I haven't said that. He has been amazing and I accept he's in his twilight period. I was just countering the statement that he's finished. Rodgers knows the man's limitations at 34 which is why he didn't use him like Hodgson did at the World Cup. By comparison, Italy would never dream of using Pirlo as a box-to-box midfielder. An Italian journo was on the radio almost laughing at how Hodgson deployed Gerrard. He basically said that you protect Gerrard like the Italian protect Pirlo. The water carrying should be done by others.
I also agree that his passing is not consistently in the realms of those mentioned. In fact what made Gerrard such a special player was his ability to do nearly all things very well but not be the best in any department. He rates pretty well in most areas but there are better exponents of each skill set. If you wanted Gerrard to do a job in virtually every position on the pitch he could be at least decent. For example, you'd never put Xavi at right back and expect a good shift. You'd never put Scholes on the wing and expect bounding runs. You'd never put Ronaldo in the centre of midfield and expect a disciplined display. Yet Gerrard can do all these things well, some very well. He's been an unusual type of player and it took Rafa to get the very best of him (05-09) but I would say his brilliance in the past has been his ability to be a manager's dream squad member.
