STEVEN GERRARD'S FUTURE IN LIVERPOOL

THE FUTURE OF OUR DEARLY LOVEABLE..OOPSS..I MEAN TO ALL THE LOYAL DIE-HARD LIVERPOOL FANS,OUT DEARLY LOVEABLE PLAYER STEVIE G'S FUTURE IS INDEED HANGING IN A THREAD AS THE PLAYER HIMSELF HAS ADMITTED IT LAST WEEK IN A PRESS CONFERENCE IN MELWOOD,LIVERPOOL.AS IT TO BE PROVEN,LIVERPOOL'S HOPES OF WINNING THE EPL CUP KEPT GETTING DANTED AND HOPES SEEM TO FADE AWAY.....SUGGESTIONS FROM MANY CLUBS SAYS THAT ITS TIME FOR STEVEN GERRARD TO MOVE TO A CLUB THAT IS VERY CAPABLE OF WINNING MAJOR TROPHIES.FOR EXAMPLE,THE CURRENTLY ELECTED REAL MADRID COACH,SAID''ITS TIME FOR STEVEN TO PLAY FOR A CLUB THAT IS CAPABLE OF WINNING MAJOR TROPHIES AS THAT DOESNT SEEM TO HAPPEN AROUND LIVERPOOL'S TERRITORY.JOSE MOURINHO,THE EX-CHELSEA COACH AND CURRENTLY IN CHARGE OF MADRID,TRIED HIS LEVEL BEST OF SIGNING STEVEN GERRARD BUT THE LIVERPOOL SKIPPER STOOD FIRM OF HIS DECISION AND CONTINUED PLAYING FOR THE REDS AS HE CLAIMS THAT LIVERPOOL IS LIKE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE PLAYER HIMSELF.WOW..WHAT A GREAT PLAYER TO BE SAID?...HIS REALLY AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER.RECENTLY,HIS HOPES OF STILL PLAYING FOR LIVERPOOL WAS IN HUGE DOUBT AGAIN AS THIS TIME AROUND THEY'VE EVEN FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND AND WORST THING,FINISHED 7TH IN THE TABLE.SO,GERRARD WAS CRACKING HIS HEAD AGAIN OF DECIDING HIS FUTURE IN LIVERPOOL AS HE HAD TO GO THROUGH ALOT OF SITUATIONS WHIC OFTEN COMES WITH A ''?'' ...HAHAZ..BUT BUT,SEEMS THE ARRIVAL OF NEW MANAGER,ROY HOGDSON FROM FULHAM AND THE ARRIVAL OF HIS MOST FAVOURITE COUNTRY-MATE ALSO JOINING THE REDS WITH A FREE TRANSFER FROM CHELSEA,GERRARD HAS MADE HIS FINAL DECISION OF STAYING PUT AT LIVERPOOL....APART FROM THE ARRIVAL OF THESE TWO MAJOR FIGURES,LIVERPOOL'S SKIPPER ALSO CLAIMS HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING OUTRAGEOUS AND DO SOMETHING MEMORABLE AGAIN BY WINNING THE EPL FOR THE REDS BEFORE HE END HIS CAREER AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER.THIS STATEMENTS STATES AND SHOWS THE CLEAR PICTURE OF A PLAYER WITH FULL DETERMINATION AND FULL DEDICATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE MOST LOYAL FOOTBALL PLAYER EVER TO BE SEEN AROUND THIS WORLD.THE ARRIVING OF JOE HAS REALLY LIFTED HOPES AROUND ANFIELD AND THEY'RE ALL HOPING FOR SOMETHING GREAT TO HAPPEN THIS TIME AROUND AS TIME IS TO DECIDE THE FATE OF LIVERPOOL..LETS NOW JUST HOPE THE BEST OF LIVERPOOL WILL OUTREACH THEM TOWARDS THE EPL GLORY THIS TIME!!!!!!...GO REDS!!GO REDS!!..LONG LIVE REDS!!..HOORAY!!!!

THE ENGLAND SQUAD-WORLD CUP 2010 FLOP

ITS BEEN ANOTHER WORLD CUP FULL OF DISSAPOINTMENT FOR THE THREE LIONS{ENGLAND}...WORLD CUP THIS TIME AROUND IN SOUTH AFRICA...WELL,I THINK ITS TIME FOR ME TO SHOOT OUT SOME OF THE REASONS FOR ENGLANDS CONTINUOS WORLD CUP FLOP THAT REALLY COST THEM EVERYTHING..ENGLAND HAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL FORM OF TEAM WITH SO MANY TALENTED PLAYERS,SKILLFUL AND ALSO VERY DEDICATED PLAYERS,BUT YET THEY CANT PERFORM WELL WHEN IT COMES TO WORLD STAGES AND I SERIOUSLY DONT KNOW WHY,BUT I DO HAVE SOME POINTS THAT CAN I SAY TO REASONISE THE ENGLAND FLOP..I THINK ONE OF THE FACTORS IS BECAUSE ENGLAND HAS TOO MANY STAR PLAYERS PLAYING TOGETHER IN A TEAM.FOR EXAMPLE,THE LIKES OF STEVEN GERRARD AND FRANK LAMPARD,WHO ARE TWO OF THE MOST BEST MIDFIELDERS.WE CANNOT EXPECT TWO BEST PLAYERS TO PLAY TOGETHER ESPECIALLY FOR THE STANDARD OF THESE TWO,NOTHING SPECIAL CAN EVER HAPPEN UNLESS THEY REALLY WORK AS A TEAM...BUT THINGS SEEM TO BE THE OTHER WAY ROUND.WHENEVER YOU PLAY TWO BEST PLAYERS IN SAME ROLE WHICH IS CENTRAL MIDFIELD,THERE'S ALWAYS A PRIDE TO HAPPEN,WHIC EXACTLY HAPPENEND DURING THE WORLD CUP.......FOR EXAMPLE,FRANK LAMPARD TOOK MANY SHOTS BY HIMSELF THAN PASSING THE BALL AROUND AS A TEAM,AND THE SAME THING GOES TO GARETH BARRY.ERRMM,WELL STEVEN GERRARD IS A KIND OF PLAYER WHO REALLY PLAYS AS A TEAM PLAYER AND HE DID QUITE WELL DURING THE WORLD CUP,BUT YOU CAN NEVER EVER DEPEND ON ONE PLAYER TO WRAP UP THINGS FOR A TEAM,WHEREAS THE WHOLE TEAM SHOULD BE WORKING TOGETHER.APART FROM THAT,THE STRIKE FORCE WAS ALSO POOR THIS TIME AROUND AGAIN AS ROONEY WAS LEFT AS A LONE STRIKER AND HE NEVER DID ANYTHING SPECIAL AND NEVER DID ANYTHING ACCORDING TO FABIO CAPELLO'S EXPECTIONS ON HIM..AND THE BEST THING HERE ABOUT ROONEY IS THAT,HE FAILED TO SCORE IN ANY OF THE GAMES THEY'VE PLAYED.JERMAINE DEFOE WAS GIVEN THE CALL UP DURING THE MATCH AGAINTS SLOVENIA AND HE DID SCORE TO DRAG ENGLAND TO THE ROUND OF 16,ONLY TO SEE ENGLAND GET DEMOLISHED BY THE ''NAZI''{GERMANY] 1-4.THE DEFENCE WAS ALSO NOT INSPIRING AS JOHN TERRY,ASHLEY COLE AND ANDY JOHNSON AMONG THE HIGH HOPES OF CAPELLO'S PLAN TO PERFOM WELL,BUT FAILED TO DO SO.RIO FERDINAND WAS INJURED AND THEREFORE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE SQUAD FOR THE WHOLE TOURNAMENT AS STEVEN GERRARD TOOK PLACE OF THE CAPTAINCY CHARGE AND HE REALLY DID HIS BEST BUT NEVER GOOD ENOUGH AS HIS TEAM MEMBERS WERE NOT REALLY AT THEIR BEST.ANOTHER FACTOR TO BE SAID FOR ENGLAND'S FLOP IS THE CAPTAINCY..WHAT IM TRYING TO PROVE HERE IS THAT WHEN U GIVE MORE PRESSURE ON A PLAYER WHO IS ALREADY FULL OF SO MANY PRESSURE AROUND HIM,THINGS TEND TO MAKE HIM MORE TENSED AND MAKE THINGS EVEN WORSE AND THE TEAM WILL SURELY RUN OUT OF FORM..STEVEN GERRARD IS ALREADY A WORLD CLASS PLAYER FULL OF PRESSURE AROUND HIM,AND THEREFORE HANDING THE CAPTAINCY BAND TO HIM WILL MAKE THE PRESSURE MOUNT LIKE A READY TO EXPLODE VOLCANO..HAHAZ..THEREFORE,I SERIOUSLY THINK THAT THE CAPTAINCY BAND SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PLAYER THAT HAS VERY LESS PRESSURE AND LESS BURDEN..FOR EXAMPLE,ASHLEY COLE CAN BE THE CAPTAIN....NOW I'LL JUST BRIEF THROUGH SOME OF THE MOMENTS IN THE WORLD CUP THAT ENGLAND HAD TO FACE...THEIR FIRST GROUP STAGES MATCH WAS AGAINTS USA,WHERE THEY DREW 1-1...ENGLAND'S MOST FAVOURITE MAN,STEVEN GERRARD OPENED THE SCORING IN THE 4TH MINUTE AND IT GAVE THEM A HUGE SIGHT OF BELIEF,BUT ENDED UP CONSIDING A SLOOPY GOAL WHIC WAS AN ERROR BY ROBERT GREEN...IT WAS A DEVASTATING END TO THE MATCH AS ENGLAND WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSE TO WIN BUT DREW..HMMMM..THEIR SECOND MATCH WAS AGAINTS ALGERIA...HMMMM...WHAT CAN I SAY?..IT WAS SUCH A POOR GAME EVER PLAYED BY ENGLAND,I GUESS?..:P...AND FINALLY IT CAME TO THE LAST GAME OF THE GROUP STAGES,IN WHICH THEY HAD TO WIN TO QUALIFY TO THE NEXT ROUND{ROUND OF 16}..THEY PLAYED SLOVENIA,AND THANK GOD THEY WON THE GAME,BUT ONLY A VERY VERY NARROW ONE,BEATING THEM1-0,SCORED BY JERMAINE DEFOE..ALL WERE SMILES IN ENGLAND;S FACES WHEN THEY WERE QUALIFIED TO THE NEXT ROUND AND THAT SMILES NEVER LASTED LONG AS THEY HAD TO FACE GERMANY AND THE WORST THING IS THAT,THEY LOST 1-4...GOALS WERE SCORED BY MULLER,WHO SCORED DOUBLE,MIROSLAV KLOSE AND LUKAS PODOLSKI...WELL,MATTEW UPSON GAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR ENGLAND AS HE HIT ONE GOAL BACK WITH A GREAT HEADER BUT ITWAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO COMPETE WITH THE GERMANS...GERMANS PLAYED SUPERB FOOTBALL AS THE OUTCLASSED THE ENGLISH SIDE..WELL,THE SAD PART HERE IS THAT,THE GOAL BY FRANK LAMPARD WAS NOT GIVEN AS IT DID EVENTUALLY CROSSED THE LINE BUT SURPRISINGLY NOT GIVEN...HAHAZ..WELL,ENGLANDS HOPE OF LIFTING THE WORLD DANTED THIS TIME AND LETS SEE HOW THEY PERFORM NEXT TIME AROUND....

THE ARRIVAL OF JOE COLE TO LIVERPOOL

AS WE ALL KNOW,JOE COLE HAS NOW OFFICIALLY SIGNED HIMSELF TO THE LIVERPOOL SQUAD ON A FREE TRANSFER FROM CHELSEA FOOTBALL CLUB....ERRMM..NOTHING MUCH TO SAY ABOUT JOE COLE AS HE IS SUCH AN OUTSTANDING PLAYER WITH SO MANY THINGS IN STORE IN HIM.HE SPENT ALMOST 6 YEARS OF HIS PLAYING SPELL IN CHELSEA AND HIS CONTRACT RAN OUT AND HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO PURSUE HIS PLAYING CAREER WITH LIVERPOOL AS HE HOPES TO BRING SOME GLORY FOR THE CLUB..JOE ALSO ADMITTED IN A PRESS CONFERENCE DURING HIS INTERVIEW IN MELWOOD,LIVERPOOL SAYING THAT IT WAS HIS LONG TIME DREAM OF PLAYING FOR THE REDS AS HE IS A BIG FAN OF LIVERPOOL SINCE THE AGE OF 12,AND ALSO SAYING THAT HE IS SO GLAD TO HAVE FINALLY BA ABLE TO JOIN LIVERPOOL.THE NEW LIVERPOOL SIGNING ALSO SAYS HE CAN LEAD LIVERPOOL TO LEAGUE TITLE.AS WE KNOW,THE REDS FINISHED LOWLY SEVENTH IN THE TABLE LAST SEASON AND HAVE NOT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR 20 FREAKING YEARS.BUT COLE'S MOVE TO THE MERSEYSIDE,ALONG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF NEW MANAGER ROY HODGSON HAS GIVEN THE ANFIELD SIDE A BRAND NEW BELIEF THE GLORY DAYS ARE ABOUT TO RETURN IN STYLE.I AM 28 NOW AND COMING INTO MY PEAK YEARS AND I WANT TO BE AT A CLUB WHERE I AM ON THE PITCH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND HELPING THE TEAM TO REALLY DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.AND THEREFORE JOE COLE IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO BRING HUGE IMPACTS TOWARDS THE LIVERPOOL SQUAD AND MAKE THEM THE BEST TEAM EVER AGAIN AS HISTORY IS TO BE REPEATED...LETS NOW JUST HOPE THE BEST OF JOE COLE IS ABOUT TO OUTREACH TO LIVERPOOL SQUAD AND LETS SEE HOW THINGS ARE TO WORK OUT IN LIVERPOO...GO GO GO!!! JOE COLE!JOE COLE!HAHAZ..LONG LIVE REDS..

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL 2005-ISTANBUL.-GERRARDS NIGHT

IT WAS A NIGHT NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN FOR AGES ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE LOYAL ALL TIME LIVERPOOL FANS..IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING NIGHT IN ISTANBUL WHERE THE ALMIGHTY REDS WON THEIR FIRST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CUP UNDER SPANIARD GAFFER RAFAEL BENITEZ.WHAT ELSE WOULD A NEW MANAGER FOR A CLUB WOULD WANT THAN HAVING WON THE CUP OF THE CLUBS AROUND THE WORLD.IT WAS A GREAT HONOUR FOR RAFAEL BENITEZ TO LEAD ALL LIVERPOOL ALL THE WAY FROM THE GROUP STAGES RIGHT TO THE FINAL AND WINNING THE ALMIGHTY CUP.WELL,NOW I WOULD LIKE TO SNEAK THROUGH SOME OF THE MAGIC MOMENTS PROVIDED BY LIVERPOOL'S SKIPPER STEVEN GERRARD IN LEADING THEM TO THE FINAL IN ISTANBUL.WELL,THE LAST GAME OF THE GROUP STAGES FOR LIVERPOOL WAS OLMPIACOS..SO IT WAS A MUST WIN GAME FOR LIVERPOOL TO QUALIFY TO THE LAST 16 TOURNAMENT AND WHEREAS THEY HAVE SCORE AT LEAST THREE GOALS TO QUALIFY BECAUSE LYON AT THAT TIME WERE LEADING LIVERPOOL BY A GOAL DIFFERENCE,SO LIVERPOOL HAD TO GO FOR IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.WELL,WITH THE MOST INSPIRATIONAL TALISMAN STANDING THERE,I MEAN STEVEI G U CAN ALWAYS EXPECT SOMETHING MAGICAL TO HAPPEN...THE GAME STARTED AND LIVERPOOL WERE ALREADY LEADING TWO GOALS TO GOOD BUT LATER ON RIVALDO EQUALISED FOR OLYPIACOS AND EVERYTHING SEEM BLUNT AT ANFIELD AS LIVERPOOL WERE YET TO SCORE THE THIRD GOAL..TO ADD TO THE FRUSTRATION,TIME WAS ALREADY RUNNING OUT AS THE CLOCK ALREADY REACHED 85 MINUTES AND ONLY 5 MINUTES PLUS EXTRA TIME REMAINING..THE ATMOSPHERE AT ANFIELD WAS PUT TO SILENT AS EVERYTHING SEEM TO BE OVER FOR LIVERPOOL.LIVERPOOL'S STEVEN GERRARD WAS ALSO IN NO MAN'S LAND AS HE WAS SO FRUSTRATED....IT WAS ALREADY 89 MINUTES...THEN,A PASS FROM XABI ALONSO TO FIND HARRYY KEWELL AT THE FAR RIGHT HAND CORNER WAS SUPERBLY CONTROLLED BY KEWELL...GERRARD WAS TOTALLY UNMARKED AT THE CENTRE AND KEWELL PLAYED A STUNNING BALL TO FIND GERRARD AND GERRARD MADE NO MISTAKE AND FIRED HOME THE THIRD GOAL IN A BRINK OF AN EYE....IT WAS A STUNNING GOAL FROM THE SKIPPER AS IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST NEEDED GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL TO QUALIFY FOR THE LAST 16.ANDFIELD WENT WILD AS THE GOAL WENT IN AT THE LAST MINUTE OF THE GAME.WOW...HAHA...GERRARD FOREVER..NOW,LET US NOW TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE FINAL IN ISTANBUL...LIVERPOOL HAD TO FACE AC MILAN WHO KNOCKED OUT BARCELONA BY AGGREGATE 1-0 AND LIVERPOOL KICKED CHELSEA OUT OF THE SEMI FINALS IN THE SECOND LEG AT ANDFIELD BY A CONTROVERSIAL GOAL SCORED BY LUIS GARCIA...WELL,THE CROWD THAT ATTENDED FOR THE FINAL IN ISTANBUL WAS 75,000..WOW..THAT'S REALLY ALOT PEOPLE..HAHA..TWO OF THE MOST POTENTIAL CLUBS IN THE WOLRD AND ALSO THE MOST WANTED CLUB WINNING THE CUP..HAHA..SO,THE GAME THAT EVERYONE WAS WANTING FOR STARTED AND ALL THE PLAYERS ALREADY WERE ON THEIR BOOT READY TO PLAY SOME FOOTBALL..HAHA...AC MILAN TOOK THE LEAD THROUGH HERNAN CRESPO AND 5 MINUTES LATER CRESPO SCORED HIS SECOND AND PAOLO MADINI PUTTING THE ICICNG IN THE CAKE AND ADDING SALT TO LIVERPOOL...LIVERPOOL'S HOPES OF WINNING THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE BLUNTED AWAY JUST LIKE THAT WITH FIRST THREE GOALS SCORED BY MILAN IN THE FIRST HALF...IT WAS LOOKING DISSPOINTED FOR ALL THE TRAVELLING FANS....SUDDENLY,IN THE SECOND HALF,LIVERPOOL'S HOPES WERE REVIVED AS THEIR SKIPPER GERRARD PULLED A GOAL BACK 5 MINUTES INTO SECOND HALF..THE CRORWDS CHEERED AND GAVE SOME CONFIDENCE FOR LIVERPOOL AND THE WHOLE GAME CHANGED AND LIVERPOOL HAD THE MORE POSSESION....10 MINUTED LATER VLADIMIR SMICER SCORED A BRACE TO LIFHT UP THE GAME WITH A STUNNING HALF VOLLEY AT THE RIGHT FLANK..AND RIGHT AT 60 MINUTES,AC MILAN CONCEDED A PENALTY KICK AS GATTUSO BROUGHT DOWN GERRARD IN THE PENALTY BOX AND ALL THE PLAYERS WERE HOLDING THEIR NERVE AND WAITING TO CELEBRATE AS THE SPOT KICK TO BE TAKEN..THE HONOUR WAS GIVEN TO XABI ALONSO AS HE PREPARES TO TAKE THE SPOT KICK...DIDA MADE A STUNNING SAVE BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE BALL BOUNCED BACK TO ALONSO AND ALONSO SCORED IN THE REBOUND...PLAYERS WENT CRAZY AND LIVERPOOL'S FANS WERE STARTING TO MAKE NOISES AND MILAN WERE PUT TO PIN DROP SILENCE.THE SCORE STOOD THE SAME AS THE Y WENT TO THROUGH EXTRA TIME AND FINALLY IT HAD TO BE PENALTIES TO DECIDE THE GAME ONCE AND FOR ALL AND TO BE PUT TO BED.LIVERPOOL WENT ON TO WIN THE CUP AND IT WAS A MOST MEMORABLE DAY EVER FOR ALL THE LIVERPOOL FANS.

STEVEN GERRARD'S DAYS IN LIVERPOOL

STEVEN GERRARD-YOUTH TEAM IN LIVERPOOL
WELL,STEVEN GERRARD...HMMMM....ALOT OF THINGS TO BE SAID ABOUT THIS GLORIOUS PLAYER...SUPER TALENTED IN ALL HIS PERFORMANCES IN LIVERPOOL.A PLAYER THAT CAN ALWAYS BE COUNTED ON IF IN NEED OF ANY URGENT IMPACT DURING ANY CONTROVERSIAL MOMENTS IN FOOTBALL GAMES.THE AVERAGE LIFETIME OF A PLAYER AT A GIVEN CLUB IS AROUND 4 YEARS,AFTER WHICH HE NEEDS TO MOVE ON,EITHER DUE TO ENTERING A STAGE OF SELF SUFFICIENCY AT THAT CLUB,LOSING THE FIRST SQUAD SIMPLY WANTING A NEW CHALLENGE OR GOING FOR A HIGHER SALARY.THERE ARE FEW EXPECTATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO STABILITY AND HAVING A CONSERVATIVE NATURE,THE ENGLISH EXCEL.THIS IS HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR A PLAYER LIKE STEVEN GERRARD TO ALREADY HAVE SO MANY YEARS UNDER HIS BELT AT LIVERPOOL,SINCE HE STARTED PLAYING FOR THE YOUTH TEAMS OF THE REDS IN 1989,AT 9 YEARS OF AGE.THE CHILDHOOD YEARS WERE NOT THE PROMISING THOUGH,AS HE WOULD RARELY PLAY FOR THE LIVERPOOL YOUTH SQUAD,HAVING PROBLEMS WITH LATE GROWTH SPURTS UNTIL HE WAS 14.ALTHOUGH STILL CONSIDERED A VERY TALENTED PLAYER THAT COULD BECOME AN OPTION FOR THE LIVERPOOL FIRST SQUAD IN A FEW YEARS,STEVIE WAS ALLOWED TO TRIAL FOR VARIOUS OTHER CLUBS IN ENGLAND.AS HE NOTED IN HIS RECENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY,THIS WAS TO FORCE LIVERPOOL INTO OFFERING HIM AN YTS(YOUTH TRAINING SCHEME)CONTRACT.HE ALSO HAD AN INCIDENT AT HOME THAT ALMOST STOPPED HIM FROM PLAYING SOCCER,BEING CLOSE TO LOSING A TOE TO A GARDEN FORK.FINALLY,IN 1997,AT AGE 17,STEVEN GERRARD WAS GIVEN A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT FROM LIVERPOOL AND SAW HIS DREAM COME TRUE



STEVEN GERRARD-FIRST TEAM IN LFC
ALTHOUGH HE WOULD NOT GET A CHANCE TO PLAY IN HIS FIRST SEASON WITH THE SENIOR SQUAD,IT WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR STEVIE GERRARD IN THAT HE STARTED TO FIT IN THE TEAM,KNOW HIS FUTURE TEAMMATES AND GET SOEM TACTICAL TRAINING.HIS DEBUT WAS TO COME THE NEXT YEAR IN A MATCH AGAINTS BLACKBURN,AS A SECOND HALF SUBSITUTE FOR VEGGARD HEGGEM.FUNNILY ENOUGH HIS FIRST START DIDNT COME IN AN EASIER PREMIERSHIP GAME,AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPECTED,BUT IN A TOUGH UEFA CUP MATCH AGAINTS SPANISH TEAM,CELTA VIGO,IN WHICH STEVEN GERRARD DIDNT NECESSARILY SHINE OUT,BUT WAS A SAFE OPTION IN MIDFIELD.HIS LUCK CAME AT THE EXPENSES OF TEAMMATE JAMIE REDKNAPP'S AS THE LATTER SUFFERED A LONG-TERM INJURY THAT WILL ALLOW GERRARD TO START IN THE FOLLWOING13 MATCHES FOR LIVERPOOL AND EVENTUALLY WIN A FIRST TEAM PLACE.EVEN AFTER THE EXPERIENCED REDKNAPP CAME BACK FROM INJURY,MANAGER GERRARD HOULIER FOUND A PLACE FOR BOTH JAMIE AND STEVEN IN MIDFIELD



STEVEN GERRARD-REDS CAPTAIN
BY 2004,STEVEN GERRARD ALREADY BECAME AN IMPORTANT PLAYER FOR LIVERPOOL AND ENGLAND'S NATIONAL TEAM,BUT HIS CLUB'S SUCCESS WAS NOT THE KIND THAT THE FANS EXPECTED.WITH MASSIVE CHANGES IN THE SQUAD,AS WELL AS ON THE BENCH,GERRARD HOULIER BEING REPLACED WITH RAFAEL BENITEZ ,STEVEN GERRARD WAS NAMED CAPTAIN AND THE NEW COACH STARTED BUILDING THE TEAM AROUND THE POWERFUL MIDFIELDER.DESPITE BEING VIEWED AS A RATHER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER,A STRINGOF STEVEN GERRARD GOALS CONVINCED EVERYONE THAT HE WAS THE TYPE OF COMPLETE FOOTBALLER THAT COULD PLAY IN ANY FIELD POSITION HIS COACH WOULD NEED HIM