Lampard-v-Gerrard

redspider

I think both players are equally good. However, they have slightly different attributes to their game as Lampard prefers to pass it around, he goes and fetches the ball, uses his vision and strokes it around, and more often than not is right up behind the forwards and utilise his good shot when anything comes back out.

Gerrard is more a "run at them" type of player, he is ready to ping a pass too especially first time and could be considered a more risky player. Gerrard is also a type of player that would play right back, centre half, centre forward, wherever, if asked, and in most cases he could do an ok job in those positions. Lampare hasnt been asked to fill-in for such roles so cant be judged on that.

irish1 wrote:

Gerrard is a better all round player a more complete player. However I don't think Gerrard would be as effective as Lampard is for Chelsea, Lampard fits into Chelsea's system perfectly, his ability to score goals from his position is incredible.

I think thats very true. Lampard is a slick central hub of the Chelsea engine. Both players rely (or are more effective going forward) if they have another player or too picking up behind them, such as Makelele, Essien, or Alonso, Sissoko/Hamann. Lampard sets the tempo for Chelsea and is very effective for them whereas Gerrard could perhaps if played in the same role be more trigger-happy and too quick fire.

Overall they are both good players who I think could play together in midfield but not as effectively perhaps as they are currently. This is perhaps Sven's happy dilemma, as In a way, they are similar enough to get in each others way.

For me, they are too close to call to say that one clearly outshines the other as a central midfielder, so I didnt vote.

redspider

Tusky

Atari Jaguar

If you think Gerrards performance was 'sub standard' in the CL final you really, know abolsolutely nothing about football. Sure, he wasnt amazing in the first half, neither was the whole liverpool team...noone is disputing this.

In the 2nd half he made a goal & scored a goal. He inspired the othr players with ruthless defending . He seemed to be the last man back on dozens of occasions and yet he was also their best attacking player.

MrJoeSoap

Atari Jaguar

redspider wrote:

For me, they are too close to call to say that one clearly outshines the other as a central midfielder, so I didnt vote.

Atari Jaguar so.

MrJoeSoap

Atari Jaguar

Tusky wrote:

If you think Gerrards performance was 'sub standard' in the CL final you really, know abolsolutely nothing about football. Sure, he wasnt amazing in the first half, neither was the whole liverpool team...noone is disputing this.

In the 2nd half he made a goal & scored a goal. He inspired the othr players with ruthless defending . He seemed to be the last man back on dozens of occasions and yet he was also their best attacking player.

Filled in superbly at right-back too IIRC.

Chucky the tree

Atari Jaguar

i'd prefer to have gerrard in my team then lampard.

Lex Luthor

Atari Jaguar

Rickylovesuall wrote:

No way! If sven was asked that, he'd avoid the question totally and make a round about answer about how all players are important to the first eleven and that its not one person, but a team effort...

That would be his answer, but he'd still have Gerrard;)

eirebhoy

Atari Jaguar

Slash/ED - Gerrard didn't have the greatest of first 45 minutes in the CL final but he was being played out of position. A bit harsh to judge him on that.

On constistancy, Lampard is no more consistant than Gerrard and no player plays well in every game. So far this season Gerrard has played well in almost every match though.

phenom

This is to close to Call so Atari Jaguar.
Both these players are very good and are stronger in different areas of their game.Redspider summed it up perfectly for me in his last post,
Lampard seems to score more goals as a midfielder but I havent seen Gerrard have real bad game this season.

Its to close

Slash/ED

Steven Gerrard

eirebhoy wrote:

Slash/ED - Gerrard didn't have the greatest of first 45 minutes in the CL final but he was being played out of position. A bit harsh to judge him on that.

Yes but it's also outrageous to claim he had a good game as he scored a goal, that's nonsense. He may have excuses for not playing well but he did not show himself to be a great player for whatever reason.

KdjaCL

Nigel Reo Coker owns both of them tbh just sadly doesnt have the boot deal to get him stuck on the back pages

Him and either of the 2 above and England would have a superb central midfield.


kdjac

Shrimp

Steven Gerrard

I'm actually quite suprised by the poll.

eirebhoy

Atari Jaguar

Slash/ED wrote:

Yes but it's also outrageous to claim he had a good game as he scored a goal, that's nonsense. He may have excuses for not playing well but he did not show himself to be a great player for whatever reason.

Lampard regularly gets away with mediocre performances by scoring.