Gerrard playing high up the pitch has not worked for us since Alonso left the club. He is our most skillfull player and needs to be right in the centre of the play to make us tick. All the distribution forward should come through Gerrard, not via Lucas, Poulsen, or from long punts upfield from defenders either.
Why can't managers of this club see that until we get a fabregas, an iniesta, an alonso or a xavi in our midfield, then we need to have our elite playmaker in a position where he can take control and boss the match.
I was hoping like others that once Aquilani overcame his injury woes he might be the player to play this role, but for some unknown reason this was not to be.
Again, I am happy because we got away with one here, but Hodgson needs to sort it out and get Gerrard into the middle of the park, otherwise we shall continue to play ugly.
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