Gerrard was the only reason that Liverpool didn't end up in mid table obscurity some seasons. I remember feeling pity for the terrible load that was placed on his shoulders and at a relatively young age also. He was a real Roy of Rovers type player and man. He deserved better and it's a shame that he didn't play with a proper squad at Liverpool but he will always be the Legendary one man that dragged us to the Glory of Istanbul and the F.A cup against West Ham and the footballing gods because luck deserted us that day. Only the pure brutal brilliance of Gerrard saved us that day again. YNWA.
Imagine him today. Gerrard was the king of the high press before that was even a thing. I always say the best way to describe Gerrard was he was Kante without the ball. Never stopped running and closing players down trying to get the ball back whether they were in his own half or the opponents half, wherever the ball was Gerrard wasn't far away. But with the ball he was Kevin de Bruyne. Could carry the ball up the field, score goals, create goals, pass, cross you name it. He could also head the ball as good as anyone. He's by far the most complete player I've ever seen.
@johnboylan3832 hes one of the best players of all time john. Won a champions league. With a mediocre Liverpool team. Fact. Look at his myriad of net bursting 30 yard belter goals, pin point 50 yard passes, myriad of bone crunching tackles, central midfield dominance, ability to defend, attack, retain possession, regain possession, ability to work box to box. Out and out all round world class player. Merry Christmas you filthy animal.
I think even with this amazing Klopp team, Steven Gerrard is still probably the best Liverpool player I've ever seen. He's definitely the best midfielder I've seen play for Liverpool. What made him so exceptional is that he could do everything well. We was fast, his work rate was incredible, he could tackle, he could score a goal from any position amd from long range and he could head the ball. On top of that he took all set pieces and assisted lots of goals. He was even a good crosser. I think any manager, back then or now, would want him in his team. Legend.
The fact we argue about a player that never won the prem (Stevie) against others that won it several times over (Lampard, Scholesy) tells you everything.
@@vitaminamultiI don't think you get my point. In your eyes Gerrard is not near Scholes, who won more leagues, Champions leagues, FA Cups etc., than Gerrard. Same as Lamps. Yet every other year supporters (from other clubs) are debating who was the best midfielder in Prem history between Scholes (who won everything), Lamps (who won everything) and who... The guy you said is no where near them. Does that not say a lot about the guy (Gerrard, if you're not following 🤦♂)?
@@DirtyJamesUK Trying to say who was the best between two top class players who played different positions, different roles and had different traits is near impossible, even it the two players might share a few of those same traits. You might as well compare a goalkeeper with a winger as compare Gerrard and Rooney.
@seanscanlon9067 oh really? Well explain the concept of the ballon d'or. And explain the concept of man of the match, and player of the season. I never use this silly phrase, but I'll wait...
Gerrard is arguably the best central midfielder the premier league has ever seen Absolute warrior Scholes sums it, Gerrard could do what all the greats could do in their teams but non of them could do what Gerrard did for Liverpool
Stevie was something of a unicorn... He was always too good for the squads he played with and when he was on, he was at times the best player on earth. That game vs Madrid, those finals... He was complete... He was a very brilliant athlete but he also had the mind for the machine he was...
Scholes was being polite. No way Stevie G could control a match like Scholes. Scholes couldnt' do that at Liverpool meaning he couldn't bear being on the losing end of United for so many years with no EPLs
The most complete player I’ve ever seen! And one of the greatest players of all time. I get he didn’t win the league but he drove an average Liverpool team to achieve trophies that were beyond their reach and was up against a Man United team a Chelsea team and an Arsenal team that were full of world-class players and managers and probably the best teams of their respective clubs eras. If he played in one of those teams or one of the best Liverpool teams, he would have won league titles for fun. One of the best keepers and the forwards of all time in Buffon and Ibrahimović haven’t won the champions league but that doesn’t take anything away from them being one of the greatest legends!
I came to Brasil and they asked me what you favorite player I told them Gerrard, everybody was laughing , Ronaldo Nazário , Ronaldinho And I told them I love but Stevie is another Kind a unique one !
Possibly the most complete midfielder to ever play in Britain, Id say its between him & Bryan Robson, both were fantastic leaders but Robson could bark commands at players n take their performance from a 6 to an 8/10 while he himself was having a 7/10 game. Gerrard on the other hand had to be 9/10 in his own performance to lift those around him because even an 8/10 game from Gerrard was considered a "Bad Game" for him due to his own previous success. To his credit tho he was incredibly consistent & is one of the best big game players in the history of the sport. When it comes to technique he was ahead of Robson, but as a package, its close between em. Most complete forward, Alan Shearer Most complete defender, Desailly or Paul McGrath Most complete goalie, Schmicel
I have said this before I woud take gerrad in my team ahead of Zidane or ronaldinho etc . Gerrad can attack at the highest level like Zidane or ronaldinho or etc but they can't do what gerrad tend to do defensively. The man can pass, tackle , dribble, run, etc etc etc
John Barnes is my favourite ever Liverpool player, but Gerrard is the best. I was in the stands in Istanbul in 2005. I think he is the most influential player in big games I have ever seen since Maradona.
Clemence, Kenny, Hansen, Rush, Barnes. All legendary world class players who would have walked onto any team in the world, all are at least on an equal standing with Gerrard. All played in league winning teams, Gerrard didnt. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? If Kenny or Barnes insisted in going gung ho all the time, would the teams they played in have won the league? If Gerrard wasnt at Liverpool would they have signed more tactically astute, tactically disciplined players who would have led em to a league title, instead of signing players who could fit into a Liverpool team with Steven Gerrard in it? Michael Owen was a great goal scorer but he couldn't have made it in the era Ian Rush played in because nobody wanted to see a team built around one player, which is why Robbie Fowler is a much better striker than Owen coz Fowler had to break into a team than had Rush in it, he had to come through the "Liverpool Way" & prove his worth. Fowler could have played in any Liverpool team from any era n scored the goals he did, Owen couldn't, you had to build your team around him n set the tactics to suit him, something Houllier did. Do you want "excitement" & cup runs or do you want league titles? Gerrard was a great big game player though & I like the Maradona comparison.
No one had a chance of winning it either in the Messi and Ronaldo era, they were just a different breed of footballers and I'm sure that anyone who knows their football would agree with me
without doubt the best complete player ever to play in the Premier league no other player in world football could have done what he did with such a bad liverpool side if he was playing in this liverpool side today they would win the Premier league easily.
I’m an Everton fan and he isn’t even really spoken about. One of 4 best centre mids I’ve seen in the prem era. Lampard, Scholes, Gerrard, De Bruyne best to ever do it…
He really was the complete player, he could do everything, and always humble and hard working. My idol growing up, from a born and raised Hull City fan.
Gerrard stood at the helm and kept us afloat in an era marked by bad transfers, erratic management and a string of bad luck. Two of the maybe greatest strikers in torres and suarez but lost one to injury and other to misdeameanor and couldnt stop other clubs from taking them away. Mismanaged Xabi and Mascherano and we lost the greatest Midfield to the two largest clubs in history then. Say what you want but the fact that we even managed to be where we were at is a blessing because Stevie G stood loyal.
he was a sumptuous player but i have to concentrate on his desire more than anything else when i look at stevie, like lennon says here even in training it was calm if u were on stevie's side, we've all tried to be that or played with people like that and it is the number one attribute in football...yes skills are important but it comes down to 11v11 men on a pitch and if u haven't got that desire to work harder and the belief that you can smash ur opponents all the skills in the world cant help u...it's the same with klopp imo, all his teams share an out and out desire to outwork and out muscle opponents, there's never an inferiority complex with him, he believes in what he does and thats why he can rebuild his teams without losing performance, his players fully believe in him, he instills his confidence in them, same as stevie did whilst playing...the psychology of football is massively under appreciated, who didnt have that sinking feeling at the start of a junior match when the other team looked twice the size of urs? it's human nature and its the same for adults, its easy to get intimidated, stevie never did and he demanded, and got, the same from his teammates
Box to box midfielders don't come much better. Carried our team 4 years.. loved a Derby game.. loved scoring against Man U... absolute complete midfielder. I respect Scholes and Lampard.. but Stevie G.. could do anything.
What Gerrard could do, Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Maradonna, Pele, Barnes, Dalglish, Cruyff, Zidane and more couldn't do. I watched Stevie from his first Liverpool game to his last, on TV and at Anfield and I witnessed him playing in every position except keeper and he played each position like he owned it. My idea of a truly world class player is one who can do it all and he could!!!!
Scholes is a better #10 than Gerard, a better schemer. Superior touch and more guile. Even in these areas Gerard was not far behind. But in all other areas, Gerard was far better. His engine, strength, aggression, ground coverage, heading, defending, shooting was very high level.
@@marksparked like I've said, Gerrard could play any position, score with both feet and his head. He could tackle (Scholes couldn't tackle for toffee), pass a ball sweetly from 5 to 65 yards. He led mediocre Liverpool teams to trophies. He only had a short period at Liverpool where he had world class players with him, Scholes was surrounded by class for the entirety of his Utd career. Scholes was good but he is nowhere near Gerrard's ability.
@@NazSBG typical simple football brain. schole's brilliance is in controlling a game. how and when to slow down or speed up a game. the only thing that gerrard could compete with scholes on is long distance shooting and was slightly better at getting back on defense. unremarkable when you consider everything scholes was better at. why was scholes a "teacher" a la masia and not gerrard? because gerrard couldn't control a game like scholes, xavi, iniesta, zidane, etc.
Steve G was a fantastic player, I am a Juventus fan but for me was a terrific efficient footballer. Now imagine you have Toni Kroos with at least ten gol in a championship every single year and a the same time Casemiro in one player that was Steve G for me.
He will always be the first player i will buy in every football manager back in the day 😅....he will always have a spot in my Barca team, all day everyday.
People put him down by saying he never won a premier league and the slip against Chelsea but come on Stevie G was ridiculous. The amount of times he produced the goods and a proper captain. He scored so many bangers at crucial times. One of my favourites of all time. And Henry put it perfectly. His influence and leadership was always there. Can still picture some of the goals he scored. He would get the ball on the edge of the box and smash it in. I think today teams try to walk it in too much and we don’t see screamers now like Stevie used to deliver
As a UTD fan love hearing Scholes talk about Stevie G. What was a travesty is England managers feeling they need to play Lamps and them 2 so sticking Scholes on the right, although the ginger wizard was good enough to have some good games there always seemed that Gerrard and Scholes would have literally been a perfect CM pairing
Agree loved watching Paul Scholes gerrard was my hero what midfield your talking xavi intesta level midfield not saying they are as good but would have been up there
@andrewwright4195 the problem was Lampard was also a beast so managers felt they had to get both him and Stevie in the team. I preferred Stevie to Lamps just slightly but can totally get why Lampard could be favoured (his ability to get a goal cannot be ignored) but although not exactly the same Lamps and Stevie were similar and either would have been served better by Scholes as a counter point. I know Scholes said out of respect 'Stevie could do what I could at UTD but I never could have done what he did at Liverpool' but nobody could play in tight spaces like Scholes, the reason guys like Xavi and Iniesta, similar players rated him so highly
There's solid arguments to be made for so many of them! But Scholes was always going to burn out early because of how much he played when he was young and him not having the physique to begin with, and Lampard and Gerrard are just taking the cake for me also because of how game changing they were standalone aswell as for their teams.
I'm a Chelsea fan but Gerrard was pretty special. Sure he didn't win the league with Liverpool but he pretty much won a Champions League on his own after finding themselves 3-0 down at half time.
Stevie G is the greatest ever player to have played for Liverpool FC. And we've had man great players. Rush, Kenny, Barnes, Stevie G was the best. Nobody in this current Liverpool teams even come close to the ability the guy had
Exactly..thats why u cant compare him to scholes and kdb..hes a different animal. He has the defensive side of a midfielder, that scholes doesnt have. The player i look today that is similar to him now is Declan Rice
@@vitaminamultiHe said Gerrard wasn't a top, top player, but Zidane amongst others, disagreed with him publicly. Fergie was a great manager, but it doesn't mean he's right all the time. So to use Fergie's comments to justify that he isn't world class is biased. Mourinho wanted him too and said great things about him. But I guess to you only Fergie's words matter 😂
Gerrard was insane to be honest Fair play to Scholesy being completely humble and down to earth because Paul Scholes was world class and won a lot more trophies than Gerrard but player for player Gerrard was criminally underrated and genuinely a superstar, I’m a Liverpool fan and looking back I thick if he did leave he would of accomplished more but fair play to his loyalty Ps Paul Scholes and Pirlo are only two players I’ve ever seen control an entire game if they wanted to……..Frightening
Loyalty is two edged sword, especially in sport. He could have done so much more if he was in better team. Imagine him in Inter or AC or RM or Mourinhos CHL, or SAF MU. He could have done so much more.
Scholes was an amazing player, lampard a great player but both of them couldn't have done what he did at lpool in struggling sides.... Got to respect Scholes very humble honest lad
says something when football fans always put Gerrard 3rd out pf him Scholes and lamps, but all retired prem defenders and midfielders wax lyrical at how amazing Stevie G was
Lampard scholes were great at a lot of things. But gerrard was great at everything's. Long range passing was pinpoint homing missiles. Outside the box rockets. Hardly ever missed penalty. Headers. Corners , tackles. Dribbling , fast . Both feeted . The pinnacle of a box to box midfield machine thats what sets hjm apart from the other's. He was stuck in the middle of 2 golden eras of liverpool fc so sad he never got the league came so close. However won quite alot of trophies and the biggest champions league final ever. He had a hand in every trophy he ever won
Scholes could head, score, defend, orchestrate and dictate tempo of a game. He was a "teacher" at La Masia. He could tiki-taka, and smash and grab. Gerrard didn't have that "pausa" in his game. All brute, no finesse.
@@vitaminamulti scholes could not defend, even by his own admission he said tackling was one thing he couldn't master and that was the difference between him and Gerrard
What if....what if....this was Stevie's legacy in some ways. What if Klopp had him in his prime? If Mourinho or Ferguson had got their wish to have him in their greatest teams? A lot was made of Ferguson's comment on Gerrard not being "a top, top player". We all know the root of that remark was a little sour grapes as Ferguson really, REALLY wanted him at United at the time when Gerrard considered that Chelsea move. For all the skill and ability Gerrard had, his greatest gift was his ability to lead and inspire. He was a player tailor-made for Klopp and it's one of football's greatest misfortunes that the two never had that chance. Klopp has said as much. If Gerrard had played under Klopp, even those seasons where the team had suffered through injuries, Gerrard would have carried them through to more titles and trophies. It was never meant to be. Without doubt, the most complete midfielder that the PL has ever seen. For what Scholes said about him says everything. Scholes said he couldn't have done what Gerrard did at Liverpool but Gerrard could have probably done what he did at United. That's respect.
Gerrard could have won league titles all over europe but his love and loyalty to his team knew no bounds Something these twitter virgins these days dont understand
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Imagine stevie G in klopps era 😮 unstoppable, unplayable!! Legend 4 Eva! Carried liverpool on his back and smiled ! True genius 👏
He’s the missing link in this team YNWA
He would be incredible in this team and perfect for klopp
Would be an absolute beast in klopps setup ! On a side note - I think carra wouldn't even make it to the starting XI of klopps 😆😂
YNWA
I was with you all the way until you said 4 Eva
@@gerquinlivan4965 who's Eva?
Gerrard was the only reason that Liverpool didn't end up in mid table obscurity some seasons. I remember feeling pity for the terrible load that was placed on his shoulders and at a relatively young age also.
He was a real Roy of Rovers type player and man. He deserved better and it's a shame that he didn't play with a proper squad at Liverpool but he will always be the Legendary one man that dragged us to the Glory of Istanbul and the F.A cup against West Ham and the footballing gods because luck deserted us that day. Only the pure brutal brilliance of Gerrard saved us that day again.
YNWA.
So lucky to have grown up watching Stevie G. League of his own
Same I can’t explain how much I loved him growing up I think I’d still cry now if I met him and I’m 25🤣
@@ljm.jft9722You sound like a 25 year old woman.
Imagine him today. Gerrard was the king of the high press before that was even a thing. I always say the best way to describe Gerrard was he was Kante without the ball. Never stopped running and closing players down trying to get the ball back whether they were in his own half or the opponents half, wherever the ball was Gerrard wasn't far away. But with the ball he was Kevin de Bruyne. Could carry the ball up the field, score goals, create goals, pass, cross you name it. He could also head the ball as good as anyone. He's by far the most complete player I've ever seen.
Chill out souness
Better than Kevin De Bruyne.
Excellent analogy using Kante and De Bruyne. Also got to mention he was stronger and faster than both of them.
A 6/8/10 hybrid with pace, skills, tricks, powerful shot, and bone crunching tackles
No words can express how good Steve G, pure class....
Steven Gerrard is a fucking living legend. One of the best players of all time. Fact.
Facts. Unbelievable player and leader. One of the best
Fact. Fact. Never won a league. Fact. England failure. Fact. Fact. (Does me saying 'fact' preclude any argument?)
@johnboylan3832 hes one of the best players of all time john. Won a champions league. With a mediocre Liverpool team. Fact. Look at his myriad of net bursting 30 yard belter goals, pin point 50 yard passes, myriad of bone crunching tackles, central midfield dominance, ability to defend, attack, retain possession, regain possession, ability to work box to box. Out and out all round world class player. Merry Christmas you filthy animal.
The comments from Scholes and Obi Mikel is something else. Great vid. Would love to hear even more players analyse SG8.
I think even with this amazing Klopp team, Steven Gerrard is still probably the best Liverpool player I've ever seen. He's definitely the best midfielder I've seen play for Liverpool.
What made him so exceptional is that he could do everything well. We was fast, his work rate was incredible, he could tackle, he could score a goal from any position amd from long range and he could head the ball. On top of that he took all set pieces and assisted lots of goals. He was even a good crosser.
I think any manager, back then or now, would want him in his team. Legend.
The fact we argue about a player that never won the prem (Stevie) against others that won it several times over (Lampard, Scholesy) tells you everything.
Mate, ain't anywhere near Scholesy
@@vitaminamultiI don't think you get my point. In your eyes Gerrard is not near Scholes, who won more leagues, Champions leagues, FA Cups etc., than Gerrard. Same as Lamps.
Yet every other year supporters (from other clubs) are debating who was the best midfielder in Prem history between Scholes (who won everything), Lamps (who won everything) and who...
The guy you said is no where near them.
Does that not say a lot about the guy (Gerrard, if you're not following 🤦♂)?
Sorry mate, but not winning as much silverware isn't a strong argument there
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@@vitaminamulti gerrads twice the player hes a machine
stevie was wanted by fergie who had scholes and jose who had lampard…they both wanted him so that tells u who the best was end of argument
Best English player and one of best in the world...absolutely legend
Rooney, Scholes,Kane,Gerrard
He's behind Rooney and he knows it.
But yeah, I have him as the 2nd generational talent behind Rooney.
I hold him in very high esteem.
@@DirtyJamesUK Trying to say who was the best between two top class players who played different positions, different roles and had different traits is near impossible, even it the two players might share a few of those same traits.
You might as well compare a goalkeeper with a winger as compare Gerrard and Rooney.
@seanscanlon9067 oh really?
Well explain the concept of the ballon d'or.
And explain the concept of man of the match, and player of the season.
I never use this silly phrase, but I'll wait...
@@seanscanlon9067 you're talking PURE nonsense 😭
Gerrard is arguably the best central midfielder the premier league has ever seen
Absolute warrior
Scholes sums it, Gerrard could do what all the greats could do in their teams but non of them could do what Gerrard did for Liverpool
Magic
@@georgiemckinlaynot arguably. He is absolute machine
Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard 💥
Stevie was something of a unicorn... He was always too good for the squads he played with and when he was on, he was at times the best player on earth. That game vs Madrid, those finals...
He was complete... He was a very brilliant athlete but he also had the mind for the machine he was...
Scholes was being polite. No way Stevie G could control a match like Scholes. Scholes couldnt' do that at Liverpool meaning he couldn't bear being on the losing end of United for so many years with no EPLs
Yes. With all respect to legends midfielders..Steven Gerard in another planet.
Until its time to count their medals.
The most complete player I’ve ever seen! And one of the greatest players of all time. I get he didn’t win the league but he drove an average Liverpool team to achieve trophies that were beyond their reach and was up against a Man United team a Chelsea team and an Arsenal team that were full of world-class players and managers and probably the best teams of their respective clubs eras. If he played in one of those teams or one of the best Liverpool teams, he would have won league titles for fun. One of the best keepers and the forwards of all time in Buffon and Ibrahimović haven’t won the champions league but that doesn’t take anything away from them being one of the greatest legends!
Gerrard was an animal he had everything but let’s be real here. Liverpool bottled the league twice under Rafa and once under rogers.
I came to Brasil and they asked me what you favorite player I told them Gerrard, everybody was laughing , Ronaldo Nazário , Ronaldinho
And I told them I love but Stevie is another Kind a unique one !
Possibly the most complete midfielder to ever play in Britain, Id say its between him & Bryan Robson, both were fantastic leaders but Robson could bark commands at players n take their performance from a 6 to an 8/10 while he himself was having a 7/10 game. Gerrard on the other hand had to be 9/10 in his own performance to lift those around him because even an 8/10 game from Gerrard was considered a "Bad Game" for him due to his own previous success. To his credit tho he was incredibly consistent & is one of the best big game players in the history of the sport. When it comes to technique he was ahead of Robson, but as a package, its close between em.
Most complete forward, Alan Shearer
Most complete defender, Desailly or Paul McGrath
Most complete goalie, Schmicel
I have said this before I woud take gerrad in my team ahead of Zidane or ronaldinho etc . Gerrad can attack at the highest level like Zidane or ronaldinho or etc but they can't do what gerrad tend to do defensively. The man can pass, tackle , dribble, run, etc etc etc
John Barnes is my favourite ever Liverpool player, but Gerrard is the best. I was in the stands in Istanbul in 2005. I think he is the most influential player in big games I have ever seen since Maradona.
Clemence, Kenny, Hansen, Rush, Barnes. All legendary world class players who would have walked onto any team in the world, all are at least on an equal standing with Gerrard.
All played in league winning teams, Gerrard didnt.
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
If Kenny or Barnes insisted in going gung ho all the time, would the teams they played in have won the league?
If Gerrard wasnt at Liverpool would they have signed more tactically astute, tactically disciplined players who would have led em to a league title, instead of signing players who could fit into a Liverpool team with Steven Gerrard in it?
Michael Owen was a great goal scorer but he couldn't have made it in the era Ian Rush played in because nobody wanted to see a team built around one player, which is why Robbie Fowler is a much better striker than Owen coz Fowler had to break into a team than had Rush in it, he had to come through the "Liverpool Way" & prove his worth. Fowler could have played in any Liverpool team from any era n scored the goals he did, Owen couldn't, you had to build your team around him n set the tactics to suit him, something Houllier did.
Do you want "excitement" & cup runs or do you want league titles?
Gerrard was a great big game player though & I like the Maradona comparison.
Gerrard the Goat of the PL midfielders
Viera was better
@@Santiago-ln5pd no chance
The best midfielder i ever saw....Steven Gerrard. No Ballon d Orr. 😢
That competition is just as corrupt as UEFA & FIFA
No one had a chance of winning it either in the Messi and Ronaldo era, they were just a different breed of footballers and I'm sure that anyone who knows their football would agree with me
without doubt the best complete player ever to play in the Premier league no other player in world football could have done what he did with such a bad liverpool side if he was playing in this liverpool side today they would win the Premier league easily.
I’m an Everton fan and he isn’t even really spoken about. One of 4 best centre mids I’ve seen in the prem era. Lampard, Scholes, Gerrard, De Bruyne best to ever do it…
David Silva? Viera?
@@mr.perceval6811 no neither…
Only gerrard these de whatever no way. They r playing in modern times
David Silva's better than them. City fans correct. Bad meff of an Evertonian you lad
Drop Scholes and that's a decent list.
Stevie G is my greatest ever player
In the Prem or all time? Surely not worldwide and all time 😂.
He really was the complete player, he could do everything, and always humble and hard working. My idol growing up, from a born and raised Hull City fan.
That question right there was MASSIVE and Paul Scholes told the absolute truth.
Hes underrated these days
Gerrard stood at the helm and kept us afloat in an era marked by bad transfers, erratic management and a string of bad luck.
Two of the maybe greatest strikers in torres and suarez but lost one to injury and other to misdeameanor and couldnt stop other clubs from taking them away.
Mismanaged Xabi and Mascherano and we lost the greatest Midfield to the two largest clubs in history then.
Say what you want but the fact that we even managed to be where we were at is a blessing because Stevie G stood loyal.
Gerard played with his heart and more than he did his head
The complete player and in my opinion, the greatest Liverpool player.
controversial I know, but his level was heads above, a truly world class player
he was a sumptuous player but i have to concentrate on his desire more than anything else when i look at stevie, like lennon says here even in training it was calm if u were on stevie's side, we've all tried to be that or played with people like that and it is the number one attribute in football...yes skills are important but it comes down to 11v11 men on a pitch and if u haven't got that desire to work harder and the belief that you can smash ur opponents all the skills in the world cant help u...it's the same with klopp imo, all his teams share an out and out desire to outwork and out muscle opponents, there's never an inferiority complex with him, he believes in what he does and thats why he can rebuild his teams without losing performance, his players fully believe in him, he instills his confidence in them, same as stevie did whilst playing...the psychology of football is massively under appreciated, who didnt have that sinking feeling at the start of a junior match when the other team looked twice the size of urs? it's human nature and its the same for adults, its easy to get intimidated, stevie never did and he demanded, and got, the same from his teammates
Box to box midfielders don't come much better. Carried our team 4 years.. loved a Derby game.. loved scoring against Man U... absolute complete midfielder. I respect Scholes and Lampard.. but Stevie G.. could do anything.
He is one of the best player I have ever seen
What Gerrard could do, Messi, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Maradonna, Pele, Barnes, Dalglish, Cruyff, Zidane and more couldn't do.
I watched Stevie from his first Liverpool game to his last, on TV and at Anfield and I witnessed him playing in every position except keeper and he played each position like he owned it.
My idea of a truly world class player is one who can do it all and he could!!!!
Scholes could do it. He just didnt' want to - play for a shite club for so many years.
Scholes is a better #10 than Gerard, a better schemer. Superior touch and more guile. Even in these areas Gerard was not far behind. But in all other areas, Gerard was far better. His engine, strength, aggression, ground coverage, heading, defending, shooting was very high level.
@@marksparked like I've said, Gerrard could play any position, score with both feet and his head. He could tackle (Scholes couldn't tackle for toffee), pass a ball sweetly from 5 to 65 yards. He led mediocre Liverpool teams to trophies. He only had a short period at Liverpool where he had world class players with him, Scholes was surrounded by class for the entirety of his Utd career.
Scholes was good but he is nowhere near Gerrard's ability.
@@vitaminamulti get real. Scholes can't tackle. he can't play right back
@@NazSBG typical simple football brain. schole's brilliance is in controlling a game. how and when to slow down or speed up a game. the only thing that gerrard could compete with scholes on is long distance shooting and was slightly better at getting back on defense. unremarkable when you consider everything scholes was better at. why was scholes a "teacher" a la masia and not gerrard? because gerrard couldn't control a game like scholes, xavi, iniesta, zidane, etc.
Steve G was a fantastic player, I am a Juventus fan but for me was a terrific efficient footballer. Now imagine you have Toni Kroos with at least ten gol in a championship every single year and a the same time Casemiro in one player that was Steve G for me.
Liverpool ❤❤❤❤❤
We grew in the era of Zidane, Ronaldo (Phenomenon), Messi, Cr7, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta... still Stevie G🔴 is my 🐐, the one & only
only rival fans wont admit the greatness of stevie g
He is admiration of teammates opponents managers fan's of both ends, steven gerrard is a super star
Paul Scholes + Roy Keane = Steven Gerrard. Period.
I like it.
Dunno if I agree with it entirely but I like where yer coming from.
He was overshadowed by Paul Scholes, but he was still one hell of a player. One of the best midfielders in premier league history.
He will always be the first player i will buy in every football manager back in the day 😅....he will always have a spot in my Barca team, all day everyday.
Grew up watching him. Forever my icon.
brother just smashed the ball from 45 yard.
People put him down by saying he never won a premier league and the slip against Chelsea but come on Stevie G was ridiculous. The amount of times he produced the goods and a proper captain. He scored so many bangers at crucial times. One of my favourites of all time. And Henry put it perfectly. His influence and leadership was always there. Can still picture some of the goals he scored. He would get the ball on the edge of the box and smash it in. I think today teams try to walk it in too much and we don’t see screamers now like Stevie used to deliver
Jose Mourinho's never found love, Stevie Gerrard.
World Class.
As a UTD fan love hearing Scholes talk about Stevie G. What was a travesty is England managers feeling they need to play Lamps and them 2 so sticking Scholes on the right, although the ginger wizard was good enough to have some good games there always seemed that Gerrard and Scholes would have literally been a perfect CM pairing
Agree loved watching Paul Scholes gerrard was my hero what midfield your talking xavi intesta level midfield not saying they are as good but would have been up there
@andrewwright4195 the problem was Lampard was also a beast so managers felt they had to get both him and Stevie in the team. I preferred Stevie to Lamps just slightly but can totally get why Lampard could be favoured (his ability to get a goal cannot be ignored) but although not exactly the same Lamps and Stevie were similar and either would have been served better by Scholes as a counter point. I know Scholes said out of respect 'Stevie could do what I could at UTD but I never could have done what he did at Liverpool' but nobody could play in tight spaces like Scholes, the reason guys like Xavi and Iniesta, similar players rated him so highly
How I miss seeing this guy on the ball..
Only player I saw who had absolutely everything
It's not even a debate. Gerrard is by far the best
I miss these days,stevie G was on another leval.
Absolutely beautiful ❤️YNWA❤️
Gerrard was a utility player. Such players are not easy to come by...
Utility player? Mate, Gerrard was a colossus
@@SkywalkerXxX Ok... He was a Colossus utility player 😄
@@ebubejamesoriehi2921 lol, a shit take by a loser
Please find more clips 😊
Gerrard is Liverpool, Liverpool is Gerrard.
Gerard was a leader he was a motivational leader that's what makes a captain
For Teddy, Scholes, and everyone else here to say that says everything. He was the ultimate midfielder
There's solid arguments to be made for so many of them! But Scholes was always going to burn out early because of how much he played when he was young and him not having the physique to begin with, and Lampard and Gerrard are just taking the cake for me also because of how game changing they were standalone aswell as for their teams.
I love you Stevie G
I'm a Chelsea fan but Gerrard was pretty special. Sure he didn't win the league with Liverpool but he pretty much won a Champions League on his own after finding themselves 3-0 down at half time.
No weaknesses. Unmatched passion. Unmatched aura.
Best midfielder by a mile
однозначно Стіві Дж. один з найкращих хавбеків в історії не тільки прем'єр ліги😊
Greatest English player of all time and it’s not even close
I seen him play in a friendly at Ibrox. It was a friendly he was barley trying and was still so good
Lol who painted Henry's beard in on the thumbnail??
Stevie G is the greatest ever player to have played for Liverpool FC. And we've had man great players. Rush, Kenny, Barnes, Stevie G was the best. Nobody in this current Liverpool teams even come close to the ability the guy had
Steven Gerrard: The Redeemer
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One of the best english players ever, had everything
Even Teddy Sheringham a United fan choosing Steven Gerrard over other Midfield player says alot about Steven Gerrard.
Exactly..thats why u cant compare him to scholes and kdb..hes a different animal. He has the defensive side of a midfielder, that scholes doesnt have. The player i look today that is similar to him now is Declan Rice
Alex F had Scholes - Jose M had Lampard - but yet they both tried to sign Stevie G …!?!?
Fergie didn't rate Gerrard. Said so in his book that he wasn't a world class player
@@vitaminamultiBullshit he wanted Gerrard the greatest PL midfielder ever and one of the best ever 💯
@@garyoconnor7004 nope. Gerard even said he was hurt fervor didn’t rate him as world class. look it up mate
@@vitaminamultiHe said Gerrard wasn't a top, top player, but Zidane amongst others, disagreed with him publicly. Fergie was a great manager, but it doesn't mean he's right all the time. So to use Fergie's comments to justify that he isn't world class is biased. Mourinho wanted him too and said great things about him. But I guess to you only Fergie's words matter 😂
Scholes is a big man for admitting it. Gerrard kept him out the England team so fair play to him.
Steven Gerrard = 220 votes
- 2001 = 1 vote
- 2005 = 142 votes
- 2006 = 0 votes
- 2007 = 17 votes
- 2008 = 28 votes
- 2009 = 32 votes
Frank Lampard = 169 votes
- 2004 = 5 votes
- 2005 = 148 votes
- 2006 = 3 votes
- 2008 = 8 votes
- 2009 = 5 votes
Paul Scholes = 0 votes
- 2000 = 0 votes
- 2001 = 0 votes
- 2003 = 0 votes
- 2004 = 0 votes
- 2007 = 0 votes
Gerrard was insane to be honest
Fair play to Scholesy being completely humble and down to earth because Paul Scholes was world class and won a lot more trophies than Gerrard but player for player Gerrard was criminally underrated and genuinely a superstar, I’m a Liverpool fan and looking back I thick if he did leave he would of accomplished more but fair play to his loyalty
Ps Paul Scholes and Pirlo are only two players I’ve ever seen control an entire game if they wanted to……..Frightening
Loyalty is two edged sword, especially in sport. He could have done so much more if he was in better team. Imagine him in Inter or AC or RM or Mourinhos CHL, or SAF MU. He could have done so much more.
Love the last clip where the utd fan squirms whilst lennon says Gerrard is the best out of the Gerrard/lampard/Scholes debate 😂😂😂😂
Scholes was an amazing player, lampard a great player but both of them couldn't have done what he did at lpool in struggling sides.... Got to respect Scholes very humble honest lad
as a Liverpool fan, Paul scholes is probably the most honest man in football
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With Klopp leaving, I would love for José to come manage Liverpool. He'll get backlash, but he would be awesome.
CR7 and Gerrard are my favourite players!
The one player England needed now.
says something when football fans always put Gerrard 3rd out pf him Scholes and lamps, but all retired prem defenders and midfielders wax lyrical at how amazing Stevie G was
He Won 55 though. He went from being a legend to becoming a GOD.
Teddy aheringham sayin it says it all
Top 15 greatest ever player , top 5 greatest ever midfield player full stop
It's mad with the players we've had like Gerrard , England didn't win more . Football is different now with all the free kicks given.
Lampard scholes were great at a lot of things. But gerrard was great at everything's. Long range passing was pinpoint homing missiles. Outside the box rockets. Hardly ever missed penalty. Headers. Corners , tackles. Dribbling , fast . Both feeted . The pinnacle of a box to box midfield machine thats what sets hjm apart from the other's. He was stuck in the middle of 2 golden eras of liverpool fc so sad he never got the league came so close. However won quite alot of trophies and the biggest champions league final ever. He had a hand in every trophy he ever won
Who else other than Stevie G who can carry a team of at times just avg to where Liverpool is all these years
Stevie was the GOAT midfielder. Lampard could attack but not defend, Scholes could pass and that was it, Stevie could do it all
Scholes could head, score, defend, orchestrate and dictate tempo of a game. He was a "teacher" at La Masia. He could tiki-taka, and smash and grab. Gerrard didn't have that "pausa" in his game. All brute, no finesse.
Stevie also slips
@@vitaminamulti scholes could not defend, even by his own admission he said tackling was one thing he couldn't master and that was the difference between him and Gerrard
@@vitaminamulti it was 10 years ago mate let it go 🥱
If gerrard was in klopp era we would have definitely won more league & champions leagues
Yes imagine dropping gerrard into this current team jeez
Teddy Sheringham knows ball btw 🤝
The KDB of his era.
I have one word " Istanbul"
It doesn't pain me 😂😂😂😂
all these legends telling you how good he is yet certain fans tell you he's no good
The most infuential player in EPL. He is inspiring a lot of people, something that scholes and lampard didnt have
Come on different breed
Gerrard under mourinho imagine that
What if....what if....this was Stevie's legacy in some ways. What if Klopp had him in his prime? If Mourinho or Ferguson had got their wish to have him in their greatest teams? A lot was made of Ferguson's comment on Gerrard not being "a top, top player". We all know the root of that remark was a little sour grapes as Ferguson really, REALLY wanted him at United at the time when Gerrard considered that Chelsea move.
For all the skill and ability Gerrard had, his greatest gift was his ability to lead and inspire. He was a player tailor-made for Klopp and it's one of football's greatest misfortunes that the two never had that chance. Klopp has said as much. If Gerrard had played under Klopp, even those seasons where the team had suffered through injuries, Gerrard would have carried them through to more titles and trophies. It was never meant to be. Without doubt, the most complete midfielder that the PL has ever seen.
For what Scholes said about him says everything. Scholes said he couldn't have done what Gerrard did at Liverpool but Gerrard could have probably done what he did at United. That's respect.
King Kenny king stevi G
Gerrard could have won league titles all over europe but his love and loyalty to his team knew no bounds
Something these twitter virgins these days dont understand
Miles better than Lampard
Lampard is selfish