Champions League 27th / 28th Nov 2007

[Spacehopper]

lets just see what happens December 16th, then we will all see which midfield is stronger.......the only reason you are saying scholes, anderson and hargreaves are better than gerrard is because hes having an off spell at the moment. When gerrard is in top form only scholes comes close, because he really is an excellent player

[Microdot]

lets just see what happens December 16th, then we will all see which midfield is stronger.......the only reason you are saying scholes, anderson and hargreaves are better than gerrard is because hes having an off spell at the moment. When gerrard is in top form only scholes comes close, because he really is an excellent player

not seen enough of Anderson to tell if he'll keep it up, but he's put a couple of performances in so far this season that suggest he's every bit as good a player as gerrard, and a better passer of the ball for certain.

I'm not denying gerrard is a quality player, at one point he even looked like he might make a world class box to box midfielder, but it just never seemed to materialize.
I just said on current form I'd pick Hargreaves in preference to gerrard for various reasons, which I would and I bet steve mclaren wishes he had/could have done for the last 3 or 4 england games too.

for the record, I also said Mascherano is better than gerrard.

[Spacehopper]

[/QUOTE]for the record, I also said Mascherano is better than gerrard.[/QUOTE]

different types of players........are you saying mascherano is a better attacking midfielder than gerrard?

[Microdot]

I reckon he's got more to his game than gerrard.

[french_og]

Mascherano is just a out and out holding defensive midfielder, does the job well in front of the back for. If Gerrard wanted to just do that role then im sure he could but Gerrard does everything in that midfield. He is not just a good attacking midfielder who gets forward and scores goals but also does get box to box and win a lot of ball also and a all round quality player.

Disapointed with his recent England displays but his performances for Liverpool apart from a blip in form early in the season have been as concistent as any player in the Premiership.

[Microdot]

I reckon its gerrard's inability to play the holding role in midfield that prevents him from becoming one of the best in the world.
at one point I thought he could be a world class box to box midfielder, but the defensive side of his game never really improved enough., a few years back,

Mascherano keeps his passing more simple, and as a result more effective, than gerrard too. gerrard looks for the defence splitting pass too much imo.