Liverpool vs West Ham preview

Crashing out of the Capital One cup doesn't exactly seem like an ideal preparation, on paper. Liverpool's competitiveness and ability to match Chelsea demonstrated a collective team performance combined with fluid counter attacks and stable defending. West Ham are unbeaten in their last 3 premier league fixtures plus they are riding high into the next round of the FA cup, the Hammers show no sign of fading out yet.

The remarkable start to the season was memorable for both clubs, West Ham having one of their best starts to the season for 20 years while Liverpool suffered one of their worst, despite spending a fortune of over £100 million. The last time this mega money was spent was when seen two significant purchases who now feature regularly in claret and blue £35 million on Andy Carroll and £20 million on Stewart Downing.

The main target men that are a constant threat for West Ham are Diafra Sakho, Stewart Downing, Alex Song and Andy Carroll. These four players along with defensive stalwart Winston Reid have been instrumental in boss Sam Allardyce's resurgence of the club.

Allardyce was favourite for the chop last season but with his team still vying for the top four, David Gold's choice to stick by big Sam looks to be an inspired one. The tally of goals scored by the Hammers is 35, superior to Liverpool's 31. The creativity and attacking drive that has become an expected formality with West Ham this season is down to the four attacking players mentioned above, Sakho a summer purchase from Ligue 2 club Metz has been a focal point of West Ham's new look play, the Ligue 2 player of the year last year has scored 8 goals in the process. The pair of Andy Carroll and Stewart Downing  two purchases from Liverpool have regained exceptional form that has seen Downing called up for England twice, although he did not feature through injury. The freedom and build up play is a stark comparison to the style of football seen at Upton park last season, with fans openly booing Sam Allardyce for his 'boring style of football'. This however looks to be a thing of the past, special recognition can be given to on loan Barcelona star Alex Song who is looking to rebuild his career after a £14 million move from Arsenal in 2012.

Song was a target for Liverpool in the summer however negotiations fizzled out and the in form nucleus of West Ham will be looking to replicate the result of their last fixture with Liverpool a 3-1 dominance at Upton Park. Song's career at the Catalan club seems determined to fade away, Upton Park seems a much more comfortable home for him and his style of play is much more physical and accustomed to the Premier league. Once you give the ball away in La Liga especially at Barcelona it is constantly talked about however in the premier                                                                                             league it is more forgiveable.

Liverpool suffering at the hands of Chelsea on Tuesday may be a blessing in disguise, the merseyside club who are one of the favourites left in the FA cup as well as the upcoming Europa league, may feel they have a real opening to focus on getting back into the top four.

Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 6 premier league features, with only Southampton more in form that them. A extra significance to this fixture is the rumoured return of English supremo Daniel Sturridge, the Liverpool hit man has been without an appearance for five months, Sturridge was quoted as feeling 'anxious' about his return to football, but everyone at Liverpool football club will be delighted especially considering their distinct lack of finishing ability in his absence. The team of Liverpool as a whole seem to be a lot more stable with them finding their feet and showing glimpses of the form last year that saw them take Manchester City to the final day.

Mignolet, a player who seemed to have been shown the door by the club has shown compelling performances as of late, notably against Chelsea in a match which was dominated by outrageous goalkeeping saves, Mignolet has kept 8 clean sheets this season, an underestimated statistic given the 'crisis' that was described at the club just three months ago. Liverpool will look to bounce back against West Ham in a fixture that could see them overtake the London club for the first time since August. Mignolet seems to have taken notice of the third placed Ballon D'or nominee, Manuel Neur, Mignolet has shown glimpses of taking the ball out of the box and then setting his team on the way to an attack. This is a welcoming sight for Liverpool fans who often viewed the Belgian as vulnerable with a sheer lack of confidence, however Mignolet still has a lot to learn but at just 26, shows positive signs of a successful career.

The match will be a highly competitive spectacle, with both teams focusing on attack. The midfield dynamo Alex Song will be a danger man any time the ball is at his feet, Henderson and Lucas, the predicted midfield duo will look to stop his movements and reduce his play to a minimum, Lucas has been a revalation in his defensive midfield role, with him there it allows Gerrard to drive at the opposition more and if he does make a mistake he has Henderson alongside him as cover.

Markovic if plays as expected will have a lot more room and freedom to play in than he did against Chelsea were his defensive skills were put to the test a lot. The return of Daniel Sturridge is an extreme boost to Liverpool who have looked vulnerable in attack, Raheem Sterling has often been inconsistent with his finishing and Mario Ballotelli has been inconsistent with every aspect of his play. Sturridge is a player who knows how to put the ball in the back of the net and as he finished last season as second top goalscorer the pressure on his shoulders to perform will be a massive task, as long as Sturridge is on that football pitch even as a substitute will be a preferred place to be for Sturridge who as the camera panned to him watching from his executive box every week showed him as a shadow.

Predicted Line up: Mignolet, 

                        Lovren, Skrtel, Can

Markovic, Henderson (C), Lucas, Moreno

              Sterling Coutinho

                    Sturridge

(If Sturridge does not start, Sterling will be striker and Gerrard will take his role)

Chelsea Preview -2nd leg

Looking ahead to the daunting prospect of a revenge seeking Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool's prospects of a cup this season are shrinking due to the lack of ability in putting the ball in the back of net. The lack of chances taken at key moments in matches this season is one of the most significant reasons that

Liverpool have failed to reproduce the same level of flair and attacking ability that was such a driving force in Liverpool's run in for the premier league title. The removal of the Uruguayan superstar Luis Suarez was a devastating blow to Liverpool considering his 31 goals during last season, along with the repetitive injuries suffered by Daniel Sturridge.



The first fixture saw Liverpool go 1-0 down to a penalty taken expertly by Eden Hazard. This however was the only time Liverpool were in significant danger as the form they showed after conceding was valiant beyond the majority of fixtures shown from the club this season.

The form going into the second leg is worrying for both teams, Chelsea suffered an embarrassing defeat to low league side Bradford city, after going 2-0 to lose 4-2. The Chelsea side still fielded a relatively strong side with Drogba, Cech, Oscar, Mikel, Cahill and Remy all featuring in the upset. The Bradford club 49 league places below the Premier league favourites shown great character coupled with the loud powerful atmosphere from the travelling Bradford fans who out-roared the Chelsea fans throughout the 90 minutes. Jose Mourinho said in the Daily Mirror before the match that he would be grateful to go out of the FA cup as it is 'impossible' to focus on all four competitions. Not exactly a strong statement for his players and fans to be excited about. Chelsea last won the competition against Liverpool in 2010 narrowly winning 2-1 at Wembley.

The league form between the Merseyside club and London club hands the edge to Liverpool, despite still being in 3 competitions as well as the Premier league top 4 run in. Liverpool clashed with a Bolton side unbeaten in their least season games a  0-0 draw occured.

The new look Bolton side under Neil Lennon featured legends Emile Heskey and champions league winner with Barcelona and former Chelsea favourite Eidur Gudjohnson. The two sides were evenly matched with both sides having limited chances to win the game. Adam Bogdan was commended for his fine save throughout the game much as Thibaut Courtois was in last Tuesday's fixture. The Liverpool team was a relaxed side, with captain Steven Gerrard rested.  Joe Allen returned to fitness alongside Glen Johnson  for the first time since his injury in December. Raheem Sterling was the focal point of the Liverpool side who played without a recognised striker despite having two on the bench in Lambert and Borini. The Liverpool starlet was a tad greedy shooting at a lot of moments when players were in better positions, this however can be expected from the second highest goalscorer for Liverpool this season.

The creativity of Coutinho flowed throughout the game often threading balls to Sterling and Henderson. Tomorrows fixture may be a similar fixture with both Chelsea and Liverpool, probably willing to sit back and defend for the majority of the game. Liverpool however do need a goal to progress through to the final at Wembley where the prospect of either Sheffield United or Totenham beckons.

Liverpool talisman Daniel Sturridge completed his first full team training session since returning from Boston, he is unlikely to feature in the starting 11 tomorrow but is rumored to be considered for the bench. Boss Brendan Rodgers gave no discretion over his delight at having the league's second highest goalscorer last term back available, but left the decision over his return down to Sturridge. "It's up to him" was his response.

 Liverpool will certainly be unlikely to force the injury prone striker to play but the pressure surrounding him is already at a premium. Expect the front man to return for the Bolton fixture next week or West Ham at Anfield this Saturday. Liverpool do now have Adam Lallana back to his peak fitness, Lallana featured briefly during the previous fixture at Anfield where he did very little in terms of what is expected. The £25 million signing from Southampton, had been in and out of the side consistently this season, playing in numerous positions, with the consistency of his regular 11, Rodger's is unlikely to start Lallana more than likely sticking with the same line up used at the first fixture at Anfield.






Predicted Line up 
Mignolet
Sakho, Skrtel, Can
Markovic, Lucas, Henderson, Moreno   
Gerrard
Coutinho Sterling

My Favoured Line up
Mignolet
Sakho, Skrtel, Can, 
Lallana, Lucas, Henderson, Moreno 
Gerrard, Coutinho 
Sterling

Predicted scoreline: With everything on the line for both clubs in terms of pride, I can see this fixture being a very close encounter, Liverpool arguably should of dominated the first fixture but with this fixture taking place on away soil the tie may be turned on it's head. Mourinho already has his fans riled up after praising Anfield's atmosphere, the previous defeat at Bradford with be an extra driving force for the Chelsea team looking to put to bed any raised suspicions regarding their ability. 1-1 with Liverpool winning 4-3 on Penalties. 

Chelsea Analysis

Looking back at the recent draw at Anfield against Chelsea, majority of fans, players and even Brendan Rodger's were pleased with the result. The 1-1 outcome courtesy of a penalty by Eden Hazard and a beautiful piece of magic by Raheem Sterling, the result certainly flattered the visitors who managed just 2 shots the whole evening compared to Liverpool's grand total of 19. The harshness of this result is that if Liverpool managed this result in April, they probably would of won the league as the result against Crystal palace would of not prompted Liverpool to go all out attack to win on goal difference.

The match occurred at a night when many thought that Liverpool would see a repeat of the dominant Chelsea performance last seen at Anfield in December, however the first leg of the Capital One cup was a complete reversal with Liverpool dominating every statistic that was clear for everyone who watched. The inclusion of Steven Gerrard back to the starting eleven would of been a massive boost for the Liverpool team and the fans also, who paid respect to the soon to depart captain through a huge Banner with the tagline 'The best there was, the best there is and the best there ever will be'.
A truly beautiful sight to see in the famous Kop that has been missing this season. The atmosphere at the ground was also superb, the ground was shaking as the Kop screamed for a goal during every attack. Mourinho's comments before the match will have had a part to play in this, he praised Steven Gerrard profusely and his comments after the game also paid tribute to the Anfield faithfuls by saying 'If Stamford Bridge give 25% of what Anfield gave we will win' a tongue in cheek comment however but with Mourinho anything that sounds like a comment is to be accepted, he is Chelsea's manager.
The error of Emre Can which consequently allowed Hazard to cool finish from the 12 yard spot, was Can's only mistake in 730 minutes of play,  fantastic considering his lack of experience as a centre back and given that he is naturally a centre midfield with more attacking qualities.

Jamie Carragher had much to say regarding Can's error saying that 'Coming up against top class players he has been left wanting'. A slightly controversial point but the most capped defender in Liverpool history will certainly have a better view point than others, Can's blushes were spared however through a 5 second burst from young Raheem Sterling, clearly refreshed from his week break in his native Jamaica. Sterling picked the ball up from the middle of Chelsea's half and rushed at the Chelsea defence exposing Gary Cahill's lack of pace and expertly finishing across Courtois' left. This moment of Magic from the young attacker has shown just how much he has progressed since a year ago, the weight of expectation on his shoulders has been huge since the injuries to Sturridge and lack of form shown from Lambert, Ballotelli and Borini. The statistics for Raheem speak for themselves, rated 1st as number of successful dribbles at Liverpool, second in goals only to Gerrard and second in assists at just 20 years old, he is the most promising young talent in the premier league.
Mourinho's gamer-plan and pre match conference was a strange, he was acting as if he was a starstruck fan of Liverpool in constant awe of the big name players, its no secret that Mourinho was a candidate for the Liverpool job before Benitez took over, so bitterness may still be ripe with him.There is clearly less friction between the two managers, as a friendship exists due to Rodger's being somewhat of a disciple during his younger years at an assistant coach to Mourinho.

However his statement to the Chelsea fans to not disrespect Gerrard via singing the famous parody version of Steve Gerrard, Gerrard was a very clever ploy. Mourinho knew full well his supposed contempt of the song would rile Chelsea fans up to scream the Anfield Road section into a full chorus of Gerrard slipped on his fuckin' arse. Mourinho for all his over the top personality is a master of psychological ploys that he uses to manipulate everyone.Whether his game plan succeeded remains to be seen, from a neutral point of view Chelsea should be grateful with a 1-1 at Anfield, however the perfectionist in Mourinho would disagree, the decision from him to include an extra defensive midfielder instead of the creative Brazilian Oscar may of been seen as showing Liverpool alot of respect as he looked to park his big, blue bus however his gaps in defence were constantly overrun, and the award of man of the match to Thibaut Courtois, will show a further glimpse into the dominance of Liverpool.
The match also included a glimpse into the past with Steven Gerrard looking alot more of a physical presence his long rage effort forcing a marvelous save from Courtois in the opening 15 minutes connoted a more confident assured Gerrard, looking to give the fans a much deserved parting gift.

The fixture is only half way through and too much should not be fixated on the positiveness, the conceding of the penalty give Chelsea the overall advantage, Liverpool will head to Stamford Bridge desperately searching for a goal, and with Sturridge likely to still be missing, the task is even harder, especially given the way Mourinho has riled up his fans.
Liverpool Rating 8.5/10
Man of the match for Liverpool- Coutinho, the little magician caused Chelsea countless problems with his mesemerizing control and movement.

Match Preview - Chelsea

On the back of an unbeaten run since the turn of the new year, Liverpool will go into the match against the league favourites full of confidence, with Saturdays 2-0 over Aston Villa featuring goals from the unfavoured Fabio Borini and Rickie Lambert fresh in the players minds a win is not too far from belief. Brendan Rodger's seems to have turned a corner with his new look Liverpool team after a harsh run in the opening half of the season, Liverpool now look to become a formidable force once again. Despite still being 8th in the place they are certainly on the rise again, and a team that Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will not dismiss.

The recent form guides place liverpool second in the league, only bettered by Southampton, Liverpool remain once place above Chelsea. Liverpool have won 4 of their last 6 games, drawing the other two, amassing a points total of 14 out of a possible 18. Meanwhile Chelsea have won the same amount in their past 6 fixtures but have drawn against form leaders Southampton and lost to Totenham in that memorable 5-3 demolition. A worrying statistic for Liverpool is the goal difference, Chelsea lead Liverpool by a respectable 30, while Liverpool remain the second lowest scorers in the top 8 only worsened by Totenham at 2. A stark contrast between the Liverpool of this season compared to the free scoring of Suarez and Sturridge last term. Chelsea's attacking has been applauded this season notably down to their prolific talisman Diego Costa a £32 million signing from Athletico Madrid. Liverpool's forward line for much of this season has looked bleak significant pressure has been placed on the young Raheem Sterling to play in an unnatural forward role, a daunting comparison between the two shows Diego Costa dominating the goals Statistic by nearly 5 times as many at what the young winger has achieved. An even more embarrassing tally shows that Diego Costa has scored more goals than Daniel Sturridge, Mario Ballotelli, Fabio Borini and Raheem Sterling combined.
Diego Costa will be a player Liverpool's back four will have to silence, the inclusion of the agile Emre Can as a makeshift centre back has been a breath of fresh air for Liverpool fans, Brendan Rodgers spoke of him after the Aston Villa fixture "He's a central Midfield player, but his composure, calmness and strength a number of times against Benteke was impressive.The 21 year old German is expected to feature at centre back on Tuesday, he played at centre midfield during Liverpool's premier league fixture against Chelsea at Anfield during which he scored the only Liverpool goal, and was praised by fans who questioned Rodger's decision to leave him out of the side for a significant amount of time.

Chelsea will also has to be aware of the Liverpool captain return, Steven Gerrard is expected to return to the starting 11 after being rested on the weekend against Aston Villa. Gerrard is in his final season as a Liverpool player and has been quoted as stating that he wants to end his final season with a trophy. Gerrard is very familiar with Chelsea, as he almost made the decision to make the switch to the club in 2004 and 2005 before deciding to stay on merseyside. Jose Mourinho recently stated he desperately tried to get the midfielder to make the move to the London club, and said he "dreamed of Makelele, Gerrard and Lampard in midfield". Mournho's compliments of players are very rare, so this should be taken in the highest gratitude.

Formidable attempts have been made to seduce the current top scorer to move to some of the worlds greatest clubs, notably Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United and Inter Milan. With 9 goals this season Gerrard has been one of the most important players to wear the red shirt, and has dragged Liverpool through thick and thin over the past 12 years, amassing a total of 10 club honours and even being on the shortlist for the Ballon D'or to Frank Lampard who finished second and Ronaldinho who won the prize. Gerrard's presence on the football pitch is formidable and is a player Chelsea will look to squash if they want to progress to the final of the League cup.

Liverpool broke Chelsea hearts back in 2005 when Luis Garcia scored what since been renamed as the 'Ghost goal' as rumours and myths regarding whether it crossed the line have angered many and sparked high tech investigations. An ignored fact is that if the goal was not given, Peter Cech would have been sent off, thus giving Liverpool a penalty, along with Chelsea being without their first choice keeper coupled with them finishing the fixture with 10 men.

Liverpool will have their work cut out for them against the league leaders, Chelsea are looking for the treble this season if not the quadruple. Last time the two met, Liverpool were outclassed in a 2-1 defeat, their last loss at home for six fixtures, Liverpool were under performing the run in to that fixture but now look to find their feet again after a rough start that seen some fans calling for the replacement of Brendan Rodgers.With Daniel Sturridge not set for return until the end of the month, Liverpool will have to be a lot more solid in the match, the lack of a forward line as a presence may be costly, but with a more secure looking back four that has seen Simon Mignolet total 7 clean sheets equaling David De Gea, things are on the rise for the Merseyside club I expect a more positive performance than the one seen Last time at Anfield.

Brendan Rodgers is Ordering from the Set Menu of Dissapointment

Brendan Rodger's transfers have been poor. Just getting that out there weighing up the hits and misses its clear Brendan Rodgers doesn't truly know what he needs. Since Brendan took over from Sir Kenny Dalglish he has signed a total of 23 players, how many of these players can be regarded as money well spent?

First, focusing on the good points, Brendan Rodger's signed two integral players within his first winter transfer window in Phillipe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge.

Two players who contain great quality as well as potential to thrive on. These two signings excited the fans and set them up for disappointment. After seeing the quality produced from these two  players it seemed Brendan would change his transfer targets to young players showing potential rather than players who he believed were nearing their best such as Joe Allen. It's clear Brendan Rodgers likes to buy players young, which Liverpool fans understand and appreciate him giving youngsters the chance to play. The problem with this is that most of them never develop. Sturridge and Coutinho are the only exceptions, two players who immediately showed why they were bought for over £10 million each. Coutinho's beautiful display of passing and Sturridge's finishing and dribbling ability partnered with the now Barcelona hot shot Luis Suarez made him a bargain to be admired. Two years on, no other player has shown the same level of quality that these two players have.

Markovic, Lallana, Kolo Toure, Moreno, Emre Can and Divock Origi may be exceptions to the negatives as they have only been with the squad for 6 months or in Origi's case loaned at in order to further his development. However excluding those 8 players, there are 15 others who can be regarded as failures that is a 65% failure rate, a manager with a team only showing glimpses of good football doesn't exactly give confidence to the fans does it?
With this all taken into account, and Brendan Rodger's saying he expects January to be a quiet month, a question to consider is whether he is scared to buy players as they may turn out to be failures like the majority of his signings. It's obvious to any Liverpool fan that the squad needs work and judging by the lack of announcements or advanced talks being issued by the players it seems it isn't obvious to Brendan, so what is it the team needs?

Goalkeeper, Simon Mignolet is a walking disaster, he is hesitant, not strong enough and not commanding enough.
Any goalkeeper even just a temporary one until the summer would be welcomed, Ter Stegen the young Barcelona keeper would be ideal and would give him more game time as well as improving our goalkeeping options.(Maybe throw in Suarez on loan also?) A centre mid needs to be scouted thoroughly, if not replacing Suarez ultimately failed any effort to ignore the lack of Steven Gerrard come next season would be a catastrophe, many players needs to be scouted from now until the summer, big boots to fill so the player needs to be chosen carefully. A striker even on loan, the two signings of the summer to fill Suarez's boots have looked like league two players, Lambert was two seasons ago.

Lacazette looks a star player aged just 23 coming into his potential should be a player we are looking at, Sturridge is coming back is a positive but expecting him to win us every game single-handed is unlikely, relieving the pressure off him will do him a world of good and give him less pressure like what he had with Suarez beside him.

Most of all Liverpool need a transfer consultant, Brendan may have his own idea of what he likes in a player but hes consistently wrong, £16 million for Ballotelli who needed 3 months worth of training to get him to agree to run more than 100 metres in a match was a wrong and costly transfer decision. £215 million is what it has spent to get Liverpool were they are at the moment, Europa League, and eighth in the league isn't exactly what you would call an achievement.

I like Brendan Rodgers and I love his philosophy and implementation of possession and attacking however his lack of ability in the transfer market correlating with the terrible defensive
he has constructed is going to be his downfall, the next two transfer windows will define how long he is Liverpool manager as FSG have shown and Brendan himself has shown, reputation counts for nothing.

Steven Gerrard, The Finale

Steven Gerrard. The name itself screams Liverpool FC. The recent statement issued by Steven Gerrard and the club announced that the main icon of Liverpool Fc for ten years would be leaving at the end of the season. Many people have voiced their admiration for the man who has certainly been among the best midfielders in the premier league, and is hailed by some as Liverpool's greatest every player. The next 6 months speaking as a Liverpool fan are going to be cherished every time the number 8 is included in the squad.
The level of desire and passion he has shown since his debut has been in parallel with the roar of the Kop that has seen so much success implemented by captain fantastic over the past 15 years. A boyhood red, who one day believed he would represent Liverpool, had no idea of the mark he would set on the club, the path he has created is a positive one regardless of form, without Gerrard Liverpool would not of won half as many trophies notably the Champions league and 'The Gerrard Final' against West Ham in the FA cup.
If Gerrard left Liverpool as he so nearly done in 2005 to Chelsea, the club he went to would surely of won plenty of trophies, that's a given. The choice for a  player to substitute more success and money for love is a valiant and respectable trait.

The debate regarding who was the better player out of Lampard, Scholes and Gerrard is one that can NEVER be decided as a whole decision. Being as impartial as I can be, I would still heavily favour Gerrard as the best out of the three. Obviously people will disgagree hopefully some will agree, but given that Gerrard is in my view Liverpool's greatest ever player, I disagree that another player in the premier league can be classed as better than Liverpool's greatest ever player.

Lampard has played in a few fantastic Chelsea teams with a fantastic manager in the name of Jose Mourinho. Lampard has never truly had to carry Chelsea on his own back, he's had world class players surrounding him along namely John Terry, Drogba, Hazard, Makelele along with Mourinho as a master Tactician. Same goes to Scholes, the little magician would come second for me, above Lampard purely for his dictatorship qualities, Neville has been quoted on Scholes many times stating how he controlled many games to whatever tempo he wanted. Fair point but the greatest manager in the Premier league will of always had a more important factor in any game rather than what Scholes could do. Along with SAF, Scholes also had other players dominating the game such as Roy Keane, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Wayne Rooney. Scholes was used more sparingly during his twilight years, Gerrard was never able to get this rest due to the lack of depth and quality Liverpool posessed in midfield. Steven Gerrard may of had his fair share of world class players such as Suarez, Torres, Alonso, Mascherano but besides their brief stints a the club, Gerrard has had to carry Liverpool off his own back for a number of years, and he's done it better than if Scholes or Lampard had to do it all by themselves.
Many of the worlds best players have hailed him as the best in the world, Zidane recently had this to say about the great man (See image).

Many other players Such as Henry have labelled him as one of the worlds best. Many people on social media have criticized Gerrard labelling him as Overrated. People like this are just simply trolls. Gerrard is one of the best players to have ever Graced the Premier league.

His ability is unquestionable, his desire is second to none, but carrying the weight of expectation of a massive club like Liverpool, is a heavy burden to carry, Steven Gerrard is exhausted of seeing the best players leave, Alonso, Torres and Suarez to name a few. Gerrard just doesnt have the energy to carry the club more, Gerrard deserves to win the league, a league, may that be with Liverpool or a club in the MLS. Gerrard has served us well, a true leader, an inspirational captain, a Fucking legend.