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Benitez .... prick
I know there's probably other threads with tyhis theme ... & quite rightly ... but I thought "new season, new start".
A fuss is made & it looks like he'll miss a few matches. But Liverpool have a massive game at the weekend.
So, Mr Benitez's solution ??? Well, it seems Gerrad will be fit to play at the weekend, but will NOT be fit to play in midweek in a friendly for England.
Just, exactly, HOW does that work ??
Apparently, the logic is ... ''... if he trains and plays more games after that it will be a bigger risk. We know you cannot push a player too much; for one game it is okay - for more it is a risk."
Personally ... & call me bad minded ... I hope he plays & damages it more. The only downside of that is that England may suffer, but frankly, that's necessary for McClaren to be seen as the pointless tosser he is. Get McClaren out ... watch BFSA tout himself (pointlessly) for the job & watch the bar-code fans turn on him for disloyalty. Seems like a plan to me.
So ... Stephen Gerrard, a truly high class player, despite being an outrageous diver and not afraid to go in two footed or late, or over the ball ... gets injured in a game.Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has told McClaren he cannot pick Steven Gerrard, even though he will play for the Reds on Sunday. (Mail)
A fuss is made & it looks like he'll miss a few matches. But Liverpool have a massive game at the weekend.
So, Mr Benitez's solution ??? Well, it seems Gerrad will be fit to play at the weekend, but will NOT be fit to play in midweek in a friendly for England.
Just, exactly, HOW does that work ??
Apparently, the logic is ... ''... if he trains and plays more games after that it will be a bigger risk. We know you cannot push a player too much; for one game it is okay - for more it is a risk."
Personally ... & call me bad minded ... I hope he plays & damages it more. The only downside of that is that England may suffer, but frankly, that's necessary for McClaren to be seen as the pointless tosser he is. Get McClaren out ... watch BFSA tout himself (pointlessly) for the job & watch the bar-code fans turn on him for disloyalty. Seems like a plan to me.
The Anfield boss will ''push'' his captain to play against Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday, despite scans showing he has a hairline fracture of the big toe on his right foot.
Manager, player and medical staff have conferred - and the upshot is that Gerrard will play against the former champions and then rest during international week.
England manager Steve McClaren's problems for the midweek friendly against Germany are clearly not top of Benitez's list - even if he is about to deny England the player who would have captained the side in John Terry's absence.
Benitez will use Gerrard, who picked up the injury against Toulouse in the Reds' 1-0 Champions League qualifying round first-leg win, and leave McClaren with no choice but to accept the player will not be fit to face the Germans.
McClaren could pick a squad, force Gerrard to travel to the England team HQ for medical tests yet still find that he could not be risked.
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manager wants to take a risk with his player for the club that pays his wages in a crunch game, meaning he'll miss an international that has no bearing on the club's fortunes. seems perfectly reasonable to me
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Yep, this fella says it about as well as I could. Managers have been doing it for years, will continue to do so.communistworkethic wrote:manager wants to take a risk with his player for the club that pays his wages in a crunch game, meaning he'll miss an international that has no bearing on the club's fortunes. seems perfectly reasonable to me
Stop pissing and whinging when it doesn't affect you.
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I've seen the three worst penalty decisions that I've ever seen over the course of the same weekend. First off was the one that Portsmouth got against us when Cid clearly took the ball, then there was West Ham's when the ball had gone out of play before Bellamy decided to take a tumble, and then this one where the Chelsea boy barges into the Liverpool defender whilst the ball is nowhere near, and Rob Styles points to the spot! 

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A friendly, moreover. Considering Stevie Me's barely-contained jealousy at being overlooked for the England armband, there'd be more of a fuss if it were a crunch Euro 2008 game.communistworkethic wrote:manager wants to take a risk with his player for the club that pays his wages in a crunch game, meaning he'll miss an international that has no bearing on the club's fortunes. seems perfectly reasonable to me
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