Craig Bellamy with the best description of Gerrard the player in his autobiography: "What makes him so good? Well, there is nothing he can't do. He is clever. He sees the game quicker than anyone else. He sees the picture. He can play the ball first time round corners that aren't even there. He has got intelligence. He has got physical attributes. He can bomb past people. He is quick. He is a proper, powerful athlete. Give him a header, he will score. He can play in behind the front man. He can get the ball off the back four and control the game from the quarterback position. He is just an immense all-round footballer. I have never seen anyone put it all together like him, never seen someone with so many qualities. I have played with a lot of talented players, but he was better than any of them."
Gerrard 2003-2009 is the best and most complete number 8 ever. People are just never gonna admit it cuz of their hate for Liverpool. I’m so glad he stayed but a part of me wishes he went to Madrid or Milan who wanted him for ages so that it would be undisputed
I could never give up all those wonderful years he played for Liverpool. I only wish he’d won the league one of those years. Nothing against Henderson but I wish it was Gerard lifting that trophy in that empty stadium during the Covid year.
Kids nowadays don’t believe you when you tell them Gerrard was better than De Bryune is now. He could defend, pass and attack with ease. Best player I’ve ever seen live.
Cant believe in how Stevie is underrated nowadays, and sometimes disrespected with the slip bullshit. He was a hero and a gifted player, one of the best ever. He deserved much more recognition. Pure pure class
you can see from every goal highlights...all the team really puts in faith for Gerrard as their captain....look at those assist. Without coordinations or blatant shouts or signs, they managed to pick up the ball and score goals from it. That shows you how Gerrard is a pillar tower for Liverpool in his 17 years contribution... and man do i cry for the Torres and Suarez clip in here...both of them are Gerrard's besties in terms of liverpool offense...read his book, he seems sad and dissappointed when both of them have to leave Liverpool, leaving him behind...those eras are almost-beautiful-fairytale for Liverpool
Yes, his short passing and skill was underrated, you can find videos of him skinning Ashley Young and there’s one goal he scored for England his close control and skill to do it was sublime. I’ll try and find the link
He has 92 assists in the premier league which is 12 lesser than lampards tally in 100 less appearances whilst playing in some of liverpool's worst teams.
@@Fodzcr7 man said kuyt with his chest out 😂😂. Yeah let's just pretend Lampard didn't play for the best chelsea teams that had Joe Cole, Drogba, Hazard, Damien Duff, Anelka who was good for two seasons at the club
Without doubt the best midfielder I've ever seen. He good do absolutely everything. It hurts that he never won gjr prem, hopefully one day as a manager
STEVIE can play RB, CM, AM, CML, CMR, DM. Can Scholes or Lampard played in this position during their career? Debate is over who is the greatest Midfielder.
Gerrard and Torres were like Jordan and Pippen.One/Two combination punch that was unstoppable. Love Gerrard.He could defend,pass/create,read the game,strike and was a leader of men.A complete player.Brilliant!
OMG! Now imagine him at his peak playing in todays Liverpool with Mane, Salah, Firmino, Trent, Robbo, Virgil. If we do well with Hendo, Gini, Fabinho and Milner (not saying they are bad, but Gerrard is another level).
People praise Xabi alonso's passing at Liverpool, but Gerrard had the same quality passes plus everything else (scoring, speed, strength, pace, skills, shooting, crossing, tackles, dfending, leadrship, passion etc.) That's why he's an all-time great midfieldr and the best all-round midfieldr ever.
Kevin de bruyne did this for couple of years and is being considered as one of the best midfielder at present...and Gerrard has done this throughout his career
Master class of perfection passing n goal assist set piece goal scoring monster my my boy steven gerrard. Nothing like u son, u r the living legend the most underrated player entire in the world ever played.
Still to this day I haven't seen any player come close to Stevie G. He was the complete footballer, every facet of his game was strong and he had the drive and determination to go with it. KDB sometimes reminds me of him but the difference is Gerrard didn't have teams full of superstar quality around him .. more often than not he carried us on his back and won games single handedly.
Most people that didn’t watch gerrard play closely think he was merely a box to box. But people/ fans that watched him play closely know he was world class about everything. His playmaking was as good as the great playmakers that always getting recognition . He was good at everything some of his qualities get overlooked.
Really easy to see Steven in Trent's play. God, I would have loved Gerrard in this current Liverpool team. Him and Trent together would be simply unstoppable.
Just imagine if gerrard played along side of brazil Ronaldo, zidane n messi it would have been sight that never seen before all records will be broken new sets of records that probably never be broken. That is what Gerrard capabilities was.
I think that gerrards style of play is not suited for a great modern day ball playing teams like man city and liverpool, but still he is a phenomenal player
