UnrelatedPsuedo
I pity the poor fool who stinks like I do!
To be fair, that wasn’t either of their jobs.Neither Gerrard or Lampard could dictate the pace of the game which is odd for so called top class midfielders. Keane, Scholes & Vieira all could.
Lampard looked best when Makelele was around. Gerrard looked best when Masherano or Alonso was around.
The key point of difference for me is that Keane was Roy of the Rovers Gerrard at a young age. Scholes was goal scoring midfielder Lampard in his early years.
Both Keane and Scholes became different versions of themselves across their careers. The other two didn’t.
Both Gerrard and Lampard were excellent footballers. But I can’t imagine in any scenario picking them above Keane or Scholes in an all time PL 11.
Also interesting that people shy away from calling Alli a midfielder, but include Lampard and Gerrard in this debate. They were both terrible in a two, and didn’t control games in a midfield three. They were impactful advanced midfielders. Neither were complete, at any point in their career. And that’s absolutely fine.