Gerrard or Lampard: Who Was Better?

Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard are unquestionably two of the most renowned English midfielders of all time, but who is the better player. Loyal representatives of some of the most successful and famed football clubs in the country as well as the Three Lions, they are true leaders and amongst the finest of their generation.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 - Intro
01:50 - Frank Lampard
43:14 - Steven Gerrard
1:25:43 - The England National side
1:35:43 - The Summary
1:43:34 - Conclusion
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[@theretroroute]

I didn’t include Paul Scholes in this video as I feel Lampard and Gerrard are more similar in playing style and therefore comparable. Also their careers began and ended at very similar times. Obviously Scholes was incredible but not the same type of midfielder.

[@Ballerism]

Scholes vs Iniesta would be nice.

[@christiankabano8502]

Well said, thats why I think its unfair to compare Scholes with Gerrard and Lampard

[@mrheckles6076]

@@Ballerism lol it's not even comparable. I don't know what's wrong with people overrating english players, Iniesta is miles ahead of Scholes

[@Ballerism]

@@mrheckles6076 Opinion……

[@boomshanka4667]

@@Ballerism iniesta for me.

[@Tonishog]

I think Lampard is very underrated , his otherworldly goalscoring ability is almost to his detriment as people forget how good a passer, chance creator he was. He didn’t stand out as much as Gerrard but that’s because he was very efficient and did stuff under the radar. Check his chance creation and playmaking stats, they are above almost every midfielder.

[@erikpuka2627]

They are above all. Frank Lampard has created the most chances per season in Champions League history.

[@99BullD]

And honestly he didn't standout as much cos he was far and away Liverpool's best player and Loserpool was easy to standout in cos they had some years where they had mid players, so obviously he was gonna standout. Lampard was the person making that Chelsea side tick in the midfield, but was Low-key

[@Tonishog]

@@99BullD this is such a good point, Gerrard stood out more because he was the face of Liverpool, academy boy, Scouse born and bread etc. compared to lampard in a team full of more stars, and with a player like John Terry perhaps, who stood out more for those same reasons as Gerrard. To an extent Gerrard having worser teammates benefited his image

[@carlosoto1115]

Frank lampard

[@jrvld1]

​@@TonishogLampard would have done much better assists and goals in that same team. More technical player, could control, create and pull off the unexpected when it’s needed. the goals he scored or created were mainly due to his own brilliance. he made his teammates, "big names", look better than they did. He worked with all players, any system, and still scored screamers and finals winning passes as standard. It's not even a contest, really.

[@SMC01ful]

I am a Gerrard fan, but I am LFC to the core. Lampard, is a fantastic player and if a CFC fan likes him more than Gerrard, then no problem. I don't actually see them as similar players. Gerrard was a true, old school, box to box player, who played multiple roles in midfield, with occassional forays into a 3rd or secondary striker roles. He was clearly faster, and stronger than Lampard, and he seemed to break up play in the middle amd lower thirds of the pitch more effetively. Lampard's strengthes were based on his intelligence, timing, and attacking prowess. He most certainly had a better passing game, he was an excellent tackler higher up the pitch, and I believe a more clinical, consistent finisher. The shame in Englands set-up is they didn't play to eithers strengths anywhere near enough.

[@yogeshcyr31]

best explanation

[@5thdawg917]

I was having this debate back in 2006 as a young teen with my cousin & would go on KZbin & type Lampard vs Gerrard when they were still playing to see their goals and that. I remember watching clips of their video on those old fat PC. I'm a Chelsea fan & my cousin is a Liverpool fan. In the 00s, we played so many important matches against them. What a time it was to witness it all.

[@salty28]

Chelsea had the better team at the time. Mourinho was the catalyst. Gerrard could’ve been better if he had a manager like Mourinho.

[@sirbradfordofhousejones]

Gerrard- more magical. Lampard- more efficient. Both incredible. I’d go Gerrard, personally, but either one warrants a seat in the discussion of best midfielder in English football in the 21st century.

[@123dan165]

I would argue football in general let alone English football, people including English people are quick to name other non English players as of the greats but often don't give English talent their dues.

[@XUndergroundRap]

Nah it's just egocentric bits.

[@lethabocorza5544]

Gerrard never won a premier league, while Lampard was influential when Chelsea won 3 premier leagues and countless FA cups

[@Slesaint17]

@@lethabocorza5544 if Gerrard played for that Chelsea team he’d win all those league titles. If Lampard played for that Liverpool team, he would not have been able to do what Gerrard did for them.

[@jaydinyearwood9181]

​@@Slesaint17 exactly bro

[@Asshat237]

Lampard was blessed with the best possible ownership situation that spared no expense and built a top 5 team worldwide talent-wise from 2004 on. Gerrard was cursed with the opposite. Various owners who were either cheap, clueless, financially insecure, or even all three. Any difference in their respective impacts on the pitch was negligible, but the gulf between their teams results is easily explained.

[@christiankabano8502]

Well said

[@TrapDeacon]

Gerrard slipped

[@SudsyAttorney]

@@TrapDeacon but Gerrard would never leave to a team like… say Man City then score a winning goal against the team he was loyal to for all those years now would he?

[@SudsyAttorney]

The real damage done to Chelsea by Lampard was being their manager though. 😂😂

[@TrapDeacon]

@@SudsyAttorney bro Gerrard wanted to go to Chelsea 😂

[@igortrust1167]

Instead of comparing both players, I choose to appreciate them both for making the game of football fun to watch. I was a liverpool fan then, but I always have much respect for Lampard too. Thanks for your good work in making this video. Love to see more from You.

[@ROC14088]

What you mean then?

[@roycejr5749]

Its hard to choose between lampard nd gerrard

[@shanelbannerman5166]

Gerrard did so much more with many injuries etc

[@varaprad]

You are brilliant man! More of this feature length stuff please. You've got the perfect voice and cadence for a narrator.

[@pujasurya6158]

Lampard is the best… Gelandang box to box paling efektif & produktif dalam assist & mencetak gol.. Memenangkan seluruh tropi klub.. UCL, europa league, premier league, dll. Top skor klub bahkan termasuk kedalam 10 besar top skor liga Inggris sepanjang masa mengalahkan beberapa stiker…

[@nu-metalfan2654]

Ever since Abramovich bought Chelsea, Liverpool and Chelsea have been forever linked together. The rivalry started at the end of the 02/03 season when Chelsea beat us to clinch a Champions League place, ever since then Liverpool and Chelsea have been right close together as rivals. Then In January 2005 Mourinho wanted Gerrard, Gerrard then ironically scored an own goal in the League Cup final in 2005 which Chelsea won. We then played Chelsea in the 2005 Champions League semi finals which Liverpool won with the infamous “ghost goal”. Gerrard then put in a transfer request to Chelsea after winning the Champions League, then he re signed with Liverpool a few weeks later. In 2006 Lampard came second in the Ballon d’Or with Gerrard coming in third. In 2007 Liverpool beat Chelsea again in the Semi Final of the Champions League on penalties. In the 07/08 season Torres scored his first goal for Liverpool against Chelsea (the club Torres would eventually go to in 2011). In 2008 Liverpool faced Chelsea yet again in the Champions League semi finals with Chelsea winning. in 2008/09 season Liverpool became the first team to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the Prem since 2004. In 2009 Liverpool face Chelsea in the Champions League for the 4th time in 5 seasons, with Chelsea beating Liverpool in the quarter finals. In 2010 Gerrard does a back pass to Drogba (I think it was Drogba) so Drogba could score and win the match to help overtake Man United to clinch the title. In 2011 Torres hands in a transfer request and joins Chelsea. In 2014 Gerrard slips against Chelsea as Chelsea beat us which dented our title hopes. In 2015 Gerrard’s last match at Stamford bridge, he gets a standing ovation from the Chelsea fans, and later that year gets a letter from Mourinho who always liked and wanted to manage Gerrard.

[@prathameshraut9413]

Chelsea played Liverpool in 05/06 in the group stages

[@DejiTalker]

What an era!

[@HHHBFResurrected]

I miss these times so much as a Chelsea fan. A huge part of what made our Champions League win in 2012 so special, have such a rich narrative retrospectively, was those culture clash feuds with Liverpool & Barcelona. We don't have anything remotely comparable to that these days. Pulling Spurs' pants down routinely is fun but it's not the same lol

[@joshdunne8792]

Just found your AC Milan video in my recommendations today going through all your videos now, loving it! Keep it up man, great content

[@pedrolima1319]

Gerrard was a box to box player, who sacrificed part of his career to help his team. Meanwhile Lampard was a alround player, who was able to overcome his onw weakness in the begging of his career. Both were and still is great, but i go with Lampard, which for me was more decisive player in his peak.

[@DavidGeePCDJ]

Harry comments spot on all these years later

[@kojoadu8725]

They are both great players but my heart goes for lampard anyday anytime, he was just incredible

[@salty28]

Lampard was an CAM, Gerrard was a CDM. I agree. They were the best players in their positions at the time.

[@Tonishog]

before watching, people really underrate Franks all round game, his passing and chance creation

[@hugoleesong]

Would love to see one done on Rooney. You're really good at speaking specifically about the technical and physical attributes that made these players great. All of the videos and coverage of Rooney talk about his intangibles like his passion and his selfless play as if he was nothing but a workhorse. I honestly think you're the only one that could do Rooney justice in that sense. Particularly loved your Adriano video, but this one is tremendous as well.

[@theretroroute]

Appreciate the kind words. I am definitely interested in Rooney and will for sure look into this.

[@apxsports5904]

Rooney's vision, strength, explosive speed, passing AND his ability to track back and win balls -yes, there was a point Alex Ferguson had fine-tuned Rooney to become a complete footballer- are all great reasons to analyse and evaluate his phenomenal career. So let's pin this comment!

[@BimalTailor]

The most thorough analysis of the two greats of the premier league. Hard to choose one really. Personally I'd go Gerrard being a liverpool fan but you cannot doubt the brilliance of Lampard. The amount of goals he scored.

[@ombrahmbhatt2432]

Keep it up you doing great work

[@theretroroute]

Thanks, will do!

[@andreburton1]

Amazing Video. Why did it take so long for me to watch this. Keep it up.

[@fitsumdoju6451]

This is football history. Keep it up da good work.

[@jasonjones3638]

Lampard and I'm not a Chelsea fan. Watched both their careers, he was the best all-round midfielder of the decade they played.

[@psibrunojusto]

After Zidane, yes.

[@dondamon4669]

"all round" 😂 all Lampard did was get into the box and score. He never controlled games like Keane for example

[@Ajpr2]

@@dondamon4669Lampard was all round 😂 he’s got nearly identical defensive stats as gerrard all around whilst playing in a team that was a lot more dominant 😂 not to mention the highest scoring midfielder in PL history that will most likely never be topped and Keane all round? 😂 when did Keane bag 20+ goals a year?🤡

[@Ajpr2]

@@psibrunojustono one will ever top Zizou 🧙‍♂️

[@leeadamson5504]

Lampard was good league player while Gerrard was much better in the champions league and uefa cup....

[@bagles2366]

I was born with club foot….how tf did Steven do it🥺 I just gained even more respect for Stevie, people don’t realize how crippling of a thing club foot is. Your channel is god sent. Because I literally never wear shorts because of this defect. And your video just inspired me to stop thinking this is a barrier.

[@edwinzuniga1987]

Just googled whats that was. Oh my. Cant you get that treated. ? Surgery?

[@kieran8845]

Wow, superb content on your channel. I'm hooked !

[@tankisomakhetha2836]

Radiohead’s Weird Fishes in the background was a master stroke

[@zodaydin1795]

People seem to forget another aspect, for his whole Chelsea career, Lampard was playing in a Chelsea side which everyone dubbed as a defensive team.

[@DoviTolidano]

Love your works you are an artist keep it up

[@omroyorsmith]

Die hard lampard fan, yet I still chose to appreciate both of these players.

[@untitleddocument4197]

same - the debate can get kinda childish - Lampard had an almost magical efficiency and Gerrard completely dominated the midfield

[@lanewilliams1556]

Gerrard 😍😍 is the best

[@theretroroute]

Glad you agreed!

[@billbodger4723]

Only an idiot could that they are inseparable both greats.

[@alec5877]

Fantastic video

[@markjones2418]

Gerrard 2004-2009 was probably the best midfielder in EuropSecond to only to Zidane Lampard more of a no 10 fantastic player though but Gerarrd in klopps champions league and Premier league winning team Wow he would be on another level 👏 Gerrard for me, ⚽️

[@udipdura9172]

To end a debate between this two I would simply say Gerrard was offer big amount by Chelsea but he stayed loyal .. Respect to both

[@bartman01021988]

Gerrard stayed because it was made perfectly clear he and his family would not be safe in liverpool had he made the move. People forget the genuine hatred at that time towards gerrard. It wasnt a normal anger towards a player moving on,this was genuine hatred. So please dont talk about loyal because he wanted to and would have happily moved to chelsea without the knock on effects his family would have faced

[@andrewwright4195]

​@@bartman01021988you don't think he couldn't security 😅 bro he wanted to leave because liverpool want money over him was all worked out after the champion league success

[@slentv3650]

Great work, two amazing talents. I'm a Chelsea fan so it is understandable if I lean more towards Lampard. But Gerrard was immense and judging him purely on that slip is not fair.

[@danhoaquilasago6372]

Lampard had drogba as partner and won two epl during their two first season. Gerrard played with prime torres, babel, he also played with prime suarez, sterling, coutinho, storrige but managed to not win

[@SamareDoTelke]

he won champions league who cares about domestic league

[@jacobcholkur7773]

Gerard was a warrior. He Liverpool FC without real top support. He is a captain

[@mohamuddubowahmed2744]

Both Goals and Assist Lampard tops with less Games played than Steven but we can't forget the leadership of Gerrard in Liverpool FC🤟

[@Brascofarian]

or the money spent on the team Lampard was playing in at the time.

[@Geep615]

Bring a midfielder is bigger than just goals or assist. Xavi hardly scored but he was phenomenal at his position

[@SonnyK248]

@@Geep615 268 goals and 102 assists though... It's like comparing Koeman to Cannavaro. Was Cannavaro better at defending? Of course. But Koeman scored 250 goals to Cannavaro's 19...

[@92mrcheese]

Deserves more views!

[@kendrickfootballchelsea799]

Lampard was the better player ,see people not saying he's a complete midfielder is a joke he was on par with Gerard as a complete player ,I think Liverpool are always loved by English people that's why he gets more love and votes and pushes the agenda that he's better than Lampard

[@quizzical2023]

Well,I used to be more of a Lampard man but Gerrard has grown on me. I reckon Gerrard was more consistent but Lampard was there in the big matches (he did score that goal at the WC vs Gernany after all).

[@Jbeggar]

Lampard connection with Drogba in the assist category was the best in EPL history till Son and Kane broke it. Lampard is Chelsea record scorer.

[@victorokolie9145]

Keep getting better

[@shinobidosharinnegan1822]

I appreciate both players, I can't choose only one ☯️👌✌

[@johnmellos9946]

I always think if Gerrard played for Chelsea, he would have won a similar amount of trophies. Don't think Lampard would have if he played for Liverpool.

[@bmwmd110]

no shit

[@Codenameshank]

well duh they would’ve won those trophies regardless. some can argue maybe they wouldn’t bc lampard was crucial game in and game out in big games in the finals and leading up to it with key passes and goals thru all campaigns. gerard def doesn’t have the same clinical sense of scoring in the final 3rd. still worldclass but lampard is just that inch or two above him

[@brandonphillips5232]

More trophies, more goals, more assists did it at a top level for longer was doing what gerrard was when he had just signed for us then became the greatest midfielder englands ever produced

[@sumanlamsal4610]

Gerrard the legend.

[@abdiriza1diriye536]

Garrard was the greatest midfied

[@eurofightertyphoon178]

The slippy legend who gave city the prem

[@AngryThumb]

I think we should calculate the points won for each club. This should be the most important when comparing players.

[@cheifwhat]

The transfer of Luis Suarez to Liverpool was not the Liverpool record signing. In the same picture you show of Luis Suarez signing, you also include Andy Caroll, who cost 35 million. The record, at the time, for a British player and, if maths is correct, a higher figure than 22.8 million

[@samuraininjarockstar9355]

👏🏻

[@ishansharma7517]

Please make more videos 😊💥

[@sbuyiselosandile7977]

This was insightful, thank you so much for a great video. Please make one about Scholes so that his fans will see how little impact he had in his team's winnings

[@creative_soul-recolo]

That's because the teams that Scholes played in at United weren't necessarily built around him (Roy Keane was the lynchpin of that midfield). Don't get me wrong, he was brilliant but he wasn't put in an unfamiliar situation throughout his career like a Gerrard whom the Liverpool team relied on. Scholes could go missing and it wouldn't be an issue because he was stacked with talent (Cole, Yorke, RvN, Giggs, Rooney, Ronaldo) whereas Stevie G couldn't afford an off day (working with the likes of N'gog, Babel, Smicer, Traore, Cissé, Skrtel, Leiva, Spearing, Carroll).

[@GistTech]

Lampard greatest of all time

[@doruNormie276]

Don't know if anyone else noticed but the Assassin's creed soundtrack around the 30min mark is just perfect

[@mouawyaa]

Awesome 👏, thanks for the best channel ever

[@NkemUtomi]

Lampard for me

[@walter8060]

Both were amazing...a true example for the youngers.Visca el Barça!

[@cheifwhat]

The Premier league's reliance on foreign talent was not to the detriment of the national team, the lack of clear plan and sufficient funding in the correct areas was. The English FA have since put that money in and England now produce proper technical players. Stop blaming foreigners. When English players are good enough, they play. We still don't have good managers though, although Gerrard and Potter MAY change that

[@user-pp4sq9hb6w]

Lampard jr all the way and remains the best EPL best midfielder of all time.

[@psibrunojusto]

Lampard. Lampard is the underrated one, also. He was a legendary midfielder and in my opinion probably the best in the 2000s after Zidane, banging lots of goals and giving plenty of assists. He was just ike Henry in his prime, but in the attacking midfielder position, or like a more worsened and more consistent Ronaldinho (who only was great during 2001-09). Gerrard was class too, like Scholes, but Lampard was closer to Zidane level, in my opinion.

[@namprincewill7420]

What is the song playing in the background?

[@brar1320]

Great Video! Just a Suggestion, Have put Gerrard and Lampard individual videos season by season when they were playing together that would have made it more interesting and comparison of circumstances at that point of time, easy.

[@Nazeem_6621]

Gerrard!!!!!

[@WalterSobchak1000]

I think Gerrard was a better all-round player. Lampard was fortunate that he played in a system at Chelsea where he always had elite holding players behind him (often two) and his main responsibility was in the attacking third. Gerrard had to do everything, I remember Gerrard once in a youth game against West Ham's youngsters playing at right back. I'm not saying Frank wasn't great in that attacking role, he was a superb finisher and very efficient. It's just a shame the England manager/s at the time didn't try a three with Frank ahead of Gerrard & Scholes, rather one of them shoved out wide. A missed opportunity

[@Jag-ro2om]

I have no dog in this race but for me it’s lampard, he won everything in club football and was a consistent goal scorer, for a midfielder his numbers were phenomenal. As world class as Gerrard was he didn’t win everything, he scored a lot of important goals but his numbers weren’t as good as lampards when they were both in their peak. Lampard conquered the club game and all the side missions.

[@nicolasstefon3493]

Bravo

[@TheEyEzIcK]

The Radiohead I’m the background is jammin

[@daniyaalhussain7593]

Lampards pass to drogba against city in 2008 was superb, outside the boot, if players like messi, or debruyne, modric, people would rave about it for months.

[@arthurporfirio5718]

Legends

[@sonnymp1337]

What music you used in the video?

[@jacobcholkur7773]

We love style and skills

[@parbloescobar-zr6fi]

A video on Micheal Essien pls

[@onemotolani]

01:42:50: That's the fact. Great content that fairly analyses both players well. Loyal fans of both and Liverpool/Chelsea would usually focus on Lampard's lack of natural talent and Gerrard's reduced amount of success. But you did it well and concluded well. Kudos.

[@haroonpash739]

What a video

[@moulinyan]

alaves, dortmund, was there 2001 :D

[@idrisusman1399]

I will always pick Lampard over Gerrard any day any time

[@KingHaji]

" right to the very TOP" imagine how many talents English Media tear them apart .

[@DejiTalker]

Lamps goal scoring feats may have done him more harm than good as a midfield general. To sum it up, Gerrard was a moment player, Lampard was a consistent performer. Great work Retro team, class above many out there. 👏🏾

[@Footballwithbikku]

The only thing Gerrard was stopped or i can say didn't help him Liverpool fc average players around him. I wish he got players like van dijk, salah mane and coach like klopp he would have won many. His loyalty and love for Liverpool fc always be his thing

[@jacobcholkur7773]

A real leader. A leader. No media

[@darrenwalton1587]

GERRARD NO DISCUSSION

[@Liquorlab340]

Lampard has much better stats for a reason best midfielder to ever play in the premiere leagues b4 kevin de bruyne bursted into the scene. Gerrard was unbelivable at times but very inconsistent. I always thought xabi alonso was liverpools best player back then.

[@jiggytvnewman2498]

Gerrard for me but Frank played with more better players overall

[@elbello1975]

Maradona was younger than me and he always asked me for moreeeee, on things that he enjoyed 🙏I told him easy papi,the best person I ever met 🙏

[@DUQQA]

Why does KZbin want me to rewatch this video all the time?

[@chadshaughnessy4217]

Gerrard..all day, every day. I think the Gerrard/Scholes question is much more difficult to decide.

[@kamrankalmatibaloch10]

Gerrard❤❤❤❤

[@SonnyK248]

Lampard is one of the all time greats hands down. To me he's like Ronald Koeman. You can talk for days about what other players could do better but the amount of goals they both scored would put strikers to shame. That being said people tend to forget the pre Abramovich takeover Lampard. Before the Chelsea takeover Lampard was in his mid 20's with about half a dozen England caps to his name scoring 6-8 goals a season. Then he gets Makalele and Essien dominating the midfield and Drogba holding the ball up in the box and he almost overnight became a superstar banging in 20 goals a season. Credit to him for working to stay in that team but that team was perfect for him. Gerrard was world class by the time he was 21. And he literally carried his team for the majority of his career. He didn't have Lampard's stats but he was a machine off the ball. He did way more defensively than Lampard did and was still the second best attacking midfielder in the league after Lampard. Imagine N'golo Kante with 75% of Lampard's attacking stats and that's Gerrard. It's still close in spite of what I said but Gerrard was better. They're the best in PL history though hands down. Zidane told me 😉

[@ephraimzou5078]

Gerraard ❤❤❤

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

The fact that Stevie came close to lifting the PL title many times throughout his career...

[@koko-nl5tp]

Gerrald carried the whole team to win UCL. 3:0 in first half. However, Lampard was always surrounded with world class players and coaches. I admire both. I think they are the same level. Great players.

[@kase121]

That hogwash. Luis Garcia scored the goals for Liverpool in the CL & Rafa won 2 titles & a UEFA Cup with Valencia.

[@kingsleychima841]

Xabi Alonso wasn't world class? Should I list them?

[@Codenameshank]

they are same level in terms of class but just different in terms of roles and what they offer. each debate ends with what you value for the team ur tryna create. lamps is phenomenal amongst phenomenal players and all his coaches and teammates chose him as the best player to ever play in chelsea. (talent wise maybe hazard or zola arguably) Lampard was always just slightly better than his teammates. thus he could be arguably better than gerrard for some fans. but other fans can appreciate how gerrard was elite despite being surrounded by average players at times with few worldclass players sort of like hazards time with chelsea

[@Joshyboy1967]

Both greats but for me its Lampard the figures speak for themselves and he done it at all clubs he played for

[@jacobcholkur7773]

Lesson. Never give up

[@rufnek3124]

gerrard can hard carry a team

[@thomasflaherty3959]

So.... which one is the better premier league manager??

[@Codenameshank]

This gerrard and lampard debate is literally the exact same but the opposite of the hazard and salah debate. One played in a better team and provided more goals and assists, while the other was a one man magic show and carried an average team at times surrounded by the usual chelsea turmoil of managerial changes and no big signings after good seasons

[@isleofdixon255]

5:50 song name?

[@bcpac]

Greatest English footballer … I thought it was one of the starters from the 1966 WC winners.

[@TelecastPropellor96]

Bobby Charlton. Gerrard is the best English midfielder of this century, though.

[@DazzlerC]

What’s the BPL ?

[@gravedigger1187]

Lampard always!!! Not Chelsea fan!

[@jcdova29]

I forgot what World Cup I saw Lampard miss so many goals. He choked big time and could of easily won the golden boot.

[@user-nd9ee8vm7g]

I don't think they had a similar playing style or even a similar mindset: Lampard was the quintessential attacking midfielder in a diamond-shaped 442 whereas Gerrard was the prototypical central midfielder in a flat-442. Still, I understand why they were perennially compared; why they never really worked well together and I was in the "camp" that criticized how the national team went to the pitch with both of them. Nonetheless, loved watching this tubementary - both players deserve their place in football history. Still, I'll answer the leading question thus: If I was forming a team and I had to pick between Lampard and Gerrard, I'd pick Gerrard.

[@leonleon2276]

Il stick scholes in aswell…..if gerrard was in the man united and Chelsea teams instead of scholes and lampard , would those clubs still of had the same success? Yes , probably more. If scholes or lampard was in that 2005 Liverpool team that won the cl, would they have had the capability and influence like gerrard to go on and win the champions league with that team around them? I very much doubt it. That’s how you decide who is the better player. Gerrard by a mile.

[@jonertime9249]

Na Scholes better

[@leonleon2276]

@@jonertime9249 no chance. Anything and everything scholes can do as an attacking force and play maker , gerrard can do it and is a better gila scorer and consistently takes the games by the scruff of the neck. Gerrard also, certainly in his earlier days was a much better box to box player. Sxholes wasn’t a box to box player. If you take your man united goggles of and look at it without bias, you know it be the truth. Scholes was lucky enough to have top players in every position pretty much all his career. And if you read my original comment properly, you know it’s facts.

[@jonertime9249]

Na. Mayb Ur right but u missed one thing. Scholes could control the tempo of the game a gift not many have. which made the team win more and get titles.

[@leonleon2276]

@@jonertime9249 again everything scholes could do gerrard had it no problem. Who do you think controlled the tempo at Liverpool? Man united could win many games , big games if scholes wasn’t having a good game. Top draw players in every position means if one isn’t at it someone else will turn it on. Very rare for gerrard to not to be on point , and if he wasn’t , there wasn’t too many other players around him that could grab the game by the scruff of the neck. Scholes have an off game you had Keene , giggs , Beckham not to mention all the top draw strikers at man united that could turn the game around…..there is no argument that you can put down to suggest scholes is a better player then gerrard.

[@jonertime9249]

@@leonleon2276 again... I'll make it clearer for you. Paul Scholes can control the tempo of the game to whatever he wanted.. Gerrard was an unbelievable player but wasn't that player. Xabi Alonso was your nearest thing to Scholes. Mayb the scruff of the neck thing what you keep going on about was because Liverpool were shit. It doesn't make him better than Scholes imo. He wouldn't even of got in the United side ahead of Scholes and Keane in 99 for example. Scholes would get in that Liverpool team and they probably would of won the league.

[@razer0072073]

Lampard played in a team full of world class players and back by Abramovich money whereas Gerrard played in mostly average teams and and bad ownership and had to carry his team.