We were blessed with a generation of fine footballers at the time, but never (or very rarely) got the best out of them; our managers always picked a midfield four, when they really should have picked five, with Gerrard, Scholes and Lampard as the central 3, Beckham right, and A.N.Other left.

@@justinchetham-strode5234 Joe Cole left

@@justinchetham-strode5234 thing is though, that midfield would not have worked. While Gerrard particularly was supportive in defence, not one of those three is a natural dm. Gerrard and Lampard thrived in near enough identical roles and Scholes needed a more physical partner.

@@alfielee2989 Of the 5 players, Gerrard would have been the obvious choice as the defensive midfielder, with Lampard and Scholes just ahead of him, and Cole left, Beckham right. Why don't you think it would work? The reason our ''golden generation'' never achieved anything is that the central 2 in midfield were swamped by opposing midfields with more players in the middle of the park, while we stuck rigidly to our traditional 4-4-2. Cut your suit according to your cloth: we had an outstanding selection of midfielders, and should not have baulked at the idea of a midfield 5.

@@justinchetham-strode5234 just put carrick in dm. if england play 442 diamond, carrick dm, scholes and gerrard cm, and lamps amf

Terrible ownership and debt issues ruined what should have been a Gerrard Trophy dynasty. When we looked like true contenders under Rafa, with a solid spine of Carra; Xavi Alonso, Mascarano, Gerrard, Torres and co. The board offloading the better supporting acts to Gerrard stage, making Rafa leave and another rebuild in the process. I think that time was better than Rogers for Gerrard, and he was more dynamic and forward in his responsibilities. Always the big game player: UCL final, FA Cup final, Olympiacos, Real Madrid, and so many more. What a man, Mr. Liverpool deserved so much more. There’s a reason Sir Alex wanted him so badly, as well as Mourinho at Chelsea, Inter and Madrid. Baller.

@@Prezzey totally agreed…still he won 10 trophies with the sheer will passion arguably the greatest ever Liverpool player..

CL >>>> PL

LA Galaxy or whoever should've loaned Gerrard out to Liverpool for 6 months during the January transfer window the year Pool finally won the title. He should've been subbed on during the last minute of the last game or something. It's pretty sad he never got to win the Premier League when he was still playing.

@@hunudidthat9134 League is harder to win in England, though. Would have been an even greater accomplishment than 2005.

@Tony 2 Toes you dont own him do you?

Yeah it is true. Gerrard made us relevant. Grew up to witness it

And do it all better that the rest of the pack!

@@Jay-kk1ee ok. *now* you’re getting ahead of yourself

True, but Lampard was a better goal scorer, Scholes a better passer, both Vieira and Keane were better tacklers, and both were equally good at motivating their teams.

@@justinchetham-strode5234 lmao

@@justinchetham-strode5234 he can defend like no others in the list

Well said

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Yes

Exactly, the debate always goes on, who was best? Scholes, Gerrard or Lampard. All great players in their own right and all legends of their clubs.

@firenz shah nah. scholes is.

Exactly, people should ask why the fuss about him if he never won it. Says a lot

@Tony 2 Toes scholes is.

@firenz shah yeah coming from a guy who never seen him play

@firenz shah that shows your mentality why are you watching this video then i know this little kid of this generation will never know what true ballers are ! Go do your homework kid

Stevie understood that his life is longer than his 20 year playing career. Did wonders for his brand post-retirement for him to been Liverpool's man through and through.

definitely. anyone who mocks gerrard is definitely didn't watch him play enough.

That’s what the new fans always think. That doesn’t tarnish his legacy. Look at his performances from 2001-2009. He was phenomenal. Particularly his seasons (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2005-06, 2004-05) he was so good in an average Liverpool side. Always mentioned among the best. Always in the team of the season, fifa all time champions league team with messi & Ronaldo. The first midfielder to be in the Premier league hall of fame, despite not winning it. He is that good. He is an icon of world football & the most powerful legend of Liverpool.

Sir, I see u are a united fan. I have great admiration for united for their legends like Scholes, Rooney, Ronaldo and many others. They used to be one of the best from the time I watched the game. But I believe we must respect all the legends of the game. The things u are saying about Gerrard isn't correct & it's your view. But we will never see these kind of players again as they have already retired and we just have strong memories. Give respect, take respect sir, putting our rivalry aside.

Hate when people chuck around the word underrated like it's nothing. Everyone knew how good he really was

Are you high? Underrated???

@@SMlFFY85 with how people mocked his entire legacy with that one slip, I'd say he is pretty underrated. It's actually crazy how consistent he is throughout his career, just that entering 30, he was starting to burnt out.

He's not underrated why do u think Gerrard, lampard Scholes are always compared as to who was the greatest midfielder of the epl Era. IMO it's Gerrard, he had the leadership ability as captain which Scholes n lampard weren't... Gerrard was captain fantastic.. Saving Liverpool from death a hundred times. That 2005 ucl final is the greatest ucl final of all time and even the 2006 facup is considered the greatest facup final... All because of Gerrard... The slip isn't the reason Liverpool didn't win the league in 2013 there defense was horrible and there GK Mingo let was even worse... He let in so many goals that season when Liverpool should've won and ended up drawing like the west brom game... But all everyone remembers is the slip

@@MoejiiOsmanTV finally somebody else that agrees that the slip wasn't the reason it was the defense even in the game against Chelsea you can see that the two centerbacks were chilling next to the free throw line so demba ba had a clear run

Always asked that what if he came to chelsea in 05.

He would be so underrated like carrick even his numbers would be very less compared to what he got there

Agreed👍

The comment I’m looking for. The number of trophies he would’ve won is a question of IF. If only he had the right investment around him. And the way he stood with us all these years tells us how much he truly loved the club, the city, the people of Liverpool and the fans all over the world.

Well he didn't do a good job then as they never won the league?

​@MrThedonhead He won Champions league which was way bigger. That like saying Shearer not a great player as he only won one premier league title.

Utter bollocks. The backbone of the Spanish World Cup and European Champions were his team mates.

@@johnnyrocker7495 and then you had the likes of Benayoun, Babel, Skrtel, Arbeloa, Downing, Carrol, Adam and all the other technically average deadwood that usually completed an incomplete team with a few superstars which was the running case for Liverpool inbetween 2000-2016

@@tamimhusain3376 Arbeloa won La Liga and 2 Champions Leagues plus various other trophies with Madrid in their Golden Era. Clearly he wasn't there to make up the numbers in that side. Yossi Benayoun was very much a crowd favourite at Anfield scoring 29 goals from midfield in 3 seasons... plus a host of assists. Martin Skrtel won Slovak Footballer of the Year 4 times: 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 He also won Liverpool Player of the Year Award: in 2012 so someone must have liked him. Downing, Carrol and Adam were brought in when the club was on its knees when Gerrard's best days were already behind him. You really don't make much of a case there with those names.

@@johnnyrocker7495 on the contrary the fact that these are the better names out of the deadwood that I mentioned strengthens my case, I'll explain why. Arbeloa was always known as the weakest Madrid player at that time, not world class, for us he was a player that did an okay job at times, no more than that. And we all know trophies aren't the strongest case of arguing for a player otherwise we could easily be talking about Djemba-Djemba's or Anderson's greatness in history. Benayoun was a crowd favourite but also not world class. One of the better ones though yes. Skrtel was actually a frustrating figure amongst Liverpool fans, made a lot of mistakes but covered it up with some heroic goals and "hard" moments that added to his persona. Being Slovakia player of the year does not make you world class. Again these are the better names I gave and even these aren't world class. I could go on about regular first team deadwood players like djimi traore, smicer (yeah good goal against Milan but he's no De Bruyne), Milan Baros (don't be fooled by his good euros performance just like we were with el hadji diouf at a major tournament), Biscan and so much more. We never had the depth of a title winning team like United who could start anyone of Tevez, Rooney, Berbatov and Ronaldo at one point. I'm not saying we had terrible players but we certainly didn't have the quality of United and Chelsea at the time.

@@tamimhusain3376 We didn't have the depth or quality of United or Chelsea, no. But look at the money they spent. They bought success. Same as City today. In any case, my original point about Gerrard not carrying the club single-handedly still stands.

Haha cheers man!

Having a late afternoon beer after finishing my day of work. Can’t wait to get stuck into this 👍

It will happen bruv..god willing 👍

Coming soon

@@sagarmane8481 I don’t care anymore he snaked us

@@Ham-xh8vn that’s your opinion but Steven Gerrard is the greatest Liverpool player imo and the reason for me to support Liverpool..

He's gonna do it

Yes I do, and there was Cafu in that great Milan side, and Gerrard played better than Cafu. My God, that Gerrard Header in the UCL final as Good as any Gerrard trademark goals.

@@debindralimbu381 they put serginho on full of energy to torment us, Stevie was like I got this lads

🤣🤣

Chelsea also bought Scott Parker if that meant anything.

Made me laugh, but harsh. Frankie L was a great player too, but for sure not as good as Stevie G.

Lampard has more premier league goals and assists than gerrard....so what you said doesnt make any sense!! Also he has the best ballon dor ranking (2) for an english midfielder ever!

@@morgothbauglir626 i watch games....i still pick lampard

Hahahahaha

Haha. You are funny.

U can literally buy the epl, winning the ucl takes teamwork, skill, a bit of luck especially when u look at that AC Milan Team was the best in the world in 2005...they had a world class player in every position, Crespo schevchenko as strikers, kaka, pirlo, seedorf in midfield, cafu Nesta, Maldini and dida as GK at the back WTF

2005 was a myth. To win the champions league against the best team in the world at the time, with one of the worst, that’s legendary. Look how many have won the league but never the champions league. Only Liverpool, Utd and Chelsea can say they have won the CL in this era, each winning it twice. Arsenal lost 06 and never get back to a final, Spurs lost 19 and now are a europa conference team. Man City the best team of the last decade made 1 final and choked. What makes it worse is Chelsea won 2 cl after changing manager halfway through the season. To win the champions league is very very hard

Can't hold it against Gerrard for not winning a premier league but i don't agree winning C.L is bigger achievement. You have to be far more consistent to win an EPL Where as Champions league like all cup competitions doesn't always go to best teams. Gerrards Liverpool were far from best team in England let alone worthy of being called best in Europe despite winning C.L🤣🤣🤣 I would say Liverpool treble in 2001 was much greater than CL win and that team looked a title winner next season. Unfortunately arsenal were better Luck plays a big part in all team sports

I think he has a medal in our hearts ❤

do you mean like owen?

@@namelessking9068 lol, good points. But Owen was not good enough at Madrid.

@@pvmilk true. but he won the balon d or in 2001 imagine if he would stay in liverpool maybe gerrard would have won more titels

Wtf Pele did not carry Brazil do you even know his team mates?

If you look it up Pele was one of the weakest players in the Brazil squad he got carried by the like of Garrincha and many others, one of the 3 world cups that he "won" he was injured and his Brazil teammates won it easily without him.

He was definitely better than Roy Keane in every single aspect of the game. Keane was never a great player he was a great captain, stevie was a great player, captain, role model and servant of the city. There is no comparison

He was better than Keane in every aspect

When did Pele ever carry Brazil to trophies? In '58 he was one of the 2 biggest stars of the team (the other was Garrincha). In '62 he was injured early in the tournament, and played no further part, in '66, was injured again against Portugal ( who targeted him from the start, and kicked him all over the place). His swansong in '70 was spectacular, but so was the fantastic team he played in, and no way did he ''carry'' them. Much as I like and admire Gerrard, to compare him with Pele is ridiculous, and he'd be the first person to tell you so.

Passing range of Scholes???!!!

@@justinchetham-strode5234 well done, you can read 👏🙌

Agree entirely, other than pre-injury Torres was another world class player (and of course Alonso).

@@justinchetham-strode5234 why not? Arguably a better passer too in the final third, Scholes is only better at dictating gameplays passing like sideways and close one twos passes than Gerrard. Gerrard had a variety of range of passes on him, Scholes too had a great range of passing but he usually passed on the flanks with loads of space, Gerrard had a pinpoint final third defence splitting passes which were directly goal threatening.

Best cental mid ever in my opinion. Could do it all. Drop and tackle/defend , world class passing, scored goals (had a knack for scoring in clutch situation too). He didn’t really have a weakness in a center midfielder role.

No Kenny was better.

442 4231 it doesnt matter

As Everton fan I guarantee you missed something truly Special.. Hated him but i respected 10 times as much

Ugh what a legend he was

Bro, you keep dropping this 👑

As a Liverpool fan, what let Gerrard down was his loyalty to Liverpool, if he left, he'd have won multiple Premier leagues

@@stormraven198 wdym? He left Liverpool because Brendan Rodgers was not giving him that much play time plus if he had said he would've almost never played under Brendan Rodgers and he said that in his book

@@anatolilukanov7675 I was talking about years earlier, when Chelsea, Milan and Madrid were interested in signing him