miserable stevie g finally cheers up

po faced, tennis-ball headed gloom merchant steven "prozac" gerrard near lost his false teeth when spluttering forth the following to a .tv reporter cum home ganja grower paul "family man" eaton....(£15 a quarter btw)

GERRARD: THE ONLY WAY IS UP Paul Eaton 07 December 2005

"Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool are in good shape to challenge for Premiership glory over the coming seasons. The Liverpool skipper was delighted with the Reds' performance against Chelsea last night as Rafa Benitez's side secured the point they needed to top Group G and enter the draw for the knock-out stages as one of the seeded sides.

But it's Liverpool's improved form in the Premiership which is pleasing Gerrard most at present as the Reds have won six in a row without conceding a goal.

"We feel as though we're significantly improving in all departments," said Gerrard.

"We're getting consistently good results against the top sides, and I think we're emerging as challengers to Chelsea.

"We did it in Europe last year, and our intention has always been to do the same in the league. There's still a gap to reduce, but I don't think anyone can say we've only done it in the big games now. We're producing it week in, week out and we know that's got to continue.

"In seven, or eight matches against Chelsea there's been very little between the sides. Our problem has been showing that against other sides, but we're a lot better now.

"The manager has gone on record saying he intends strengthening in January and that's going to make a difference too.

"There have been times recently when we had a good opportunity to make the final step up and we haven't really taken it, but now everyone's a lot more confident it's going to happen."

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ps i'm past the fact gerrard is a miserable f***er, f*** him if that's the way he wants to be...

-- "i'm just a soul whose intentions are good, Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood"