Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has voiced his frustration at his sides failure to compete at the top of the table this season. Liverpool currently trail leaders Chelsea by 13 points, they lie in seventh and have lost five times already. Their performances have been some way off the form that led them to finish second last season and you can understand Gerrard’s frustration. The player feels that he cannot gain legendary status at the club until he has secured a Premier League winners medal.
He said: “It’s frustrating to be where we are in the league now because this was meant to be the year where we were going to be right up there all the way through,
“It would mean everything to win it. It’s frustrating not to have it already and I’ve come close on a couple of occasions.
“I will continue to fight for the Premier League from now until I stop playing. Hopefully I can add it to my collection because it would round a fantastic career off.”
Gerrard turns 30 in May and has seen the current campaign disturbed by injury. I don’t think it is particularly fair to hazard a guess on how long a player can continue at the top level but Gerrard probably has another good few seasons in him. The England international does admit he would see it as a massive failure if he doesn’t deliver a Premier League title to Anfield during his spell at the club.
He added: “I’ve been around for 11 years and I’m getting towards the 30 years of age mark now, so I’m running out of time, I want to make the most of the next four or five years.
“I’ve still got many more ambitions and dreams that I want to fulfil before I finish.
“I don’t think I’m a Liverpool legend, you can only call players legends when they’ve finished and you look back on their careers and they have been successful or a top player throughout.
“A lot of people give the legendary status out too early for my liking. I don’t see myself as a legend – I see the likes of Dalglish, Hansen and Rush as legends.
“They have been there and done it. Hopefully one day I can look back on what I’ve achieved and can say I’m a part of the legends at this club, but I certainly wouldn’t put myself in that bracket now.”
Personally, I think Gerrard is perhaps being a little harsh on himself. It isn’t a player’s place to claim they are legendary at a club but Gerrard’s achievements on Merseyside must surely rank him up there with the most esteemed of Liverpool players. His performance in their Champions League success and on numerous other occasions are indeed ‘legendary’ and he will always be fondly remembered amongst the club’s fans, of that there is no doubt.
I think it is fair to say that, barring a miracle, the title is beyond Gerrard’s reach this season. However, Liverpool aren’t far off being a great side (as they showed last season) and you feel with maybe three or four new additions they could easily compete with the best in the league, the question is – will they get them?
Written by Gareth Freeman, a sports writer promoting horse racing Ireland and Grand National tips.
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