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Gerrard and Lampard were overrated during their playing days, Scholes is overrated since he retired - that's the story... All three good at scoring goals. But as a midfilder when your main job is to create chances/ assists, these 3 were just average at that - which got exposed whilst playing for England. Specially Scholes averages 1 assist in 10 premier league games - that's just embarrasing......
@The Spanish Chelsea : Not accurate. Lampard has the 4th most assists in PL histroy. As an example, look at someone like Fabregas, who has more assists than Lampard in just over HALF the number of games Lampard played in PL. (Lampard surely is a top goalscorer for a midfielder, but he, Gerrard nor Scholes did their part when creating and assisting strikers and wingers, which is one of the main reasons England were so average in International football at that time, when so much more was expected of them)
mcdelive Gerrard is to blame. Lampard played next to World Class Attacking midfielders like Deco and Ballack. Around that time period he peaked. It was Gerrard who couldn’t take the responsibility and pressure to play with another attacking midfielder with a heavy stature.
It's a stupid question.They were all different. Scholes had more skill and the better ball control Lampard was a goal machine from midfield And Gerrard was the better tackler & most complete player that could play more various roles in midfield. Just a huge shame England didn't get the best from them.
Spot on mate they were all legends and we need to let it go, because in all honesty it's really hard to compare them because if its states which midfielder would hold a candle to lampard with the amount of goals and assists he would get season after season, and Gerrard in his prime could win any game against anyone by himself he was honestly the most complete midfield player, scholes ability to control matches and passing ability was unbelievable and is arguable the most natural gifted player England produced in that era of superstars. So I'm just happy I watched the three played
@@billybob-fw3vr funny how Gerrard played 20 years in the prem and didn’t lift 1 title with completely different Liverpool teams and him being the centre piece
Three completely different players. Scholes was similar to Xavi and pirlo, gerrard was similar to viera and Keane and Lampard was a goal machine. I'm a United fan and would have loved too see gerrard play next to Scholes when Keane retired. Hated gerrard as he played for Liverpool but he was a giant of the game. All united fans know this.
L'Danza maria STILE Lampard is 4th highest goal scorer in Prem history and he’s a midfielder. Not to mention his assists and passing ability, Chelsea’s highest goal scorer ever. The Guys a legend. World class. Scholes wasn’t as good as Lampard
Its so wrong to compare. Gerrard and Lampard are two of the best mids of their generations, Scholes isn't. Scholes is one of the best mids of all time.
There has never been a more complete player in the history of football than Stevie. He could finish, take long shots, make incredible 60 yard passes, had brilliant vision and could thread through balls. Defensively he could stand tackle, slide tackle, he could mark players and had a great work rate as he always used to track back. Then there's his dribbling ability, though not the best he still had pace and ball control, was always so composed on the ball. To top it all off he was a leader of men, captain fantastic!
@AliRiazAliTheBaba put the crack pipe down divvy. He played mezala, SG8, not wing. And he played mezala to accommodate a deep lying playmaker in Alonso. Sg8 could've played there, in centre, or left/right mezala. Sg8 also filled in at full back n played off a lone striker in Torres. In all them positions, he was still the best. Scholes n Lampard played 1 position, and let's not forget SAF n Mourinho both tried to sign SG8.
Scholes, he could do everything that the others could: passing, scoring, positioning, heading. Moreover, he controlled the game tempo! Scholes was unbelievable!
@@azdaz7109 Lampard was box to box, also in the same way Lampard has Maka Gerrard also had Alonso doing the same job. He’d cover allowing gerrard to bomb forward taking pot shots from the edge of the box.
FIFA World XI Nominations Gerrard 8 Lampard 8 Scholes 2 FIFA World XI Appearances Gerrard 3 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 UEFA Team of the Year Appearances Gerrard 3 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 UEFA Player of the year Gerrard 1 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 Highest FIFA World Player of the Year Finish Lampard 2nd - one time Gerrard never in top 3, but very close Scholes nowhere near top 3 Highest Ballon D’or Finish Lampard 2nd - one time Gerrard 3rd - one time Scholes nowhere near top 3 Premier League Team of the Year Appearances Gerrard 8 Lampard 5 Scholes 2 Premier League Player of the Month Awards Gerrard 6 Lampard 4 Scholes 4 Premier League Young Player of the Year Gerrard 1 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 Journalists’ and Writers’ Premier League Player of the Year Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 Players’ Premier League Player of the Year Gerrard 1 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 Fans’ Premier League Player of the Year Gerrard 2 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 England National Team Player of the Year Gerrard 2 Lampard 2 Scholes 0 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 FA Cup Final Man of the Match Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0
“Personally, I think Gerrard is England’s greatest ever player. I wish him a happy retirement,” Lionel Messi. I guess he doesn't know how football works
B C put Gerrard in that United team Scholes had and he’d stand out more than Scholes. Gerrard took an absolutely diabolical Liverpool team to places it shouldn’t have got too. He could’ve been one of the best ever to play but was loyal
@@littleboy1273 look put scholes in the liverpool team they would not have been outclassed in 2005.they were 3-0 down coz gerrard could not control midfield
Gerrard, Lampard and then Scholes. Paul lacked personality on the pitch compared to Steve and Frank who were leaders. He was the silent one but still a top player who orchestrated United's play in midfield for many years.
"Without doubt my biggest regret in football is not playing with Paul Scholes. One day at La Masia Frank Rijkaard walked in and said 'Today we don't train, we are going to watch a DVD'. We sat for 3 hours watching Paul Scholes highlights. It was the best day of my life.. Me, Xavi, Ronaldinho and a young Lionel Messi in awe of him. It was then that I decided my first newborn would be called Paul. He's 5 now and every time I look at him he reminds me of that day at La Masia." - Andres Iniesta
Come on, its clearly Scholes, if only that great England team would have been built around him, to play a player that great out of position, was ridiculous!
Scholes could control and dominate midfield and dictate the tempo of a game to his liking where as gerard and lampard couldnt so scholes was by far the best!!
Single-handedly, eh ? Alonso, mascherano, Coutinho kuyt,dudek,hyypia,Torres,Suarez,finnan, Reina, Henderson, Sturridge, Luis Garcia,Agger,Arbeloa,skrtel all played with Gerrard and contributed to the collective success of the first team. Gerrard was a player of many, many gifts. However, cup successes during his time at Liverpool, were not only down to him and him alone. He was influential in the final...don't get me wrong but that doesn't mean he single-handedly dragged like Maradona in 86'.
It's a matter of personal preference between those 3 imo. They all had different roles and did them brilliantly so they can't really be compared properly
Watched them all and I'm in no doubt scholes was the best midfielder England have ever had, he controlled the tempo, hardily lost the ball, scored but he's passing was his greatest strength ,he also turned on a six pence. Very like Iniesta / pirlo rolled into one ... Gerrard was a fantastic player as well a big game player but scholes was more consistent and effected the game more.
@@sunnycole680 england should have had a 4 33 system neville Terry ferdinand Cole Carrick gerrard lampard Cole Rooney Beckham something like that might have worked
@@PaulMuldoon97 not really true and if youre telling me mclaren and glenn hoddle were any hood as managers youre missing a few. Scholes was still good off the left anyway but wasted
Well jose tried to sign frank too when he was at real madrid....like he said he was the best professional he managed.....3 of them are amazing talent ❤️
Gerrard was a great influence on the pitch & could motivate his team. Lampard was a great box-to-box midfielder & scored lots of goals. However, they both lacked a football brain & vision which is why I’d take Scholes over either. Think about it like this, when Gerrard & Scholes played together for England, that was a world class midfielder partnership. Had they played together at Japan/South Korea 2002, England would’ve won that competition. What they had was great communication, total understanding of each other’s game & being in the right positions. When Lampard was brought in to play alongside Gerrard, they were both bloody useless. I seem to recall Scholes being moved to the wing which was also a big mistake! I’m sure Lampard & Scholes would’ve been a great partnership too based on awareness, positioning & understanding each other’s games.
Lampard and Gerrard lacks brain and vision was a bs argument.....but i definitely agree to the fact that scholes and Lampard partnership would've been great, scholes play much deeper and frank with his box to box skills
Gerrard and Lampard were overrated during their playing days, Scholes is overrated since he retired - that's the story... All three good at scoring goals. But as a midfilder when your main job is to create chances/ assists, these 3 were just average at that - which got exposed whilst playing for England. Specially Scholes averages 1 assist in 10 premier league games - that's just embarrasing.....
@@mcdelive Sad to break it to u Xavi Pep Iniesta Pirlo Zidane Henry Rooney Etc all said Scholes was the great midfielder in the world during their time ….maybe u know better
As a Sunderland fan I pick scholes. Didn't need pace or power like Gerrard or didn't need the formation build for him like lampard. Scholes just more ability
Yeah, because they were clueless. Hence why pretty much all England supporters and most of the players would have preferred different managers over Sven and Capello who would've made better use of Lamps, Stevie and Scholesy.
Judging on the only major tournament for England they all played together (Euro2004) it would be (1st) Lampard (2nd) Scholes (3rd) Gerrard But I prefer Scholes the most and his career was obviously by far the best and his England career overall was less of a failure than the other 2. Plus he won under 18 European championships and with senior team won Tournoi de France and didn't ever cost England by missing a pen or doing a silly backpass.
The fastest-Gerrard Getting goals-Lampard Passing-scholes Dribbling-gerrard Defending-Gerrard Better all rounder - Gerrard Who was the best ????GERRARD
Scholes for his vision, passing and controlling games. Gerrard for grinding back into games and his strong defensive work too. Lampard for his ability to win a game, be it from a pass or a shot
Scholes has two careers, one as box2box, one as a dictator/pace-setter focusing more on accurate passing and possession. Lampard and Gerrard as box2box most of their careers. All great and very successful.. but Lampard and Gerrard individual stats are mind blowing. Scary good.
Lampard goals scholes passing gerrard everything. As a midfielder the more complete your are the better the player. Gerrard was clearly the better midfielder
I can’t to this day believe the talent England wasted with these three at the heart at the of it all. That English team should have won a major tournament.
Gerrard > Scholes > Lampard. Scholes is better than the other two at some things. Lampard is better than the other two at a couple of things. Gerrard is better than the other two at some things, but is also better than the next best guy in other things.
I'm a Utd fan, and of course pick Scholes, but your statement actually isn't true. And it also in a way doesn't do Scholes justice. His game transformed a couple of times in his career which afforded him such longevity in a starting 11 that was stacked from 1995 to his retirement. He dictated games in the second half of his career like no other in English football, but in his younger years he was a striker and played behind a striker quite a bit too.
Rio got it right with the diamond formation for England. Several combinations could have worked. The only constant is Beckham at right side CM, talented as he was/is he wasn't a number 10, regista or DM. Gerrard DM, Beckham and Scholes CM and Lampard number 10 Scholes regista, Gerrard and Beckham CM and Lampard number 10 Scholes regista, Lampard and Beckham CM and Gerrard number 10. This is my least favoured, with Gerrard being the best tackler of the four I'd want him DM or CM.
Paul Scholes. Gerrard and Lampard were great players, but different types of midfielders. It would be like comparing Eusebio to Beckenbauer, two different types of players. But in quality, Scholes takes it.
Gerrard and Lampard were overrated during their playing days, Scholes is overrated since he retired - that's the story... All three good at scoring goals. But as a midfilder when your main job is to create chances/ assists, these 3 were just average at that - which got exposed whilst playing for England. Specially Scholes averages 1 assist in 10 premier league games - that's just embarrasing......
Gerrard was just a maestro a pure machine if he went to Chelsea he would have won multiple Premier League's and would have been the best PL player ever. He had everything the only midfielder I'd choose over him is Zinedine Zidane.
Would Scholes have slipped against Chelsea ? Would Scholes have given the ball away against France in opening Euro game that ultimately cost us the win? Scholes didn’t make mistakes
FIFA World XI Nominations Gerrard 8 Lampard 8 Scholes 2 FIFA World XI Appearances Gerrard 3 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 UEFA Team of the Year Appearances Gerrard 3 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 UEFA Player of the year Gerrard 1 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 Highest FIFA World Player of the Year Finish Lampard 2nd - one time Gerrard never in top 3, but very close Scholes nowhere near top 3 Highest Ballon D’or Finish Lampard 2nd - one time Gerrard 3rd - one time Scholes nowhere near top 3 Premier League Team of the Year Appearances Gerrard 8 Lampard 5 Scholes 2 Premier League Player of the Month Awards Gerrard 6 Lampard 4 Scholes 4 Premier League Young Player of the Year Gerrard 1 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 Journalists’ and Writers’ Premier League Player of the Year Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 Players’ Premier League Player of the Year Gerrard 1 Lampard 0 Scholes 0 Fans’ Premier League Player of the Year Gerrard 2 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 England National Team Player of the Year Gerrard 2 Lampard 2 Scholes 0 UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 FA Cup Final Man of the Match Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0 UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match Gerrard 1 Lampard 1 Scholes 0
BiggieCheeseTheLord Those stats are good. However, anybody who knows football will still say Scholes is the most talented... I think any player worth their salt has already stated he was the best player they either played with or against. Zidane, xavi , viera PS was more unlikely to win ‘ man of the match’ with players like cantona, Giggs, Rooney, Ronaldo , Keane , van persie , van nistelroy etc in the team. Fact united have won literally nothing since he left...
