Ace Ventura wrote:Typical...from todays Mirror (as well as most of the tabloids)
Gerrard's agony at derby snub
By David Anderson 23/10/2007
Steven Gerrard (DM)
Steven Gerrard last night demanded answers from manager Rafa Benitez after being left 'hurt and disappointed' at being hauled off in the Merseyside derby.
The Liverpool skipper revealed his dismay when his number was held up at Goodison Park and requested talks with Benitez at the Reds' Melwood training ground yesterday.
Gerrard is still reeling from the shock of his substitution - which angered fans and left his team-mates bewildered.
He said: "I'm a local lad so the derby is really important to me and I would have liked nothing better than to play the full game and to be on the pitch when we got the winner.
Advertisement"I was hurt and disappointed at being taken off because, like I said, I'm a local lad and the derby means everything to me."
Benitez said he replaced Gerrard for the bizarre reason that he was playing with "too much passion" and that Liverpool needed to make better use of the ball against Everton's 10 men.
It was one of the biggest calls of Benitez's Anfield reign and his gamble paid off when Gerrard's replacement, rookie Lucas Leiva, won the penalty for the Reds' winning goal.
Gerrard accepts he is not untouchable and understands that Benitez felt he was acting in the best interests of the team.
He added: "I've been in the game long enough to know that no one is going to play every minute of every game and there will be times when I'm taken off like everyone else.
"The most important thing is we won the game. When we lost there last season, it left a bad feeling that didn't go away for quite some time, so it's good to get that out of our systems."
Benitez stands by his ruthless decision to haul off his best player, saying he will get over it.
He said: "We have talked because every player would be disappointed, especially Gerrard because it was a derby.
"He wanted to score the winning goal, but he is OK.
"After some time he'll understand I was thinking about what was best for the team."
Gerrard will return for Liverpool's crunch Champions League clash with Besiktas tomorrow in Istanbul. The Reds need a win after taking just one point from their opening two games.
They will be boosted by the return from injury of Fernando Torres (thigh) and Xabi Alonso (broken metatarsal) and the two Spaniards were expected to be on the team's flight to Turkey this morning.
So they have taken his interview, taken the part where he said he wasnt happy with the decision, but ignored the fact that he complimented Lucas and said that he wont be banging on the managers door. I know it was to be expeceted but it is so annoying.
So they have taken his interview, taken the part where he said he wasnt happy with the decision, but ignored the fact that he complimented Lucas and said that he wont be banging on the managers door. I know it was to be expeceted but it is so annoying.
Sabre wrote:Ace saysSo they have taken his interview, taken the part where he said he wasnt happy with the decision, but ignored the fact that he complimented Lucas and said that he wont be banging on the managers door. I know it was to be expeceted but it is so annoying.
Indeedy. Notice how the part that says he's hurt, has a long introduction to it, to drill the idea in the reader's brain. When he quotes Gerrard saying the important thing is to win the game, though, the journo makes no introduction to the quote, it's better to pass by this words.
The worst thing Ace, is that this messages do have an audience. Andy Gray's remarks in TV do have an influence aswell. Watching the derby with Spanish commentators that have not antiLiverpool bias, is refreshing for a change (I usually watch them in english, but this one was broadcasted in Spain)
The journos are the ones that write headlines, not Rafa. They're the ones that highlight a substitution, not an away win. They're the ones that choose to talk about rotation, and they're the ones to forget about rotation when they have a better story to stir the shít with it.
This may seem like a daft question but sometimes why dont they just post the actual truth ?
Sure it may not be controversial but most football supporters would still want to read what Gerrard actually had to say about his feelings about what went on.
I may be being naive about it, but normal news is still worth reading rather than stories being twisted to try and cause problems for clubs.
JamCar05 wrote:Unfortunately it's the way the news media work nowadays mate. Journalists have to have their "own" angle on every single story, and apparently the most sellable angle on this particular story is to try and make up a rift between our manager and our captain. Really is fecking annoying though, as I agree with you that most people would just like to know the actual truth. The sad thing is that many people believe these stories, as they read them in the paper, and thus they most be true.
red37 wrote:Ace Ventura wrote:Well the correct story is in the post and will be in tonights Echo, so the people in this city will know the truth.
Aint there a certain 'dark' irony about that particular statement...
Ace Ventura wrote:red37 wrote:Ace Ventura wrote:Well the correct story is in the post and will be in tonights Echo, so the people in this city will know the truth.
Aint there a certain 'dark' irony about that particular statement...
Explain...not really onto it mate
red37 wrote:Ace Ventura wrote:red37 wrote:Ace Ventura wrote:Well the correct story is in the post and will be in tonights Echo, so the people in this city will know the truth.
Aint there a certain 'dark' irony about that particular statement...
Explain...not really onto it mate
Tabloids..truth...get me.
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