When Wednesday Comes - Fantasy Football: Gerrard and Lampard

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Gerrard and Lampard

I had some brilliant emails going on about the can Lampard and Gerrard play together debate

I'm posted below one of the best from Paul Bishop, take it away Paul:

Now getting on to Lampard and Gerrard. I have always given them the benefit of the doubt, but there is only so long you can go on beofre you have to say enough is enough. The best team does not have to be made up of the best players and that is a fact. Lampard scores the goals he does for Chelsea as he has Makalele behind him. Gerrard scores the goals he does for Liverpool because he has Alonso behind him. Without a shadow of a doubt now, this principle must apply to England if we're ever to achieve at International level.

I'm a Man United fan and for years have watched Roy Keane sit in midfield while Paul Scholes would rush into the box and hit the back of the net. Frank Lampard is a very good player, but Steven Gerrard is simply better. Let's face it, Sven did not have a clue about anything and Steve McClaren will be much much better, but does he have the grapefruits to make this decision??

I don't know about you, but watching Gerrard and Lampard during this World Cup was hard. They totally got drawn around the pitch and never once put their stamp on any game. Lampard had a shocker of a tournament and I can't beleive I'm saying that for a guy whose easily one of the best midfielders in the world. Both he and Gerrard's games are very similar thus cancel one another out. Gerrard must be the main man in midfield with either Carrick or Hargreaves as the holder, which would let Stevie G break forward and you'd see his Liverpool form at International level.

I think Paul sums it up brilliantly!

# posted by Jonathan @ 11:13 AM

Comments:

To say Lampard And Gerrard cannot play in the same team is completely wrong. Rafa Benitez feels Gerrard best position is on the right hand side of Midfield and when he has played this position for England he has played well. So why not play him there instead of the "One Good Free-Kick a game justifes my existance on the right hand side of midfield" former england captain.

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