Why do......

[bazwillrun]

the chavvy thug footballers like Gerrard now feel the need to parade their offspring around the pitch to spectators, after and before games ?

Do you parade your kids around the office where you work ? no didnt think so

[RevFunk]

Because they are dimwits I would imagine.

[DarkMajes71c]

because they can and you cant... why did Michael Jackson wave his baby out a window? who knows who cares

[Quinlad]

"Thug footballers".

You absolute ar$e. Seriously.

By all means, slate those footballers who dress up in bling and moan about wages or who get drunk and starts fights in nightclubs or who chuck their talent away.

But Steven Gerrard? A model professional. A loyal one-club man. A devoted father. Has a long-term girlfriend. Doesn't seek fame off the pitch. Doesn't act irreponsibly on it. Loves his home town and his country. A true role model for young people. And I'm no Liverpool fan.

But he doesn't play rugger does he? You absolute ar$e.

[Davethedog]

So a doting Father with young children who go watch him play every week, and who probably ask if they can go on to the pitch with him, takes them on the final day of the season cant because of your petty jealousy.

I take my daughters to work every christmas eve is that Ok?

Simple soloution if you don't like it, dont watch it.

[Lonnie]

I'd say its because he's proud of them, and wants to show them off.

Good for him.

[Rtaxron]

Personally, I wouldn't do it if I was a famous footballer or a celebrity, but that's up to them.

I would keep my kids away from the TV and media as they are for me and my family., not for the fans.

Disagree about the thug thing, Gerrard is a decent bloke and I am a Man Utd fan.

[bazwillrun]

ok glaring era by me, should have checked my post

I agree Gerrard is not a chavvy thug, in fact far from it, and i dont believe he has paraded his kids, if infact he even has any.

my OP should have said John "chav thug" Terry of Chelsea

[bazwillrun]

i always seem to get those two mixed up, which is odd considering they are total opposites, but i am quite happy to admit to the error(correct spelling this time)

but my sentiments re Terry still stand, he Is a footballing thug and is not fit to put on an England shirt, why he deems it necessary to parade his kids around the pitch is beyond me

[spudqueen]

Gerrard would not have paraded his children around the pitch before a game as Liverpool do not do that. After the end of the last home game of the season the Liverpool manager and the players walk round the pitch as a kind of thank you to the fans. Some of them do bring their children onto the pitch. Jamie Carraghers children absolutely love it, they run round the pitch at top speed. This season Steven Gerrard did not bring his children onto the pitch.
Quite why this tradition has evolved I don't know, but I don't see any harm in it. It possibly wasn't the players idea, but the clubs.