Well Lampard,Gerrard,Scholes are often credited that one of them is greatest midfielder ever in PL.Also Kevin de bruyne falls in their category for obvious reasons. As a chelsea fan ill choose lampard over others but i love kevin too because i have not seen a better passer than him in world apart from messi. I just wanna know your opinions on what u think who is the Greatest?

  • Coyltonian@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Really depends what you are looking for in a player. There are too many variables for there to be a single best. RE: the guys you mentioned.

    Lampard - overrated. His goal scoring record seems impressive, but he wasted 3 shots for every 1 he spammed into the back of the net. Good, but no where near the quality of the others.

    Gerrard - great player, master of the through-ball and a fairly mighty shot, but his real value came as a “force multiplier”. He made the players around him better. He kept heads up allowing some amazing comebacks. If you are looking for overall contribution he probably nicks it, but if you are looking purely at their individual abilities there are a few contenders that squeeze past him.

    Scholes - a lot of people’s choice and def a contender. Tenacious and a good footballing brain. Think a lot of those good decisions maybe held him back from more outright displays of individual brilliance that he was capable of for safer plays. Also maybe slightly flattered by the team around him (though maybe more impressive being especially noteworthy amongst such talent).

    All three played at least 15 seasons, and were consistently good or better which sets them apart from most other candidates.

    KDB - playmaker extraordinaire. Some times conjures goals out of nowhere whether for himself or his team mates. Don’t think he has the defensive chops to be talked about as the greatest though.

    KDB however hasn’t had the same time in the league as the others you mentioned. When you start taking out longevity (in EPL) you have to consider Viera and maybe Makalele. I’d also strongly argue that Xabi Alonso would be a seriously strong contender, though some might consider him more a CDM than CM if they were looking to split hairs.

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      1 year ago

      Poor take on Lampard - he is in fact underrated, no other midfielder before or since could both score and assist like Lampard. Not sure why you think he just spammed shots he had a good shot conversion rate. If it was that easy to ‘spam’ shots and score as many goals as him I’m sure other midfielders would have done it.

      Also a very good all round midfielder which people unless they watched enough of Chelsea games don’t give him credit for. He could and did do it all. Tackling, passing and dictating play we’re all big parts of his game. Longevity too. Easily in with a strong shout for the best CMF ever in the EPL.