World Class = Very Important.
Somehow true! Donrafael, Steven Gerrard is really inportant, but not indispensable. I think LiverpoolFC's loss at Stamport Bridge is not because of his absent! The first goal is Chelsea's luck and the second is because LiverpoolFC lost 1 men, that's all.
Yes, Stevie is indispensable, however, I've got the hunch that other players, particularly the newer ones are in fear of him because of his enormous reputation while they tried their best not to make any mistake on the field or else they'll end up getting an earful from Stevie. How many times we have seen Stevie shouting at them already. This may have caused some of the newer players to be over cautious in their play and not really demonstrating their full potential on the field. Mascherano as an example, eventhough he's a defending midfielder, how many times we have seen him going forward but stop short just outside the box and made the back passes, hoping that Gerrard or someone else would do the rest and more importantly not to make a mistake. I was shouting away hoping that he'll continue to go forward and try to break down the opposition defence, never mind if he failed but at least he tried. If he could create something from every 2 tries, I'd be happy instead of those aimless high and long balls from our defenders. Going by what had happened before when Stevie got injured, the players expressed themselves more freely and we could see the creativity and fluidity in our play. Having said that, I'm not suggesting that Stevie should get injured and I sincerely hope not to see that but Stevie is older now and should stop his shouting and ranting but gives encouragement instead that would bring out the best in our players.
But I don't really agree with You! It's true that I have seen so many time Gerrard shouting at others players, but I don't think that his absent could make those players play better, I think what all the players try to do is to play without making any mistake, of course, in some specials cases, they need to risk to find chance.
After all, I don't think LiverpoolFC will fall when Gerrard leave, but if he's here, It's always better, right? It's not easy to have such a world class player play for your team!
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