didierforever 7,349 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 surpassed my expectations today. was pretty decent. tackled really hard to compensate for his pace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Very, very good in the first half, excellent actually. But in the second when City started to get the upper hand, he completely vanished. The Mikel sub was vital for us regaining our balance and not losing the game. Credit to Jose for (again) making the right subs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Armour 4,442 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Very, very good in the first half, excellent actually. But in the second when City started to get the upper hand, he completely vanished. The Mikel sub was vital for us regaining our balance and not losing the game. Credit to Jose for (again) making the right subs. True, and let's not forget...both players (including Ramires) were on yellow cards. Jose said that influenced his decision regarding which player to bring on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Loved Franks and the rest I the people on bench reaction, Davds hair bouncing in the air, was funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Did very well with Rammy once again they are formidable in a game where Hazard and.Oscar were well below par it was as well that Frank and Rammy gave us the stability we needed. Ya Ya did not run things this time as he alwayd does when matched with Mikel.This guy here is a different one. Most of english supporters are overcritical when the subject are english players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Frank is so amazing, he is a wonderful player and also a true gent, intelligent, a real player to be proud of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Lampard has been poor for most part of the season. Mourinho is doing a HUGE mistake in this subject. Game after game its clear he is the weak point of the team. Last season Lampard was playing few games, most of the games as a sub. When he played, he still had the aggressive instincts, thats why me managed to score a lot of goals and was our PL top scorer.Now he is playing game after game. He is playing more games than Hazard or Oscar, and the man is 35 years old. Mourinho's love for him is getting embarrassing. He shouldn't be playing so many games. CHOULO19 and OneMoSalah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Frank HAS NOT BEEN POOR, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING? That's rubbish, Mourinho is playing him because he is a wonderful player, a real asset, we play with like two captains as him and John are such leadersI totally disagree kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korea 734 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I think Mourinho is playing Lampard this much as a departing gift, cause when january/ summer comes along, we will get a new cm..... (To partner with rambo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I don't think so, I think he will get another year me I would be delighted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_juan 64 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I think Mourinho is playing Lampard this much as a departing gift, cause when january/ summer comes along, we will get a new cm..... (To partner with rambo)NO. Mourinho is playing him so much because the other option is Mikel. Phil Driver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I thought he was excellent in the first half. He never shy away from tackles and was aggressive as i want my CM to be. (that's one of the reasons yaya was shut out)But he had a yellow card, so in the second half he couldnt risk tackling when we were getting dominated for a while so he was sacrificed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Driver 503 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 People who do not understand football and there are many think if Lampard is not scoring goals he is not playing well,he will not be scoring as many goals from his new position particularly against the likes of City ,what he will do is match up to people like Toure his passing and tackling was brilliant yesterday and he got a yellow card as did Rammy this is because they did not let City waltz past them as we usually do,Rammy and Frank were top class yesterday . Ramires has been excellent since he was paired with Frank after the Fulham game where he was awful and the first half at Spurs ,since they were paired we have won every game and the Lampard /Ramires engine has been key to this success. I expect the club to announce that JT and Lampard have signed to stay at the club for at least another season very soon,now we have Jose in charge of team selection and rightly so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 People who do not understand football and there are many think if Lampard is not scoring goals he is not playing well,he will not be scoring as many goals from his new position particularly against the likes of City ,what he will do is match up to people like Toure his passing and tackling was brilliant yesterday and he got a yellow card as did Rammy this is because they did not let City waltz past them as we usually do,Rammy and Frank were top class yesterday . Ramires has been excellent since he was paired with Frank after the Fulham game where he was awful and the first half at Spurs ,since they were paired we have won every game and the Lampard /Ramires engine has been key to this success. I expect the club to announce that JT and Lampard have signed to stay at the club for at least another season very soon,now we have Jose in charge of team selection and rightly so. Rami has been excellent for Chelsea since 2011-12 season under AVB. Its not about him playing next to Lampard or anything, he's just gotten better and more consistent as a player.Anyway when City started to press us more in the second half Lampard was invisible at times, Fernandinho was getting too much space and time to pick his passes despite the efforts of Oscar to try and stop him and that allowed Silva, Nasri and Toure to get more involved. Lampard was alright in the first half but in the second half he was quite poor. When Mikel came on we had that platform that we needed, he was just doing what he does best and it allowed us to regain control of the match. Still surprised Lampard started against City, he won't start against Arsenal for sure but I have no idea who will to be honest. JT will get a new contract but I don't think Lampard will because I think he will retire. If he is our starting CM at 36 then somebody at Chelsea needs a head check. Jose said he was going to handle him like Makalele in his last year, playing him in the bigger games but hes been overused already and I'm surprised he's not picked up any niggling injuries yet due to playing near enough 90 minutes every game. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Driver 503 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 You are right he wil not start v Arsenal nor will Rammy our back up players will play,but you are totally wrong about Lampard retiring and that will be shown to you very soon Jose will be offering a new deal ,remember how he judges players on performance not age and Zannetti won the champions League with Jose at 37 . City had more of the play because they flooded midfield and that left Rammy and Frank outnumbered,but it did allow our three to attack City and create . Frank and Rammy matching up against their midfield allowed us to create chances although they were ounumbered. Mikel will start v Arsenal if you have no idea and it will be a very big game for him that we are expected to win and carry on our good form. Lets see if he is up to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Jose said he was going to handle him like Makalele in his last year, playing him in the bigger games but hes been overused already and I'm surprised he's not picked up any niggling injuries yet due to playing near enough 90 minutes every game. Lampard is one of the most fit players ever to play football. He rarely gets injured, thats another attribute he has that is underestimated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoSalah 8,886 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Lampard is one of the most fit players ever to play football. He rarely gets injured, thats another attribute he has that is underestimated.Yes but looking at how his seasons probably gonna be going, playing say 10 plus consecutive games at 35 years old with little rest means you can pick up little injuries. Doesn't matter how fit you are, if you don't have a sufficient amount of rest then you will pick up niggling injuries. Older players are more fragile, Jose will have to eventually rest him just to make sure. He'll rest him on Tuesday which is good. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only place to be 11,313 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Anyway when City started to press us more in the second half Lampard was invisible at times, Fernandinho was getting too much space and time to pick his passes despite the efforts of Oscar to try and stop him and that allowed Silva, Nasri and Toure to get more involved. Despite all that time to pick out his passes, Fernandinho was limited to 77% passing accuracy.Frank, despite some of the comments on here, matched Rami for passing accuracy, had a team-high number of interceptions and effectively cleared the ball 4 times (to Ramires's 1) despite playing little more than an hour.It was certainly a dip in his stats compared to the last four matches but in tight games that can happen. kellzfresh and didierforever 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 does every player get the stick on here who plays in the DM role. mikel, then rambo, then luiz and now frank. we ll be satisfied only with DDR or ALONSO. thank god i was not here when ballack was here, i would have literally killed people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelseasMessiah 304 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Despite all that time to pick out his passes, Fernandinho was limited to 77% passing accuracy.Frank, despite some of the comments on here, matched Rami for passing accuracy, had a team-high number of interceptions and effectively cleared the ball 4 times (to Ramires's 1) despite playing little more than an hour.It was certainly a dip in his stats compared to the last four matches but in tight games that can happen.Fenandinho's passing stats are not really relevant as he was the one player in charge of playing through balls, long diagonal passes, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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