OhDiegoCosta wrote Ridiculous, it's asking for failure with the premiums on British talent these days, especially when the bank of talent aren't particularly brilliant.

Time for them to be a little selfish and put club future over national team future

Brad- wrote

OhDiegoCosta wrote Ridiculous, it's asking for failure with the premiums on British talent these days, especially when the bank of talent aren't particularly brilliant.

Time for them to be a little selfish and put club future over national team future

That's exactly the idea of it. There are no English young players coming through, so having the quota remain will encourage teams to bring through their own youth players & to force some good English talent out. There are hardly any English players that are regulars in the BPL anymore...

Fielding wrote Lampard is one of the greatest midfielders our generation will witness, incredible as well since he was English.

Gerrard is also a great, he was more a great leader than an amazing player, thus captaining club and country for ages.

Different style players, both impeccable at what they needed to do

CompleteDesigns wrote m.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/ar...mbers.html

Love this article , Shows that Lamps beats gerrard in almost every stat (And this is a article made to recognize gerrards career , A one on FLs career would show a lot more stats he wins at)

360MoTioN wrote

Fielding wrote Lampard is one of the greatest midfielders our generation will witness, incredible as well since he was English.

Gerrard is also a great, he was more a great leader than an amazing player, thus captaining club and country for ages.

Different style players, both impeccable at what they needed to do

I'd still rather have Scholes than both of them but that's because I'm a united fan.

But no discredit to Gerrard and Lampard amazing midfielders. I still don't know why England weren't at the top of their game when we had them three to pick from as our midfield.

SlipMode wrote

CompleteDesigns wrote m.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/ar...mbers.html

Love this article , Shows that Lamps beats gerrard in almost every stat (And this is a article made to recognize gerrards career , A one on FLs career would show a lot more stats he wins at)

I'd agree, there's no denying that Lampard edges it stats wise, and that can be a case to argue he's a better player, but I just think you've got to take into account that Gerrard was more than just a player throughout his career, at a very young age, he became the foundation of Liverpool's team, someone almost every other player in that team relied upon to find results out of nowhere, and this has gone on year in year out and will continue until he has left. You can find great players scattered amongst many different teams across the world and Lamps is definitely at the top of the pile alongside your Keanes, Scholes', Vieras, but for me, when you remember some of the defining moments in football that Gerrard instigated, I just don't think there is a case to say he doesn't deserve the plaudits he gets - e.g The unbelievable header at Istanbul against Milan that sparked one of the most famous comebacks of our generation, if not in the history of football, or his last minute screamer against the Hammers to take the FA cup into extra time, which they eventually won.

Don't get me wrong here - think Lamps is world class, and is definitely on par with Gerrard, but don't think its reasonable for some to brush Stevie under the carpet