Steven Gerrard is the best player England have produced in 20 years?

by Giggslegend Fri 13 Jan 2012, 12:56

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2012/01/12/2843958/steven-gerrard-is-the-best-player-england-have-produced-in

Ofc he is a bit biased since he is the sporting director of pool, but its not that outrageous to claim.

Maybe Rooney will be hailed as a better player in a few years, but for now it is still Gerrard imo.

by halamadrid2 Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:01

Lineker???? Gazza??? GTFO

by Giggslegend Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:07

hence 20 years.. Gazza was brilliant on his day, but he had a crazy mind. lineker was "produced" in the late 70ies 30+ years ago

shearer would be a better candidate that gazza

by Giggslegend Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:09

gascoigne also started his career more than 20 years ago btw

by Ali Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:10

Giggslegend wrote:http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2012/01/12/2843958/steven-gerrard-is-the-best-player-england-have-produced-in

Ofc he is a bit biased since he is the sporting director of pool, but its not that outrageous to claim.

Maybe Rooney will be hailed as a better player in a few years, but for now it is still Gerrard imo.

Rooney, Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes will all be up there

by Ali Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:12

Giggslegend wrote:hence 20 years.. Gazza was brilliant on his day, but he had a crazy mind. lineker was "produced" in the late 70ies 30+ years ago

shearer would be a better candidate that gazza

Alcoholic

by halamadrid2 Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:13

Lineker retired from england exactly 20 years ago

and retired from football altogether 18 years ago got his last individual award in 1992 so yh i can include him

Shearer was good as well but Gazza>>>Shearer clearly

by halamadrid2 Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:14

Rooney??? what has he done to deserve to be called one of the greatest

by LeSwagg James Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:19

Yes he is

:dance:

by Dutti Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:20

halamadrid2 wrote:Rooney??? what has he done to deserve to be called one of the greatest

one of the GOAT?

by Ganso Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:24

Dutti wrote:
halamadrid2 wrote:Rooney??? what has he done to deserve to be called one of the greatest

one of the GOAT?

by REWB Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:26

mat Le Tissier would have been the GREATEST of all time English players if he had moved to a bigger club. this guy was averaging 25 to 30 goals a season as a MIDFIELDER with Southampton, incredible. his technique was one of the best i have ever seen. he was incredibly underrated because of the club he played for.

by halamadrid2 Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:28

actually i get it now.... he said PRODUCED.... oh ok my bad

by halamadrid2 Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:29

Roonay has done squat all to be called one of the greatest

he isnt even close ffs

by Ali Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:31

halamadrid2 wrote:Lineker retired from england exactly 20 years ago

and retired from football altogether 18 years ago got his last individual award in 1992 so yh i can include him

Shearer was good as well but Gazza>>>Shearer clearly

Aww hell naaaaaaaaaaaaw !

Gazza isn't even close to Sherear , it's SHEARER FFS.

Also, look how long Rooney has been at the top level ffs

by Abramovich Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:31

Stevie G >>>>>>>>>>>> whoney.

by Dutti Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:34

Ganso wrote:
Dutti wrote:
halamadrid2 wrote:Rooney??? what has he done to deserve to be called one of the greatest

one of the GOAT?

I was just pointing out twisted language there ... (did you notice the "?" mark? :facepalm:

)

but oh well what can I say to a classless reply

by halamadrid2 Fri 13 Jan 2012, 13:37

@Ali, he was a Mou type of footballer going to every league... but he was good in all mayeb not Serie A that much

he also had personal problems if only he had stopped those antics he couldve shown more than he did

Walcott is at the top level as well....doesnt tell me much

by Swanhends Fri 13 Jan 2012, 14:09

scholes

by Giggslegend Fri 13 Jan 2012, 14:53

bhends wrote:scholes

I´m tempted to agree as a man utd fan, but still gerrard have some other aspects to his game that scholes don´t have and is more "complete"

by Lord Hades Fri 13 Jan 2012, 15:13

for me who started football too late to see the best of scholes

stevie g is the best english player :bow:

by Gil Fri 13 Jan 2012, 15:27

Scholes and Lampard >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

by RealGunner Fri 13 Jan 2012, 15:29

if it goes for players who starters their careers in the last 20 years rather than who played in the cumulative time,

then yea it would be between Gerrard, Scholes and Lampard

by Dante Fri 13 Jan 2012, 15:31

diptiman wrote:for me who started football too late to see the best of scholes

stevie g is the best english player

it depends on when you begun watching football. Because Scholes belongs in the category of "good old wines". Older the better.. I mean he was very good up untill 2002-2003 , but from there after he reached other levels , unique player.

No doubt Gerrard is one of England's best in the last 20 years though. Pretty tough to choose actually, but Scholes for me.

His brilliant non-stop movement on the field , his unstoppable voleys which turned into great goals , his mentality on facing straightly physically stronger opponents and above all his simplicity with the ball , was something that any coach dreams , every teammate expects and every fan cheers about.

Having said that...Gerrard could still reach his status , they re in the same category. He always had it and still does. They don't differ much , except Gerrard have won less the last decade and being a more physical type of player..Skill wise there isn't much of a difference though.

by Lord Hades Fri 13 Jan 2012, 15:33

Dante13 wrote:
diptiman wrote:for me who started football too late to see the best of scholes

stevie g is the best english player

it depends on when you begun watching football. Because Scholes belongs in the category of "good old wines". Older the better.. I mean he was very good up untill 2002-2003 , but from there after he reached other levels , unique player.

No doubt Gerrard is one of England's best in the last 20 years though. Pretty tough to choose actually, but Scholes for me.

His brilliant non-stop movement on the field , his unstoppable voleys which turned into great goals , his mentality on facing straightly physically stronger opponents and above all his simplicity with the ball , was something that any coach dreams , every teammate expects and every fan cheers about.

Having said that...Gerrard could still reach his status , they re in the same category. He always had it and still does. They don't differ much , except Gerrard have won less the last decade and being a more physical type of player..Skill wise there isn't much of a difference though.

started watching from 06 onwards, scholes was amazing till 08, in 09 and onwards he dropped off a bit.. gerrard was consistent all these years. i remember arguing how he was better than cristiano ronaldo in 08 when 95 percent of kids were ronaldo shirts etc .. plus the way he destroyed us in 09.

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