Mr. Benedict
The Devious Badger
The sooner the England squad isn't tainted with anybody with ex or current Spammer connections the better for everybody as far as I'm concerned! :p
Ferdinand better hurry up and retire then... ;)
The sooner the England squad isn't tainted with anybody with ex or current Spammer connections the better for everybody as far as I'm concerned! :p
Ferdinand better hurry up and retire then... ;)
Hmm. Dean Ashton is also worryingly near the England squad as well. :p
Although to be honest, I'd suffer Robert Green right now!
**bump**
Seven years on he's still ****ing up for England and getting away with it in the media.
I like Gerrard but he's always been a poor choice for me, Lampard was always the far better central midfielder and I believe we should have gone with him rather than Gerrard as first choice for all these years.
I like Gerrard but he's always been a poor choice for me, Lampard was always the far better central midfielder and I believe we should have gone with him rather than Gerrard as first choice for all these years.
Rubbish. Gerrard contributes far more to the team than Lampard ever did. Lampard is a better goalscorer, that's it. They are equal on set pieces, but Gerrard is a leader, can pass the ball across any range, can score, can tackle, and can pick the team up off the floor when they seem out of it. he's an all round midfielder, whereas Lampard is one dimensional, he was very very good at wahat he did, but once he lost the ability to time his runs into the box, he struggled to break into the team. Gerrard due to being an all round midfielder was able to re-invent himself.
Last night Gerrard made two mistakes, although with the second one you could argue that you'd expect one of your two centre backs to be able to pick up the long ball. He cost us the game absolutely, but to base that one game at the end of his career as proof that Lampard is a better player is poor in my opinion. Also, Gerrard has been the stand out midfielder in the Premiership this season. It's a wonderful thing to have the hindsight to not pick the best centre midfielder in the Prem, in case they have a howler in one of the group games? Sure, we need to look to replace him as he is at the end of his career, and his legs will be starting to go, but honestly, who would you have in centre midfield instead of him right now? Jonjo Shelvey? Tom Huddlestone? Tom Cleverley No thanks. He's the best we have at the moment.
Wow, 2007. If only he had been dropped then as well.
Disagree, Gerrard has been better for England than Lampard has.
Rubbish. Gerrard contributes far more to the team than Lampard ever did. Lampard is a better goalscorer, that's it. They are equal on set pieces, but Gerrard is a leader, can pass the ball across any range, can score, can tackle, and can pick the team up off the floor when they seem out of it. he's an all round midfielder, whereas Lampard is one dimensional, he was very very good at wahat he did, but once he lost the ability to time his runs into the box, he struggled to break into the team. Gerrard due to being an all round midfielder was able to re-invent himself.
Last night Gerrard made two mistakes, although with the second one you could argue that you'd expect one of your two centre backs to be able to pick up the long ball. He cost us the game absolutely, but to base that one game at the end of his career as proof that Lampard is a better player is poor in my opinion. Also, Gerrard has been the stand out midfielder in the Premiership this season. It's a wonderful thing to have the hindsight to not pick the best centre midfielder in the Prem, in case they have a howler in one of the group games? Sure, we need to look to replace him as he is at the end of his career, and his legs will be starting to go, but honestly, who would you have in centre midfield instead of him right now? Jonjo Shelvey? Tom Huddlestone? Tom Cleverley No thanks. He's the best we have at the moment.
If we based our opinions of players on their last game, Zidane wouldn't fare particularly well!