What Lampard's England exclusion does for Chelsea...

[zolayes 14,489]

I thought that was a basketball team , looks like that I'm wrong XD

Bulls are Basketball

[Badboy 1,526]

I think his Chelsea career is rapidly coming to an end too.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I hope he decides to retire internationally. He'll get less injuries and have more time to focus on winning Chelsea the League.

[Tomo 21,733]

I genuinanly would be happy if no Chelsea player plays for that farce again.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Walcott backs Lampard

Good to see the kid's not as dim as he looks.

[Term-X 7,891]

Cappello has done us a favour by dropping him from the first eleven. It breaks the 'un-droppable' illusion for AVB, and in turn may invigorate Lampard's Chelsea career.

[warnie_666 1,081]

Cappello has done us a favour by dropping him from the first eleven. It breaks the 'un-droppable' illusion for AVB, and in turn may invigorate Lampard's Chelsea career.

Giggs was written off between 2003 and 2006.

Dropping Lampard can only make him want to improve and prove a point. Euro 2012 is next year and I'm sure he wants to play and he will improve and want to prove a poor to his detractors.

[xjdd 11]

Cappello has done us a favour by dropping him from the first eleven. It breaks the 'un-droppable' illusion for AVB, and in turn may invigorate Lampard's Chelsea career.

I'm kind of agree ..

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Cappello has done us a favour by dropping him from the first eleven. It breaks the 'un-droppable' illusion for AVB, and in turn may invigorate Lampard's Chelsea career.

Agreed. Add in competition from Meireles, who AVB evidently rates highly, and Lampard will have to up his game - much like he did when Ballack arrived.

[Kez 2,727]

He needs to focus on regaining his Chelsea form first, that's more important than his international career, playing for England in front of fans that don't even appreciate him & are so deluded they think Stevie G is better. A break or retirement from international football would be welcomed by the majority of England fans, although would be great to see him get 100 caps for his country.

[Henrique 9,133]

Next step is selling him to Los Angeles Galaxy next season. Dream team: Beckham + Lampard.

[Tortilla9 390]

Next step is selling him to Los Angeles Galaxy next season. Dream team: Beckham + Lampard.

Beckham is slow as dirt. He usually has one or two speedy runs in him in a match. One thing that has not changed at all though is his ability to deliver a great ball whether its a set piece, switching the field, or a 30 yard pass up field. That is first class.

[Blue Armour 4,289]

Good to see Lamps at least keeping his chin up:

Source

Quote: ""I've heard what's been said but I'm at the age now when it is much easier to take.

"When I was 25-26 I had a World Cup that didn't go well. I wasn't told I was old then — I was just told I was c**p!"

[manco 38]

I think the player that should have been excluded from his national team would be Essien, so many injuries...

As for Lamps - if it wasn't for that disallowed goal , who knows...

[zolayes 14,489]

To be blunt Frank has played crap in a crap England side. My worry is his form for us. Since last year's injury he has been a mere shadow

of the Frank we relied on...I worry that his old form won't return. Still a legend to me though.

[xjdd 11]

To be blunt Frank has played crap in a crap England side. My worry is his form for us. Since last year's injury he has been a mere shadow

of the Frank we relied on...I worry that his old form won't return. Still a legend to me though.

His form will come back, but not too often. It's time to admit that he's getting older ,a 33-years-old player who can no longer be tireless .

Though he eager to play every game, his body cannot , it takes more than 3 days for him to recover from a 90-minute match .

so I would rather let him play about 15-20 league games , and some cup games. Fully recovered Frank must be better than a tired one

If properly protected he will be able to play to 36years old I think .

[zolayes 14,489]

His form will come back, but not too often. It's time to admit that he's getting older ,a 33-years-old player who can no longer be tireless .

Though he eager to play every game, his body cannot , it takes more than 3 days for him to recover from a 90-minute match .

so I would rather let him play about 15-20 league games , and some cup games. Fully recovered Frank must be better than a tired one

If properly protected he will be able to play to 36years old I think .

great post ,,,but will Frank accept a smaller role

[Fulham Broadway 16,857]

Hes got a bit trimmer since Gourlay removed the Balti pies from the Bridge