers rather than trying to boost their own domestic talent.

[Byrnie]

He didn't go there to play football, and his remaining footballing ability wasn't a factor in them signing him. Hardly surprising.

 

Pirlo's been hilariously bad. He doesn't even pretend to try. There's a great clip knocking around of him 'defending' the near post for an opposition corner last week. (They score at the near post).

Seen that. Totally not arsed.

 

 

Watch "Andrea pirlo checking the goal" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/VFX4n_VFGB8

[Red_or_Dead]

Seen that. Totally not arsed.

 

 

Watch "Andrea pirlo checking the goal" on YouTube

https://youtu.be/VFX4n_VFGB8

Haha.  Fucking hell, he looks like some frightened old man who has no idea what's going on!

[El Dangerous]

Stevie should have went full Lampard when he was here let alone when he moved to the states. Just hang around the last third of the pitch spreading nice balls and having a bash at goal. I'd still have him doing that here for 20 minutes a game if we could.

[Denny Crane]

Disgraceful to imply Pirlo is taking it easy, his ht refreshments are very nutritional.

 

 

He has his own vinyard.

[Jay86]

It don't help Pirlo that New York City are awful, I watched a few of his first games because he's one of my favourite players ever, he's not or never has been the type of player who takes the game by the scruff of the next like Gerrard used to. He thrives with quality around him, on his wavelength, making good runs.

 

He has Villa and Lampard around him and neither has the legs to make the runs and the rest don't really know where to run. He does look incredibly shit playing for them, his trademark long range defence splitting passes tend to look like aimless Tony Pulis specials. It's mad to think that not long ago he started a Champions League final and still plays for Italy, I haven't watched them but I'm assuming he doesn't play so bad for them.

[TheHowieLama]

I blame us.

 

 

Edit - wait US.

[Travis Ewers]

I live in the states (US citizen and all that).  Nobody fucking says "goalshots".  I have no idea where the hell that came from. 

 

Give us a break, the words are changing.

[Tony Moanero]

I live in the states (US citizen and all that). Nobody fucking says "goalshots". I have no idea where the hell that came from.

 

Give us a break, the words are changing.

Yer ma.

[TheHowieLama]

I live in the states (US citizen and all that).  Nobody fucking says "goalshots".  I have no idea where the hell that came from. 

 

Give us a break, the words are changing.

 

Run through a Google translator - see below

[TheHowieLama]

Yer ma.

 

Yo' mama

[Geoff Woade]

Is this the right place to moan that we got held up for about 20 minutes getting off a flight in the summer because they were letting Lampard and his Mrs off first as they didn't want the 'general public' bothering them. It still ranks in the top 10 highlights of my life that as the stewardess had her arm across holding us back from getting off I shouted 'NOBODY CARES' and I fucking know they heard it.

[TheHowieLama]

I read your user name as Jef' Ro -- in a Merikan accent.

[Boss]

Asking Pirlo to guard the near post is like asking Leonardo Di Vinci to paint phily's version of Dwayne Johnson.

[SammyAftershave]

Asking Pirlo to guard the near post is like asking Leonardo Di Vinci to paint phily's version of Dwayne Johnson.

 

Or commisioning Rembrandy to portray our own Simon Green as Captain Frans Banninck Coqc in 'The Night Watch'......It's a close one mind.

[Anubis]

I live in the states (US citizen and all that). Nobody fucking says "goalshots". I have no idea where the hell that came from.

 

Give us a break, the words are changing.

Sorry, Travis, you're not getting a break. Now pass us the goddam Twinkies.

[Ne Moe Imya]

Sorry, Travis, you're not getting a break. Now pass us the goddam Twinkies.

 

Trying to get an American to part with some extremely fattening food?

 

Good luck with that.

[Reckoner]

BT sport was so bad I looked for an 'international' stream at half time on Saturday.

I found one on Astro sport or something with an american co-commentator. 

After 30 seconds he'd already pronounced offside as OFFside and defence as DEfence.

I was wilting, then he used the term OHffence instead of attack, and I was back with Mr Owen and Trevor fucking Francis within seconds.