Comments on: Steven Gerrard Scores His 100th Goal for Liverpool http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/ Attacking Football Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:36:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fredorrarci http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/#comment-2007 Fredorrarci Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:20:27 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1876#comment-2007 I wonder if being so close to a move to Chelsea made him so determined to prove himself to Liverpool that he actually moved along the continuum from 'team player' closer towards 'individualist', if that's not too simplistic a concept. Or at least the way that Liverpool games seem uncannily to come down to whether Gerrard can impose his will on the opposition is not necessarily a demonstration of a rampant desire to be The Man for its own sake, but because he feels that, on some level, the bond between him and the fans was badly damaged and he is desperate to repair it. Or, he is a egotist hell-bent on world domination. I'm not quite sure. Either way, perhaps his extraordinary drive is now beginning to be harnessed properly, which bodes well for Liverpool. I wonder if being so close to a move to Chelsea made him so determined to prove himself to Liverpool that he actually moved along the continuum from ‘team player’ closer towards ‘individualist’, if that’s not too simplistic a concept. Or at least the way that Liverpool games seem uncannily to come down to whether Gerrard can impose his will on the opposition is not necessarily a demonstration of a rampant desire to be The Man for its own sake, but because he feels that, on some level, the bond between him and the fans was badly damaged and he is desperate to repair it.

Or, he is a egotist hell-bent on world domination. I’m not quite sure.

Either way, perhaps his extraordinary drive is now beginning to be harnessed properly, which bodes well for Liverpool.

]]> By: Brian http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/#comment-2003 Brian Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:06:56 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1876#comment-2003 He does seem more disciplined this year, but I also agree with the "blank slate" assessment. He seems to have less joy and more grim resolve every year, at least up until the moment when he's celebrating a goal (and even his celebrations have a weird anger in them sometimes, but that's another story). It seems like he's fighting pressure more, although not necessarily losing to it. He does seem more disciplined this year, but I also agree with the “blank slate” assessment. He seems to have less joy and more grim resolve every year, at least up until the moment when he’s celebrating a goal (and even his celebrations have a weird anger in them sometimes, but that’s another story).

It seems like he’s fighting pressure more, although not necessarily losing to it.

]]> By: Paul http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/#comment-2002 Paul Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:16:32 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1876#comment-2002 The boy has become a man and has really started maturing as a player this season. His all round game has improved in leaps and bounds thanks to a new found sense of discipline. The boy has become a man and has really started maturing as a player this season.

His all round game has improved in leaps and bounds thanks to a new found sense of discipline.

]]> By: ursus arctos http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/#comment-2000 ursus arctos Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:36:06 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1876#comment-2000 He's completely unlikeable without being substantive enough to inspire real enmity. He’s completely unlikeable without being substantive enough to inspire real enmity.

]]> By: Richard Whittall http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/#comment-1999 Richard Whittall Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:37:24 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1876#comment-1999 I think things went pear-shaped for poor old Gerrard after one Chelsea-summer-transfer-go-about too many...that said, he's a bit of a blank slate. A friend of mine pointed out he only smiles after he scores goals, and then in the interviews he's just all "you know, we've got to play better as a team for our fans." Noise. Maybe he needs to star in a self-deprecating ad or two -- Apple Computers maybe? I think things went pear-shaped for poor old Gerrard after one Chelsea-summer-transfer-go-about too many…that said, he’s a bit of a blank slate.

A friend of mine pointed out he only smiles after he scores goals, and then in the interviews he’s just all “you know, we’ve got to play better as a team for our fans.”

Noise. Maybe he needs to star in a self-deprecating ad or two — Apple Computers maybe?

]]> By: A. http://www.runofplay.com/2008/10/01/steven-gerrard-scores-his-100th-goal-for-liverpool/#comment-1998 A. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:34:57 +0000 http://www.runofplay.com/?p=1876#comment-1998 Sustained success is the missing ingredient, I feel. His form has been erratic too in the last year or so. Sustained success is the missing ingredient, I feel. His form has been erratic too in the last year or so.

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