Steven Gerrard's Final Game in a Liverpool Shirt
May 24, 2015 2:06 PM Subscribe
Steven Gerrard played his last game in the English Premier League and in a Liverpool shirt today. Things went...badly. But this farewall tour hasn't been all he'd hoped for in any fashion. (Last link has a lot of profanity.)
Moyes in.
posted by MartinWisse at 3:03 PM on May 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by MartinWisse at 3:03 PM on May 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
Ungh. At least Comcast did me the solid of cutting out for half the game. "Look away, Drew, look away," Comcast whispered, petting my tear damp hair.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:03 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:03 PM on May 24, 2015
Some wag wrote: carry on like this and they'll have to pay 700, 800, 900 grand a week for fans to come to matches.
posted by lalochezia at 3:20 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by lalochezia at 3:20 PM on May 24, 2015
Farewell, not farewall. Freudian slip, re my last comment?
posted by lalochezia at 3:21 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by lalochezia at 3:21 PM on May 24, 2015
I wasn't that sad about Stevie leaving in itself (it's time) but I am so sad about this fucking mess this season has been. He deserved better.
posted by corvine at 3:25 PM on May 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by corvine at 3:25 PM on May 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
You think your season was back? If not for Timpact, we'd been relegated with QPR and Burnely instead of Hull. Third or fourth season in a row we manage to barely escape.
posted by MartinWisse at 3:33 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by MartinWisse at 3:33 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Charlie Adam and Peter Crouch both scoring against their former team.
I think this might be Rodgers' last match for Liverpool as well.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:37 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
I think this might be Rodgers' last match for Liverpool as well.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:37 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
Seriously. Get Immortan Joe in and we'll all meet up in Valhalla.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:41 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by robocop is bleeding at 3:41 PM on May 24, 2015
Stoke scored 6? How does that happen?
posted by Windopaene at 4:00 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by Windopaene at 4:00 PM on May 24, 2015
Lots of long balls forward.
posted by MartinWisse at 4:02 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by MartinWisse at 4:02 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Stoke scored 6? How does that happen?
From a non-offside position, without commiting any foul on an opposing player, the ball is propelled, by contact (of any non-hand part of the body) in to the back of the opposing team's net.
A description of a useful play in Association Football Matches which clearly needs to be re-imparted to liverpool. Sigh.
posted by lalochezia at 4:04 PM on May 24, 2015 [5 favorites]
From a non-offside position, without commiting any foul on an opposing player, the ball is propelled, by contact (of any non-hand part of the body) in to the back of the opposing team's net.
A description of a useful play in Association Football Matches which clearly needs to be re-imparted to liverpool. Sigh.
posted by lalochezia at 4:04 PM on May 24, 2015 [5 favorites]
This was the dog's egg on the cake for Liverpool but the last 2 months of the season have been a joke for so many teams. It felt like Liverpool, Tottenham and Southampton were competing to avoid the Europa league, and utd were doing their best to keep giving them all a chance at the champions league. Would dearly loved to have seen Newcastle go down. Was looking at attendances for the season earlier, they average gates of 50,000, 3rd highest in the league and they have been a disgrace throughout. If Mike Ashley learned to shit black and white they would eat it up.
posted by biffa at 4:08 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by biffa at 4:08 PM on May 24, 2015
Last year was a good year to be a LFC fan. This year, back to underachieving. Gerrard is one of my fav EPL players. He deserved a better squad this year. BUT, I'm in LA and a Galaxy fan. So I've got that going for me.
I'm always surprised at how few candidates there are for epl managing gigs. I mean, how do you take (the better) half of Southhampton and nearly finish behind them the next year?
posted by persona au gratin at 4:16 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm always surprised at how few candidates there are for epl managing gigs. I mean, how do you take (the better) half of Southhampton and nearly finish behind them the next year?
posted by persona au gratin at 4:16 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
The only bright spots this year were Arsenal and Southhampton. Obscene amounts of oil money and Man U carry the day again.
posted by persona au gratin at 4:19 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by persona au gratin at 4:19 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Stoke hasn't been a long ball team for two years now. That's why a number of teams like Spurs keep losing to them.
posted by josher71 at 4:30 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by josher71 at 4:30 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
To be fair to them, biffa, every Newcastle fan I've ever met hates Ashley with the burning fire of 1000 suns. An extended stay in the Championship might be the only thing that would get rid of him, though.
posted by Kreiger at 4:59 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Kreiger at 4:59 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Liverpool's defense is truly dire especially Can and unlike last year they can't rely on someone like Saurez to just will them to victories. I think the blame for this frankly terrible campaign rests squarely on Rodger's shoulders as the team is clearly his creation at this point rather than King Kenny's and basically he pissed away the past couple of seasons transfer budget plus the Saurez money on nothing much at all.
I can't see how FSG will stay with him if he can't consistently deliver Champions League football even though financially speaking it's difficult for Liverpool to compete with the 2 Manchester and 2 London powerhouses.
posted by vuron at 6:02 PM on May 24, 2015
I can't see how FSG will stay with him if he can't consistently deliver Champions League football even though financially speaking it's difficult for Liverpool to compete with the 2 Manchester and 2 London powerhouses.
posted by vuron at 6:02 PM on May 24, 2015
Apparently, Mike Ashley has just stated that he won't sell Newcastle until they win a trophy.
I can't even joke about this- it's just sad and demented.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:05 PM on May 24, 2015
I can't even joke about this- it's just sad and demented.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 6:05 PM on May 24, 2015
Toon, Villa and Blunderland could all use a spell down in the Championship tbh as they tend to be terrible clubs with terrible owners and mediocre managers (although I like Tactics Tim). On the other hand I would genuinely be a bit saddened to not have Toon and Villa in the Premier League as I think they are kinda fun to have around and their fanbases deserve better than what they get.
I can't say though that I'm sorry that Burnley, Hull and QPR got relegated. Burnley was clearly outmatched in the PL and Hull was mediocre at best. QPR in contrast was incredibly awful and should serve as a cautionary tale about spending insane sums of money on lazy mercenaries. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if QPR pulls a Pompey and gets sent into administration. Should serve as a lesson to never ever trust your team with Harry Redknapp though.
posted by vuron at 6:12 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
I can't say though that I'm sorry that Burnley, Hull and QPR got relegated. Burnley was clearly outmatched in the PL and Hull was mediocre at best. QPR in contrast was incredibly awful and should serve as a cautionary tale about spending insane sums of money on lazy mercenaries. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if QPR pulls a Pompey and gets sent into administration. Should serve as a lesson to never ever trust your team with Harry Redknapp though.
posted by vuron at 6:12 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Goodbye to Stevie G. I never liked him much, but at least he seemed to care when in an England shirt.
It wasn't the most interesting season; Chelsea were too strong and too consistent. Usually the last day has a lot of drama, but this year almost everything was already decided.
Just looking forward to the FA Cup final next Saturday. If Liverpool were really hoping to avoid the Europa League, I think an Arsenal win in the cup will put them in despite themselves (because Arsenal have already qualified due to league position, the 6th place club would go).
posted by librosegretti at 7:02 PM on May 24, 2015
It wasn't the most interesting season; Chelsea were too strong and too consistent. Usually the last day has a lot of drama, but this year almost everything was already decided.
Just looking forward to the FA Cup final next Saturday. If Liverpool were really hoping to avoid the Europa League, I think an Arsenal win in the cup will put them in despite themselves (because Arsenal have already qualified due to league position, the 6th place club would go).
posted by librosegretti at 7:02 PM on May 24, 2015
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
posted by inflatablekiwi at 7:05 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by inflatablekiwi at 7:05 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
oh my god i hadn't even realised that agger was gone as of last year.
posted by poffin boffin at 7:45 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 7:45 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
So, if anyone else is curious, in that last game of Gerrard, the score was 6-1 to Stoke (I couldn't see it in any of the links above, oddly, but that could be my dementia or eyesight of course).
posted by peacay at 8:38 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by peacay at 8:38 PM on May 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
In my experience QPR fans have exactly the club they deserve. Good riddance.
I wonder if we'll see Dyche take one of the open jobs thus summer, or if he'll stay to try to bring Burnley back up.
posted by Kreiger at 10:01 PM on May 24, 2015
I wonder if we'll see Dyche take one of the open jobs thus summer, or if he'll stay to try to bring Burnley back up.
posted by Kreiger at 10:01 PM on May 24, 2015
The telescopic hagiographies from the British press for Stevie G's farewell tour made for sweet, sweet schadenfreude when they crashed out of the FA cup and then lost their two last matches. He's not England's Brave John Terry, but he's one of the over hyped lions. At least he's going to America. I read his book, he would be worse at punditry than Carragher.
posted by kendrak at 10:29 PM on May 24, 2015
posted by kendrak at 10:29 PM on May 24, 2015
Carragher sometimes looks like he's thinking.
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 1:24 AM on May 25, 2015
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 1:24 AM on May 25, 2015
Considering how Gerard has won everything at club level except the PL (and the club world cup), I think being trounced on his last game is a proper farewell game. Now he needs to avoid the temptation to go back to City, like Fat Frank Jr.
And now, Spurs will have the privilege of being eliminated on the the Europa League quarter-finals by a team with half the budget but twice the preparedness and tactical awareness, this if Kane, Eriksen and Lloris aren't sold and replaced by seven inferior players. Bliss!
posted by lmfsilva at 2:35 AM on May 25, 2015
And now, Spurs will have the privilege of being eliminated on the the Europa League quarter-finals by a team with half the budget but twice the preparedness and tactical awareness, this if Kane, Eriksen and Lloris aren't sold and replaced by seven inferior players. Bliss!
posted by lmfsilva at 2:35 AM on May 25, 2015
RT @runofplay: Nice to see Steven Gerrard closing out his Liverpool career with a microcosm.
posted by 7segment at 3:33 AM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by 7segment at 3:33 AM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
The Independent article has the score but it's gray and easily missed. This one is better.
posted by josher71 at 5:52 AM on May 25, 2015
posted by josher71 at 5:52 AM on May 25, 2015
I was glad to see the Foxes stay up and I think Dyche will stay at Burnley. Hope to see them back in the Prem soon. Hull, on the other hand, I'm not sorry to see go. I would have preferred to see Newcastle or Sunderland go down but it wasn't to be.
Spurs underachieved once again but maybe Pochettino can work some magic next season and it does seem too early to tell.
Tactics Tim over at Villa perked them right up, didn't he? I like that guy, although I think I might be alone in that sentiment. I don't know what he says or does in training with strikers but he's certainly got the magic touch there.
posted by josher71 at 5:57 AM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
Spurs underachieved once again but maybe Pochettino can work some magic next season and it does seem too early to tell.
Tactics Tim over at Villa perked them right up, didn't he? I like that guy, although I think I might be alone in that sentiment. I don't know what he says or does in training with strikers but he's certainly got the magic touch there.
posted by josher71 at 5:57 AM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I have taken great pleasure at Gerrard coming up short over the years but even I feel bad about just how shambolic his farewell tour has become. I guess its a mercy they didn't make it to the FA Cup final because they would likely get tonked there as well.
Very good player, and a great servant for LFC. I would have liked to see him at Chelsea when there was all that noise a few seasons ago, just to see if more time together and better managers could make a midfield with Gerrard and Lampard work and then let the national team reap the reward or learn the lesson of that. It would have been better for him as a player too as outside of LFC he wouldn't have been quite so indulged and may have been forced to develop his game further.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 11:18 AM on May 25, 2015
Very good player, and a great servant for LFC. I would have liked to see him at Chelsea when there was all that noise a few seasons ago, just to see if more time together and better managers could make a midfield with Gerrard and Lampard work and then let the national team reap the reward or learn the lesson of that. It would have been better for him as a player too as outside of LFC he wouldn't have been quite so indulged and may have been forced to develop his game further.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 11:18 AM on May 25, 2015
Tactics Tim over at Villa perked them right up, didn't he? I like that guy, although I think I might be alone in that sentiment.
No, you're not. He was a bit of a knob when at Spurs and like many Villa fans I was a bit skeptical about his hiring, but he's proven himself to at least get a chance next season to turn Villa around properly, if he can get some investment going.
If we win the FA cup, that would be such a boost, the first proper trophy in decades and would come after having won from both Arsenal and Liverpool.
posted by MartinWisse at 1:50 PM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
No, you're not. He was a bit of a knob when at Spurs and like many Villa fans I was a bit skeptical about his hiring, but he's proven himself to at least get a chance next season to turn Villa around properly, if he can get some investment going.
If we win the FA cup, that would be such a boost, the first proper trophy in decades and would come after having won from both Arsenal and Liverpool.
posted by MartinWisse at 1:50 PM on May 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I honestly wouldn't be shocked if QPR pulls a Pompey and gets sent into administration. Should serve as a lesson to never ever trust your team with Harry Redknapp though.Not gonna happen
posted by fullerine at 3:10 PM on May 25, 2015
I don't get the Gerrard hate. I mean, I get Ronaldo hate. But what's wrong with Gerrard?
posted by persona au gratin at 3:48 PM on May 25, 2015
posted by persona au gratin at 3:48 PM on May 25, 2015
I can take or leave either Liverpool or Gerrard, but ever since I read this every time I see Stevie G on the tellybox all I can think about is how worried he looks. Maybe retirement will come as a blessed relief to him.
posted by calico at 10:31 PM on May 25, 2015
posted by calico at 10:31 PM on May 25, 2015
His autobiography was one of the worst footballer autobiographies I've read. (Up there with Ashley Cole's, whose only redeeming value is the title.) He's kind of a dull player - solid, used to be more dependable, but outside of Istanbul, usually falls up short in big matches. Couple this with the English press fawning over him because he's one of the last vestiges of the golden generation and one of the last actual Scousers playing for Liverpool, is easy to mock him. He's no James Milner, who's quietly effective on the pitch and affectionately known for being boring.
posted by kendrak at 11:27 PM on May 25, 2015
posted by kendrak at 11:27 PM on May 25, 2015
I thought this was a good article about Gerrard hype and why those of us who aren't Liverpool fans, can't really see him as any more than one of many good players in the league.
posted by ob at 11:11 AM on May 26, 2015
posted by ob at 11:11 AM on May 26, 2015
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Turns out he couldn't do it at a rainy Wednesday ni^w^w^w sunny Sunday afternoon at Stoke.
posted by MartinWisse at 3:01 PM on May 24, 2015 [3 favorites]