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LFC2007 wrote:Like Torres, he would have told you in private too so don't worry

Yes but in the real world if a manager openly dismisses and criticises you then that is fairly dodgy HR-wise but of course football has no bearing on the real world. 

Lando_Griffin wrote:

aCe' wrote:

LFC2007 wrote:Like Torres, he would have told you in private too so don't worry

why the need to go public with it ?

Because once a person knows the entire World is watching it tends to make them try that little bit harder.

Does it not?

Number 9 wrote:Gerrard was sh'it until yesterday,well done Rafa and thank fuc'k BigMick had fanta and went to bed!

Fecking fell asleep in the chair by the computer Baz, was fecked mate  . It bwas S@ints fault for the sh!t streams, if I could've got one to keep going I might have been able to last out I reckon. I di get to see the whole game this morning though so it wasn't too bad I guess.

bigmick wrote:Ah right. So if it works and Gerrard plays well, Rafa is a top man manager. If Gerrard plays sh!t, Rafa tried his best and is a top man manager, but Gerrard is a big time Charlie who needs to pull his fecking socks up .

Gerrard digs us out of the sh!t yet again and it's tactical genius 

Seriously though, thank feck for that.

bigmick wrote:

Number 9 wrote:Gerrard was sh'it until yesterday,well done Rafa and thank fuc'k BigMick had fanta and went to bed!

Fecking fell asleep in the chair by the computer Baz, was fecked mate  . It bwas S@ints fault for the sh!t streams, if I could've got one to keep going I might have been able to last out I reckon. I di get to see the whole game this morning though so it wasn't too bad I guess.

You are in the wrong country mate..bout time ya came back home and talked balls as opposed to talking balls from NZ!
Oh by the way,all the streams were shi,te..it was not your mates fault..just a general thing!

Number 9 wrote:

bigmick wrote:

Number 9 wrote:Gerrard was sh'it until yesterday,well done Rafa and thank fuc'k BigMick had fanta and went to bed!

Fecking fell asleep in the chair by the computer Baz, was fecked mate  . It bwas S@ints fault for the sh!t streams, if I could've got one to keep going I might have been able to last out I reckon. I di get to see the whole game this morning though so it wasn't too bad I guess.

You are in the wrong country mate..bout time ya came back home and talked balls as opposed to talking balls from NZ!

bigmick wrote:I'm surprised that people are giving it the "I don't think it's a big deal". I never said it was a "big deal", I simply quoted the BBC article and said it was an "interesting decision" to single him out and asked for thoughts. Suddenly its "amazing" and "Rafa still can't get it right" and " Fecking Rafa  " 

I'm going to dodge the blankets just for a second and talk about Gerrard's form. For me, there's something not quite right with him and I'm not sure I agree with Rafa that the court case hasn't effected him. When Freidal saved his point blank effort the other day, Gerrards look was one of disappointment almost mixed with distraction. Similarly, when he was taking the spot kick at White Hart Lane and was copping the "you should be in jail" chants, and the "OJ Gerrard" (which I did find mildly amusing I must admit) I'm not sure he's the type of character to handle that sort of stuff particularly well.

I've always thought he was a complex character Gerrard. the stuff with his Mrs definately had a bearing on his play, and at risk of the blanket throwers giving it the old "he's a grown man and he should just toughen the feck up FFS" I'm goin to say he'll represent a challenge to rafa's man management skills to get back to very best. THAT'S why i think it's an interesting decision to mention him in this way. A "Steven Gerrard? Stevie is the least of my worries, World Class players don't give me sleepless nights" kind of arm around the shoulder response would have been an alternative. That said, as has been pointed out Rafa did go onto praise Stevie up so it's no biggie either way.

One things for sure though, if we don't get Gerrard playing at somewhere near his maximum we'll win feck all. Same goes for Torres who unfortunately also looks a bit off colour.