why has gerrard been playing so bad lately?
829623
Lad i work with says that the rumour around Liverpool is that he's having relationship drama's with his missus. Her away form has been better than the reds apparently, anyone else heard similar?
679687
I think it is highly doubtful. He is still in the squad and going into oxygen chambers. However, Sir Alex Ferguson said on the weekend that it was a "forlorn hope" that he will play. However, Sven-Goran Erikkson has still got him in the squad until Rooney says he can't make it. However, Uri Geller is praying for him which shows how desperate it is.
418636
I think it could be David Beckham. His form 's not been great and he is under tremendous pressure to perform.
985522
he is not playing as he used to be. he has to bat well . he has to improve. basically he is hitter of ball but nowadays he is not hitting ball also
724396
Generally he is not in a form . But he remains one of the top players, don't we worry , he is gonna be all right, it was probably exhausting his training programme for the world cup!!!!
1085469
Crouch is not the answer, his positional play is dire.  How the hell is he is classed as an International quality player is beyond me.\n\nI'd play the Portugese with the same line up as we used against Ecuador.  Rooney looks like he's about to do something pretty special to me, and certainly doesn't look to be suffering from his injury.  Give him chance and he will shine.\n\nOne thing is for sure, it's about time the whole team started playing as such and showed more commitment than they have done of late (how much of that is Sven's lack of enthusiasm though?)
369101
Gerrard or Terry, they're born leaders and it shows. Although Beckham has actually done pretty well as captain he gets picked half the time for just being Beckham no matter how badly he plays!\n\nWhoever said Owen? What are you on about?!! A striker doesn't make a great captain anyway, let alone a quiet timid one like Owen!
749899
coz he is off to Real Madrid in January and did not want to get injured.\n\nhahaha just joking, someone pick him up of the ground, because Jose is a w@anker he did not want to make it easy for barcelona so put out a weaker team in order to get beat through anyway, and he has that huge game on sunday
1077487
He is totally overrated. Sure he is not that bad, but I don't think he deserves to be Captain. Gerrard would be a better captain. Just because he married an ex-spice girl doesn't make him good at football!
772901
terrible the way our players played, far worse than Barca and that is only down to one person Jose.\nAnd for the other idiot here with the abuse, take a look at the replay where drogba fell three times with no one near him. Pure cheaters, they look for fouls, they look for penalties, shame Frank cant put it in the net after they have fooled the ref.
659639
I think it's time the captain of England should be changed and I think Steven Gerrard should be given the captaincy, probably after the World Cup.  Beckham's been a great ambassador for English football but I think he's past his best now and it would be best if he stepped down and gave somebody else a chance after Germany.  Gerrard is in his prime and will get better, is playing for a side going through an exciting period and has the presence and force of personality needed to be captain.
907930
He is still at Man Utd.\n\nCurrently, he is fighting for a midfield position with Giggs, Scholes, Carrick, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Oshea, Ji Sung Park (injured)...\n\nIn the Premiership this season, he has started 2 games, and came off the bench once. No Premiership goals to his name yet.
1110326
Why not. england can attack from the very beginning. like germany did yesterday. give no room for ecuador to even breathe. They could leave crouch out though. and i wonder what sven was thinking when he chose the squad, he brought a 17yr old striker who he probably will never use, 2 stylish full-of-class strikers who happen to be coming of injuries and sadly not in form, and a dodo in the form of crouch, who moves so slow and has no dribbling skills, why didnt sven get more strikers?.. with lampard shooting the ball like a trigger-happy cowboy, its left to the midfield to get goals, gerrard,  j.cole and others. hopefully england perform better than they have so far.
1000025
Crouch without Beckham & Gerrard will not get a place in any team. He is too clumsy gives too many fouls,  has no speed, & needs to dribble. Very good at set pieces as he rises above the opposition to head.  He is a pivot
1096471
Right now he is injured and cannot play for about 10 days. If he comes back we will see a better Portugal, and erase the horrible game they played agains Angola.
1107327
steven gerrard not only because hes hot but hes a very good mid-fielder (too bad hes not playing their for the world cup)and hes very good at what he does!
1047447
Poor. He is proving to be a great player in club level only like Del Piero or Eric Cantona. He was awful.