Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard or Paul Scholes? Jamie Carragher & Gary Neville rank the midfielders
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Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard or Paul Scholes? The age old question was debated by Jamie Carragher & Gary Neville on MNF back in September 2013.
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1. Lampard
2. Gerrard
3. Scholes
Lampard
Scholes
Steven Gerrard
Scholes,Lampard,Gerrard. All of them were great. Gerrard could strike a ball well and Lampard too. Scholes had the brains
Opposite to Carragher
RajYT so did Lampard tf
Goodness, just imagine if Carragher said Gerrard and Neville said Scholes.
That would be such a shock
I remember when they asked terry aswell🤦🏽♂️
Teey 1 Terry would of ranked their wives first
@@teey1287 And of course Terry picked Lampard, but guess what? Henry picked Scholes
@@AdamT-mv3ok and Ronaldinho & Figo picked Gerrard
@@jamesrichards4294 Xavi and Iniesta idolized Scholes, Zidane himself named him the best Midfielder
Scholes won games scored goals created chances but like Gary said he controlled games and ran the midfield just like xavi. Xavi doesn't have the most goals but he's 1 of the best ever.
Scholes 55 assists in 499 games kinda sad
@@AM-er9oi then you know nothing he did far more than that scored 107 goals but it was his passing that was special, the way he spread the ball and controlled games was incredible he kept the ball and would mostly play deeper pick the ball up and play it back, busquets has played 505 games and has 49 assists with 14 goals and is 1 of the best.
@@robertfranklin4838 0 individual awards for such a great player
@@AM-er9oi He wouldn't have been a united player until retirement If he wasn't great 2 ucl 11 titles 4 fa cup among many more trophies.
@@robertfranklin4838 United would have won all that with or without him
Scholes. The consistency of the man was unparalleled. Gerrard for carrying a bunch of donkeys for, 90% of his career and Lampard for the sheer number of goals he'd get from midfield.
Yup
Gerrard didnt get the best teammates
@@njnbrlre2679 I'm a United fan but that's exactly why I'll put Gerrard top
@@prosperchidexogbodo5386 Wouldn't agree 100%, he did play with some of the world best at their peak. Owen, Xabi, Masch, Torres, Suarez, Cou. But yea, the rest of the team are usually trash
Still Scholes for the win tho
@@musclecat7910 All of them left in their prime
I never understood why people use Gerrard's "poor" teammates as a positive. When he played for England,he was actually worse,KO-ing England from multiple tournaments.
No one says Scholes had to play with Heinze or Howard,Kieran Richardson or Luke Chadwick,Djemba Djemba,Bebe Cleverly,Foster,Welbeck
Gerrard and Lampard were world class,from 05-10,in their best position only,at CAM
They were massively exposed as CM's in international tournaments,neither had the discipline,or game management to control midfield,even against Algeria or the U.S
They were pool players,running around the table,potting balls as fast as possible,perfect for the Premiership.
Scholes was world class,from 95-13,in four different positions.
Even as a Irishman,to my dying day I will always rue the fact that England never played Scholes and Carrick as their two CM's
They knew their games inside out,have huge big game experience,a winning mentality,and Fergie in their head when things got tough.
They were snooker players,patiently weighing up the options,conserving energy,knowing where the next shot will go.
This is by far the best sky sports channel
Sky Sports Cricket isn't bad
Sibaditya Pal
You’re right, it isn’t bad - it’s terrible.
@@yesno9834 lol
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Paul Scholes big games are always forgotten because it was always about United. Not about an individual.
Many of us remember the treble season. FA cup final was known as Sheringham final as he got subbed in early after Keane got injured. Few remember that Scholes scored and assisted in both the goals and controlled the midfield.
Scholes scored against inter Milan away game when United were struggling.
Scholes against Barca, we all remember the goal which won us the semis.
Apart from controlling games, he notched up important goals as well. It's a ridiculous argument that Scholes didn't turn up for important games
Marketing bro, Lampard and Gerard as they were the face of their teams they got more views and marketing, but for me Scholes was the better midfielder 🤷🏻♂️.
None of that compares to Gerrards goals in Istanbul or the facup final especially the Istanbul header that kick starts the greatest comeback in ucl history
this is why England last won the world cup in 1966......media picks the national team based on marketability.
I would say Scholes is the worst manager out of the 3 though.
TheMetalMouse alright scholesey calm down
Gerrard is hopeless mate I'm surprised he's got players left he flings them all under the bus
@@k.astewart7213 still better at managing than Scholes, couldn't last a year at Oldham
It is What it is - Rangers are not shit how dare you
@It is What it is nah that is lampard
I remember reading somewhere .. "it doesn't matter if Paul Scholes isn't your favorite player ... because he is the favourite player of your favorite player!" ... outside English football i.e. ... 😂😂 Pirlo: Paul Scholes is the best ever others are just pretenders lol
Even Zidane says stevies the best
@@tomparry12 “There is no doubt for me that Paul Scholes is still in a class of his own. He’s almost untouchable in what he does. I never tire of watching him play. You rarely come across the complete footballer, but Scholes is as close to it as you can get. One of my regrets is that the opportunity to play alongside him never presented itself during my career.” - Zinedine Zidane
Avi Sen “Is je the best in the world? He might not get the attention of Messi or Ronaldo but yes, I think he just might be!”- Zidane on Gerrard... He also wanted him to come to real to partner him in midfield but gerrard said no to him and Perez
Iniesta's son is named Paolo after Scholes
SAF said that Gerrard 'is the most influential player in England bar none' during Scholes' prime also called him the only true heir to Keane and said " for me Gerrard is Keane"
Depends what you want from the midfield player.
To control a match: Scholes
To score goals from midfield: Lampard
To grab his team by the scruff of its neck: Gerrard
IgotPMT 'grabbing your team by the scruff of its neck' is just generic nonsense. What did Gerrard actually excel at better than Scholes and Lampard ?
To do all of them: KDB
Jamie Monks more personal achievements than both of them combined , 2nd most goals and wasn’t put in a already world class team, while Liverpool was a team being built from the ground up on a relatively low budget and finishing 8th most seasons to success , Gerrard had more of an impact than the other two and was the more talented footballer
@@eatthebiscuits389 Work rates, pace. Plus ridiculous long shooting ability better than Lampard even.
@@eatthebiscuits389 it is nonsense lol
Xavi said scholes was the best he ever seen that guy was a genius among peasants
Scholes was never in PFA team of the year and only won player of the month twice 😂 end of the argument.
@@williamlillicrapp7601 that doesn't mean anything
@@williamlillicrapp7601 stats and awards mean jack shit when talking about scholes he wasn't that sort of player he controlled the game and made football look easy.
I wouldn't say he played with peasants
Alex Nicol so Scholes was a good player but never considered the best in his team. Neither by his teammates nor fellow professionals
Such an entertaining duo to watch. The way they talk and bond with each other. The jokes and more stuff. Brilliant!
One of the best punditry duos by far
But it looked more like beef back then lol 😂
Yeah that's what real man does
Scholes was ridiculous. He made the most delicate touch to a long splitting ball look so easy... one that sticks with me.. the little touch he makes before Ronald is header goal in the CLF is simple, delicious and perfect. For that can watch it over and over and over....... and the fact that he’s so humble is testament to his character. Legend
He would literally touch the ball down like any professional footballer and people would wank all over it. Gerrards clear, he did it with a bunch of cabbages as his teammates
Scholes didn't score enough goals? What's this logic? More than 100 goals and that winner against Barcelona.
I can understand the argument for all 3 to be fair Gerrard is probably the most complete midfielder, Lampards timing was the best I’ve ever seen from a cm but scholes for me was the best he was an absolute genius you could put a bag over his head and he would still find an amazing pass that cuts open the defence the man was the best!
Ok. If he was so good at passing, how many assists did he have? Look at Lampard numbers. If you also take into account the goals then it's not even a discussion. Lampard miles ahead of both.
Scholes was that good people seem to forget how good he actually was. Hugely underrated IMO and doesn’t get talked about enough!
He’s overrated united fans make him out to be zidane
@@haroldinhoo1655 We really dont. The guy doesnt get enough credit
Haroldinho he was “debatably” better
RajYT yeah maybe but he’s not as good as Gerrard or lampard
He gets talked about plenty fucking enough
Scholes scored the winner in the FA Cup final, and a banger in the semi final against Barcelona, and won 11 premier league titles, 11 more than Slippy G
Gary Neville really has developed into a top pundit, massive respect.
It’s kind of amazing isn’t it? 😂 Love Gary!!
Athelstan Edwardson shut up Edward son
Neville is 100% right for me. Scholes was something different. He controlled the game, pulled the strings and had a wonderful technique.
You can rank Gerard and Lampard where Gerard is always nr 1 engine and leader in the midfield.
@@tomparry12 even when Gerrard had a good team he could not do it
Akshat Betala wha u on about we had a good team in Istanbul an he carried the 2nd half especially at the start
@@tomparry12 They are all different - but in my opinion Scholes tops the list.
Scholes was without a doubt the most technical out of the three. Good technique is what I believe is the most important attribute a midfielder must have. When you think of the great midfielders of the past - xavi, Iniesta, yaya toure, viera, zidane, KDB etc.. (I know there are more but you get my point) all these players were technically brilliant.
although lampard and Gerrard were good they weren’t the most technical of footballers - they were the typical English player who worked hard, did the basics well & had a mean - accurate long ball.
Gerard was hard working, a true leader. He was brilliant defensively - could have been a defender easily, had a great shot, and read the game well. His presence and aura on and off the field was essential to his team.
lampard was a revolution in that he made goal scoring from midfield fashionable. His positional awareness was second to none, it’s no accident that he always seemed to be at the right place at the right time. Like Thomas muller he read the game in the final third so well that he Kept getting into positions that would allow him to either create chances or score.
having said this Gerrard and Lampard didn’t have the technical ability to be true string pulling midfielders that most great midfielders tend to be. Gerard had alonso & guys like cotinho to do this and lampard had ballack & deco etc..
with scholes he was the man - pulled the strings and had the technique to create something from nothing - in the tightest spaces. Be it by dribbling or finding a pass in the most unlikely of circumstances - he had it all.
a big reason why England failed - (among others) was the lack of technical players. Although in 2006 England had a great squad their best players didn’t have the technical players around them (as they did at their clubs) to truly flourish.
players like scholes were actually very un English. Which is all the more impressive considering he still managed to make it up the ranks and become a true PL great!

@@tomparry12 all I am saying that Scholes was more technical and he was more suited for European football. He was better than both as he could adapt himself and was more consistent
lemon flappy agree 100 percent with this
Scoring goals isn’t the top priority of a midfield player. Scholes controlled the game and you could pass him the ball confidently knowing he will never play a bad pass and do something special if ever an opportunity arrises. The consistency he did this with was unparalleled to me which is why Scholes is the best out of the bunch in my opinion.
Jaime going on about big game goals. Paul Scholes scored that wonder goal against Peps Barclona to take Man Utd into Champions league final. He also scored in a Fa Cup final to help Manchester United win the treble. He also came out of retirement and helped Fergie win his final title at the age of 38. Scholes and Gerrard were done by their early to mid thirties.
Rijkaard's Barca
That wasn’t pep
I'm a Chelsea fan, but Scholes hands down. Any player that can dictate the tempo of the other 19 outfield players on the pitch is a genius. Obviously the other 2 were brilliant players though in their own right.
I have immense respect for this comment considering that it came from a chelsea fan
@@faazilvally626 he is not a Chelsea fan
@@wisdomenake242 yup
@@wisdomenake242 as a Liverpool fan I can say he’s not Chelsea fan too
You're as a Chelsea fan as I am a Man Utd fan. And I'm a Chelsea fan
What about Robbie Savage?
Gutted Savage isn't around now to play with Bale, Wales would be World champions.
Don't diss robbie. Man's a legend. Obviously not a world class pl player but he's a great guy
Shit
ffs,Henderson
Somewhere, Redders cries into his sofa cushions reading this.
You can see Neville is actually trying to convey his points factually and Jamie is just trying to find points that suit his opinion.
I believe it's the other way around Neville says he doesn't like to compare players while carragher is explaining his points
Spot on
don’t see how people say gerrard. he’s a passion merchant and carried a dog shit team for 15-20 years so he was made to look good
@@tomlequelenec2784 passion merchant that's a new one
asdsaksa well he is
I don't think Lampards number of assists gets the credit it deserves, stayed at the highest level for a number of years, finished second to Ronaldinho for the ballon do'r and once the most valuable player. Gerrards made countless errors in big games, back pass against France which led to a 2-1 loss, the own goal against chelsea in a cup final, the infamous slip and the back pass to Drogba in a 2-0 loss in 2010. Scholes is simply unique, controls the pace of the game something only a few players of that calibre can do, Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta and Pirlo.
Explains Gerrard's UCL
Alonso,xavi,iniesta and pirlo are margins ahead of scholes. SAF tried to replace him with Veron and that says alot. He was a great player don't get me wrong, but he's never won Toty, player of the season for man utd either, he wasn't even the best midfielder because man United's playmaking came from the wings. Gerrard and lampard were serial contenders for ballondors. Gerrard being in the Toty 8 time. Lampard and Gerrard are astronomically higher in the podiums compared to scholes in every category. Please stop this.
Everything Neville said went right over the heads of these two
I thought the same...even tho i'd pick Gerrard-Scholes-Lampard in this order
‘Paul Scholes scores goals’ has a great ring to it no matter what accent,
Lampard top five in both assists and goals in prem history am I a joke to you
Paul Scholes was without question the greatest Midfielder England had for the Last 25 Years!
Easily in the Top 5 Midfielders in the World!
But I have respect for both Gerrard & Lampard as well!
Could you Imagine if Scholes, Gerrard & Lampard were in a 3 Man Midfield for England during Euro 2004 & World Cup 2006?
Possible Team (2004-2006)
4-1-2-3: Robinson, Neville, Ferdinand, Terry, A.Cole, Scholes, Gerrard, Lampard, Walcott, Crouch, Rooney
Subs: James, Carragher, Bridge, Carrick, Beckham, J.Cole, Owen
Mentions: Campbell, Brown, Hargreaves, S.Wright-Phillps, Heskey
Jamie carragher ??
Wtf he gonna do ?
Sky, I’m glad you’re now putting the date of the clip in the description! Was frustrating not knowing when it was from 😅
“Sky sports retro”
Charles Entertainment Cheese
Sky Sports Retro is a CZcams channel owned by Sky - Im struggling to see your point in trying to correct me?
Trixxy Kicks doesn’t matter
Charles Entertainment Cheese
I know it doesn’t, you’ve tried to be pedantic about it ✌🏻😎
Trixxy Kicks nah, I misread what you put mate to be honest so didn’t think there was any point continuing with my point.
All great players that would walk into the starting 11 of their respective teams today. As a LFC fan I would love to see Gerrard in todays team.
Scholes for the comparison and Neville for the debate.
When Gary Neville was calm and composed like this Jamie really had no chance. This is how Gary should be.
Iniesta : " 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 born would be called Paul. He's 5 now, and every time i look at him he reminds me of that day at la Masia."
- settles it
You do know that this quote is fake😂
I thought it’s supposedly his daughter named after scholes, yknow paula 😂
Love this retro sky sports channel so entertaining. I mean just seeing 4oy keane's actions even without. Speaking makes me chuckle
"You'd come home from England trainin', people'd ask you who's the best player? Paul Scholes by a mile." Enough said.
Watching this was the most pointless five minutes of my life to date!!!
That's a bold statement. I'm sure you've got plenty to choose from
@@TH0M5ON presumably your suggesting my life is boring old bean! Well yours equally so, oh the irony! Have a good day, ah that gave me a laugh, thankyou!
You're spot on pal: just how I like it. Have a belter
Then u had a good life so far... for me it was just a casual waste of time.
I just love the wisdom and maturity of Gary Neville. Such a well spoken lad.
In today's game, scholes would be every manager's dream player, he was so underrated because people see the moments not the people who were behind the moment. Scholes was the reason why Manchester United played such an attacking and expansive football, with one diagonal ball he just bypass the whole middle of a team
If only Liverpool had beaten Swansea.
I’ve always wondered why they were never played as a 3 in midfield for England? They would dominate games in the middle of the park and create / score so many goals
Then no Beckham, and Sven was never going to drop him
@@thomasbennett712 they could have played a 451
No idea what they were smoking playing scholes pn the wing . Clowns really
People always do this. Say well Gerrard and Lampard could have worked with...
One of them needed to be dropped.
That's because Beckham couldn't play as a lone winger and Rooney couldn't play as a lone striker. I guess that must be the reason.
Scholes was one of the most important engines in since he came through the youth in Fergie’s team until he retired, the amount of leagues won puts him a cut above the rest, yes he was surrounded by quality but he still shone as absolutely unbelievable, Gerrard was a close second and Lampard 3rd
Unbiased Arsenal fan, the way I see it they're all different types of CMs. All very equally gifted, if the top 6 were all given the chance to have one of those at their best they would pick different players based on what they lacked, that's how even they all were.
Liverpool would take Gerrard, hes the most energetic Klopp style player.
City would take Scholes, very Guardiola player, him and De Bruyne would just dictate the game.
United not really sure, with Fernandes and Pogba there if a third one would work, so maybe a direct swap with Pogba for Scholes or maybe Gerrard who would be better for getting more goals.
Spurs no clue really maybe Scholes to try and control the game a bit more.
Chelsea probably Lampard as they lack goals from midfield, maybe Gerrard as has more energy, no need for Scholes particularly.
Arsenal I would almost certainly take Lampard for the goals alone, were struggling to find many goals at the moment and he would be essential for that.
1. Scholes. 2 Gerrard. 3 Lampard. As far as England goes, Gerrard and Lampard never really worked well together in midfield but if England had played a 3 in midfield with Scholes sitting and Lampard and Gerrard ahead of him I think that would have been a formidable midfield.
They all are great players!
But if Carra puts it like "In terms of goals scored" then why not see" how many titles one"
So Scholars won more titles than Gerard and Lampard together.
Imagine they played in same team
Oh! they played?
And what was it?
- A disaster
They couldn't get on with eachother
Im a Liverpool fan but have to go with Scholes...
Class!
your not a liverpool fan your a mumbai city fab😂😂🤡
Carragher never lets Neville finish. He's always wanting to prove him wrong which tells me his ground shaky to begin with 'Gerrard clutches the big games' I remember him clutching us the title when he slipped and let Demba Ba through, thanks Stevie. No bias from Carra either with Stevie being a Liverpool player an all that.
The perfect point of this argument Carragher always trying to interrupt, trying to stop Neville getting his point across
3.25 from this moment Gary goes on rampage and each and every thing he said is 101%true .
I remember Andreas Iniesta said once that when he was at la Masia the most frequent name they herd of any player or midfielder was only Paul scholes.
And when xavi was asked about who is the best midfielder he had ever faced without any hesitation he said Paul scholes,after ucl 2011 final which Barcelona won xavi goes to scholes to ask for his shirt.
Once Pirlo said that his biggest regret was that he never had played with Paul scholes
4.01 he is very very annoying done nothing in English squad and dude has noly player 38games for England from 1999-2010 and missed a penalty.
More of these old-school G Nev and Carra debates please
The Lennon/McCartney of punditry!! You create genuine camaraderie. These two are simply brilliant when paired together. Respect to both of them.x
All three different types of players. This pains me to say but Scholes was probably better with how SAF used him then Gerrard for me and then Lamps.
But put all of them on their other teams and I don't think any debate would be brought up.
Didn’t even need to watch that . Just knew what they were going to say .🤷♂️
For Christ sake just appreciate them they're all 3 of the best midfeilders of all time
Part of the reason why people dislike Liverpool fans even when they were not a threat for 30 odd years is that most Liverpool kept re-iterating that their players were the best in the world. Like an illogical broken record.. year after year.. it was so annoying..
When Xavi, Zidane the best players in that position say Scholes was the best.... do you think the opinion of a liverpool defender is important?
I really don't think Liverpool fans or Jamie Carragher have said that for the last 30 years with the exception of Gerard. Many Liverpool fans concede that man united had a better players when they were winning all the trophies years ago. What do you even on about?
Scholes 100%, footballing genius
LOL
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAGAHAHA
He never even used to get picked for England😂 he ain’t a game changer like how gerrard was
@@T_Man__ So by ur logic Luiz is good cos he gets picked for Brazil
@@T_Man__ u melon he still played, just out of position cause eriksson was incapable of changing to a three man midfield
Carra: Gives a fair assessment with examples of big game influence.
Neville: 'best ive played with......'
If the conversation was who was the best goalscorer, lampard and gerrard are above Scholes, its who was the best player and Paul Scholes is the most naturally gifted midfielder ever in the premier league.
He did give a fair assessment after that but you were too busy writing this asinine comment. Since when did goals become the only barometer for a MIDFIELDER?
@@shrey9699 Carragher did give a fair assesment but he mainly pointed out the goals both Gerrard and Lampard came up with in big games and they both did. Scholes however had everything as a midfielder, every range of pass, could score any type of goal and every game the game was played at his tempo. All 3 were great but Scholes was best in my opinion
@@ciaranmccullough2273 Scholes has more goals from open play than Gerrard
A diamond with hargreaves as the pivot gerrard and scholes im front and lampard furthest forward would have been one of the best midfields of all time.
Henry put this whole debate to bed anyway when he said Scholes
Henry was a BEAST and part of an unreal Arsenal side they were only afraid of Scholes
That says it all really I think
Pro players opinions are everything
I am die hard Chelsea but Scholes is a footballer's man he was an absolute genius on the ball and probably the best player to wear an England shirt since gazza
Yes, Gerrard and Lampard were world class players. Paul Scholes was a generational talent, a true GOAT.
You think Scholes was the greatest of all time???
Awful opinion
1. Scholes, 2. Lampard, 3. Gerrard. In 2004 Eriksen got it wrong. He should have kept Scholes in the middle in the 'regista' role (which he had already proved he could do at elite level) and played Gerrard on the left (not his position but he was good enough to have done a job there). Scholes was the best English player ever in that deeper central role: long passing, resisting pressure and laying off the ball, controlling tempo and volleying, shooting from outside the box. Ok, Xavi and Pirlo were probably even better at some of these, but Scholes was a composed finisher in front of goal too! Headers, chipping the keeper, side foots in the corner. He started as a striker and it never left him. I would say these 3 were the best ever England midfielders of any era along with Paul Gascoigne and Bobby Charlton.
Controlling the game is the hardest part of a midfielders game, I'm a United fan but Stevie G comes closely behind Scholes
Who would the best players in the world want to have in their team....
Paul Scholes.
But they also wanted Gerrard?
Bit vague mate
Ferguson, Ancelotti, Mourinho, Guardiola and Erikson all placed multiple bids on Gerrard
Neo Rhami sme with Paul Scholes but never came close to signing him because he never wanted to leave😂😂
@@united2060 because he played for one of the best teams ever but Gerrard played for Europa/midtable teams most of the time but he never left even tho if he did he would be seen as one of the best players ever
Scholes
Gerrard
Lampard
Lampards goals are ridiculous for a midfielder, crazy numbers. All 3 world class.
Henderson is better than Paul Scholes
Cafreeez Not good enough to clean Scholes boots pal.
@@cafreeez3316 r u stupid?
@@cafreeez3316 wow what a idiot
@@walterwhite3143 Scholes was sent to the cleaners by Hendo
Mark Yardley was by far the best midfielder of this generation. There's a street in Paisley named after him
does anyone know who was the best player Gary Neville ever played with?
1. Gerrard - The most complete midfielder out of the 3.
Could score like Lampard, could peng a ball like Scholes, could defend better than both, scored screamers for fun, better leadership, Scholes and Lampard had the advantage of better players around them. Gerrard had to carry some really shit players on his back and won trophies on his own.
Sir Klopp Gerrard had a midfield of Mascherano and Alonso and still couldn’t win a prem title. They are uncomparable. Scholes is comparable to Xavi and Iniesta, Gerrard isn’t.
Areesh Kirmani exactly this Thing about gerrard being in bum teams is a myth played alongside some class players
RiiDGE exactly, that team in the mid to late 2000s had Torres, Mascherano, Alonso, Arbeloa, Reina, Carragher, Hyypia, Kuyt and Crouch. All of them were world class or close to it and scousers and media spread the narrative that gerrard played in an average team as if he had to carry them.
Areesh Kirmani was Frank Lampard or Paul Scholes ever called the best in the world by Zidane, or one of the best by Thiery Henry? Let alone Gerrard has won more individual awards, more Ballon D’or nominations than both of them. Gerrard was the better player. If Gerrard left Liverpool for Chelsea, he would have won everything, during the 08/09 season, Gerrard still scored 16 goals with 11 assists, only Torres had more goals.
Alexandre Bray Xavi and Iniesta have stated that Scholes is the best midfielder of the last 25 years. Pele said he was better, CR7 said he was better (biased yes but still), messi said he was better, even arbeloa who was gerrards team mate said scholes was better. Pirlo didn’t get nominated for ballon dors and kante did, does that mean kantes better than pirlo? obviously not.
Both Scholes and Lampard played in great teams. The difference is Gerrard carried his.
Carried them to what exactly? One champions league and a couple of domestic trophies? Lol alright mate
Probably the worst team to have won the Champions league aswell. At the first chance Gerrard had of playing in a decent team he literally slipped
Teey 1 You’re pointing out exactly what I mean without realising.
He won less major trophies than Scholes and Lampard since he choose to be loyal said no 3 times when Mourinho called. If you want to compare individual honours however, the other two doesnt come close to the best ever English midfielder.
Roy Keane Sorry my French but only dumbnuts like you wouldn’t realise it’s far more impressive to carry a weak Liverpool side to a European trophy against AC Milan, than play a small role in an already great Manchester Utd or Chelsea side.
Abowen Small Role for United? For about 12 seasons, literally everything went through him.
Veron was bought because ManUtd added strength in depth to their midfield.
ManUtd had just won 3 PL titles in a row when Veron was bought so I don't know what point Carragher was trying to make with that comment.
As the complete box to box midfielder I don’t know how there is any other answer but Gerrard.
Carra: Then why did Ferguson buy Veron?
Gary: Cause Paul Scholes was poor
It was irony obviously
@C G Very bright mate careful not to blind yourself!
"My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder. Scholes is undoubtedly the greatest midfielder of his generation." - Zinedine Zidane.
Enough said
Zidane said Gerrard was the best player in the world and Zidane was a cam so played directly against Scholes unlike the other two
United fans have been banging that drum for year's and he said it after he retired but that doesn't take away the fact that Scholes was one the best midfielder's in the world for a time he was quality
They talk about him a lot at la masia he is a teacher-messi
One said it and then others followed like sheep. Because it’s Zidane who’s levels above Scholes
"Is he the best in the world? He might not get the attention of [Lionel] Messi and Ronaldo but, yes, I think he just might be," Zidane said. "If you don't have a player like Steven Gerrard, who is the engine room, it can affect the whole team.
When you look at this argument and take Spain 2010 when they experimented with 4-6-0 it was English managers inability to be creative which failed the team. Putting Scholes deep and Lampard and Gerrard ahead of him would have dominated possession and games. Sacrifice a striker but just leave Owen up front in a 4-5-1
Scholes all day. He’s the Ultimate. All 3 are insanely good. Gerard carried that middle of the road team for years. Lampard scored 20 goals 10 TIMES! On fantastic squads! If anything, people don’t give Lampard enough credit. They usually banter on about about Scholes and Gerard
The only correct answer to this is: 1. Scholes 2. Keane 3. Carrick 😂👍🏻
Impossible debate really, because as G Nev points out, they really were completely different players.
Depends on 1) who you support, and 2) what sort of midfielder you value.
It’s as simple as this
Fair play, Caragher is a Muppet
Not as much as tha Tommy bloke tho
Scholes, Gerrard Lampard for me. Look at when Man Uniteds dominance started and when it ended, and then check out Scholes career and se how they line up almost perfectly.
He even had to unretire to secure League title nr 20. Man United have been able to replace som descent players over the years, but not even close to replacing Scholes.
Scholes was never in PFA team of the year and only won player of the month twice 😂 end of the argument.
@@williamlillicrapp7601 david silva has got one player of the month in his whole time at City. Suppose hes shit too?
@@williamlillicrapp7601 wait Aguero has never won the golden boot so he is not as good as Drogba
Tell me one reason why Gerrard was better. Look at the stats, the guy didnt even win a prem.
I wanted to hear if whou Garry would rate higher,lampard or Gerrard.
Zidane said that Paul Scholes was the best player of his generation. That was a generation that included Zidane himself.
Good to see a clip of Jaime again after La Liga poached him for punditry.
@Mosaab joke flew right over your head didn't it
@Mosaab 🤣🤣🤣
Mosaab thanks for taking the stick for us
@Mosaab the guy who sent the tweet misspelled Jamie as Jaime which is a Spanish name
Love how everyone puts Lampard second except Chelsea fans because they either dislike Scholes or Gerrard
Scholes and Gerrard were awesome. Id say its the other way round, everybody outside chelsea ranks the other two higher even tho lamps scored more, asissted more and stayed fitter for almost record periods.
@@veerickpatel7634 but that more on the fact that Lampard played higher and did less defencing than the other two, while he did stay fitter Scholes played till the same age of 38 (well he missed a year due to a short retirement) but stayed in the Prem instead of playing his last games in the easier US league. Gerrard was always more an engine with the highest work-rate out the 3, so his fitness requirement was higher.
@@stephencowling8404 i get what you mean. Gerrard wished he had makalele behind him. But even playing higher up the pitch, lamps was pressing hard all the time. People forget too that he dropped deeper as he got older and still affected games. He won the champions league playing as a DM, still managed an assist vs barca at the camp nou with virtually no ball. Lamps and gerrard didnt stay on like scholes because they werent happy being squad players like scholes was and felt like they could affect games. Remember jose moved lamps on and he went on to be player of the month at man city twice? Even came on and saved a point against a dominant chelsea. In new york he scored so much the fans and club had a frank lampard day 😆
@@stephencowling8404 also if you use your logic of playing higher up the pitch makes you less injury prone, a forward should have stayed fitter than lamps for longer periods but they didnt either
@@veerickpatel7634 the 3 are different kind of players with Gerrard being a box to box super captain, as a footballer he is worsed out of the 3, with his workrate being his best stat over the other 2 but he makes up for it with his leadership skills which can turn games around. Lampard is the best goalscorering attacking midfielder out of the 3 but Lampard would struggle when his teams playing poor. Scholes is the teams performace, his team can't have a bad game when he's playing well, he has that much control.
Ive met both of them one was in my speed awareness course. And one i cant say
Say it anyway
Lamps - goals for team #1
Gerrard - influence on team #1
Scholes - control of the game #1
Scholes is number 1 of the three because he won a gazillion more trophies than the others
But that could just mean he had better player's around him which he did ⚽️
Mustafi has more international trophies than messi...
Team trophies don't determine individual talent
@@MikeyJMJ he was the main player
Scholes, Lampard, Gerrard
1)Scholes
2)Gerrard
3)Lampard
Carragher doesn’t seem to have a decent point to make here. Acting like Neville is coming out with something outlandish by suggesting Scholes is the best player he’s played with. Baffled when he said “why did Ferguson sign Veron?” as if that blew Neville’s argument out of the water.
Single-handedly is a bit unfair to the others. 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'.
As a chelsea fan Lampard is a great and so was Gerrard for liverpool but Scholes was a beast especially when he was tackling, he had the best touch out of all of them but if you ask some of the all time great football players who have played with or against Scholes they have all said SCHOLES is the best football player and their opinion far out weighs mine in football knowledge and appreciation of this beutiful game. CHELSEA💙THROUGH 💙AND💙THROUGH💙💙💙
Scholes is a beast at tackling? :')
Three great midfielders. Gerrard was a great player... Could score spectacular goals and was the heart of Liverpool for years. Lampard was a great scorer and a great worker for Chelsea. Scholes was the best technical player ever in the Premier League. They all won the Champions League. Scholes has a lot more league winners medals than the other two. As a player you set out to win stuff. To me it's Scholes Lampard then Gerrard
The best technical player in player EVER is a huge statement he was a quality player with great vision but I think Zola was ahead of him personally amongst others but Zola sticks to mind ⚽️
That’s how I would rank them as well. Only thing gerrard was better at than Lampard and Scholes is tackling. Can’t pass or dribble like scholes. Can’t shoot or score like Lampard.
Fans will support their own club legend. Legend players will say Scholesy
Paul Scholes wasn't a goal scorer but he has over 150 goals for united. Despite not being a penalty taker. In terms of natural ability and technique the other two just aren't on the same level as scholes
Saying that lampard and Gerrard were both world class as well
1. Scholesy
2. Lamps
3. Stevie G
Scholes. Best midfielder ever to grace the premier league
That's a bold statement ⚽️
Not fit to lace de bruynes boots
@@happykillmore77
That's very harsh as Scholes was a quality player
@@dweezil8461
Fact for which question 🤔
@@tomsmith9048 you're talking to kids mate, they've only been watching football for ten years
Scholes was fire in the euros 04. Scholes was better and that’s why his trophy cabinet speaks volumes over Gerard’s and Lampards. The first time Scholes retired united lost the title that season on goal difference to city.
Henderson is going to surpass Gerrards trophy cabinet so does that make him better than Gerrard? You can’t use team trophies to judge who’s better you have to use individual awards because if not you could say that Dani Alves is better than Messi
Absolutely on point gary
With scholes you can get a number 8 and 10 in one man. His combination with carrick made united more dangerous. Carrick is good wining ball midfielder, and he is very good at read the match just like scholes. And the most dangerous things their pass skills is really good. Maybe carrick is good at pass from wider place but scholes is good at tight place to. And Switch play is very easy to do when scholes and carrick play. Because you can get more player at front to made a win situation.
I think Gerrard was almost like a comic book footballer!
ya his mistakes were comical
And he scores boom boom... Pfft...
3 of the greatest midfield players ever have all said Paul scholes is the best midfielder. Greatest being (xavi,iniesta,zidane)
Zidane said Gerrard was better than Messi and Ronaldo during his prime. These quotes mean little. Most people saying Scholes aren’t old enough to remember him play and base their opinion on those quotes. Scholes by his own admission saw himself as an attacking midfielder, both Gerrard and Lampard were better than him in that regard. People’s opinion of Scholes has been completely revised since Barca’s tiki taka football lifted the game to new heights. Because Scholes played in that style people equate him to being that good, on reflection he was world class in possession and passing, mediocre to poor in terms of tackling and capable of world class goals although not having a massive return on them. He was a world class player but he was not a God like some of the kids make him out to be.
Gerrard’s passing was on par with Scholes, his shooting ability was arguably better and he had the indefinable quality of leadership and being able to turn games in Liverpool’s favour when they had no right to. A big game player scoring in the Europa league, Champions league, league cup and Fa cup finals. He was wanted by both Chelsea and United at a time when they had Lampard and Scholes respectively. He could play any position to the highest level, a generational talent and one that doesn’t get the respect he deserves.
Gerrard then Scholes then Lampard.
Atleti fan, I've watched the Premier since 1997 when I was 12 years, I would say Gerrard, Lampard and then Scholes. Gerrard for me was just dynamite in an average team, truly the best midfielder of his time as he always played in below standard set ups, Lampard played in a dominant Chelses side for majority of career, Scholes was if I be honest just average in a world class side, even Scholes himself said he couldn't do what Gerrard done for Liverpool