I thought Gerrard was finished??? And also

You can tippy-tappy the Shiite out the ball all you like but all 3 goals came from long range passes which involved SG at some stage.
That's why he's back - no tippy tappy where SG is concerned.

It's an awful time for our next match to be at OT, we could've done with another easy-ish match to build more steam.

I hope that, if the result goes against us there, people remember that we're still capable of good performances. I struggle to come onto our board after draws or defeats these days, the negativity is overwhelming.

Dr Seven Grater - filled with a nameless dread (U13441)
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It's an awful time for our next match to be at OT, we could've done with another easy-ish match to build more steam.

I hope that, if the result goes against us there, people remember that we're still capable of good performances. I struggle to come onto our board after draws or defeats these days, the negativity is overwhelming.
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This is the biggest problem with our fans supporting the collective progress of the club as a whole.

Over Christmas we won 3 out of 4 games but people went nuts over the Stoke defeat. I was disappointed with that but we were leading and the first goal came from a slip from Skrtel.

We won at QPR and beat Fulham and Sunderland at home but the biggest reaction was the defeat.

I'd happily win 3 out of 4 for the rest of the season. We'd finish in the top two.

And one of the worst culprits for overwhelming negativity is on this current thread in the name of Brendan's 433.

I'm less bothered about SG's superb passing game coming back, he was never going to lose that. I'm more impressed with the improvement in his positional and defensive play in the deeper midfield position. That combined with big improvements from Downing and Henderson (who with Saurez is a nightmare for teams trying to play out from the back) means we really are starting to dominate teams.

The one exception being versus Stoke but the mistakes made that game are pretty obvious.

The one exception being versus Stoke but the mistakes made that game are pretty obvious.
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Exactly right. It wasnt poor performances or lack of the possession. We made mistakes and lost some games.

We would have beaten the Champions if not for a late mistake.

Fact?

Fully agree, Jav

Gerrard had 93% pass completion. Now considering the kind of passes he was pulling off, the stat is incredible.

honestlivpool_five_times (U1661)

That was a great stat to hear last night

Can anybody confirm or deny these stats as I quoted them as fact and was pulled up on both by people saying he has 5 league goals and Eden Hazard is the top assist maker...