deffo a lie
He should have also added, I was at fault for not making sure the entire team knew that was the case.Chris Bascombe @_ChrisBascombe 14m14 minutes ago
Brendan Rodgers says Mario Balotelli was Liverpool’s nominated penalty taker once he he was on the field last night.
It's possible that Rodgers told Balotelli, when he was going on, to take a penalty if we got one. Of course it should have also been communicated to Henderson. Maybe that's why he was looking towards the bench.
So now Gerrard looks more of a tit as Rodgers implied this is a long standing thing.
So Rodgers has hung Gerrard
This is why current players shouldn't do punditry for their own team. Or rather, why Gerrard shouldn't because he's incapable of supporting a team mate on air.
No previous with him, but it's rare he does punditry. I think he's supportive of one's he likes, but also when he's wearing the colours at a press conference etc.Has he history? I thought Gerrard was usually good to big up his team mates. (i.e. Suarez, Joe Cole etc).
Maybe he's only supportive to the one's he likes?
No previous with him, but it's rare he does punditry. I think he's supportive of one's he likes, but also when he's wearing the colours at a press conference etc.
When he's on his own, away from the club, I can imagine it wouldn't take much for him to slate
Miserable looking get he is
Gerrard said himself at the start of the season that Balotelli was nominated to take the pens if he wasn't on the field.
So Rodgers hasn't fucked up.
Henderson was nominated to take a penalty as Gerrard, Lambert and Balotelli wasn't starting yesterday.
Why make this into something more than it is..
Comments from after the Spurs game:
'I'm aware he's a terrific penalty taker,' Gerrard said in August after scoring a penalty for Liverpool in their 3-0 win at Tottenham.
'I'm sure he'll get the chance to take some penalties for the club. The manager's told me if I'm not on the pitch he'll take them.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2961412/Mario-Balotelli-Liverpool-s-second-choice-penalty-taker-according-Steven-Gerrard.html#ixzz3SIgiBzav
Markovices get stitches.Henderson and Sturridge plot their revenge against Balotelli, oblivious to the presence of Balotelli's sneaky snitch.
![]()
So this is something he said less than two weeks ago. I'm wondering who was showing the disrespect.
Yeah I was really confused with Sturridge's part in it all. Did he want to take it himself? Did he want Henderson to take it?
Brendan's reaction has been spot on. Brilliant stuff.
I wonder what his private chats have been with Stevie, Mario and Studge.
Balotelli and Sturridge are far more similar than most would like to admit.The Studge's reaction wasn't ideal but I don't think it's hard to understand. Since he's been with us he's shown himself to be Balotelli's mirror opposite in terms of character, a stand-up guy who's totally bought into the team spirit, so it's not the slightest bit surprising to me that he was completely naffed off with Balotelli's behaviour, on this and other occasions (e.g.Mike Marsh sending Balotelli back to the bench when he was buggering about in the subs' warm-up before a game earlier this year).
The Studge's reaction wasn't ideal but I don't think it's hard to understand. Since he's been with us he's shown himself to be Balotelli's mirror opposite in terms of character, a stand-up guy who's totally bought into the team spirit, so it's not the slightest bit surprising to me that he was completely naffed off with Balotelli's behaviour, on this and other occasions (e.g.Mike Marsh sending Balotelli back to the bench when he was buggering about in the subs' warm-up before a game earlier this year).
Your first point is dreadfully short-termist, old friend. Look at the dissension on the pitch last night, look at this debate on here now, look at Balotelli's employment history and you'll see - as if you didn't know anyway - what I'm talking about.
I give a flying f'ck if Stevie or anyone else dislikes someone because they're having a destructive effect on the team. Not only would I not defend the kind of behaviour from Stevie that you describe, I've said before now that I don't think he's a good captain because of it (and been criticised heavily for that). None of that makes any difference to the fact - and it IS a fact - that he's right about Balotelli.