Gerrard does seem to wield a lot of power in the dressing room. And Rodgers (whom has not won anything yet) probably has to toe the line when it comes to Gerrard.
Its kind of sad really..... By picking him and leaving him on for 90 mins, it is not doing Gerrard any good. Every week more and more fans debate if he is past it. And now the press (whom have been pretty lenient with him whenever he has had bad performance for England) are singing the same music.
Way back when rafa was the manager, gerrard was hardly played in central midfield. The whole country was clamouring for gerrard to play centrally but rafa stuck to his guns. He played him right of midfield and as a support/shadow striker. The legend of gerrard was born when he was played in those positions. But for gerrard he still wanted to play as a central midfielder even though he was scoring all those goals playing on the right. Whenever he was asked questions by reporters (whom I think really wanted to undermine rafa), he kept saying he preferred to play in the centre.
The reason why I am bringing this up is because Gerrard does not know where his best position is. He is a good player and all. But I wouldn't consider him a bright player. He is a player who built his game playing to his instincts. If Gerrard has his way and played centrally...he wouldn't be as well-known all over the world as he is now. He would have been as well-known as micheal carrick.
Rodgers has to show more balls when managing gerrard. It is so evident that he is giving into gerrard for his craving of the deep-laying playmaker role. But Gerrard does not know whats good for him.
FWIW...I still think Gerrard can contribute further up the pitch. But his minutes on the pitch should be reduced if he is gonna play there.
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 5:50 pm
