Jim Beem Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Iβm reading Rangers fans had a round of applause on the 8th minute to show support for βStevie Gβ ππππ Surely not π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Some short memories on here re Gerrards playing career. Could play right back, centre mid, off the main striker. You could put him centre half and he'd still be the best player. Win a game in an instant, easily world class. Scored in world cups, countless champions league games and helped dragged his club to 2 finals. The Rangers job, though an opportunity he felt he probably couldnt turn down, was/is a no win situation and a mistake in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 24 minutes ago, Jim Beem said: Iβm reading Rangers fans had a round of applause on the 8th minute to show support for βStevie Gβ ππππ Surely not π I bet theyβre not fucking clapping him now.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farcity Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Jim Beem said: Always thought Gerrard was never as good as the hype both he and the English media bought into. Pretty sure the only βbigβ team that tried to sign him was Chelsea during the period they were spunking money all of the place. A good player for sure but never World Class. I always felt he was at his peak when Alonso was playing alongside him.Β Bang on, Xabi Alonso was miles better.Β Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madoneone Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Give him a wage rise he's doing a fantastic jobΒ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I reckon heβll get the Leverkusen games and when they pap us out heβll be away.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviebee Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Jim Beem said: Iβm reading Rangers fans had a round of applause on the 8th minute to show support for βStevie Gβ ππππ Surely not π Nah - that was for the number of years they've been in existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Beem Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 18 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: I reckon heβll get the Leverkusen games and when they pap us out heβll be away.Β Thats what I think. Β He wont hang around to see Celtic winning the league.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 6 hours ago, Farcity said: Well they rewarded his "loyalty" with an extra 40k a week, might have influenced him a wee bit.Β Okay, why do you think he would put in a transfer request then?Β Not sure, I forgot he put it in to be honest. I didnβt think saying he was loyal to Liverpool would generate much discussion ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Jim Beem said: Always thought Gerrard was never as good as the hype both he and the English media bought into. Pretty sure the only βbigβ team that tried to sign him was Chelsea during the period they were spunking money all of the place. A good player for sure but never World Class. I always felt he was at his peak when Alonso was playing alongside him.Β Think they complimented each other really well.Β Overhyped by the English media is a fair comment but was still world class for a time, given the other players whoβve been labeled world classΒ Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 hours ago, JECK said: Some short memories on here re Gerrards playing career. Could play right back, centre mid, off the main striker. You could put him centre half and he'd still be the best player. Win a game in an instant, easily world class. Scored in world cups, countless champions league games and helped dragged his club to 2 finals. The Rangers job, though an opportunity he felt he probably couldnt turn down, was/is a no win situation and a mistake in my opinion. Lost a league for his club, sent off within seconds of coming on, almost ended Naysmiths career, wanted to engineer a move away from his boyhood club, battered folk in pubs with his hangers on (twice). Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Lost a league for his club, sent off within seconds of coming on, almost ended Naysmiths career, wanted to engineer a move away from his boyhood club, battered folk in pubs with his hangers on (twice). Β Which is exactly why he is a wanker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Lost a league for his club, sent off within seconds of coming on, almost ended Naysmiths career, wanted to engineer a move away from his boyhood club, battered folk in pubs with his hangers on (twice). Β I donβt think heβs necessarily the great guy heβs made out to be, but a guy Iβd have in my team every day of the week. His role in Istanbul and βhisβ FA cup final are great examples of what he had/could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiefaetheferry Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 hours ago, Jim Beem said: Iβm reading Rangers fans had a round of applause on the 8th minute to show support for βStevie Gβ ππππ Surely not π Seen a suggestion the Celtic fans are now also planning an 8th minute applause for him on Saturday π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanderark14 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 31 minutes ago, killiefaetheferry said: Seen a suggestion the Celtic fans are now also planning an 8th minute applause for him on Saturday π ππππππ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalgety Bay TA Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 I can't help but think that if this was any other Rangers manager who had lost top the bottom of the league side in the league, then lost to the bottom of the league side in the cup and then lost to the bottom of the league side at home in the league in the space of a few weeks then he would be out the door ASAP.Β Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ger intae them Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Itβs that knee-jerk pish thatβs the ruination of football....... pandering to fickle fans and media feeding frenzy........... heβll be out after the Ross county game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Squirrelhumper said: Lost a league for his club, sent off within seconds of coming on, almost ended Naysmiths career, wanted to engineer a move away from his boyhood club, battered folk in pubs with his hangers on (twice). Β Ha, pretty much all irrelevant to him being a world class player then.Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 He was a good player, even very good, but he was never world class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasgow jock Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) Out of the three top English midfielders of his generation (Gerrard, Lampard & Scholes) - I would have Scholes in my team always before the other two.(even allowing for his two goals against us at Hampden ) Edited March 5, 2020 by glasgow jock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Is it true that he and his mates battered a pub DJ who refused to play any Phil Collins records ?Β Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumnio Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, glasgow jock said: Out of the three top English midfielders of his generation (Gerrard, Lampard & Scholes) - I would have Scholes in my team always before the other two.(even allowing for his two goals against us at Hampden ) Absolutely, Scholes was better than Gerrard, both were miles ahead of the batter the ba and hope for a deflection Lampard though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 25 minutes ago, ErsatzThistle said: Is it true that he and his mates battered a pub DJ who refused to play any Phil Collins records ?Β I didnβt know the Phil Collins bit. π Mustve been something in the air? Fit right in with fans that smashed up a city centre βcos they switched off their Telly.... π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, JECK said: Ha, pretty much all irrelevant to him being a world class player then.Β Thankfully England tried to shoe horn himΒ and Lampard into a side which had actual world class playerΒ in Scholes, much to their detriment. Edited March 5, 2020 by Squirrelhumper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JECK Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Ah this old argument, what ever your definition of world class is, all 3 were world class at certain points in there career, of that i am certain. Lampard and Scholes were amongst better squads of players (and managers for that matter) overall helping there careers more than Gerrards, of that there is no doubt. One look at Liverpools 04/05 ECL team shows that. Scholes widely regarded as the best, entirely reasonable. My argument would be could Lampard and Scholes affect the Liverpool teams Gerrard played in as much as Gerrard did. Could they play in almost any position and still be the best player, he was far and away far more adaptable than the other 2. Its all irrevlant thought, wee Gilmour will be better than them all π Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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