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12th July 2015
12:59pm BST

"Seeing him [Gerrard] standing in the players’ tunnel a few yards behind his new captain [Keane] carried a certain novelty value, but he will be in the compromise and etiquette following stage at LA," Bascombe writes. "Even Robbie Keane must recognise the real chief in that dressing room during the most competitive MLS games. The further back you make a born leader stand behind you, the greater the size of their shadow."So despite leading the club to three titles, and proving throughout his career that he is a strong captain, Keane must now defer to England's white knight. For what it's worth, Gerrard made his debut for Galaxy last night, and Robbie Keane still looked pretty damn impressive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Rh6yYOCV4 Do you agree that Robbie Keane should take a back seat to Stevie G?
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