Frank Lampard

[nhaiduy 1]

Personally I think the England match highlights exactly what everybody (certainly me) have been saying...

Lampard can play against the weaker teams and still look World Class (no small feat at his age)

Where he will suffer is when he has to deliver for a full 90 mins.

Look at Scholes + Giggs for united, that's how we need to use Frank.

Giggs now has the same pace as normal players - before he would have given Wallcott a run for his money - with age you lose pace. Frank just doesn't have the abilit to go box to box or chase down fast attacking midfielders for 90 mins.

Nobody s saying he is a bad player, the guy is class - we just sve to use him selectively for maximum impact.

No haters - just footballing sense, especially after seeing how well Utd have managed this transition - if tey had a quality striker tey would have won the league last year and Scholes+Giggs were a massive part of this...

Lampard's still gonna play at the highest level for another 3-4 years, just like giggs @ MU. Lampard still got great vision @ although he doesn't make those runs in the box anymore, he's still great at distributing passes, connecting defence and attack. Could probably still make WC in Brazil while the likes of Gerrard will sit at home. Gerrard's game is more heavily reliant on his fitness, just watched the last game they lost to Arsenal, when he couldn't run --> passing was sheit, 1st one led to a goal.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

His distribution has been pretty poor so far this season. Lost the ball a few too many times and in important moments. Needs to work on it.

[Muzchap 8,966]

His distribution has been pretty poor so far this season. Lost the ball a few too many times and in important moments. Needs to work on it.

Agree - I think mobility was one of his biggest strengths...

Losing that must be tough and he's not acclimatising too well IMHO when put under severe pressure.

He is still a great player, just needs to adapt his game - which is why I think we should play him against weaker opposition - where he won be tested 100% of the time for a full 90 mins...

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Depends of what you mean by "distribution". Is that Mikel's 1st distribution from quite deep or Lampard's? Lampard isn't distributing, he's trying to make the link we lack between midfield and the front 3 (what Mata, Hazard should do). A pass is a passer and a receiver, most of the time the 3 line is static so there's an easy explanation for why Lampard misses some of his passes.

No. His passing has been below par in general. Needs to work on it otherwise he won't be able to hold onto a starting place for much longer.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

The delusions...It's suffocating...

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

In fact it appears that you say what you see rather than searching for a rational explanation.

I don't like you're style of unecessarily long winded and (IMO) repetitive posting style, so I'd rather not emulate it.

[Jase 43,479]

I was not particularly referring to the game, I was talking in general. Just my hope, as at the club level he has been quite poor lately.

Lampard may be nowhere near his best yet but it's only like 4-5 games into the season. Don't see any reason to go anywhere near being panic just yet.

[Jase 43,479]

Judging by some of the comments here, you would have thought we have lost all our first 3 league games and Lampard was the main culprit for each of them...

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Wow!So some of us here are delusional just because we always back our players and support them even in the worst of times.

[RamiCFC9 258]

Look at this perspective, imagine our current team with Modric (an actual world class CM) instead of Lampard.

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[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Look at this perspective, imagine our current team with Modric (an actual world class CM) instead of Lampard.

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Haters gonna hate.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

Look at this perspective, imagine our current team with Modric (an actual world class CM) instead of Lampard.

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Why do we need Modric when we have Oscar?

[dumps 284]

Personally I think the England match highlights exactly what everybody (certainly me) have been saying...

Lampard can play against the weaker teams and still look World Class (no small feat at his age)

Where he will suffer is when he has to deliver for a full 90 mins.

Look at Scholes + Giggs for united, that's how we need to use Frank.

Giggs now has the same pace as normal players - before he would have given Wallcott a run for his money - with age you lose pace. Frank just doesn't have the abilit to go box to box or chase down fast attacking midfielders for 90 mins.

Nobody s saying he is a bad player, the guy is class - we just sve to use him selectively for maximum impact.

No haters - just footballing sense, especially after seeing how well Utd have managed this transition - if tey had a quality striker tey would have won the league last year and Scholes+Giggs were a massive part of this...

This.

Lamps is world class. his fitness is on the decline and that effects everything from effort to technique. he is still a great presence and a game changer, but his time on the pitch may and should be slowly reduced.

[Milan 17,955]

8 - All eight penalties England have scored (excl. shootouts) since September 2003 (Beckham) have been taken by Frank Lampard. Expert.

[Wilson 358]

Lampard was class against Moldova. A few delusional muppets in here disagree because his pass ratio isn't 100%. Get a fucking grip. I can agree he is slower than he used to be but that's natural. Happens to everyone as they get older, obviously!