Best midfielder in Premier League History

[Maguire]

Scholes for me....

Scored 150 ish for united - if he had the regular penalty taker for United he would probably got close to 200 as well.

Good point tbf, although if Scholes was a better penalty taker then perhaps he would have got the honour.

Both cracking players, whatever way you look at it.

[No Fixed Abode]

Frank has scored double figures in the last TEN Premier League seasons. Unbelievable.

And what is it without penalties included?

[No Fixed Abode]

Scholes for me....

Scored 150 ish for united - if he had the regular penalty taker for United he would probably got close to 200 as well.

Good point tbf, although if Scholes was a better penalty taker then perhaps he would have got the honour.

Both cracking players, whatever way you look at it.

Scholes for Manchester United - Apps 717 Goals 155
Lampard for Chelsea - Apps 606 Goals 203

[winchester_royal]

http://www.premiersoccerstats.com/Records.cfm?DOrderby=Ass&DYearby=All%20Seasons

And the statistics say...

Giggsy

[retro_royal]

Lampard's role in the team is to get goals. He's on free kicks and pens and there hasn't been a huge amount of talent for him to share the goals with.

Scholes plays a much deeper role for United and dictates the play. With Becks on free kicks, RVN taking pens he was always going to score less. Then you've got the long list of Hughes, Cantona, Cole, York, Sheringham, OGS, Ruud, Rooney, RVP, Ronaldo etc who have all shared the goals.

Lampard has chummed up with Drogba, Jimmy Floyd and Zola and that's about it.

[Taffster]

Lampard's role in the team is to get goals. He's on free kicks and pens and there hasn't been a huge amount of talent for him to share the goals with.

Scholes plays a much deeper role for United and dictates the play. With Becks on free kicks, RVN taking pens he was always going to score less. Then you've got the long list of Hughes, Cantona, Cole, York, Sheringham, OGS, Ruud, Rooney, RVP, Ronaldo etc who have all shared the goals.

Lampard has chummed up with Drogba, Jimmy Floyd and Zola and that's about it.

So Lampard did it while playing with worse players, that makes it even more impressive. To be honest you can't really narrow it down to one, a better question is what would be the best ever midfield in Prem history, then you would have scholes, lamps and keane/viera in there.

[Big Foot]

Lampard's role in the team is to get goals. He's on free kicks and pens and there hasn't been a huge amount of talent for him to share the goals with.

Scholes plays a much deeper role for United and dictates the play. With Becks on free kicks, RVN taking pens he was always going to score less. Then you've got the long list of Hughes, Cantona, Cole, York, Sheringham, OGS, Ruud, Rooney, RVP, Ronaldo etc who have all shared the goals.

Lampard has chummed up with Drogba, Jimmy Floyd and Zola and that's about it.

So Lampard did it while playing with worse players, that makes it even more impressive. To be honest you can't really narrow it down to one, a better question is what would be the best ever midfield in Prem history, then you would have scholes, lamps and keane/viera in there.

Agreed with the bit in bold. Scholes lucky to play for a truly great side, hence why Lampard has more INDIVIDUAL honours than Scholes.

Whoever it was who said about Scholes - has he ever taken a penalty in his career? Can't remember him even doing so for England in penalty shoot outs but suggests to me he is a bottler!

[creative_username_1]

Missed a pen in the CL final against Chelsea.

Scholes is a better player than Frank.

[Terminal Boardom]

How many medals has Scholes won?
How many medals has Lampard won?

[No Fixed Abode]

Lampard has finished 2nd in World Player of the year. Scholes hasn't.

[Big Foot]

How many medals has Scholes won?
How many medals has Lampard won?

David May has won 2 PL titles, does that mean he's a better defender than Vincent Kompany?

[soggy biscuit]

Djimi Traore won the Champions League

[Big Foot]

Djimi Traore won the Champions League

Exactly my point

[creative_username_1]

ok how do we prove who was the best player?

[soggy biscuit]

Djimi Traore won the Champions League

Exactly my point

He is the one standard clause that should always be inserted into any conversation where people argue over who is better than who based on trophies.

[No Fixed Abode]

ok how do we prove who was the best player?

Lampard has finished 2nd in World Player of the year. Scholes hasn't.

[Ouroboros]

That just means he had one good season m8.

[TBM]

ok how do we prove who was the best player?

Lampard has finished 2nd in World Player of the year. Scholes hasn't.

Beckham came 2nd twice.....so does that mean he's better than Frank?

[Terminal Boardom]

How many medals has Scholes won?
How many medals has Lampard won?

David May has won 2 PL titles, does that mean he's a better defender than Vincent Kompany?

It does if you follow Kes' logic regarding how successful RDM was as a manager compared to SAF

[RockheadRumple]

Gotta be Lampard.