The other thing that annoyed me when watching Liverpool v Unirea was yet more examples of lazy punditry. Stan "the man that didn't" Collymore (God knows why anyone thought he would make a good pundit) joined the likes of Redknapp, Gray, Houghton and many others in repeating the cliche that Steven Gerrard cannot be expected to carry the team week-in, week-out.
As someone who has watched every Liverpool game this season, I can say that Steven Gerrard hasn't carried the team in a single game this season. If anything, the team has been carrying Steven Gerrard this season. 11 years of outstanding service should not be dismissed on the back of one lousy season but let's assess players on what they do on the pitch THIS SEASON rather than working from the assumption that Gerrard is amazing and messrs Lucas, Ngog, etc. are all crap. If Gerrard had only joined us in the summer and performed as he has this season, people would be writing him off as a terrible signing just as they have Aquilani. Likewise, if Aquilani had five or six seasons of decent performances for Liverpool in the bank, people would be talking about a loss of form rather than a waste of money.
So far, Aquilani has disappointed and has failed to live up to expectations but so has Gerrard. And it has been the likes of Lucas who has had to carry them this season.
We have suffered as a result of players like Torres, Johnson and Benayoun being missing through injury but Gerrard has simply been missing.
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