Steven Gerrard is currently the best player in the world

Statistically, Steven Gerrard is on pace for a career year. In the 2005/06 season, his best by numbers on record, he scored 23 goals in all competitions and assisted on 11 more, finishing the year with one of the greatest performances in FA Cup final history. At first, this season was not looking too bright, but his recent run of form has been nothing less than astounding.

During the last nine matches, while leading our side to a 6-1-2 record, and out of our Champions League Group cellar, Gerrard has scored 8 goals and assisted on 6 others, which accounts for 56% of our goals during that period. We only scored 25 goals in those 9 matches by the way, or 2.78 per a match including a scoreless draw at Ewood. He was also responsible for creating 21 more chances for his teammates as well and was deadly efficient at putting the ball past the opposing keeper, averaging a goal every 4.25 attempts and rattling the net on 40% of his shots-on-goal.

He gets even more impressive if you just consider our current five match win streak, where we have annihilated opponents by an overall goal difference of +20. Stevie-G has scored a goal in all five contests, added five assists, and just for good measure, has created 15 more chances for his teammates. He has averaged a goal every third attempt and placed 55.6% of his shots-on in the opponent's net. What's most impressive to me is that he's completed 235 of 286 passes during that span for an 82.2% completion rate and averaged a little more than three tackles a match. That's what you call a complete midfielder.

Our opponents, in order, for the last nine fixtures were Beşiktaş(A), Arsenal(H), Cardiff(H), Blackburn(A), Beşiktaş(H), Fulham(H), Newcastle(A), Porto(H), and Bolton(H). I know, a bunch of pushovers. Beşiktaş only has a chance to advance to the Champions League knockout stage with a win next week, Arsenal is totally feeble, and we played our top-side against the Cardiff geriatrics, but barely beat them, thanks to our world class winger, Nabil El Zhar (No offense Nabil, you're on your way, lad). Then we have that rubbish side Blackburn, I mean, where do they sit on the Premiership table? Beşiktaş, again?! Okay, so Newcastle and Fulham aren't exactly top quality at the moment, but Porto was undefeated in all competitions coming in and got walloped. Finally, Bolton were coming off their victory over shit-side Man U and had only drawn at that rubbish heap, Bayern Munich, a month earlier. Might as well have been playing Championship sides.

I know he has little to no chance being English and all, but if Gerrard continues his current form until the end of the season and garners a little silverware on the way, I don't see how he can't be considered the top candidate for World Footballer of the Year come next December. Nobody, not even Messi, is playing at his level right now. Ultimately though, I don't think he really cares about individual awards. He knows that if he can bring the Premiership trophy to Anfield, he'll bring far more joy to the Liverpool masses and further cement himself in the annals of legend.