Trent is under the microscope and there will be loads of memes after every match they don’t win.
So every time I see one of those on TAN I will ‘counter’ them with one of his 23 goals or 92 assists.
I also expect him to have difficult times at Real but still likely he’ll win loads of trophies in the end.
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Love Gerrard. One of my favorite players ever but Trent has two PL winner medals. Hard facts.
My 2 schillings..:
First, Trent did a lot for the club as club did a lot for Trent. It goes both ways. The fruits of are truly great. Trent rose in the eyes of fans enormously over the years, local lad, successful lad. He was a worshipped and had support he’ll never have anywhere else.
Buuuuuut, looks like he wanted a new challenge and that’s OK. All this support obviously doesn’t mean as much to him as playing with worlds superstars in most prestigious club. Let’s be honest - that’s how a lot of footballers are perceiving it - crème de la crème of footballing world.
The problem I see it and I’m probably wrong.. the only players that are truly cherished in RM, are offensive players. And I’m afraid fans will turn on Trent after couple of poor games and cheap goals.
But he has made his bed and that’s ok.
I wish him all the best as I wish everyone.
I don’t take anything away from TAA’s ability - he was a marvellous football player for Liverpool, the best right back in the world in my opinion at one point. Fowler’s technical ability was otherworldly.
Stevie? There’s a fair bit of revisionism going on about him because people of Western affiliation generally dislike or openly hate Saudis but his coaching stint there shouldn’t take anything away from his playing days. He was by far the most complete and, in my opinion, the best football player I’ve seen in a Liverpool shirt. He carried every Liverpool team he played in - and vast majority of his teammates weren’t fit to lace his shirts, let alone play alongside him and play for Liverpool.
I wouldn’t use the number of trophies won as a criterion to decide which player was better - look at what Jonny Evans and Darren Fletcher have won, for example, let alone some lesser lights, does that hard fact make them better players than TAA?
Of course he’s under the microscope. Jewel of Liverpool’s academy who left the club almost on a free having been earmarked for future captaincy role. A lot of people will have been hurt by his decision.
That said, he’s too naturally talented to fail at Real Madrid, I expect he’ll have a successful career there in terms of trophies won and his brand lifting off. Whether he’ll become a key, irreplaceable player for them remains to be seen. After all, Modrić was written off after his debut season but he subsequently became one of the best midfielders in history of football, let alone Real Madrid.
I’ve never heard anyone past or present try to argue that Trent ranks above Stevie G. He’s not even close
Gerrard, Fowler, Suarez, Torres, Alonso, Barnes, then TAA, Owen
If former players(in the PL era) are to be considered.
I’d keep Mcmanaman ahead of Trent.
Possibly Owen ahead of Trent too.
I agree
It’s not a disrespect to Trent. But he’s replaceable.
The rest of the people in that list weren’t.
I can even make a case for Bobby firmino to be in the list ahead of Trent.
Trent was great for us , but so were Robbo , Bobby , Milner during Klopp’s era.
Oof, Gerrard is comfortably in the conversation for being in our Top 10 (at least) ever in our history. Trent, for all his quality, doesn’t come close to that
Yeah. Boggles the mind really.
Trent was great for us during his time.
But there are others in the list (some of whom are still playing for Liverpool now that he’s a fair bit behind)
Stevie is in our top 10, 5 and 3 without conversation.
Maybe even more than that.
Top of my head Dalglish Rush, and Souness would say hello…also Salah would get a mention
I’m not putting Trent over Stevie but the numbers say that Trent had a more successful Liverpool career than Stevie and done that in shorter time. That’s hard facts.
As Liverpool fans we will say Gerrard was the best PL midfielder ever but he has competition in the likes of Lampard, Scholes, Keane, Viera, Toure and de Bruyne.
Trent has redefined the role of a fullback with his 120 goal involvements. Who’s his competition? Neville and Walker? His shooting and passing ability is up there with some of the midfield greats I’ve mentioned.
Numbers alone without context is pointless especially in football!
Gerrard didn’t have nearly the level of teammates nor coaching that TAA had. Especially the wasted time when the squad was getting stripped bare by G&H
Congratulations to Arsenal for being the best team in the league. Numbers don’t matter.
One of the reasons Gerrard is so loved is that he stayed with us when he could have got loads of ‘numbers’ at another club.
There’s no debate that he’s in our top 10. The debate is whether he or Kenny are number 1.
Congratulations Stevie for being an awesome human being.
Apples and oranges mate. Comparing player vs player with team is a false equivalence