Our fans never fail to amaze when it comes to Gerrard these past couple of years. There must have been three separate spells in the last 2/3 years where I have been reading premature obituaries with regards to Stevie. He doesn't have the legs anymore, he's past it, he's not the same player, he can't play this role, he can't play that role, he doesn't have the intelligence to adapt his game etc and still they never learn their lesson and the Captain comes storming back to prove them wrong. Some of the comments in this thread and in Stevie's player thread are ridiculous. He might not be suited to this new deeper role long-term but give the lad a chance why not? He said himself he has a bit of learning and refining to do before we see the best of him in the holding role. With that in mind and given the player he is perhaps everyone should see how he performs over a period of games before calling time on him. I amazed that so many are SO sure that he cannot play this role but he is a bright player, he reads the game well and I'm pretty certain he can play the role and play it very well. He could probably use a bit more protection, that's not to say that he needs runners about him as has been suggested in this thread BUT we are a bit cavalier in attack, very much a back 5 and a front 6 at times and often with at least one of the full backs playing high and wide. We've actually got some decent defenders at the club but we concede goals because our midfield players and full-backs are very forward thinking. This just needs to be tweaked a little bit.
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