Stevie G 4535Would you see a problem if, say, he went to United? Would that also just be proof that deep, deep down, he still loves...
Glory hunting twatLiverpool daily Post, 19 April 2005 Thanks for my humble pie... it'll be a pleasure By Mark Lawrenson, Daily Post...
Why not? It is pertinent. Love-affection is a matter of degree and it can remain even when other options become more attractive. Football is full of players who hold deep affections for their early clubs and kissed the badge. Wasn't Rooney one of those?
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Stevie G 4538play the you Agree. I think Pool certainly need an away goal even if losing. 0-0 would make Chelsea a shade odds on for the second game...
I am pleased you agree because that was the point of my comments. Why boo a man who was admired and served the club well?
Stevie G 4536can I wouln't try to do so, but some do have ambitions which go beyond cash only. OK, but the real point is that fans only hold...
He has, and his unrest has been apparent for some time and the tug between staying at the club he grew up with ,or trying something which appears to offer more, is putting pressure on him. But loving him? Admire his obvious skills maybe, but this dour man is hardly lovable and his comments on what his club would need to do to get him to stay should have been a warning, or at least a reminder, that players do not think like fans. Fans have a 60 year career. Players have 16.
Well, this might be the case, but you understanding and use of the word loyalty will lead you to unanswerable questions and some obvious conflicting facts of which the main one is that loyalty can be purchased and it is childishly naive to believe it can't. Do you think Berkamp or Sol Cambell do not feel loyal to Arsenal now, or that the Hammers loving Lampard has loyal feelings to his new club? How many players in the Prem once had an affection for the club they started with? If loyalty was not transferable Liverpool would not have a team. So why this ridiculous fixation with SG? Why should we expect him to be different?
Would you expect him to remain faithful if Pool dropped a division or two and had no chance of honours and could not pay him what he could get elsewhere? Should he flounder in Div2 for reasons of loyalty? If you think it would then be understandable for him to move you are accepting the concept of loyalty which is somewhat different from the one you use, and it is one which recognises that players have the right to consider their ambitions and financial future, which brings us back to the spot SG seems to be in right now.
Liverpool fans do not demand loyalty from Gerrard, they expect 'blind' loyalty. There is a difference.
LC
