Gerrard, Scholes or Lampard - Who do Terry and Carragher think was the greatest? | MNF Q&A

[Music] let me start with this one if it said manager i think we know your answer john the question is who is the best coach you played under and why well the best manager was mourinho but best coach as well he'd done everything i don't know what previous managers for yourself were like but he was he was the first one to come in and revolutionized it at chelsea he'd be the first one in and no light eight o'clock he'd be the one setting the cones out and you come in as a group of players and he was out there pouring a rain getting his session organized and we literally went from like four grids of the pitch from that to that but in between that there was drinks so there weren't no this session here go over there for a drink it was lads we're training for an hour that's it you go from there to there to there to there he brought three young kids in ball boys every time the ball went out of play we had a ball back in instantly and if that was a bad pass or a bad roll from one of his staff i'm not like he would stop the session and go absolutely berserk at his members of staff and to a point pretty embarrassing for them but his standards were so high and he demanded from everyone you know from the players his staff and people inside the you know the the medical team everyone at the football club so you've never seen that level of professionalism before not not like that no he was he was on everything he knew you know when we traveled why we traveled two days earlier while we stayed overnight the best hotels he was on everything other just his his intensity to everything and attention to detail was was incredible did he change the way that you thought about football yeah 100 when he first came in the first session last walked in we was like wow that's a that's a proper session that can you remember and the specifics of that well just the flows it was pre-season and the first thing you said to the players was right balls balls they want and balls for of our generation of grain you got footballs out day one of preseason was probably unheard of he was like his fitness coach was you never see a pianist run around the piano you see a pianist work on the piano and improve and from day one we had the balls and mentally it was like wow but i'll tell you what we probably covered more distance with the ball than we would have done running around the pitch but mentally and psychologically he had us we was we was brought into whatever he was going to deliver that day how did that change when he came back that second spell he was the same exactly the same now people have said about when he come back he was he wasn't the intensity him taking every session him being there you know just having his presence uh his presence he never on on the second time around he never done every took every session himself but his presence was there and you felt it as a player he had his eyes on everyone if someone was messing about in the warm up or kicking the ball when he's speaking it was like when i speak the ball stays still you listen to me you know he was the boss from the outside at times certainly in that second spell and there were rumors about it not ending well in the first spell between between you and he relationship-wise but from the outside joining that second spell it looked like it was a complicated relationship he very publicly substituted you at manchester city at half time when it perhaps wasn't necessary to do that tell us from your point of view well i think the big managers and when i look in world football he's probably the biggest and the big manager is never afraid to make big decisions now he obviously thought that was right but even as a player as his captain played every minute of every game the season before i was like he's in charge that's it i went in the following day we didn't even talk about it and i just showed him that you know i'm here if you need me that was it there was no discussion no need for him to pull me if that was his fault and the mentality i would literally probably for the football club but for him i would i would give everything i would i would leave that pitch you know in a coffin for him it was in every every player that he had felt the exact same way and does that relationship continue is it still the same now yeah still in great content even when i joined aston villa he was the first one to text me congratulate me and said he'd be watching the games he'll be a villa fan and listen that's what he does when when raffle was at chelsea he didn't play me then mourinho took over again he was the one on the phone to me in the summer game jt i know you as an individual i know you're the player we start from scratch come back you're my main man you're my captain you're gonna play next year work hard in the summer and i remember being out for dinner with my wife and my kids i had a glass of wine i got off the phone to him and was like that's it no more wine that's it i'm training two three times a day and that's the way he pressed people's buttons he knew how to press mine he knew how to press lances and get the best and suck every last bit out of everyone did rougher texture no definitely not [Laughter] what about carlo ancelotti how different was he he was he was very good man management superb tactically in the things that he brought to to us as a football team because at the time there was you know man united had improved liverpool you know everyone was getting better so tactically we was a lot better and i think you see how organized we was when we won the league under him and down the double we was a much better and more organized team under him but his man management skills were excellent and just a lovely guy everyone says that about him i'm not sure that people would say that i don't know i don't know jose people would say the same about him but when you have someone as a manager that you really like does that change the dynamic no not really because there's liking i think when you're getting results as well you can like or dislike the way that they're doing things or but when results are coming the weekend and you're churning out results you can't help but love what the manager is doing and the way he treats people as well it's not just mourinho had it so good he was you know you'd be at home you'd be out injured he'd sling you a text kind of need you back you know or this game's coming up rest go away for three or four days i need you back for this game you're important to it but he done it not only with me as captain but four or five of the more experienced players and then we manage that dressing room for him we have big characters at the time so he done his bit but made us feel like we was the powerhouse in that dressing room in terms of that dressing room we've heard this before about the the powerhouse of the chelsea dressing room and you being at the center of that and perhaps having a line of communication that goes above the manager was that the case no never been the case at chelsea um you know obviously you've got senior players that myself frank didier ivanovich peter czech that have been there a long time and you know would would speak to the club or the owner would speak about certain individuals players like stevie you want to sign stevie you know you guess what me no i'm not you man so you would go you would go and say you should be signing these players no we wouldn't go we would be asked the question what's he like as a character what's he like as a player to play and train with that kind of thing but when you kind of hear stories about players going to the ball and stuff i don't think that happens you know i think for the benefit of the football club you know that's why the owner's in charge he puts people in charge to make them decisions for him it's not down to the players do you think managers sometimes relied on you to control that dressing room environment i think because i was captain people kind of look at me as as being that one person i was very lucky that i had lamps dda peter check ash ivanovic some big character balak when he arrived as well we had such a good group that any younger player turning up late if i'm not in the dressing room video be on them if something else happened on the pitch two or three of us would be there nip it in the bud instantly and i think that that's where football's changed slightly these days where it's a little bit more relaxed i think people are a little bit scared to kind of say stuff to each other whereas back in the day you come in at half time and you'd you'd be squaring up to people and you know you'd be at it but as soon as that 90 minutes is finished that'll be the end of it now it's kind of it drags on for a few days and presumably you'd be the same at liverpool you and steve you'll be running that that dressing room for a lot of years yeah uh well it depends on how you may like run in the dressing room i mean you actually as you've mentioned there the big characters in that what does setting the standards i think so i think it's more of an example thing i don't think i mean i was very very demanding of my own players on the pitch in training every day i'm sure if you if you spoke to them or whatever they'd say i was a moan and he was this he was that i like to think they thought it was okay after he was definitely here i was uh i've never hid that fact i always say i always say this people say who do you keep in touch with now when you're finished come on no one really speak to stephen i want to go he's at the academy the old testament player not a major don't you mate to your teammates and you've got to remember what you're saying there about something fest for three or four days you're there to win you're there you're from a different country a different part of the england europe to south america these plays in my dressing room they're not my friends they're not i'm not gonna keep in touch when you leave we're here to win for liverpool today next week win trophies we get together in 20 years time we have a big celebration of what we've done fantastic and i'll see you again another 20 years you know that's what you're there for and i think as you said there now people are scared you don't have them captains them leaders who sort of demand from each other because i think a lot of times there's characters there it's difficult for managers isn't it as well also it's more a case of keeping people on site keeping people happy right and actually telling people straight now i think that may be a problem if i went into management i don't know if i'd be able to change would you be able to change if you went into management the way your captain decides speaking to players squirting someone would swear is that a problem going forward for you going into culture i think it'd be a problem for me yeah i think so i think that's a that's a boil over of us doing our yts cleaning boots cleaning showers i think the basics and the principles of you know a full-time professional friend is easy to tell him to wash your car them kind of things coming back and they've poured more mud over it so you have to go and wash it again it's them things that as a kid that i look back for them two years and go wow that's the best learning curve i've ever had in football and without that which i think that the kids miss out on today okay they're getting more more game time and more training time that kind of thing but i do think there's a balance of they miss out completely on that but you were captain at such a young age 21 in a dressing room full of stars from from right across the world were you always the leader not even in school teams growing up yeah pretty much um was captain of kind of school districts essex that kind of thing and what do you think i just think is the way i demanded for myself and other players and done it instinctively didn't do it i want to be this caption i don't think you can educate or teach someone to be a captain or be a leader you know i think the word leader is a little bit i don't know maybe not right but just setting the right examples and like i said the names i mentioned myself lamps didier ash peter czech you know ivanovic every single day there was a hundred percent nothing else was accepted of themselves so their standards are there when new players arrive at the club they have to follow and you know that just happens year after year after year as long as you've got a good call they're going to follow suit and if not they fall by the wayside let's settle this tonight gerard scholes or lampard i'm going to say lam tonight but i do think naturally scholes was unbelievable when he yeah england he done things that i've not seen many players do he was he was incredible but i would still say lamps having seen lamps listen you would probably say stevie having seen lamps train and what he could do was unbelievable i want to take another question on twitter at this point um well this this takes us to that i i'm guessing uh hopefully john one player that you were frightened of comrade you would know me he was so honestly i'm still terrified of him now but he was he was the best by far and he had everything his movement he was like the silent assassin he could score with his head go short go in behind right and left foot he was incredible but literally night before games he would be the one play in my career that i thought gonna be a tough day tomorrow and you'd wake up no one had that effect on me at all but him you're the same yeah you would you would be thinking about him in in a big game i mean the you played left center back you were okay he was on the other side the worst position to play against thierry only was right back not center back because he'd end up he'd always be running to that left channel they've actually called by me they've perez that i i think if you ask me what was the most difficult not just for me for anyone any player what you wouldn't want to go back to was being a right full back against that arsenal team of sort of 2002 to 2004 i mean the movement the pace that you just things would be happening that quickly you couldn't react to the face thing so you think i'll do that and it's already gone there and people are moving it was just i mean they were a great side and and probably i say underachieved because you know the one leagues the invincibles but that team should look back and think why did we not win a champions league they should have won a champions league in terms of how good that team was this one's really interesting and it brings us up to the present day whose elevation to the top level has surprised you most out of kevin de bruyne lukaku and salah who as our questioner says all struggle to make an impact at chelsea well like i said before they all showed glimpses of being very good to the heights of what they are today probably probably not so i'd have to i would have to say kevin de bruyne to be honest like i said he was he was a young boy didn't really get his chance at chelsea like i said you can't judge him on four or five games playing here and there and i say what he's doing today in the premier league if he consistently does this for the next four or five years he could be up there with the greats couldn't he yes i certainly think so i think we're looking at a premier league great i think we'll be saying at the end of his career i mean i was looking at that i mean his performance of the day was just out i mean i was looking i'm thinking who's he like i was actually thinking glenn otto you know what he can do off his left foot what he can do i was right but so they're glad with legs you can run and still make challenges i think we're looking at a premier league all-time great by the time he's finished really but you talk about those players not getting a chance is that a problem for chelsea is that something you're going to look back on think hang on how are we actually running this club should we be giving players a chance because we're talking about well certainly de bruyne and salad probably the two best players in the premier league this season you'd say right now lukaku you know a big centre forward scoring goals is that not a regret that the club sort of didn't give these people a chance not really because at the time they didn't make our team stronger you got you got you know let's not forget we were one of the best teams probably the premier league's ever seen in their early days when they arrived so they was coming into on the best sides which is even more difficult when they come in can they make a big enough impact to sustain and keep their place no it's very difficult to do and that's where i think you know even at chelsea look at christensen he's come in he's done great keeps his place david louise is now out you know and fighting for his place when you're a younger player like loftus-cheek coming in can you set the world of light in in a cup game or whatever game you've been given the last group game of the champions league when you've qualified whatever that may be i don't think that's enough for these boys to go that's enough enough game time to show that i'm a chelsea player and i think unfortunately either has to go away to a crystal palace for me he's good enough to come back at chelsea but sometimes you need to go away i done it when i was younger i went away and got a bit of game time grew up a little bit a bit more experience and come back a better player and unfortunately you have to do that at the top clubs

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Published: Tue Dec 19 2017