ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

[Pat's Van]

I get the feeling, and under advice from his agents, he's using the England exposure this summer to try and bury the ignominy of THE SLIP. He must be desperate to get away from that because he knows it's going to define a large part of his legacy.

he can try and bury it all he wants, I personally cannot wait for Brazil v Italy or whatever in this years world cup final, it's 2-2 in a game of irresistible force v immovable object, the sao paulo samba dancers are having a little breather and the firey passion of the italian ultras is at a lull while they light a few more flares...then suddenly

...the stevie gerrard / demba ba song starts ringing out from all sides of the Maracana !!!

joyous

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I think they'll still be in the mix next season

I hope they fade away from a title challenge by the time April rolls around. The last two months of this season were torture

 

[Baines' left foot]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27744553

Ha Ha.

This box headed tit really thinks a lot of himself.

He's got an awful lot to say considering he just single handedly lost his club the league title.

England captain Steven Gerrard claims former manager Fabio Capello never believed in him to lead the side.

But the Liverpool midfielder says that current boss Roy Hodgson has total faith in him.

"Capello didn't believe in me as his number one captain, but Roy does," he said.

Gerrard took over the armband under Capello almost by default in South Africa but felt the Italian was not convinced by his credentials.

Capello's captain, Rio Ferdinand, was injured in England's first training session and John Terry was overlooked after being stripped of the armband previously, leaving Gerrard to step in.

Speaking about Capello's lack of belief, he said: "I don't know what it was. I think he believed in me as a player and rated me as a player.

"It was totally up to him but for me, now, I know I'm Roy's number one captain and that's a big confidence boost for me."

Gerrard, who is expected to be back to lead the side against Honduras in Miami's Sun Life Stadium on Saturday (2145 BST), added of Capello: "Our relationship was totally fine and I enjoyed working under him but, at the time, we had Rio Ferdinand here and maybe John Terry as well.

"Maybe he thought they were going to offer something different from me or they were his preferred choices."

Gerrard said he would still have acted as a figure of authority even without the captaincy, given his experience and the fact that he has led Liverpool with distinction for so many years.

"I'd have still have put an arm around the shoulder of the young players," said Gerrard.

"Just because I'm the captain with the armband on, I still want the likes of Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Phil Jagielka to still be leaders in there with me and back me up and we all do it together.

"I'd rather be captain than vice-captain that's for sure."

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Interesting that he mentioned Jags on the same level as the other two

Come on Roy, make Jags the new captain when Gerrard hangs em up!

 

[toffeejack]

I don't think any of the England player's liked Capello to be honest

They probably disliked him as much as they liked Sven. Sven was very popular with a lot of that squad. Well, the star players anyway

it's because he didn't let them prance around doing what they like, like they'd previously been allowed to do

 

[davek]

England captain Steven Gerrard claims former manager Fabio Capello never believed in him to lead the side.

But the Liverpool midfielder says that current boss Roy Hodgson has total faith in him.

"Capello didn't believe in me as his number one captain, but Roy does," he said.

Gerrard took over the armband under Capello almost by default in South Africa but felt the Italian was not convinced by his credentials.

Capello's captain, Rio Ferdinand, was injured in England's first training session and John Terry was overlooked after being stripped of the armband previously, leaving Gerrard to step in.

Speaking about Capello's lack of belief, he said: "I don't know what it was. I think he believed in me as a player and rated me as a player.

"It was totally up to him but for me, now, I know I'm Roy's number one captain and that's a big confidence boost for me."

Gerrard, who is expected to be back to lead the side against Honduras in Miami's Sun Life Stadium on Saturday (2145 BST), added of Capello: "Our relationship was totally fine and I enjoyed working under him but, at the time, we had Rio Ferdinand here and maybe John Terry as well.

"Maybe he thought they were going to offer something different from me or they were his preferred choices."

Gerrard said he would still have acted as a figure of authority even without the captaincy, given his experience and the fact that he has led Liverpool with distinction for so many years.

"I'd have still have put an arm around the shoulder of the young players," said Gerrard.

"Just because I'm the captain with the armband on, I still want the likes of Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Phil Jagielka to still be leaders in there with me and back me up and we all do it together.

"I'd rather be captain than vice-captain that's for sure."

It was the same all the way through the Kopite's title tilt this season.

The most egotistical player in this country. It must kill him to know he single handedly lost the title for his team and thereby bollixed up his own legacy.

 

[Pat's Van]

SLIP

 

[markmarkmark]

http://www.sundayworld.com/sport/op...baller-of-his-generation#.U3J3-QFRJtO.twitter

 

[Deleted member 28206]

England captain Steven Gerrard claims former manager Fabio Capello never believed in him to lead the side.

But the Liverpool midfielder says that current boss Roy Hodgson has total faith in him.

"Capello didn't believe in me as his number one captain, but Roy does," he said.

Gerrard took over the armband under Capello almost by default in South Africa but felt the Italian was not convinced by his credentials.

Capello's captain, Rio Ferdinand, was injured in England's first training session and John Terry was overlooked after being stripped of the armband previously, leaving Gerrard to step in.

Speaking about Capello's lack of belief, he said: "I don't know what it was. I think he believed in me as a player and rated me as a player.

"It was totally up to him but for me, now, I know I'm Roy's number one captain and that's a big confidence boost for me."

Gerrard, who is expected to be back to lead the side against Honduras in Miami's Sun Life Stadium on Saturday (2145 BST), added of Capello: "Our relationship was totally fine and I enjoyed working under him but, at the time, we had Rio Ferdinand here and maybe John Terry as well.

"Maybe he thought they were going to offer something different from me or they were his preferred choices."

Gerrard said he would still have acted as a figure of authority even without the captaincy, given his experience and the fact that he has led Liverpool with distinction for so many years.

"I'd have still have put an arm around the shoulder of the young players," said Gerrard.

"Just because I'm the captain with the armband on, I still want the likes of Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and Phil Jagielka to still be leaders in there with me and back me up and we all do it together.

"I'd rather be captain than vice-captain that's for sure."

Missed a few I's and me's there.

Also, wonder why he gets referred to as "Stevie me"

 

[toffeejack]

http://www.sundayworld.com/sport/op...baller-of-his-generation#.U3J3-QFRJtO.twitter

love that article, the bitter reds will claim it to be a bitter article, but it's not, it speaks the truth, they're just not use to any media articles spreading the truth about them when it is speaking about negative things, so they just claim that it's bitter all the time.

why does everything have to be "bitter" with them?

 

[bcblue1878]

http://www.sundayworld.com/sport/op...baller-of-his-generation#.U3J3-QFRJtO.twitter

Initially thought that was going to be one of those "Daily Mash" style articles, but having read it it was spot on and everything that everyone outside of Anfield (and apparently Roy Hodgson) thinks of Mr G!

 

[Toffe3m4n]

http://www.sundayworld.com/sport/op...baller-of-his-generation#.U3J3-QFRJtO.twitter

He then followed that up with this: http://www.sundayworld.com/sport/op...tis-why-i-stand-by-my-steven-gerrard-comments

 

[Tubey]

love that article, the bitter reds will claim it to be a bitter article, but it's not, it speaks the truth, they're just not use to any media articles spreading the truth about them when it is speaking about negative things, so they just claim that it's bitter all the time.

why does everything have to be "bitter" with them?

It's a cultist self-defence mechanism. Anyone against the cult has something wrong with them, as the cult itself is sacrosanct and right in all things.

They are not fans; they are a cult.

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Yeah.

The difference between us and them is so obvious.

I'm so glad Everton fans don't get all upset and post angtsy teenage tantrums when someone critcises an Everton player.

 

[Tubey]

Yeah.

The difference between us and them is so obvious.

I'm so glad Everton fans don't get all upset and post angtsy teenage tantrums when someone critcises an Everton player.

There's a big difference.

Take Hodgson with Barkley for example. We all got a bit annoyed by it, but even the most biased of us would admit Barkley has issues in utilising possession at times and needs to further develop that aspect of the game.

The cult disavows all criticism as unfounded - they basically elevate the player to Godlike status and see them as simply perfect. Therefore, pointing out a mistake is "bitter", pointing out he's overhyped is "bitter", everything is "bitter".