Frank Lampard

[Phil Driver 503]

How to anchor and boss a midfield ,not just sitting back and plugging imaginary gaps of your own making aka Obi Mikel.

Frank and Rammy our first choice midfield pair,confirmed . Class and legs and bite a great combi that compliment and take the game to the opposition and support our three properly ,backing the play up in tandem as well as recovering their position when we need to defend ,without one just sitting and holding hands with JT & co .

[Phil Driver 503]

Get in there

[The_Flash 1,144]

Wonderful goal

SUPER SUPER FRANK!!!!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Excellent finish for the goal. He needed that as his shooting has been a bit off lately.

This is exactly the kind of games that Frank should be playing. The games where he can have the freedom to make as many forward runs as he wants and get a lot of space to find passes in midfield.

[Phil Driver 503]

and Spurs away

[The_Flash 1,144]

Anyone watch his interview withy Neil on Chelsea tv before the game. I felt bad for him he had a big bit of grass stuck to his forehead, Neil could have told him

[Phil Driver 503]

He bossed the game last night with Rammy ,this midfield combination is perfect and left the lauded Spurs midfield fighting for breath.

Class and energy ,this is Jose's first choice now,performances have earned that .

[English Freak 456]

Non-existent against Norwich.

He shouldn't be starting every game at his age...

[Phil Driver 503]

You must be p1ssed or a mug,he ran the game ,two passes for Ba in the first ten minutes could have put us 2 up.

What a load of bullshit .

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

He probably should not have started. Did not look fit. But some nice long balls and he was decent in the build up. A few inaccurate passes. This game was not his best, but there were worse players on the pitch.

[Phil Driver 503]

He could have of course played a 95% slow sideways pass game . But is that really what we need? I Jose obviously doesnt hink so ,him and Rammy bossed it again and with better play from our front 4 we win this easily ,they were wasteful Frank set up Ba four or five times with great first time vision.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

This game showed what I mean by Lampard being deployed in a position that is alien to him.

In the first 15 minutes he was in his element, we had a glimpse of a Lampard of old, spraying marvellous long balls left and right, with time on the ball and no defensive duties as we were pinning Norwich back and playing direct football with a strong, tall and up-for-it Ba leading the line.

After that, especially in the second half we got the Lampard of today, the Lampard that's resorting time and time again to attempting to hold, grab and tug players' shirts as they still go past him with ease, whilst leaving inviting gaps in a crucial area in front of our back 4.

We look very fragile at the back, but not because of the back four itself, but the two players who are deployed in front of it, Ramires is world-class at what he does, and that mitigates the problem a little but it's still obvious to see we need a lot better to parter him.