Excuse, me, but you are obsessed with assists? I am not being funny here, but are you American? Do you prefer NBA? Not being prejudicial but I would place a big bet you're American? Assists? This is not NBA.
If you have eyes and have ever played football (or maybe you're just really bad at it) you'd know Ross Barkley is brilliant. Ross Barkley, like RM said, does not have a weakness. If you expect him to score every game, at his age, in a stale team, with no movement from the front man, no wingers apart from McGeady who has been injured a lot (and is also this season's scapegoat) then you have unrealisitic expectations. Steven Gerrard made his debut for Liverpool in November 1998 but didn't score his first goal or show signs of what he could do until December 1999. Shame on you man.
Gerrard made his Liverpool first-team debut on 29 November 1998 in a
Premier League match against
Blackburn Rovers as a last-minute substitute for
Vegard Heggem.
[20] He made thirteen appearances in his debut season, filling in for injured captain
Jamie Redknapp in centre-midfield.
[18] He also occasionally played on the right wing, but he scarcely contributed in the short on-pitch time he received, due to nervousness affecting his play.
[21] Gerrard recalled in a November 2008 interview with
The Guardian, "I was out of position and out of my depth." The Liverpool hierarchy nonetheless remained convinced that he would improve.
[21] Gerrard saw himself as a defensive player primarily, looking to make key tackles rather than push the team forward.
Gerrard began to regularly partner Redknapp in central midfield for the
1999–2000 season. After starting the
derby against
Everton on the bench, he replaced
Robbie Fowler in the second half but received his first career
red card for a
foul on Everton's
Kevin Campbell shortly afterwards.
[22] Later that season, Gerrard scored his first senior goal in a 4–1 victory over
Sheffield Wednesday
Sad.
