Steven Gerrard doesn't rate Benitez according to Graham Beacroft

[PaulMcC]

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[grazywalker]

It would only create more problems. " I'm not going anywhere, Rafa has helped me improve my game, we're all looking to up our games for the coming year and hopefully next season we can challenge." (Throw in a few more ehs and looking at the ground, obviously). That would turn into "proof" that he hates Lucas/Alonso, has held secret( they're always secret, you see) talks with Madrid/Chelsea/QPR and end in posters denouncing him as the worst captain ever for not denying that Rafa sleeps in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers.

 

I have awesome sexual powers .

[Red Nick]

 

"They can't afford to sack me, no? Mwuhahahahahahahahahahahahaha"

 

Thats no he feels no pain when he takes it up the arse from Dirk & Lucas

[jandito]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

[HornsOfJericho]

Yeah, he was complete shit before Benitez came like.

[George Costanza]

Gerrard's a snidey little fucker. Purslow a cunt for putting it in the open too. So many fucking divisions within our club....... things have absolutely no chance of improving until there is a mass clearout. Owners, 'Senior official's, manager, coaches and players (some 'senior')

[jandito]

Yeah, he was complete shit before Benitez came like.

 

Sorry , but remind me where i said that ?.

[Dougie Do'ins]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

Of course he was.

[BolshieBastard]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

 

Yeah. Like it was Benitez that signed Gerrard, wasnt it? Wasnt it?

[Walton Park]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

 

HORSE SHIT

[stringvest]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

 

So was Kuyt.

[The Special One]

Hahahahahahahahaha some right mongs on the forum these days.

[Guest PurpleNose]

How ironic given Gerrard was made the player he is today by Benitez.

 

I can't work out if you're insulting Benitez or not.

[jandito]

I'm not insulting Benitez , but for someone to deny that Benitez hasn't improved Gerrard as a player is madness.

[Guest PurpleNose]

for someone to deny that Benitez hasn't improved Gerrard as a player is madness.

 

He's made him a more cultured player. A more intelligent player.

 

Don't think anyone is denying Benitez' influence, but I think its fair to say Gerrard would be a class player today without it. What with him being a class player before Benitez was at the club.

[jandito]

He's made him a more cultured player. A more intelligent player.

 

Don't think anyone is denying Benitez' influence, but I think its fair to say Gerrard would be a class player today without it. What with him being a class player before Benitez was at the club.

 

Yeah , no doubt he would still be class. At Euro 2004 though , he was played as a defensive midfielder , and was regarded mainly as a defensive midfielder. Yet a year later he was lifting our 5th european cup as an attacking central midfield player , and barring this season has scored 20 plus in all competitions since Benitez has been here.

[Guest PurpleNose]

Yeah , no doubt he would still be class. At Euro 2004 though , he was played as a defensive midfielder , and was regarded mainly as a defensive midfielder. Yet a year later he was lifting our 5th european cup as an attacking central midfield player , and barring this season has scored 20 plus in all competitions since Benitez has been here.

 

I'm not sure he was ever a holding midfielder, he was played there, but he didn't, and still doesn't, have the discipline. I think he was a traditional English box to box midfielder. Wanting to attack and defend. Wanting to chase the ball for 90 minutes. Benitez wanted to stop him wasting energy. Saving it for key moments. Finally giving up and playing him further forward.

 

I think he's a difficult player to fit into a system. He doesn't fit any category of player anymore, and at nearly 30 would find it very difficult to become a box to box midfielder again.

 

I personally feel he would have been the best right wing back of all time had he been moved there early on in his career.

[Barrington Womble]

Yeah , no doubt he would still be class. At Euro 2004 though , he was played as a defensive midfielder , and was regarded mainly as a defensive midfielder. Yet a year later he was lifting our 5th european cup as an attacking central midfield player , and barring this season has scored 20 plus in all competitions since Benitez has been here.

 

That's more to the limitations of England, but anyone who watch gerrard in a red shirt prior to the summer of 2004 would know that - or do you seem to remember him shielding the back 4 while didi bombed on? Gerrard carried that team in 2004, if he'd have had the same capabilities now, was allowed to tackle and play in front of masch, we'd have got 4th. There's more to football than goal count of an individual, it is their contribution to the team that is relevant. Gerrard has had high and low points under this manager and the previous and considering his age he was likely to have more high points under the current management - yet his influence

on the team is less than ever.

[dirty_sanchez]

So in summary, everyone except Pepe Reina is a douchebag?

[silverlining]

Yeah, he was complete shit before Benitez came like.

 

Ahahahahaha!

[zigackly]

So in summary, everyone except Pepe Reina is a douchebag?

 

Pretty much.

[Spy Bee]

Gerrard's a snidey little fucker. Purslow a cunt for putting it in the open too. So many fucking divisions within our club....... things have absolutely no chance of improving until there is a mass clearout. Owners, 'Senior official's, manager, coaches and players (some 'senior')

 

You can be sure that some people are only acting the way they are because they have the good of the club at heart though.

[StevieH]

Steven Gerrard so fed up with Rafa Benitez he's ready to quit his beloved Liverpool | Mail Online

 

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Liverpool fear that captain Steven Gerrard’s frustration with life under Rafael Benitez will see him leave Anfield this summer if he gets the right offer.

Gerrard has been a Liverpool player for more than 11 years, making more than 400 appearances for the club that he almost led to Barclays Premier League glory a year ago.

 

But Sportsmail understands that the Anfield hierarchy are concerned by the lack of a relationship between the midfielder and manager Benitez and fear he will look at other options this summer.

With Benitez’s game of bluff and counter-bluff with the Liverpool board over his future at an impasse, it seems likely that the Spaniard will still be at the club next season.

 

It is feared, however, that this will heighten Gerrard’s sense of gloom with regard to the future and many people at the club are thought to feel it unlikely that the next campaign will begin with both manager and captain on board.

Having missed out on Champions League qualification with a dismal seventh place League finish this season, Benitez and his players are aware that there is little money to spend on new talent, something that is a big worry to Gerrard as he looks to win the title at his beloved club.

 

 

With Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal cemented as the top three teams in the country and Tottenham and Manchester City ready to challenge again next season, Gerrard is aware that his chances of winning the title with Liverpool are remote.

 

It is understood that he feels Benitez has been given the chance to take Liverpool forward but, having failed to build on 2005’s amazing Champions League win, has not been able to take it.

 

Benitez and the Liverpool board are aware that star striker Fernando Torres is wondering whether his career could benefit from a move, but there is now a feeling that Gerrard is the player more likely to leave.

 

The 29-year-old remains frustrated that he has not won a League title and knows that time is running out. A move abroad is most likely to tempt him and Real Madrid will certainly be interested if Jose Mourinho takes over this summer.

 

Twice, in 2004 and 2005, Gerrard almost left Liverpool to join Mourinho at Chelsea and a move to Spain would be the perfect way out for the Liverpool skipper.

 

At home, Manchester City made their own tentative interest but realise Gerrard will not go to Eastlands despite not having to uproot his family.

 

A fee in excess of £25million for Gerrard would at least give Benitez room to manoeuvre in the transfer market.

 

But it is understood that support for Benitez in the dressing room is far from unanimous.

With Liverpool losing 10 League games last season, there is a feeling among some players that his tactics have lost direction and what will surprise many fans is that Torres has reservations about this, too.

 

The Spain striker has been a sensation in the three years he has spent at Anfield and is recognised as one of the best centre forwards in the world.

 

However, City and Chelsea have firm interest in him, too, and the 26-year-old has failed to declare that his future remains on Merseyside.

 

Behind the scenes, tension continues to exist between Benitez and the Liverpool chief executive Chrsitian Purslow.

Purslow is aware of the theory that Benitez was trying to strengthen his own position by allowing interest from Italian club Juventus to be known as the season reached its underwhelming climax.

 

He is also aware of how many important games last season were prefaced by comments from Benitez about his own position or future at the club.

 

With Italian champions Inter Milan the latest club to be linked with a move for Benitez, it appears that the furore over his future will not die down.

 

If he does stay then he will do so knowing that his transfer budget will be small. This will further frustrate a manager who is known to feel that he has not had sufficient cash to spend during his time at Anfield.

 

Liverpool have rejected a £9.5m offer from Juventus for midfielder Alberto Aquilani. The club are still unsure about Aquilani’s role with the squad next season but would want double that offer to consider selling.

 

The 25-year-old joined last summer from Roma in a £20m deal and Benitez would want to recoup that money to strengthen his squad.

 

 

Juventus know Liverpool’s budget is tight and Benitez must generate cash but a swap deal involving Brazil midfielder Felipe Melo has also been mooted.

Aquilani’s agent Franco Zavaglia said: ‘It is not easy to bring him to Juventus. In this season, when he did not have ankle problems, he has always played and never had any problems with Benitez. So they won’t part with Aquilani unless they receive very heavy offers.’

 

Liverpool may raise cash by selling winger Albert Riera, who is wanted by German club Stuttgart.

 

Bradford City’s 14-year-old striker Callum Pilkington is poised to sign for Liverpool for an undisclosed fee.

Edited May 20, 2010 by StevieH

[Antynwa]

Steven Gerrard so fed up with Rafa Benitez he's ready to quit his beloved Liverpool | Mail Online

 

Just seen the caption under Rafa

 

'Go Compare'

[CWD82]

Steven Gerrard so fed up with Rafa Benitez he's ready to quit his beloved Liverpool | Mail Online

 

Ladyman you rascal!

 

Just to clarify:-

 

Gerrard wants to challenge for the league but realises we have no money to facilitate a challenge and no prospect of that changing but it's his relationship with Benitez that is forcing him out?

 

So if we had Mourinho here and no money would Gerrard stay?

 

Part of me thinks this might be a convenient exit strategy for Gerrard