Magic Lamps

That would probably mean Bosingwa collecting SWPs shot apparently aimed at the linesman and scoring with his trademark kinky crosses

typical QPRcunts, swearing like a reed sparrow but taking photos and looking for autographs at the same time. jealous basterds.

A funn/sad thing just come to my mind. Last season RVP got topscorer with 30 goals, 3 more than rooney. He also won the player of the year award. Arsenal won - surprise surprise - zero trophies that season, ManUtd did finish emptyhanded, too. In 2010 Drogba scored 29 goals also 3 more than Rooney. Utd did not win anything, Rooney got player of the year nonetheless, whilst we won the double. Now tell me there are no double standards

There is actually much hate and bashing against Lampard. These haters or rather trolls and their"too old" too slow" simply disqualify themselves with their stubborn, repetitive, unsophisticated and in the end useless wirtten garbage. The double pivot has nothing to do with the debate of Lamps aptitude. Lamps would play for us in any role he is wished to play in, not for his personal glory but to serve the club. Lamps is one of the greatest midfielders ever, he has not lost that over the summer, not even this time. Of course he is aging and no 20 yo runner anymore of course he has to work hard, of course he has to raise his game for the big occasion, but I ask you has Lampard given you any reason to believe he can not do so?

Not to score against Saudi Arabia is even a bit harder than scoring against Saudi Arabia. Wonder how Torres achieved that. It probably means he is back to his best

of course he is better in a more advanced role, but everyone keeps one stating he is incapabale of the pivot whilst there is no blatant example of his execution of the DM role being any detrimental. In general lamps is accused of leaving the back exposed as a result of him going forward too often without tracking back. In fact most of the goals scored against us were because the wings were exposed. The fullbacks, sometimes at the same time push forward which leaves the wings exposed. That's also what de Atletico coach figuered out and hit us there. http://www.chelseadaft.org/2012/09/tactical-view-how-chelsea-left.html

Milners goal, his first one since 11 months, no indication of class. he remains a very average winger

funny to see how lampard does not give damn about this game anymore. he play his usual inch-perfect passes to leighton baines and lets carrick make the play.. and the mistake. He does not even bother himself with taking freekicks, not to impede his completion rate? Still he's englands best midfielder as he is the only one who can read which simple pass to which time brings the most space for his team.

Milner is such an average player. no idea why england does not utilize one of its technically better and faster wingers against a team as moldove at least.

Marin will be available but I would not expect him from the start. Fitness has never been one of his strength, so after ust having recovered from an injury he usually is not fresh enough to play more than one half. That is one reason why his rise to the top has been hampered all the time. His problem has always been that he uses not to put on the necessary muscle mass. On the one hand that is one reason why he is probably one of the most agile and bustling players in the world on the other hand the risk of muscle injuries is considerably higher when u are as lean as him. Nonetheless I would love to see him feature asap. In Germany his move was ridiculed as an confusion with Reus. No one could retrace why we signed an Werder Bremen outcast, in the media's eyes he had no right to be here. As a result, Marko will be sharper than anyone and raring to go. He surely has the ability to take the league by storm.

I use to see some youth&reserve games on CTV and Patrick Bamford looks every inch a classy striker

Malouda has the problem, he has always relied on his explosive strength, but with his pace fading he has litte to nothing to offer except for his shot and his experience. Those would still make him useful as an impact sub IMO. And if i have counted right, we still have one non-hg place in the squad. btw. malouda is able to play in CM... Anyway a relegation of a player is bound to affect the players, esp those who are friends with flomo negatively.

Lampard scoring 6 goals in one game as first ever player in the EPL including a last minute overhead strike from 40 yards, handing us the title in a thrilling 6-5 encounter, winning him the golden boot which he has thoroughly deserved...well no one said dreams have to be realistic^^

For once, a youth graduate of ours has made it into our first team squad. Considering he only made his break-through with 23 it has to be stated u simply have to give your prospects time, have patience with them and they have to have patience with themselves. Our loan-as-much-as-necessary policy did it this time, but at some point u have to trust your players. So sad we lost Borini and Stoch

Well... that was a bit awkward but kudos Drogba once again, another nice title to have.

btw. Giorgios Karagounis, Jason Culina, Dudu, Royston Drenthe, Juan Roman Riquelme, Owen Hargreaves, Thomas The Hammer Hitzelsperger, Tim Borowski, Mehmet Aurelio, nIgel Reo-cocker and Owen Hargreaves are all free. There is experience and well "quality" in abundance in the free agent market these times. Would be fun to have some Riquelme magic, hammers or Dudu tackles in the Capital One Cup

think so Imagine what a fairytale it would be for him to return and win the title that has evaded him for all his career

Yo with Raul Moreorless more than less off to Istanbul, it could get a bit holey in midfield, considering Lamps age, Mikel going to Africa in winter, Romeu not known for his consistency. Michael Ballack is probably closest to a deep-lying midfielder we can get and has played some good games for Leverkusen last season.His break with them was rather due to their coach having lost it rather than Ballack's inability. Never really liked him here until he settled into his deeper role. He is a fairly nice guy so why not invite him to a trial and see how fit he is? I only worry about his mobility as he is a pretty big guy, too, but even though our youth policy we could use a bit of his experience and heading abilites esp. IMO he left us too early.

So this guy decided to carry his career to grave, his decision

sounds rather offensive and even asymetric... why not ramy-lamps ---Mikel-- ?? A midfield of ---Mikel/romeu rami---Mata/Oscar simply would get overrun due to its physical weakness

yeah i hope so, but I just don't get why Meireles departure means a 4-3-3?

Romeu offers something, no one else in our squad does. As a graduate of La Masia he's comfortable in narrow spaces and takes his decisions right away. hence he is able to accelerate play. Additionally he has this bloodhound attitude adn chases opponents when play goes backwords, he is glad to slide tackle and has this aggressiveness we miss with Mikel. He might not be a brillant player yet but he complements Mikel better than Lamps does.

is it official? Whilst I consider the romoured fee of 8m € as far too low, considering he cost 13,5m € and is still of decent age, it would simply be a trademark blunder by our board to reduce our midfield to 5 men for at least half a season. To add Oscar is an unparalleled weakling, i doubt he would be a reliable no6 or 8. @Leif: I feel so, too. But why did we shed out Essien in the first place, when we knew Meireles would go?

I cannot imagine any combination of our CMs that would make a decent double pivot. Maybe Romeu + Mikel come closest, as they both are defensive midfielders at least. We have to revert to 4-3-3 with a mikel-rami-lamps midfield FFS

And still he was good enough to win us the CL...AND SO IS LAMPARD