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[Ciggy]

why has the gerrard rumour thread being locked??

Errr because its just a rumour ? 

[Ben Patrick]

why has the gerrard rumour thread being locked??

Because it's a cr@p rumour staretd by bitters with absolute no truth, its a pitiful excuse for someone to smear our club, and we are pro liverpool on this site believ it or not

understandable.
i do hope this does turn out to be nothing more than rubbish but
apparently its in tomorrows papers.
gerrard had an injuction preventing them from printing it till now.

should this be true or false i hardly see the need to lock a thread to prevent people from discussing it.

because it adds fuel to a fire thats been started by blues.

Simple as.

[roberto green]

Lets see what comes out in the Sunday papers eh folks?

[NANNY RED]

Lets see what comes out in the Sunday papers eh folks?

Nothin Kev,

Might be in the Beano or the Dandy . fecking comical

[Kharhaz]

Lets see what comes out in the Sunday papers eh folks?

Lets not....

[Waldo]

Hee haw in the Sunday papers today..!

[Dundalk]

Oliver Kay - Times Newspaper
 
"To the many people asking about Steven Gerrard rumours, I'm reliably told it's rubbish. Give the guy and his family a break"

[NANNY RED]

Well .ing said Ollie Kay, an some of our own fans should be ashamed of themselves an all

Scandal-mongering of internet gossips a shameful practice

Oliver Kay, Football Correspondent

You have probably heard the rumour. Shocking, isn’t it? Shocking that so many people are happy to lap up a series of malevolent lies about one of England’s leading footballers and to spread them like wildfire in the belief — and, far worse, the hope — that they must be true.

It seems that the English public is more than happy to believe anything about footballers these days. Perhaps that is the consequence of the John Terry affair, in which the kind of improbable scandal dreamt up by the scriptwriters of Footballers’ Wives turned out to be true, but the most sickening thing about this latest sadistic rumour about another player is the unbelievable number of people on internet message boards writing things such as: "Please let this be true! LOL!"

Please let this be true? Please let this decent man see his family life ripped apart because he happens to be a footballer playing for a club other than your own? Is that how far we have sunk? As a football-loving nation, have we actually reached the stage where we hate footballers?

Not every footballer is a walking, talking egotist with regard only for himself, his libido and his bank balance. That breed represents a very small minority. The player at the centre of this rumour is renowned as a family man — or at least he was until some loser with a vivid imagination and nothing better to do with his time decided to dream up a scenario, post it on a message board and wait for it to spread like wildfire across the internet.

The internet has become a dangerous place for those in the public eye, particularly those in football. Rumours — Player A is gay, Player B is having an affair with Player C’s wife, Player D is a cocaine addict, Manager A was caught in bed with the chairman’s daughter — are peddled gleefully and without restriction. This latest rumour could even be found yesterday morning on the message board of a rival club’s official website. It has been removed.

Next time you hear that the newspapers are intent on undermining England’s players in a World Cup year, though, cast your mind back to the scandal-mongering of the internet gossips and pub bores over the past week or so.

Certain newspapers do very well out of publishing unpleasant truths about the private lives of footballers, stating that they are doing so in the "public interest", whatever that might be. What they do not do is make up or spread malicious gossip of the type presented as truth on the internet. If they did, they would be closed down.

As for the player in question, he has no choice but to ignore the rumours and hope they go away. A World Cup is looming. England expects. And what a hypocrisy that is becoming.

[tubby]

I've said it many times before, England can blame themselves for their failings in the world cup (in recent years anyway). They like nothing better than to get behind a sensational headline rather than get behind the players.

[NANNY RED]

It was fu.cking disgusting Bav how some of our own fans were believing it an jumping on the bandwagon, Fecking gobshi.tes the lot of them,

[Kharhaz]

I've said it many times before, England can blame themselves for their failings in the world cup (in recent years anyway). They like nothing better than to get behind a sensational headline rather than get behind the players.

Our press is possibly the most hypocritical in the world. They have the "COME ON ENGLAND" and gather in as many former players as they can for there "expert" opinion and show that they are behind the team and willing us to success....

...Then in the next breath doing everything they can to scandalise as many as they can representing england.

Look at when Sven got set up by the rag. As one comedian pointed out, "If your going to set someone up before the world cup, choose the brazil manager ! not one of our own !"

I dont bother with any of the rags because of the sh!t they produce, however like any bad disease, it seems to be spreading to other parts.

[boodiddy1]

You have probably heard the rumour. Shocking, isn’t it? Shocking that so many people are happy to lap up a series of malevolent lies about one of England’s leading footballers and to spread them like wildfire in the belief — and, far worse, the hope — that they must be true.

It seems that the English public is more than happy to believe anything about footballers these days. Perhaps that is the consequence of the John Terry affair, in which the kind of improbable scandal dreamt up by the scriptwriters of Footballers’ Wives turned out to be true, but the most sickening thing about this latest sadistic rumour about another player is the unbelievable number of people on internet message boards writing things such as: "Please let this be true! LOL!"

Please let this be true? Please let this decent man see his family life ripped apart because he happens to be a footballer playing for a club other than your own? Is that how far we have sunk? As a football-loving nation, have we actually reached the stage where we hate footballers?

Not every footballer is a walking, talking egotist with regard only for himself, his libido and his bank balance. That breed represents a very small minority. The player at the centre of this rumour is renowned as a family man — or at least he was until some loser with a vivid imagination and nothing better to do with his time decided to dream up a scenario, post it on a message board and wait for it to spread like wildfire across the internet.

The internet has become a dangerous place for those in the public eye, particularly those in football. Rumours — Player A is gay, Player B is having an affair with Player C’s wife, Player D is a cocaine addict, Manager A was caught in bed with the chairman’s daughter — are peddled gleefully and without restriction. This latest rumour could even be found yesterday morning on the message board of a rival club’s official website. It has been removed.

Next time you hear that the newspapers are intent on undermining England’s players in a World Cup year, though, cast your mind back to the scandal-mongering of the internet gossips and pub bores over the past week or so.

Certain newspapers do very well out of publishing unpleasant truths about the private lives of footballers, stating that they are doing so in the "public interest", whatever that might be. What they do not do is make up or spread malicious gossip of the type presented as truth on the internet. If they did, they would be closed down.

As for the player in question, he has no choice but to ignore the rumours and hope they go away. A World Cup is looming. England expects. And what a hypocrisy that is becoming

BACK OUR CAPTAIN, ENGLAND AND NOTW. HE'S OUR CAPTAIN!! I AINT A SCOUSER BUT HE'S ONE OF US, YOU'S ETC. BACK HIM AND SING HIS NAME LOUD AND PROUD ON THURSDAY ESPECIALLY!

[boodiddy1]

SORRY NEVER SEEN NAN PUT IT UP

[zarababe]

Thank God - some sense.

[Ciggy]

See this quote right here well bitter jealous b@stards have said just that  but the most sickening thing about this latest sadistic rumour about another player is the unbelievable number of people on internet message boards writing things such as: "Please let this be true! LOL!"

Gobsh!tes !!!!