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The Brilliant Gerrard
He's just brilliant. He can shoot. He can pass, he can tackle. He's an unbelievable player. He can do just about everything, a complete player if you will, except for one thing. Hold on to his position!
There has been alot of debate over the last number of years on where he lies on players ranking ladder. Is he one of the best midfielders in the world ? Is he the best midfielder in the word ? Some think so. I disagree. The one thing a brilliant central midfielder should have in his game is the ability to control games and dictates tempo. Gerrard falls short on that category.
World class central midfielders had always have that. The most recent ones being Scholes, Xavi and Ballack. Fabregas is developing very nicely into a world class central midfielder as well. They all boss games with their choice of passing and the accuracy and timing of it.
Now, I called Gerrard brilliant and yet I don't have him amongst the worlds leading central medfielders. I even rank Xabi Alonso ahead of him. Then where does he lie ? Well, you cant really call Ronaldo a world class winger when he never got three assists from the wing in one season. But he's still a world class ... player! Gerrard has everything that you want in a football player. He's not anywhere near the best central midfielders in the world, but he is a better footballer than most of them.
He's a top class football going through a great patch of form. I wouldn't call him a world class football, but he's not that far from that elite. To each his own definition of the term 'world class' though, and I'm not expecting everyone to agree with me. But I think everyone can agree that at times the man is just a joy to watch.
He's just brilliant. He can shoot. He can pass, he can tackle. He's an unbelievable player. He can do just about everything, a complete player if you will, except for one thing. Hold on to his position!
There has been alot of debate over the last number of years on where he lies on players ranking ladder. Is he one of the best midfielders in the world ? Is he the best midfielder in the word ? Some think so. I disagree. The one thing a brilliant central midfielder should have in his game is the ability to control games and dictates tempo. Gerrard falls short on that category.
World class central midfielders had always have that. The most recent ones being Scholes, Xavi and Ballack. Fabregas is developing very nicely into a world class central midfielder as well. They all boss games with their choice of passing and the accuracy and timing of it.
Now, I called Gerrard brilliant and yet I don't have him amongst the worlds leading central medfielders. I even rank Xabi Alonso ahead of him. Then where does he lie ? Well, you cant really call Ronaldo a world class winger when he never got three assists from the wing in one season. But he's still a world class ... player! Gerrard has everything that you want in a football player. He's not anywhere near the best central midfielders in the world, but he is a better footballer than most of them.
He's a top class football going through a great patch of form. I wouldn't call him a world class football, but he's not that far from that elite. To each his own definition of the term 'world class' though, and I'm not expecting everyone to agree with me. But I think everyone can agree that at times the man is just a joy to watch.