Closed Everton v Chelsea

[LDN Blue 7,903]

If indeed Eto'o and Hazard are out, it's not really the end of the world.. I mean we've still got a strong line-up

Cech

Ivanovic - Terry - Luiz - Cole

Ramires - Lampard

Schurrle - Oscar - Willian/Mata

Ba/Torres

I mean it's not like we're short of attacking midfield players now, are we?

[zolayes 14,489]

Howard Webb has been appointed referee for Everton vs Chelsea

I wonder if he is looking for a new team to support now Fergie has retired?

[OneMoSalah 8,614]

And even Ballack only was a very poor man's Lampard his entire career. So nothing to worry about.

No. He was totally different from Lampard. Most complete midfield player of the last 10 years in my opinion.

[LayZ 201]

Both, Ballack and Lampard are attacking midfielders, but cos Lamps was a good deal better than Micha, he was the one to sacrifice his offensive abilites for Lamps. Lamps goalscoring record and individual accolades cabinet outweighs Ballacks by far btw. So, yes, inferior.

Good god...I lovr Super Frank too buddy...but I don't think he would quite have cut it in that Leverkusen team..

[The Skipper 20,593]

And even Ballack only was a very poor man's Lampard his entire career. So nothing to worry about.

Frank must be the best footballer to ever grace the planet by quite a distance too if Ballack was a "very poor man's Lampard".

[Magic Lamps 11,450]

What planet do you live on that Ballack was inferior to any midfield player of the last 10 years bar maybe Zidane ? A prime Micheal Ballack was the ultimate midfield engine the type that took a poor German side to the 2002 world cup final !

We had Klose, Neuville, Frings, Baumann, Bierhoff, Kahn and many more good players. Not a vintage side but still much better than the South Korea, USA, paraguay, Saudi-Arabia etc. We faced only shit teams which we would have easily beaten even without ballack. I watched Micha's entire career. and I watched Lampards entire career so far. For me Lamps has been the better player throughout.

[Jase 43,479]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjfw-ve_n5s

[Blue Warrior 109]

Frank to lead England and Chelsea to victory this week, reminding us all of his qualities. Frank is a natural born winner and that's why he will be superior to Ballack, who failed on the big occasion.

[Beirut_Blues 306]

Frank to lead England and Chelsea to victory this week, reminding us all of his qualities. Frank is a natural born winner and that's why he will be superior to Ballack, who failed on the big occasion.

Ballack failed cuz his number was 13.

[Milan 17,835]

From today's training session

[ChelseaUnite 26]

Everton vs Chelsea / Lampard vs Ballack ?

[NiclasCFC 2,582]

Eto'o looks fine

[DanishBlue 426]

Good to see. I wonder if he will play a part against Everton or if Torres is going to start. Eto'o looked pretty good in his game with the national team so I hope he will get some minutes.

[zolayes 14,489]

Frank to lead England and Chelsea to victory this week, reminding us all of his qualities. Frank is a natural born winner and that's why he will be superior to Ballack, who failed on the big occasion.

while England with Frank won the World Cup and European Championship

[zolayes 14,489]

Kaiserslautern

• Bundesliga: 1997–98

Bayer Leverkusen

• Bundesliga: Runner-up 2001–02, 2010–11
• DFB-Pokal: Runner-up 2001–02
• UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 2001–02

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
• DFB-Pokal: 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
• DFB-Ligapokal: 2004

Chelsea

• League Cup: 2006–07; Runner-up 2007–08
• FA Cup: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
• UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 2007–08
• FA Community Shield: 2009; Runner-up 2006
• Premier League: 2009–10; Runner-up 2006–07, 2007–08

Germany

• FIFA World Cup: Silver 2002, Bronze 2006
• UEFA European Championship: Silver 2008
• FIFA Confederations Cup: Bronze 2005

Individual

• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 2002
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2002
• German Footballer of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2005; Runner-up2008
• kicker Man of the year (Mann des Jahres): 2002^[51]
• Most assists in the 2002 FIFA World Cup^[52]
• FIFA World Cup All-star team: 2002, 2006
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2004, 2008
• Bayer Leverkusen Squad of the Century^[53]
• FIFA 100
• FIFA Confederations Cup Silver Shoe Winner: 2005
• 2008 goal of the year in Germany^[2]

References

not bad for a loser,,,note more goals for his country than Frank ...please Im not knocking Lampard just recognising how GREAT Ballack was

[ZanSnake 1,211]

while England with Frank won the World Cup and European Championship

He did on my CM 01/02 save

[Strike 6,961]

Saturday late kickoff. Perfect

[zolayes 14,489]

He did on my CM 01/02 save

you must take over from Roy