Monday, November 14, 2005

Gerrard will play anywhere for England

Gerrard is happy to continue to sacrifice himself for the cause both for club and Country. Rafa has started playing him on the right recently and Sven continued the trend of playing him out of position by sticking him on the left and also at rightback. Gerrard also has a brief spell in central midfield against Argentina and had this to say:

"I'm one of those players we'll throw anywhere out of the way. That's good for me, three positions in one game, it's usually four or five! But I don't mind.
"The team is more important than me and wherever the manager wants me to do a job, I'll do it to the best of my ability.
"It is very difficult at domestic level to play out of position, never mind at international level. But I was happy with my performance on Saturday. I thought I was quite steady in all three positions.
"The team is the most important thing. I am quite prepared to sacrifice my own strong position to do a job for the manager and the team."
He said: "I think the manager will change the midfield depending on whom we play. If we are playing a dangerous side, he might go for more discipline in midfield and play Ledley King.
"If we are playing someone he feels we can beat comfortably, he might go more attacking and play Joe Cole. It is nice to have that variation and be able to change it midway through a game."
Gerrard believes the victory against Argentina demonstrates that we can beat anyone on our day. He feels the confidence gained will be important when the World Cup comes round.

He said: "We had the belief that we could beat Argentina. It was a fantastic game to play in and we will take a lot of confidence from it.
"We've got a big break now until March and the worst thing that could have happened was to lose.
"Four months is a long time to carry a defeat on your shoulders.
"Everyone is buzzing but I urge everyone not to get carried away. There are some magnificent teams in the World Cup.
"We are one of them but we've got to go and prove that. We know on our day we can beat anyone but going into a big tournament it is all about small details and getting that bit of luck."

Gerrard gave his best performance in a while for England. If Gerrard can reproduce this form in Germany it will have a huge positive impact on our chances of winning the World Cup.

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