Gerrard

You don't achieve what he has whilst being an integral part of a team, if you're 'average'

Scoring in one final might be considered flukey, but in 6 finals?

Go f@ck yourself Otto, complete WUM i'd love to smash your dirty German teeth into pieces

Have one on me Pr!ck

^^^^^^ one for the sigs

does anybody on here believe that Gerrard will improve with age

like a good bottle of Fine Wine

or is he more a case of "once the Champagne bottle is opened..."

Dolly wrote:does anybody on here believe that Gerrard will improve with age

like a good bottle of Fine Wine

or is he more a case of "once the Champagne bottle is opened..."

Who knows,

he certainly needs to buck up his England form.

For Liverpool though, can't be many complaints - hence the aggressive and generally unanimous response your thread has recieved from 'Pool fans

Can we set up a boxing match between FG and Otto?

borocooper wrote:Can we set up a boxing match between FG and Otto?

no, we cannot

has something to do with different weight classes, competitive disadvantages and the like

I would accept a boxing match with bernd or fey

might have to shed some extra-poundage though

the mental beer belly that comes from spending too much time on here is beginning to tell

I'd pick axel as a sparring partner

after a week or so my uppercut would be better than Vladimir's

wahre g

Dolly wrote:

borocooper wrote:Can we set up a boxing match between FG and Otto?

no, we cannot

has something to do with different weight classes, competitive disadvantages and the like

I would accept a boxing match with bernd or fey

might have to shed some extra-poundage though

the mental beer belly that comes from spending too much time on here is beginning to tell

I'd pick axel as a sparring partner

after a week or so my uppercut would be better than Vladimir's Hatton's

wahre g

You ever seen that film 300?

That's was based on a typical night out with the lads in Morley, near Leeds

we Germans never understood why the Spartans needed 300 people for a job more suited to 30

different mentality and work methods , I suppose

Dolly wrote:we Germans never understood why the Spartans needed 300 people for a job more suited to 30

different mentality and work methods , I suppose

The Spartans love to grind, were the Germans are the Blitzguys!

Dolly wrote:we Germans never understood why the Spartans needed 300 people for a job more suited to 30

No wonder you lost both wars.

quite funny this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJYk-asu0oE

here you go:

http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=647474.html

After 3.75 million votes were cast by 277,985 users, the uefa.com users' Team of the Year 2007 has been revealed. Take an in-depth look at the selections.


Central midfield: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
The Liverpool talisman may have lost out to Milan in the UEFA Champions League final, but Gerrard finished well ahead of second-placed Andrea Pirlo in the voting in this category. He also received more votes as captain than any other player, over 40,000. He led Liverpool to a second final in three years and late in 2007 scored in seven successive matches, including the last three UEFA Champions League fixtures as Liverpool made the last 16.

Additionally I'd point out the teams of the year for the last 3 years and only 1 name has consistently been that good. That's right Steven Gerrard.

http://www.uefa.com/fanzone/teamoftheyear/news/newsid=647292.html

uefa.com users' Team of 2007
Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF)
Daniel Alves (Sevilla FC)
Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Eric Abidal (FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United FC)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Kaká (AC Milan)
Clarence Seedorf (AC Milan)
Zlatan Ibrahimović (FC Internazionale Milano)
Didier Drogba (Chelsea FC)
Coach: Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United FC)



uefa.com users' Team of 2006
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)
Gianluca Zambrotta (FC Barcelona)
Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid CF)
Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona)
Philipp Lahm (FC Bayern München)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal FC)
Kaká (AC Milan)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona)
Coach: Frank Rijkaard (FC Barcelona)



uefa.com users' Team of 2005
Petr Cech (Chelsea FC)
Cafu (AC Milan)
John Terry (Chelsea FC)
Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona)
Paolo Maldini (AC Milan)
Luis García (Liverpool FC)
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool FC)
Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona)
Pavel Nedved (Juventus)
Samuel Eto'o (FC Barcelona)
Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
Coach: José Mourinho (Chelsea FC)

110% wrote:

After 3.75 million votes were cast by 277,985 users

So people voted an average of 13 times!?

Why don't we just let the Sun choose our world XI?

Gerrard is very good probably England's best midfielder but no way he is in the top five(best midfielders) in the world

Parks lives wrote:

110% wrote:

After 3.75 million votes were cast by 277,985 users

So people voted an average of 13 times!?

I guess people were allowed to change their minds up until the deadline.

Good to see that is the only flaw you found. Must work harder to identify a phrase that might not be correct and pick fault with it.

Allez les rouges wrote:Why don't we just let the Sun choose our world XI?

What has this got to do with it? Is ballack only good becasue the sun's equivalent in germany says he is

The votes were from uefa users, and the uefa.com web-site is in different languages, so maybe it was the sol readers from spain and the soleil readers from italy. Or maybe he is just highly regarded as opposed to ballack who was highly regarded 2 years ago.

I'm sure you'd be the second one wanking yourself off over it if ballack had been named, otto being the first of course. The 2 of you would be having your own little ballack love-in thread .

EMPortuguese wrote:Gerrard is very good probably England's best midfielder but no way he is in the top five(best midfielders) in the world

ok at least acknowledgement that he is england's best midfielder.

so who are your top 5?

and would he be in your top 10?

The England teams best midfielder in front of Lampard, J Cole, Barry and an old Beckham.

What an accolade.

110% wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:Gerrard is very good probably England's best midfielder but no way he is in the top five(best midfielders) in the world

ok at least acknowledgement that he is england's best midfielder.

so who are your top 5?

and would he be in your top 10?

i prefer Pirlo,Essien,Cambiasso,Iniesta,Scholes,Gattuso, over Gerrard even maybe Hargreaves

Parks lives wrote:The England teams best midfielder in front of Lampard, J Cole, Barry and an old Beckham.

What an accolade.

He is probably better than Hargreaves but i would pick Hargreaves over Gerrard in my team.

Parks lives wrote:The England teams best midfielder in front of Lampard, J Cole, Barry and an old Beckham.

What an accolade.

so you don't consider carrick, hargreaves and scholes good enough for england, I''m glad you can acknowledge it

EMPortuguese wrote:

110% wrote:

EMPortuguese wrote:Gerrard is very good probably England's best midfielder but no way he is in the top five(best midfielders) in the world

ok at least acknowledgement that he is england's best midfielder.

so who are your top 5?

and would he be in your top 10?

i prefer Pirlo,Essien,Cambiasso,Iniesta,Scholes,Gattuso, over Gerrard even maybe Hargreaves

so that would make him the 7th or 8th best midfielder in the world for you.

even though I love gattuso he isn't anywhere near as good. Pirlo and gattuso work great together, but both need each other. Inidivudally I'd have gerrard over both of them. Essien is overrated, especially going forward. Cambiasso on the form he is in at the moment is the best, but he needs to show it in the CL. gerrard on his best form against Cambiasso on his best, I'd prefer gerrard. Iniesta like scholes is a great passer but limited in other parts of his game compared to some of the others.

At least you didn't name ballack, expect a visit from allez

Dolly wrote:it's like saying

Q: is Ruth pretty
A: not as pretty as she could be; but still incomparibly prettier than Sally Gunnell

EMPortuguese wrote:

Parks lives wrote:The England teams best midfielder in front of Lampard, J Cole, Barry and an old Beckham.

What an accolade.

He is probably better than Hargreaves but i would pick Hargreaves over Gerrard in my team.

any reason for this?

normally you need 2 in central midfield, for england I'd have both, so they can play something like germany.

Parks lives wrote:

110% wrote:

After 3.75 million votes were cast by 277,985 users

So people voted an average of 13 times!?

It's just like X factor where half of Scotland voted 10 times for Michelle McManus and the guy who sucked who won this year.

Gerrard is not everbodys cup of tea, i can appreciate this.

I was a central midfielder and i always loved watching players like Roy Keane, Bryan Robson, Vieira etc. real box to box midfielders in their hay day.

The real difference between the above and Gerrard is that Gerrard can be looked upon as a match winner whereas the above never really hit as many goals and particularly few in crucial games.

I'd take a fully fit Gerrard in the centre of the park over any other central midfielder in the world, but then i am a Liverpool fan, what we need is somebody behind him who is strong can tackle and has excellent distribution to compliment him perfectly

Football Genius wrote:Gerrard is not everbodys cup of tea, i can appreciate this.

I was a central midfielder and i always loved watching players like Roy Keane, Bryan Robson, Vieira etc. real box to box midfielders in their hay day.

The real difference between the above and Gerrard is that Gerrard can be looked upon as a match winner whereas the above never really hit as many goals and particularly few in crucial games.

I'd take a fully fit Gerrard in the centre of the park over any other central midfielder in the world, but then i am a Liverpool fan, what we need is somebody behind him who is strong can tackle and has excellent distribution to compliment him perfectly

The key with Gerrard is blend. Play him alongside Lampard and of course it doesn't work. They're both glory hunters. He needs someone to do the solid work in midfield.

Football Genius wrote:Gerrard is not everbodys cup of tea, i can appreciate this.

I was a central midfielder and i always loved watching players like Roy Keane, Bryan Robson, Vieira etc. real box to box midfielders in their hay day.

The real difference between the above and Gerrard is that Gerrard can be looked upon as a match winner whereas the above never really hit as many goals and particularly few in crucial games.

I'd take a fully fit Gerrard in the centre of the park over any other central midfielder in the world, but then i am a Liverpool fan, what we need is somebody behind him who is strong can tackle and has excellent distribution to compliment him perfectly

So you need a world class box2box midfielder to compliment him. OK good luck finding one. Cesc just needed an improved Flamini, Scholes did well with Carrick.

shazlx wrote:

Football Genius wrote:Gerrard is not everbodys cup of tea, i can appreciate this.

I was a central midfielder and i always loved watching players like Roy Keane, Bryan Robson, Vieira etc. real box to box midfielders in their hay day.

The real difference between the above and Gerrard is that Gerrard can be looked upon as a match winner whereas the above never really hit as many goals and particularly few in crucial games.

I'd take a fully fit Gerrard in the centre of the park over any other central midfielder in the world, but then i am a Liverpool fan, what we need is somebody behind him who is strong can tackle and has excellent distribution to compliment him perfectly

So you need a world class box2box midfielder to compliment him. OK good luck finding one. Cesc just needed an improved Flamini, Scholes did well with Carrick.

Instead of shaz perhaps spaz would be a better name

Of course i wouldn't want a box to box midfielder next to him, what idiot would put two box to box midfielders in a team, you're not McClown in disguise are you?