he isnt now
carra dont have the pace.. england do not need another slightly worse terry as 1st choice

Then why is our defensive record equal to the top clubs? You may say want you want of Carra but there is no denying he reads the game really well and he has proven himself against the best forwards in the world.

best would be Viera and Keane. Those two are very class. Gerrard is good as well but he's not in the same the league as those previous two.

Rafa helped change our mood from defeat to defiance. Let's go out fighting, not with the whimper. Rafa kept mentioning the fans. Outside, that huge electronic scoreboard read 'Maldini 1, Crespo 39,44' stared at our fans. Proof of Liverpool's terrible performance was written large up there. Looking at that scoreboard, most Liverpool fans must have felt the race was run and lost. Deep down, the fans were simply buzzing we got to the final. They could see the quality of opposition we struggled against. Yet against all the odds, against all the evidence of Milan's superiority, our fans were singing loud and proud. "Listen," I said to the players. "Listen to that." The singing of 40,000 Liverpool supporters floated down the tunni., into the dressing-room and into our hearts.

Unbelievable. Liverpool were 3-0 down, being trashed by Kaka and Crespo, and our fans were singing "You'll Never Walk Alone". All the players looked at each other in amazement, and pride. "They bloody well haven�t given up on us," I shouted, "so we cant give up either." By singing "You'll Never Walk Alone", the fans sent a message to eleven shattered men in the dressing-room: the fans will be with you, through the wind and the rain, through times of adversity like this. No matter how much the payers hurt, we'd never walk alone. Our fans were with us. Together. Their message was to play for some respect, play for pride in the shirt. "The fans are with us," I said. "Let's give them something to shout about. They've spent loads of money. They're singing our name and we are getting stuffed 3-0. If we get one, they'll get behind us even more. That will help put another one in for us. Come on, let's f***ing have a go!"

Personally I would object to your opinion on Gerrard being in a different league from Viera. He leads by example and have time and time again dragged Liverpool back from the brink of defeat (West Ham - FA Cup Final, Qlympiocos - Champions League, AC Milan - Istanbul, etc). In Istanbul he gave an inspired half time talk and after scoring the first goal, he could be seen waving his hands about urging the players and the crowd to pick the pace up.
Probably makes more impact on Liverpool fans but what the hell? Just providing my reason. It's just one example lah of course. I've read his biography but don't want to repeat everything here.

I would not compare him at the moment to Roy Keane simply because Keane's game improved later in his career as did his influence. Gerrard is approaching his late 20's and still has a number of years ahead of him. It would be like comparing him to Emlyn Hughes or Greame Souness at the moment. His story has yet to come to an end.

Again, this is just my opinion, I'm not saying it's right.

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. No doubt, Gerrard is one of the best. Heck, he should get the armband for England. But when I meant that he's different, you can clearly see the intense rivalry between Keane and Viera and how they would like to knock each other out. You can see Keane is being a mean bad-a** with every other single team that is not United. Viera does that too.

Simplest word, not my teammates hence my enemy. Gerrard doesn't think it that way.

Enlighten me if I'm wrong. 

My first impression when you mentioned that they weren't in the same league was that Gerrard was not in their class, hence my reply. Viera and Keane clearly do not like one another. The tunnel scene is evident of that. It depends on what qualities you want in a captain I suppose. You have your bad ass types, you have your cool, calm types and so on. Bryan Robson was a good captain but he didn't go around kicking the opposition about. Gerrard was a bit of a prick in his earlier days but has since adopted a more controlled temperament. If you're suggesting that the rivalry between Keane and Viera is in a different class as compared to Gerrard and player X, then I'd agree. I do not however think that Gerrard is any less influential.