Comments on: Why Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard Should Not Be England Captain

By: michael williams

michael williams — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:05:04 +0000

i think gerrard is not the problem. the problem is hesky is to old cant make use of good chances

By: Dan Kauz

Dan Kauz — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:43:34 +0000

Didnt Rio just get a four match ban for hitting another player or something like that? gerrard has done something bad in the past put if i remember rightly he was cleared of the charges, which means he was inoccent.
Gerrard should have been captain from the start!!

p.s nice comment Gordo

By: Ahmed Bilal

Ahmed Bilal — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:23:05 +0000

Gordo, fair point EXCEPT Gerrard’s posse outnumbered the guy and assaulted him instead of acting in ‘self defence’.

By: Gordo

Gordo — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:54:18 +0000

An old article but now time to refresh it (considering J.Ts womanising). True, Gerrard is no saint & has punched someone in a bar, but it was put down to self defence (I bet most of us have met at least one ‘clicky’ drunk out on the town in the past anyway).
Considering the other comments prior, Gerrard may have not always produced his Liverpool form for England, but every England player is guilty of that on occasion! J.T has made mistakes & there have been stinky England performances with him as captain too.
Our expectations of talent forget that everyone is fallible & if anyone thinks Gerrard doesn’t play for England with pride needs their head examined! Fabio give him the captains arm band, tell him it’s his to lose, & then watch him light a fire under the team!

By: Gadio

Gadio — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:57:38 +0000

Gerrard is the best player in england if he is made captain england will win a world cup

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:57:11 +0000

Gerrard is what England need.

Make him captain and you will see better results.

By: tom higson

tom higson — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:55:46 +0000

I have every confidence that a Man United fan wrote this.
Rio Ferdinand a better captain than Gerrard! Jamie Carragher would make a better captain than Rio Ferdinand!
What has Rio done to deserve to captain the national sqaud?
In the past 3 years both their clubs have won the Champions League, but in 05 Steven Gerrard (and i hate saying this as a liverpool fan) carried Liverpool by himself and was the inspiration behind the win in Istanbul not to mention the Olympiakos goal or the one against West Ham in the FA cup.
Not what did Rio do for Utd?
Well he didn’t captain all the games and the only things he did in the final were fuck up in defense to allow Chelsea to eqaulise and then moan at the referee to help get Drogba sent off, what he crtisized Ronaldo for in the World Cup Game.
Speaking of that game, how can you crtisize Gerrard for missing a penalty – least he had the balls to step up and take it, and you can’t use the excuse that Rio is a defender because Carragher had the courage to do it (even if he missed) and Hargreaves was playing as a right back for England in the match and scored his.

By: Alberto Pazzini

Alberto Pazzini — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:07:20 +0000

Ferdinand, for me. He’s way better than Terry(who would not be in his national squad if he was from Italy or Spain or Germany or Brazil or any other top country).

By the way, is it me or does Gerrard always play well for Liverpool and sucks when he plays for England?

By: Richard S

Richard S — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:26:11 +0000

The biggest retard in football decided to make Terry captain, lets hope Capello doesn’t make the same mistake.

Rio, Rio? He kicks footballs at his own fans when the ref blowds the whistle for a foul!

Gerrard is the only choice, if he is made perminent captain he would deliver fir England what he delivers for Liverpool. The captain of England should be a goal scorer, someone who can turn games around, Gerrard is the only one.

For Vice Captain, I would say Owen or J. Cole.

By: Graham Fisher

Graham Fisher — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:57:39 +0000

Liverpool fan,

I have eaten humble pie on my blog. He was man of the match. Just when I needed him to have a stinker!