Lost dressing room adds fuel to the raging inferno Gerrard started

Strong rumours out of Bodymoor are suggesting Steven Gerrard's always tenuous grip on the dressing room is now gone entirely.

Gerrard is said to have made himself deeply unpopular with the playing staff over a number of ill-advised decisions, some high profile, others less so, with players openly expecting the woeful Liverpudlian to be relieved of his duties in the coming days.

Set against that is the normal player / CEO meeting route is closed as Purslow continues to back the hopelessly out of depth Gerrard.