Respect for Super Frank

[Henri 115]

Agree. The day you piss on your legends, you piss on yourself!. Remember what he said

a month ago - Something like he will not hang around, he knows when its time to stop.

[Blue Armour 4,289]

A legend is a legend.

If you disrespect one, then what's to stop you from disrespecting other legends?

He's legend in a different sense...

He certainly wasn't the one running across the pitch scoring those goals you mentioned

[MetsajCFC 1,255]

Figures speak for themselves: Last 3 rows show: apps; goals;assists respectively

I'm sure none of us disrespect Lampard but he is 33 years old and this is Chelsea FC not Lampard FC, age does it's job and there's nothing embarrasing or bad being dropped to bench sometimes. Just see Giggs or Scholes, their value in fans' eyes didn't drop, if anything Giggs cemented his status last season.

[ChelseaChick 430]

Lampard is a Chelsea legend but I think its time he realised that hes slowing the game down a bit and should take a back seat, even play half a game, I mean the manager should surely see this! I would never disrespect him and call him all the names under the sun like I've seen some people do. I'm a little bit in love with him tbh

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

. I'm a little bit in love with him tbh

me too

[BlueLion. 21,491]

My favourite Chelsea player of all-time is Frank Lampard.

His importance to this club cannot be described in an infinite quantity of superlatives. He embodies everything great about this club and he is one of the finest English midfield players of all-time, and at his peak he was possibly the best attacking midfielder of his generation - and this is something only Chelsea fans and level-headed rival fans can acknowledge. The great thing about Lampard is that he isn't just goals - he is also an understated creative player, his assists record suggests that, and his range of passing is also outstanding. He may have lost the ability now, but he was also once a brilliant set-piece specialist, and his variation on corners and free-kicks has been a very potent weapon for us over the course of the last decade.

I think because he is such a club legend who has been so ridiculously consistent for us, it's hard for us to accept and realise his best days are behind him now. He isn't as fast as he used to be - he's never been blessed with pace but he once had quick feet and he was able to use his strength to shield the ball. Neither is he the same potent goalscorer, but in fairness, thirteen goals last season is still an impressive haul considering his lack of fitness. It is time that we move on from Lampard-Terry-Drogba-FC and let other players come to the fore - now is the time for Sturridge, McEachran and company to shine. But we have to be gentle with our legend, our Frank. A squad role will suit him perfectly over the next couple of seasons.

But remember this - when you go to slag him off, remember what he's done for this club, and what he will do. This man could quite possibly become our highest-scoring player of all-time; he has 171 goals to his name and needs 31 to level with Bobby Tambling. All you can say is - WOW. What a man, what a player, what a legend.