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Pele, most overrated player of all time.
He had a lot in common with Jesus Christ.
Widely associated with crosses and disappearing in his early 30s.
I agree with Beckham. Don't get me wrong, he was a very good player, but not as great as some made him to be.
I have to disagree with that. I thought Gerrard was a far superior footballer to Lampard, his work rate, tackling was outstanding and he was only just behind Beckham as the best long range passer and crosser of that generation. I still rate as Scholes as the best midfield in the Prem of that era but Gerrard was a close second, he was far more than score a screamer and I felt Lampard was much more limited in his game outside of goal scoring.
Average passer? Poor tackling? I genuinely don't think you've ever seen him play, other than when against us.
Not one single Liverpool fan would say Alonso was better than Gerrard. Not anyone sane or not related to Alonso anyway.
Agreed he was a great player. Torres who played with Xavi and Iniesta for Spain called Gerrard the best player he had ever played with over his career.
I can answer for him for now. The fact that he's rated as one of the two greatest ever Liverpool players? And no, it's not because he's a Scouser. How about coming third for the Ballon d'Or in 2005? Or the fact that the same year he won the UEFA Club footballer of the year award. How about being named Liverpool's player of the season on 4 or 5 occasions, and the UEFA team of the year on a few occasions? Does being man of the match in a Champions League final mean anything at all? Or winning an FA Cup final virtually by yourself when he put in one of the best individual performances you will ever see against West Ham?
I literally found most of that information within 2 minutes on Wikipedia. But I think the fact that he's arguably Liverpool's best ever player say's an awful lot without the rest, considering their history.
From that same Barca team I would argue that Puyol always ended up in the shadows of his more creatively talented teammates. Despite being one of the all time best defenders. But on the flipside he was the captain and obviously highly valued by Barcelona.
Couldnt run, couldnt dribble, had a decent free kick and a nice hair cut... and a talentless wife
I think with Beckham it was more he was amazing for a few years but then declined somewhat. But you are right he did perform for England. Scholes for me is the best of the United lot but England played him on the left wing to make way for Lampard etc, he was badly misused. The tactics we used for that group of players was crazy and outdated.
I worry we will repeat this with the current group under Southgate. If he can’t make Grealish, Foden, Kane and Sancho play with swagger then he will have failed.
Overrated? Joao Félix. One of the most expensive players of all time
I'd say he was world class in his prime.
I don't think anyone is arguing with you about his current level.
Most Liverpool fans aren't Scouse. To say that it's the only reason anyone would say he was a better player than Alonso is ridiculous.
I suppose Zidane being on record as saying he was the best player in the world at the time was just him being nice for some strange reason? Modric and Gerrard are completely different midfielders with different attributes. If you want to compare, Modric was better technically and positionally but everything else Gerrard was superior. Pace, long balls, tackling, heading, scoring... Not to mention he was far more versatile than Modric.
While everyone has a right to an opinion, and I'm not wanting to come across as some sort of Gerrard fanboy, I genuinely think you've been on the shandy's. "Not a bad player". "Headless chicken". "Incomplete midfielder". Either that or just on a wind up.
Gerrard was absolutely outstanding in his peak, at least in a Liverpool shirt. A genuinely elite player that would have improved any club side.
You come across as a bit of a footballing moron. Alonso was a great player but you clearly haven't seen Gerrard outside of a few England International games.whatever you see in Gerrard that makes you think he is a great player, I definitely don't see it. I care more for what a player can do with the ball, than what he can do with his body and Gerrard leaves me unconvinced.
I look at players like KDB and simply don't see Gerrard at the same level. I can't even think of a game in which he dominated the midfield against a top quality midfield opposition.
But to show you that my opinion is not as unique as you think
Steven Gerrard 'most overrated player' as Rangers boss beats Paul Pogba in vote
The Ibrox manager has finished top of a poll answered by over 6,000 supporters.www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Well I'm not going to argue with that. I certainly think out of the usual three that regularly get mentioned here, Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes, the latter was the only one that could really dictate the tempo of a game in the way that players like Prlo, Alonso and Modric could. Gerrard was much more everything at 100mph and Lampard was somewhere in-between. All three were world-class though for the different things they offered their teams.
Good Lord.
It's not even comparable.
Gerrard was a great player, but not on the Modric level, never.
How did he not elevate Madrid? They won 4CL ffs with him as the best midfielder.
Gerrad wasn't even better than Scholes.
Modric won everything and got rhe smallest country ever to be part of WC Final, while Gerrard with England did, what?
Stop the nonsense.