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

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!

By: Liverpool_Fan

Liverpool_Fan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:54:06 +0000

Steven Gerrard man of the match at wembley. Wait is he the only english player to get man of the match at the new wembley?

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:12:24 +0000

I hate Terry – for obvious reasons – but I feel he makes a good captain.
Still think Rio will also make a good choice.

By: Brian W

Brian W — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:16:40 +0000

Hugo, I remember the article you were talking about: I beleive it was from a blog titled “Kop” something.

Gerrard has never once turned in an inspirational performance as England skipper, and the squad always looks more flat with him in charge. Terry, on the other hand, leads by brutal example and emotion, which is exactly what you want in a skipper. For me, the choice is obvious.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:05:45 +0000

I remember that article Hugo, but can’t seem to find it.
Someone had a link to it on Soccerlens (I thought it was in the Rio Ferdinand article???)

By: Del Cortez the Greatest

Del Cortez the Greatest — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:06:48 +0000

So permanent captain is Wayne Rooney it’ll be a brave call, obviously the media’ll go crazy but it’s the right decision