One Man Team
Plenty of time we hear about teams being one man team. No matter how much you disagree, in most circumstances it does. I hate to say the same for my favorite team Liverpool. Are they the one man team? Well they have proved this season in plenty of occasions that they can in fact thrive even without the presence of talismanic captain Stephen Gerrard, but still the presence of him is immense. The stats never lie.
2008/2009 has been one of the seasons for Gerrard that was disrupted with injuries but still the stats are amazing.Liverpool scored 107 goals during the 2008/2009 campaign and Gerrard has himself either scored or directly assisted 41 of them. Unbelievable stats. He was involved in almost half the goals the team scored all season. That’s what I called an influence.
Back to the one man team. I don’t know any metrics to measure if any team is one man team or not. But it is a fact that teams are more reliant on someone more. Take Liverpool without Steven Gerrard, Manchester united without Christano Ronaldo, Arsenal without Cesc Fabregas, Chelsea without Lampard and they are not just the team without these superstars. They matter more. Their presence and individual brilliance matter to the team performance.
Everybody knows that every team has its unsung heroes but they still fall sort without their superstars.
One Man Team are those in which there is only one match winner in entire team. Team and fans always believe that magic moment will come from that person only. As Liverpool were two years ago, there were dependent upon Steve G to produce magic moment. But now they have some match winner such as Torres, Alonso and Kuyt, so Liverpool are not becoming dependent on Steve G only for producing some memorable moments. Steve G stats only suggests he is world class player and team is generally build around this type of player.
suresh
9 Jun 09 at 8:52 pm
very fine.
remon
20 Jun 09 at 3:15 am
I think Suresh is right. We have seen such examples even in this season when Liverpool had performed exceptionally well even in the absence of inspirational Steve G and unstoppable Torres as well. And the fact always lie there, Steve G is doubtlessly the best inspirational caption and remains the mainframe of the team.
Sujan
22 Jun 09 at 9:46 am