The LFC Reds Greatest Ever Team: Central Midfield

Hardest decision ever !!!

Blessed with so many brilliant midfield players over the years, Stevie would have course have to be my number one, but like so many have already mentioned the likes of Case, McDermott, Ray Kennedy, Souness, Whelan, Alonso, Mascherano etc etc..oh my head hurts, how lucky have we been though over the years to see such quality in our midfield.

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Ray Kennedy right

I give you Igor

A Diao/Poulsen axis .. the stuff of dreams : (

Gerrard and Souness are the two standout ones here. Second to me would be to play Masch and Alonso, as you have to have the right pair. I reckon Souness and Stevie in a 4 4 2 would be horrible to play against.

I will go back to the 1960s to start with Willy Stevenson,on of the best passers of a ball in the old first division,Shanks bought him from Rangers and he was an immediate success.Also Bob Paisley was not a bad player either, ask Everton about the 1950 F.A.Cup semi final.One player who really stands out for me was Ray Kennedy he was pure class in midfield for a converted striker.

I will go back to the 1960s to start with Willy Stevenson,on of the best passers of a ball in the old first division,Shanks bought him from Rangers and he was an immediate success.Also Bob Paisley was not a bad player either.One player who really stands out for me was Ray Kennedy he was pure class in midfield for a converted striker.

this thread is proving to be a real history lesson and it would be worth Jürgen going through it. For me its  highlighting what a winning team looks like and its clear we have been short for over 20 years . I agree with the Ray Kennedy shout he was such a classy player and seemed to just waft about the pitch maybe sometimes not having blistering pace can be a good thing as long as the thing between the ears is fast.

this thread is proving to be a real history lesson and it would be worth Jürgen going through it. For me its  highlighting what a winning team looks like and its clear we have been short for over 20 years . I agree with the Ray Kennedy shout he was such a classy player and seemed to just waft about the pitch maybe sometimes not having blistering pace can be a good thing as long as the thing between the ears is fast.

I think it should be remembered that all the midfielders mentioned in this thread could and did score goals for us.A thing that has been missing in recent years is goals from midfiield,Ray Kennedy scored 51 goals for us.

I think it should be remembered that all the midfielders mentioned in this thread could and did score goals for us.A thing that has been missing in recent years is goals from midfiield,Ray Kennedy scored 51 goals for us.

and the defenders could defend we could be on to something here next thing we know we will be saying the strikers scored lots of goals

Souness and Gerrard in the middle would dominate any midfield in the world ever. Both would most probably be in an all time top 10 world midfield, so to have both in our Xi is frightening.

Molby was also a brilliant midfielder, used to run games from the centre circle.

Like most posts have said, we have been blessed with centre midfielders.

During my era, Gerrard, Alonso, Mascherano, Hamann in this order. My father has videos of Sammy Lee and I liked his style not saying that he was the best of his era because I do not have any  other evidence.

My father has videos of Sammy Lee and I liked his style not saying that he was the best of his era because I do not have any  other evidence.

Souness was the best of that era, an absolute monster in the midfield for us and a cracking player too.

Souness was the best of that era, an absolute monster in the midfield for us and a cracking player too.

I Know he is a big name but never saw him play.

We're do I start Souness, Whelan, McMahon, Molby, Gerrard, McAllister (even if only for one season) Alonso and Mascherano and that's just from the players I've seen play. Obvious other inclusions would be Case, McDermott and Ray Kennedy!

This is a hard one. All of the above .

I'll put Stevie into this category  and then there has to be one other.

For me the unsung hero of the late seventies team was Jimmy Case. He had an engine and would work tirelessly all day.

A  local lad from Allerton he was the only one in a star studded team of Reds that didnt have an International cap.

I will never forget his thunderbolt shot for our goal in the 77 FA Cup Final v the Scum .

So my heart says Jimmy but my head says Mascher.


I have never seen a Defensive Midfielder who could sit in front of the back four and break down attack after attack.
There is no equal.

So its Macherano for me .

You dont realise what you have until its gone.

Gerrard & Alonso.

I do love Hamann though.

Voting now open.

Had to go with Molby and Gerrard. Xabi was also a contender but he's Molby lite (much lighter when you see the size of Molby now days)

Would of had Souness but he's such a miserable b***ard.

Ok two pairings - one for the Best XI and one for the "alternative XI"

Gerrard & Molby

Souness & Alonso

Going for SG and Souness

would love to pick Terry Mac but just cant get him in there

would love to pick Terry Mac but just cant get him in there

Just been talking to my dad telling him my picks so far , and that was one thats came up , I named the one's I just couldn't get in  , I mean like you how can you not get a Terry Macca in your team , but I had to go with the two who I think would destroy any midfield  SG and  GS  would in my opinion be unplayable , the goals from this pair would be the bonus .

Would of had Souness but he's such a miserable b***ard.

But isn't that what makes him so great?

Plenty of players to choose from, although in the end, decided to go for Gerrard and Molby.