{"id":64163,"date":"2025-10-07T23:01:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T23:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/64163\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T23:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T23:01:08","slug":"steven-gerrard-brands-englands-failed-golden-generation-egotistical-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/64163\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Gerrard brands England\u2019s failed golden generation \u2018egotistical losers\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe were all egotistical losers,\u201d Gerrard told the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, highlighting the camaraderie that now exists between the same players in their punditry careers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo why didn\u2019t we connect when we were 20, 21, 22, 23? Was it ego? Was it rivalry?<\/p>\n

\"Chelsea'sChelsea’s Frank Lampard was in competition with Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard for a place in the England midfield. Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was down to the culture within England. We weren\u2019t friendly or connected. We weren\u2019t a team. We never at any stage became a real good, strong team.\u201d<\/p>\n

England are still waiting to end their wait since the 1966 World Cup to win a major men\u2019s international tournament.<\/p>\n

However, they did reach the final of the past two European Championships under Gareth Southgate.<\/p>\n

After losing the Euro 2024 final Southgate stood down, with Thomas Tuchel now in charge of England\u2019s hopes at next year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cGareth Southgate is underrated for how he connected with the England team,\u201d Gerrard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause for me, the talent was there [in my time]. The players were there. The level of games we were all playing at was there to go and do better than what we did.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a little bit of bad luck with penalties or whatever. We have to take responsibility, but I\u2019ve got a big frustration when I look back at England that we never did better.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a combination of different things, but one of the big things for me was we weren\u2019t a team. We were a group of individuals with talent and it never works like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"StevenSteven Gerrard: “We weren’t a team. We were a group of individuals with talent and it never works like that.” Photo \/ Photosport<\/p>\n

Gerrard\u2019s own managerial career has stalled after poor spells at Aston Villa and Saudi side Al Ettifaq.<\/p>\n

However, he is among the favourites for a return to Glasgow giants Rangers, who he won the Scottish Premiership with in the 2020\/21 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a part of me that still feels that there\u2019s a bit of unfinished business in terms of wanting to go in and face another couple of exciting challenges,\u201d the 45-year-old said on getting back into management.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I want a certain type of challenge. If in an ideal world they come available, I\u2019ll jump at them. If they don\u2019t, I won\u2019t go back in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be at a team that\u2019s going to compete to win because I think that suits me better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe were all egotistical losers,\u201d Gerrard told the Rio Ferdinand Presents podcast, highlighting the camaraderie that now exists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[29385,650,18836,2837,52166,1634,29236,12513,52168,2740,71,29163,52165,23834,1019,52169,52167,49876,111,139,69,9617,36571,26534,213,52164,1529,2044,52170,18457],"class_list":["post-64163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-believes","tag-brands","tag-club","tag-during","tag-egotistical","tag-england","tag-englands","tag-failed","tag-footballer","tag-former","tag-from","tag-generation","tag-gerrard","tag-golden","tag-international","tag-lions","tag-liverpool","tag-losers","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-player","tag-prevented","tag-rivalry","tag-sports","tag-steven","tag-three","tag-time","tag-tournaments","tag-winning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}