Milan 17,959 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I think this picture is really fitting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rambo 1,729 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 What happened to him not being a legend after the AVB dispute? Lampard can still be an effective squad player and imo the best pure finisher on this team. 203 not out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 This.No matter what some people on here say. Lamps is still good enough and the fact that he actually has arranged himself with a bit-part role as under Benitez, playing about every 2nd game + Mourinho returning roobs them of any valid basis of arguments. Mou will love to work with Lamps again. With him and some decent signings we will be challenging on all fronts again and Lamps can be an important part of that team. Mou also likes to play a 4-3-3 with Lamps's favourite position in it. This season we have bitten ourselves for letting kalou go and having to play guys like Marin and Benayoun. Next season if we really let Lampard go we will have to play average players like Essien in his position. If we're going to play 433 then he still has a place in the team, but I think you're then losing a lot of what Mata brings to the team if you shift him out wide.Thinking back on his performance yesterday, he was 10/10 in Villa's penalty box. He's amazing there, the best midfield goalscorer of his generation and one of the best of all time.My criticism of him was that everything outside their box wasn't particularly good. I said in the matchday thread that if he didn't start giving Rami some help then he was going to get sent off. He was 30 yards behind Benteke for the goal, but that's also an issue with the tactics Rafa employed and was evident in the Spurs game too. Up until Benteke got red-carded and Villa lost their shape, we were losing the midfield battle and that's not the first time it's happened with Lamps in the team. It happened at Newcastle (where he scored a great goal, but we still lost) and it happened at Southampton too.I think people need to make a distinction that is hard to make - there's Lampard the gentleman, the legend, the ambassador and one of the best players we've ever had the fortune to watch....but there's also this 34 year old midfielder whose game doesn't seem to mesh with what we're trying to do going forward.One is a no-brainer to offer a contract to...the other isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuf 1,448 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if there's somebody who wishes for him to leave here's a little instruction for you:1. hit your head against a wall2. think how many times we've reminisced about strong bench with the likes of Essien, Ballack, Belletti. all old but capable of changing the game and great addition to the squad. don't make an arsenal out of us. BowtiesAreCool 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuf 1,448 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 when you look at the list of the goals he's scored you wish you could say "OH WHAT A GREAT SEASON HE HAD BACK IN THE XXXXX" but it's just not the case with Supa Frank. Mr. Consistent scores when he wants. even this season, being mainly a substitute he managed to score 15 (and not out). carries the team when we need him. true legend and hero. i remember having a go at him because of the AVB saga, but how much he proved me wrong. sorry Frankie, I've doubted you. You're the greatest.FRANKIE LAMPARDFRANKIE LAMPARD FRANKIE LAMPARDFRANKIE LAMPARDSCORED 200TH AGAINST THE PIKEYS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuf 1,448 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 'I am so proud to have held the leading goalscoring record with Chelsea for the past 45 years and I know like all records, it is there to be broken. But to be honest, if I wanted anyone to break it, it would be Frank Lampard.''I have been privileged to meet him on numerous occasions and he has always been a true gent and an absolute gem to both myself and my wife Val.'He is a thorough professional both on and off the pitch and has brought such success to Chelsea, he is a very worthy member of the exclusive 200 Club! Wishing him and all the team the very best for the remainder of the season.'Bobby TamblingLegendary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Gary Lineker @GaryLinekerCannot for the life of me see Frank Lampard any place other than Chelsea next season. Mourinho will not let him slip away. Hutcho and BowtiesAreCool 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiclasCFC 2,582 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I agree with Lineker. I think Jose will want to keep him around. Hutcho and BowtiesAreCool 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 if there's somebody who wishes for him to leave here's a little instruction for you:1. hit your head against a wall2. think how many times we've reminisced about strong bench with the likes of Essien, Ballack, Belletti. all old but capable of changing the game and great addition to the squad. don't make an arsenal out of us.That isn't what Arsenal did. They underinvested. Rather than telling people to hit their heads against walls, why don't you actually go back and look at what Arsenal did - we couldn't be more different from them if we tried. Peace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRiver 1,512 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 No. It's the free kick that flew in without anyone touching it. I don't remember who it was against though, but it defo wasn't Spurs @ Wembley.I remember that goal quite well, it was against Wigan in 2006/07. This is the only vid I could find, it's at 08:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hutcho 8,443 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 I think Jose should be coming back hopefully... And he knows how good he is, and his usefulness to this team so it is one of the first things he would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 kellzfresh, BowtiesAreCool and Stats 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Chelsea's Frank Lampard says he can carrying on at the top for four more yearshttp://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/8707968/Chelsea-s-Frank-Lampard-says-he-can-carrying-on-at-the-top-for-four-more-years Hutcho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo 28 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Jose dropped carvalho, Pepe and Fabio....If you really think he's going to start lampard in the pivot, keep dreaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Jose dropped carvalho, Pepe and Fabio....If you really think he's going to start lampard in the pivot, keep dreaming.Not start him but have him in the squad playing whenever needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo 28 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Not start him but have him in the squad playing whenever needed.lampard an am, ss and def. Not a cm.also, I thought the whole thing with him was starting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 lampard an am, ss and def. Not a cm.also, I thought the whole thing with him was starting.Obviously not. If he didn't know before, then this season has shown him he won't be a regular anymore but will still get his fair share of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo 28 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Think it's time to give that position and games for someone else.Obviously not. If he didn't know before, then this season has shown him he won't be a regular anymore but will still get his fair share of games.II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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