17 Nov 2007

Stevie's dubious explanation for his 'England are best' comments

Steven Gerrard has taken time out from his beloved England and deigned to offer Liverpool fans a hollow justification for his idiotic comments about England games being ‘bigger’ than Liverpool games…

Gerrard’s convincing, heartfelt clarification consisted of the following:

“All I was trying to say was when I am with England, England are most important but when I am with Liverpool, Liverpool are most important”.

With these comments, Gerrard is insulting our intelligence, and if he thinks he can fool fans with this feeble attempt at an explanation…he’s right! Sadly, despite the outrageous and obvious truth, Gerrard apologists across the globe will accept his 'explanation' without question and the whole thing will be forgotten.

Quite simply, any fan who unquestioningly believes this tosh is a mug. Gerrard might try and convince people that he didn’t say England are more important, but he DID. Consider his original comments again:

"When I join up with England, these games are bigger than Champions League games or league games”.

This statement is categorically unambiguous: England games are bigger than CL and league games. Gerrard claims that he was making a distinction between when he plays for England and when he plays for Liverpool. Where is this distinction exactly?! He also said:

“If you go to a major tournament and play well or achieve something as a team it's going to be a lot bigger than achieving something at your club."

Am I missing something here? Where does he say ‘when I play for England they are most important’?! Again, Gerrard’s attitude is clear and impossible to misinterpret: Achieving something with England is A LOT BIGGER than achieving something with Liverpool.

Additionally, there is no allusion to the Liverpool/England distinction he makes his ‘apology’. Why? Because that is not what he meant.

Instead of lying to the fans, Gerrard should have the courage of his convictions - If he feels England are more important than LFC, then he should just stick to his opinion. Sticking resolutely to a passionately held opinion in the face of adversity is something I can respect.
After all, my LFC bias aside, I can see the argument that playing for the national team is more important than playing for your club. It’s not something fans want to hear but a convincing argument could be made for it.

In any event, for me as a Liverpool fan, Gerrard’s comments are depressingly explicit. No amount of desperate backtracking or spin can change this simple fact: Liverpool's homegrown Captain prefers winning with England to winning with Liverpool.


2 comments:

  1. I DON'T CARE IF THE COMMENT WILL BE DELETED! COZ FOR SURE YOU WON'T LIKE! AND THATS MY INTENTION.. MY MESSAGE IS FOR YOU.. I DONT SPEAK ENGLISH BUT I CAN CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN WHAT WHAT KINF OF PERSON YOU ARE! BELIEVE ME, ONE DAY YOU WILL REGRET FOR WHAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY WRITING! YOU WON'T DIE IN PEACE!

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