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Originally Posted by peterstorey
When Gerrard did play CM he gave away a lot of possession because his short passing game is poor and he tries those irritating Hollywood balls (not the same as penetrating balls by the way).
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For years he played in a team who's main tactic was to hoof the ball behind the defence for quick Mickey Owen to latch on to. He could have kept passing the ball short, retained possession and allowed the opposition players to organize or he could attempt a long ball as soon as possible. The retain the ball tactic works only when you have a lot of class players in the side. Liverpool still lack decent wingers and a second striker. I doubt any other midfielder in Europe would have been more successful at Liverpool than Gerrard. It doesn't mean that his short passing game is poor but that he didn't attempt it as it wouldn't have worked at Liverpool.