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Gerrard decided to stay at Liverpool.Gerrard looked at the Chelsea option ( or so we think ) and Gerrard decided he was best off where he was.Loyalty to Liverpool never came into it.Gerrard thought of Gerrard.Harper has done what was best for Harper for 20 years.Now he has no choice but to move and the best of luck to him.If Harpers ambition was to be a professional footballer,then he's achieved it.

He's been as good an understudy as you could wish for,and like i said,he has rarely let us down.There is no such thing as loyalty in football.If a player decides to sign a contract,it's because it suits him.No player has to leave a club if he's under contract.Harper has signed a number of contracts in his 20 years with us.Every contract suited him.Loyalty has never come into it.He's never been our number one keeper during this period yet has signed on the dotted line everytime.I have nothing against the lad .He comes across as a canny enough lad,and if he gets a coaching job then well done.

There was a time when footballers wanted to play.Harper is not from this period,and for £25,000 a week,i would do the same.I'm happy he's done it because when he has been called upon,he has rarely let us down,but he has only shown loyalty to himself.I'm sure he could have moved on for regular football,but he's decided £25,000 a week and very little football has suited him. If this warrants a testimonial then you go and get a ticket for the game,but don't get me one.

I'm giving grief to people who mention loyalty,testimonial and Harper in the same sentence.

I and you have been happy to have him on the bench but forget this loyalty nonesense.He's been paid ( maybe £25,000 ) to sit on his backside on a matchday .Don't forget,for periods he's been our number 3 keeper,and has watched home games from the stands.I would think whist he was number 3 keeper,he wouldn't have needed to travel to away games either,so cut out the testimonial crap.

He's been well paid for 20 years to give up any ambition he had,if he ever had any, of being a regular first team player

He's a prime example of a player who has near as damn it given up a career as a professional footballer to earn a lot of money watching professional football from the bench/stands. He's put money before ambition so let's have no more nonesense about a testimonial because he would probably want to sit on the bench or in the stands for the game.

He used as much force as he could generate.If you or i used that much force in a knee high tackle,we would be looking to `do' the opposing player.

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I would think Halsey is wishing he hadn't apologised at half time to Pardew,now knowing he could simply have said he saw the incident but wasn't aware of how bad the tackle was ( as in seeing the coming together but not the full incident. ) That's FA talk that.I expect every official to use that excuse now,especially when a Man Utd player is the perpetrator.

Since Carrick said he was chucking the towel in with regards to playing ( well being a squad member ) for England ,it looks like he is now guaranteed a game.How can he influence a game by playing sweeper.

Barley Mow/Chester le Street.

I would think Whelan is attempting to get under the skin of Ashley.

`Sunderland.A little patch in Durham'...That should cheer up the makems.No doubt he will be added to the makem hate list. Shearer,Keegan,Taylor,Pardew.Mother Theresa,Mandela.........

He's on talksport now.

yes please.

I knew him well when he was a dj..He used to be the main man years ago with reference to running buses.Just been told he's being cremated at Birtley Crem today.The last i heard he was taxi driving from outside the central station.Originally from Longbenton but moved to Vigo a long time ago.

I apologise.Who's HHman

The time for an apology was minutes after the final whistle.To apologise for a tackle deemed fair by the fat Wigan chairman will be a long time coming.

Spartan's been sniffing too much makem air that has wafted up the coast from his near neighbours.Hence his failure to get the craic.Maybe he's got a few makem friends who are members of the makem east northumberland branch.Maybe he's a member !!!

not funny

talksport have reported that the scouse thug is `in pieces'.He didn't look like it when his victim was rolling around in agony.

Anyone heard if he has died.

Anytime my friend.

Halsey said he never saw the incident.So now he's saying he never saw the full incident but his linesman did,sort of.