To me the point has always been that Gerrard doesn't have a 'position' as such, and should play where most effective. End of. In order to do this, however, you need to ensure you still keep control of the game at the same time - which means you need to control the midfield. Therefore, leave the centre to others and let Stevie off the leash and 'go do his thing'. That might mean playing in the middle, it might not. If this doesn't fit with Rafa's team plan or formations, then it will look like Stevie is a square peg in a round hole - he'll be affective to a point but not always. I guess I might be thinking that Stevie is not the normal type of 'Rafa player', but it would be stupid to lose such a great talent...so people have to compromise