Friday, October 21, 2005

Gerrard and Kewell ready for Premiership return

Rafa has confirmed that both Harry Kewell and Steve Gerrard will be fit for Premiership action tomorrow:
"It's important for me to have these players back. We have a lot of important games coming up and the more players I have available for selection the better. "It presents me with a problem when it comes to selecting the team but it's a good problem."
It is very interesting that we have won both of our games whilst Stevie has been out injured. Apparently some stats show that we have a better record in his absence. I believe the players have a different mentality when Gerrard is playing. They seem to look to him for inspiration without concentrating as much on the impact they can make individually. When he is not playing they are aware that they will need to perform better to make up for his absence. This seems to have a positive impact on the overall team performance.
I doubt Harry will start tomorrow but I am sure Rafa will introduce him as a substitute at some stage as he nurses him back to full fitness.
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