0Who's the Best? Gerrard and Lampard

tarcki SG

u r wrong... i feel benitez has no choice but to put gerrard there. 1st Liverpool only have 1 right winger. (pennent) some more his form is on n off. 2nd xabi is like more of a passer den a hard tackling dmc, thats y sissoko is deploy to do all the dirty work. Bo bian gerrard needs to play on the right to give balance to the team. Very Happy

R3SsH|n SG

form is temporary,class is forever.

ghimpheng SG

built on defensive strategy does not mean cannot score many goals

it is still 11 vs 11 afterall

lpx88 SG

My point is if i present the facts to a non football fan liddat , looking only at stats one will think they are 1 of the the most attacking minded team aint it?And one as a non football fan look at the facts only and dono that a team built on defensive strategy can also score goals

Othello_Red SG

in part it's cuz of that, in part i guess rafa just wanted to try and fit the biggest names and most consistent performers in. i personally feel that liverpool can play a 4-3-3 formation when attacking that switches to 4-5-1 when defending. familiar? chelsea did that. pool have the players as well, but i think rafa is just trying to go for something more balanced, hence with Gerrard's versatility and Pennant's inconsistency, Gerrard will at times play on the flanks.

SumOne SG

When you grow up, you will realise certain things about stats. Things school usually doesn't teach you.

iceFatboy SG

two points I want to make,

first, we need to consider club form. Lampard won the league twice.
Gerrard none. Considering the pool of stars, Lampard is surrounded with, he loses on this.

then european cup and Fa, we all know how the heroic of Gerrard won the club the European and then the FA. So on that, Gerrard outshone Lampard.

second, the big stage.
Look at how both perform on the stage.

Gerrard shone, Lampard bomb.

As for those stats taker, take the important matches.. Like the WC. I think Lampard stats will enable him an auto drop.

And that happen in the last England game right??

Case closed.

Saltiga SG

Gp, actually both are just as good as the other but the marjority of the guys here just want to pissed you off by insisting that Gerrard is better, what you can do is just tell them to cut away their lampar if they think its lousy loh!!! Laughing

new_b SG

i like gerrard and i think both lamps n gerr r good/world class, talnted n dynamic players..
just a few question to ponder..
with the stat the lampard is having..have any of the matches he played are off his favored position?
if he could have tht stat while playing most of his games off -postion than i would say he is better player than gerrard..
wuold lamp have such eefectiveness if he played off-his-favored-position

p.s to me a great player can play in diff postion n still be very effective..
i thnk Essien would feed the bill (maybe not very effective)...
hehe

cheers

iceFatboy SG

and check out the newpaper report on Lampard's stats...

perhaps the report was next to your letter of the week, GP.

HyuugaNeji SG

both are outstanding players. Lampard currently perform better at domestic level over the years while gerrard at euro and international. But i have never seen someone who is only good at club level.

It could be Lampard is really very unlucky because a lot of his shots could have converted into goals in the world cup. I dont think it is reasonable to drop lampard to make way for gerrard. You can play both players after all. Lampard might suck for a long time, then pounces in 2 goals for england and win the championship for 2008. If dont put lampard, put who? Carrick? Hargreaves? lennon? ...

Anyway, both players missed their spotkicks for england shootout in the world cup Mr. Green

iceFatboy SG

Trademark for Lampard, his uncanny ability to turn chances into goals.

However, for Gerrard, on top of what Lampard can do, he can spray those wonderful passes. And on top of that, make a Pennant looks good.
And that's class.

ghimpheng SG

Lampard can spray accurate long and short passes too == he is one of the best passer around

HyuugaNeji SG

Originally posted by iceFatboy:

Trademark for Lampard, his uncanny ability to turn chances into goals.

However, for Gerrard, on top of what Lampard can do, he can spray those wonderful passes. And on top of that, make a Pennant looks good.
And that's class.

Lampard score more goals than gerrard so i think Lampard has slightly better ability to turn chances into goals than gerrard.

And lampard can spray wonderful passes(although not as good as gerrard in this case....gerrard is always on the defensive half more also...) as well as do brilliant one-two with various players too.

But currently gerrard has better form.

Aiya the debate is endless. You want to see who's better? Just wait 10 more years...

DuanChengFeng SG

gerrard won european biggest prize before and won the FA cup through his very own effort, more like a one man show. can lampard ever do that in those knockout stages? knockout stages is, once u’re out means u’re out. u only got 1 chance n u got to deliver if not u’re out. whereas league, u might lose 3 pts today, but other teams might drop pts too.. final result will only be shown after a total number of 38 games is played.. its all about consistency. in term of effective, gerrard is definitely high up there. dont forget, lampard is team up with a bunch of superstar footballers status. liverpool can never match them. only manager benitez triumph over mourinho in term of tactical knowledge.

Saltiga SG

its the way the team play that makes Lampard stand out more the Gerrard, no denying that Lampard is a great midfielder but the main reason for his outstanding form for the past 2 years is because the manager plays with 1 striker and have their midfielder attacking from every angle to support, this season Lampard was being made to do more midfield work hence resulting in his pretty normal stats against last few years, guess there is no way to say one is better then other, its like people comparing Pele against Maradona, Baggio against Romario, comparing Muller against Klinsmann all are the best in their own way regardless of how their stats reads, its just an opinion, a personal opinion.

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