Comments on: Seemingly Important Question: Lampard or Gerrard?

By: Alberto Pazzini

Alberto Pazzini — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:01:48 +0000

Neither. These two idiots play very well for the clubs but play like fools for England. Get rid of them and England will win.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:50:32 +0000

Lamps has the magic…fast, quick, accurate skill set and makes fine decisions.

By: gianfranco

gianfranco — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:27:58 +0000

This question has been the topic of many a bar discussion for a long time now, but for me it has to be Lamps, not because of me being a Milan fan and all, but becuase Lamps is the more complete player and the better fit in the squad. Just the other day I heard someone say why does Lamps suck for England and not for Chelsea, and someone piped in quickly with an answer, Gerrard. Take nothing from Gerrard, and pool fans may disagree, but Lamps is truly the better player, leader, and gamer time and time again.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:45:51 +0000

“Way to take an actual position. I mean who would you pick? make a choice!!”

Fair enough. Right now I’d go Lampard just because the team performance against Croatia was so good. And imagine having Gerrard to come off the bench if a game needs changing?

But my overall position – which I still think counts as an actual position – is that either is fine so long as it’s not both.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:17:43 +0000

I think Lampard links up with Rooney better. Gerrard can drop a 60 year pass on a 20p, but with Rooney and Defoe up front, that really isn’t what we need is it?

By: Sasha

Sasha — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:07:59 +0000

Lampard, definitely. He has his teammate Joe Cole (and John Terry) to work with. Gerrard has never linked up particularly well with anyone on the England team. Capello seems to have found a recipe that works, so why not continue using it? On the other hand, it is true that England could probably afford to experiment against an opponent such as Kazakhstan, and play Gerrard.

By: ghost of steve finnan

ghost of steve finnan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:29:52 +0000

Way to take an actual position. I mean who would you pick? make a choice!!

I say Lampard for now, coming off the croatia game.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:01:24 +0000

I feel like Lampard has a greater tendency to go missing from games than Gerrard, and would go with Gerrard for that reason. I think the only time I’ve seen having both on the field working was against Greece or Andorra in one of McClaren’s first matches where Gerrard was on the right and Hargreaves separating them. I don’t particularly think that’s worth resurrecting though. And Hargreaves is still injured as per usual, I think.