Can I say I told you so yet?
Biting my tongue (fingers?) as I type.
Too many people are too quick to write players off.
It's the same with Sterling who has been nothing short of magnificent for such a young player.
If people want to, they can check my posting history.
I've rarely wavered on this.
What I have done is tried to work out why a player with such great potential wasn't fulfilling it.
Part of the answer is that he was passing his share of the responsibility on to Gerrard.
Every time he looked up, he looked for Stevie.
Gerrard isn't on the pitch now, so he is playing much more instinctively.
It's the way he played at sunderland and for England junior teams.
BR needs to find a way to fit Gerrard and Henderson into the same side, and maybe needs to have a word with Hendo as well. He needn't be overawed by Stevie. There's no reason why they can't play in the same team with Gerrard deep and Henderson a bit further forwards.
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