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"Lampard or Gerrard for England??"

This has been discussed loads of times, but me and my mate are going on about it and we disagree with each other.

So, who would you drop out of the England side if you could only play 1 out of Gerrard and Lampard?

I had Lampard, because of his stats for Chelsea (6 goals in 11) and stats for England (5 goals in 10 in the group games)

He had Gerrard because he won Liverpool the European Cup and is a better defensive player than Lampard.

So who would you have and why?

Nah, never seen him dive.

Perhaps he goes to ground after an unfair challenge sometimes, but I've never seen him just go all out and completely fake something.

Although it might just be because he's really, really good at it.

Just watch carefully next time, though it's hard to miss.

I swear, even the commentators make fun of him because of how awful he is.

definately Lampard - tries for goal all the time - and scores so many. Best midfielder in the world. Gerrard is a little too defensive. In football, the best offense is an attacking force - from defence to strikers.

How is Gerrard more defensive?

Benitez almost employs him as a second striker sometimes.

Gerrards better all round than Lampard but I feel Lampard has a bit more flair than Gerrard. The only reason Gerrard isn't as good for England is that he hasn't been given a proper role in the team whereas at Liverpool he knows exactyly what his job is.

Still why does it have to be one or the other. England have two of the best central midfielders in the world and yet Sven can't find a system to get them to work together. When England get a good manager in charge (Alan Curbishley would be ideal) then i'm sure they will get a way for Stevie and Lampard to work together.

Errr Gerrard is better in big game situations.

But Lampard is going from strength to strength.