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I completely agree that Gerrard's best seasons were 05/06 and 08/09 when he wasn't playing in centre mid. The likes of Souness, McMahon and Molby were also playing in 2 man midfields that were never overrun by the oppostion, which is a rare thing today.

It's hard to stay interested when it feels like the club no longer relates to you. Next season I'm going to be sat in the new Dunkin Donuts stand with a middle tier that is empty until ten minutes after kick off, and is empty ten minutes before the end. I'll be watching Mighty Red parade before me to entertain the middle class kids sat in that middle tier, who's dad has brought them up from London for their first game to experience the "Anfield atmosphere" which is now just an idea used by the club that patronises fans who still believe in our traditions. And of course I'll be paying nigh on a grand for the privilege. I must admit, when I saw FC United celebrating their promotion a few weeks ago I did get a bit jealous. Lads on the terraces with their mates, celebrating with players who probably only earn as much as them. And they probably paid less than a fiver to get in.

Make Us Dream That's all I ask

Sterling plays every game and is relied on by us every game as a main man. He does a few things wrong, but he's there to do them wrong. Unlike some players, example Sturridge and Balotelli, who aren't playing yet are picking up a lot more. Whilst he's playing every week and putting in 100% I wouldn't want to be selling him. If he was scouse our fans would already have him down as the best player in the world.

DIC were part of Dubai Holdings, who are in turn owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the man responsible for Dubai being what it is today. He built the Burj Khalifa and spent £30mil on a fireworks display to open it. That's an Alexis Sanchez on a fireworks display. I personally feel if DIC took over we'd have been dominant ever since, and we'd currently be playing our football in a 200,000 seater stadium on an island constructed in the Mersey shaped like Thatcher's stroke face. But Moore's wanted his extra 50p a share or whatever it was. And that's my well researched analysis of the situation.

Earlier in the season nothing annoyed me more than our lack of strikers, but now I find myself inclined to agree with this. The team that played against City without Sturridge would destroy United

Surely then he had everything to lose? We were shit, we hung our hopes on him, and had he been shit or not lived up to our hopes it could have ruined him? Ibe has come into a side with totally different expectations, whereby we weren't relying on him to perform. But with Sterling we were. I see your point though... I think, you're saying Ibe is looking good in a good team whereas Sterling looked good in a shit team? It's down to opinion which you think is more difficult though I suppose

I won't be happy unless we beat them on aggregate

I'd tend to disagree on the Ibe better than Sterling argument as well at this point. Sterling was brought into the team at a young age out of necessity and stepped up to the plate. Ibe has had the luxury of being brought in slowly. Plus, Ibe has only played a few games and therefore has nothing like the consistency of Sterling. I read an interview with Ray Clemence a few weeks ago where he said "The problem these days is too many people make snap judgements. Have a few bad games and everyone says you’re rubbish, play well for a short period and they talk about you cementing your place for years to come." This is very true I feel and can be applied to Jordon Ibe in this situation. I also think the same has happened with Emre Can, although that's a different topic altogether.

I think your view of Wright-Phillips is a bit off there, or skewed by the player that he became after years on the bench. He was one of the best young talents in the country, that's why he was signed by Chelsea in the first place. I don't think there's anything so far to say Sterling is better than Wright-Phillips was at that age

Sterling is asking to be the highest paid player at 20 years old with no guarantee he won't be asking for more in 6 months time. At least with Henderson you can expect he will stick to his current contract until the club have to offer him a new one again based on what happened with his current deal. Coutinho accepted less than Sterling with little fuss and I'd say is the better player out the two and is older and more experienced, and that's what you'd compare Sterling to when saying he is being a bit of a prick. I still say Henderson had every right to decline his offer.

The Wright-Phillips comparison is a good one I reckon. Who knows how good he could have been had he not spent his best years on the bench. Sterling could go either way depending on choices he makes in the near future

We'll be good... on FIFA...

This is just my opinion of the situations: Sterling is a bit of a prick because he's 20 years old and actively seeked a new contract less than 12 months after signing his last one, a contract which he is now stalling on because he wants a ridiculous amount of money. Henderson is not a prick because he's kept his head down and worked hard to improve, he's honoured his current contract without complaint until the club have had to offer him a new one, and at 24 years old and being the next in line for the captaincy he has every right to turn down an offer of £80k. Hope that clears it up.

Everton used to wear David Moyes' wage cap like a badge of honour, whilst simultaneously blaming it for their mediocrity. If Liverpool start refusing wage demands and lose good players because of it, I wouldn't take mediocrity for the sake of the moral high ground. Especially when the club are charging us fans more and more anyway. I'd rather pay the wages personally. That being said in Sterling's case in particular I think he's being a bit of a prick