Reason Why Lampard Is Still At Chelsea

In the coming months, we'll cover why he's in the England squad. Stay tuned.

Frank Lampard On Holiday

Well, my mate saw him. This is just one of the few sneaky photos taken from his back...




















Put on another few stones, didn't he? :P

Alleluia!

And we don't have to put up with another pie-munching, gut wrenching performance from Frank Lampard, for once!

Thank the Lord for Wayne Rooney (honestly, I don't say that often). His 'one stone kill two bird' tactic worked perfectly as he did it for England and for ManYoo.

So we don't have to watch Lampard and Gerrard vying for the same 5 yard on the centre of the pitch or trying to hit the target from 40 yards out. And when England inevitably score a few and win Andorra, he don't have to take out his jersey and do his whatever chest pumping antics.

Meanwhile, great news for United as he might miss a game for Chelsea this weekend. Thing is that Chelsea's built around Lampard and they might miss his 'presence' in midfield.


Great job, Rooney. Now we can finally see how England will do without FFL.

(Gerrard unable to contain his joy after the news)

This Is Where They Learn Diving

I've unlocked the secrets to the training of diving, or in better words, simulation.




Who would've thunk it!

Midfielders Need To Start Firing

As the race for third place heats up between Arsenal and Liverpool, the two clubs could only see the shadows of Chelsea while Man United not even in sight. Once again, this season, the title race was over before Christmas and it just talks about the gap between the 'top 2', the 'other 2' and the rest of the league.

It's fairly obvious to see that there's still a lot for both Arsene Wenger and Rafa Benitez to do in order to edge closer to the 'top 2'. Leave the discussion of what the duo will have to do to probably after the season ends but one will have to wonder why are these two teams so far away.

It's definitely not the quality of the sides.

Arsenal are more than capable of beating the top sides. They demonstrated their ability by beating ManYoo twice, home and away. But injury has taken it's toil on the London side. As of now, Henry, Adebayor and van Persie, 3 of strikers of theirs are out injured while William Gallas missed a large portion of the season through injury as well.

Whereas Liverpool had a torrid time at the beginning of the season. They started off badly at Bremall Lane and didn't looked convincing at all away from home until they beat Wigan 4-0. They didn't have the momentum and before they knew it, they're too far behind.

But all these reasons (or excuses) aside, there's one thing I'd like to point out. There's a distinct similarity between this two clubs and that perhaps, is the reason why they're chasing shadows.

The midfielders ARE NOT SCORING.

As midfielders, it's not only your job to supply strikers with assists but also to chip in with a couple of goals. No, couple of goals is not enough. You need someone to take up the mantle of scoring along with the strikers.

Back in the 'Invincible' season of Arsenal, Bobby Pires and Freddie Ljungberg were in the top of their game. The Frenchman will regularly score beautiful goals playing on the left while Ljungberg is probably, a predator in the box, cutting in from the left. And with Henry scoring like nobody's business, they went on a 49 games unbeaten streak.

Then to the dominance of Chelsea. It was a team that's built around one man and that's Frank Lampard. Just take a look at the number of goals he scores from his attacking midfield position and you'll know why he seldom misses games under Jose Mourinho. Add in Robben and Joe Cole, it's guaranteed goals.

Now on to United's reign (a wee bit early but...). When they sold their top scorer, Ruud van Nistelrooy, to Real Madrid, many critics says that United will struggle with goals. But how wrong were they.

Revitalised were Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. The two remnants of the great 1999 team found their renewed hunger and is probably one of the reasons why ManYoo are where they are now. Not with the assists, but also with the goals.

Striker wise, Rooney still needs to be a little more consistent while Saha isn't reliable enough as he's too injury prone. But that burden was placed on the sole shoulder of Ronaldo and did he took them well.
He's been firing at all cylinders since the very start of the season and doesn't look like stopping at all. His divings and cheating antics aside, he has been by far the league's best player. The number of goals from his winger position speaks of itself and it sort of reminds me of how Arsenal were successful with Pires.

Depressingly, looking at the state of Liverpool and Arsenal, one could say that the midfielders are not contributing enough in terms of goals.

Arsenal: Gilberto (8), Flamini (3), Rosicky (1), Hleb (2) and Fabregas (0)
Liverpool: Gerrard (5), Luis Garcia (3), Xabi Alonso (3), Mark Gonzalez (2)

Those numbers are not so nice to see. Gilberto scores a hell lot from penalties while it's just mind boggling to think that Rosicky, Hleb and Fabregas are all out scored by a defensive midfielder, Mathieu Flamini.

Whereas Steven Gerrard haven't been as influential as he used to be. Of course, we're comparing to his statistics last season which showed 23 goals in all competition but honestly, anyone could tell he hasn't been able to impose himself in games. Perhaps it's him shafted to the right but hey, didn't he play there last season?

Now look,

ManYoo: Ronaldo (17), Giggs (4), Scholes (5), Park (4)

That's 17 goals from a winger. It's more than all the goals from both sets of midfielders at Liverpool and Arsenal.

And that's also the reason why Chelsea are playing catching up as their midfielders are not as potent as before as well. Only Lampard manages 11 while Ballack only 4.

Perhaps, that's why teams struggled in the league. Every member of the team needs to contribute to the score sheets and even Paul Robinson showed that goalkeepers shouldn't be counted out!

It's rather obvious that football is about scoring goals and if midfielders don't step up, then it's always fighting a losing battle. Depending too much on strikers is dangerous and who knows what will happen when your star striker goes out injured. Who are you going to turn to?

So, midfielders will HAVE to step up their game and contribute more. It's just so ironic that we talk about how big a talent Fabregas is yet he's still to score in the league (sorry Siren!). Assists aside, there's much more to a midfielder's game. Unless they are ready to take a fair share of the burden of scoring with the strikers, teams will struggle.

Step up or lose out.

Beauty Of FA Cup....

My arse.

Another round of FA Cup, another round of shame. Not in one, but two games. Different reason, different incident, same consequence.


How Did He Miss Lampard?



A man that weight a stone heavier than his counterparts can effective dodge a punch from him, disgraceful. I mean, his body frame is big yet he only manage a limp punch that completely misses him. He should be thrown into jail not for his assault but for that inaccurate punch of his.

And several Chelsea players should be punished as well. Look how they went gathering round the 'hero' and joined in kicking and stamping on him. Shows a lot of class, eh?


Did Ronaldo Dive AGAIN?

Sigh, this is getting tiresome. I woke up this morning, without seeing the headlines, I knew it 'IT' happened again. Ronaldo's face and all...



3 games against Middlesbrough, 3 penalties. Is this really some kind of conspiracy theory against 'Boro or are those referees just want free services from....oh sorry, can't see the obvious. Footballers nowadays have such talent in acting that I don't even know what's real and what's not. Up to you to decide, but I still think he went down too easily.

Acting or not aside, his attitude is starting to get on my nerves. Perhaps it's not just me but he is getting a little too arrogant and petulant. Asked about why they have such hard time up against him, his answer is simply 'maybe I'm just too good'.

Pride and arrogance are your first step to failure, my friend...continue with this attitude and he'll probably end up with nothing and a spoilt reputation.

Ugly Scene @ White Hart Lane

After Chelsea 2-1 win over Tottenham and their progression towards the FA Cup semi finals, the Chelsea players celebrated and no doubt, the Spurs fan were enraged. Two of the fans went mental (actually not...) and actually slipped past the security and went onto the pitch and attempted to attack Fat Frank Lampard....

Here's the picture...









Oh, hang on...








Sorry :)

When They Were Young

We're used to seeing adult men running about the field and also idolise some of them. But do you really know how they looked like when they're younger? Well, I found something!

From Metric-March:

THIERRY HENRY

MICHAEL OWEN




MICHAEL BALLACK




ZINEDINE ZIDANE

And the master used to have such thick growth of hair!

ROBIN VAN PERSIE

Looked like the very mischievous boy from the movie 'Babel'. You know, that one, peeped into the toilet then...never mind!

CESC FABREGAS

Cristiano Ronaldo's long lost brother.

WAYNE ROONEY

Even in his childhood days, he looked so angsty. Poor boy.

JOSE MOURINHO

Suave as ever, man.

KAKA

Dreamy...!

ALESSANDRO DEL PIERO




STEVEN GERRARD

Bless him in that NEverton shirt. He was once chubby as well!

FRANK LAMPARD

We told you he's fat. I told you he's fat. Now, that's quite a fact.

DAVID BECKHAM




FERNANDO MORIENTES

Don't look very much different. eh?

CRISTIANO RONALDO

Cesc Fabregas' long lost brother.

More of them HERE (Part One)

PART TWO

This BETTER Be True...

Lampard is being a right tit about Barton being in the squad, won’t talk to him, pass to him, all that stuff, and just got up to move to another table at breakfast when Barton sat at the same one. Apparently as soon as he stood up and moved, Barton called after him "Don’t worry, I wasn’t going to nick your breakfast you fat prick" and Lampard threw a hissy fit and stormed out.

Nice one, Joey.

If There's A Song For Footballers...

From Football365:

* Money Money Money - Lucash Neill

* I Shall Scream - Arjen Robben.

* Boy For Sale - Gareth Bale.

* That's Your Funeral - Lucas 'Please Sir, can I have some more (money)?' Neill.

* Where Is Love? - El-Hadji Diouf.

* You've Got To Pick A Pocket Or Two - Glen Johnson.

* It's A Fine Life - Each and every footballer.

* I'd Do Anything - Ashley Cole.

* Be Back Soon - Watford.

* My Name - Zurab Khizanishvili.

* As Long As He Needs Me - Teddy Sheringham.

* Who Will Buy? - James Beattie.

* Reviewing The Situation - Roman Abramovich.

* Food Glorious Food - Frank Lampard.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Misread Quote Of The Day/Week/Months

"We stick together through thick and thin and when the chips were down on Sunday, we came back and we came back strong." - Cashley Hole

We should assume that the chips were with Frank Lampard.

Maybe You Should Stop Talking So Much...

"I feel very determined and really hungry. I'm determined to be as good as I can be on a personal level, but also to be part of a team that's successful - both for Chelsea and England.

"I've come out of the World Cup experience very determined. You can't let your head go down. It's all about putting things right.

"I've been very fortunate. A lot of things have gone right for me, both at club and international level, and I understand that it's down to bits of good fortune here and there... but I've also worked hard for it." - Frank Lampard

He speaks before the game and after the game and it's as predictable as England's performance. You are very hungry? Get some pies and stuff them in your mouth before yet another of those 'we're unlucky' and 'we'll improve in due time, just watch us' claims. We've heard it all the way from the Pre-World Cup talks and build up.

"I could hide away. I could have hidden away in the World Cup and not at least try to get forward and score goals. But I didn't do that and that's the attitude I'll continue to have. It's all about coming out of it stronger."

Good lord, expect more shots from the guy who doesn't want to get involve in the hustle and bustle in midfield, but instead concentrating on his 'own time own target' shooting practice every game and somehow, the ball will hit some unlucky bloke and goes in. Keep trying? I would'nt have given you a chance to IF I'm the coach!

All he talks about is me me and me. A very self-centered and selfish person to be honest. He needs a team to be built around him and you can understand why Lampard always fails to turn up for England games (and some Chelsea ones).

You modern day footballer. All the talks. Show us what you're made off on the pitch instead. I couldn't be bothered by how many pies you ate in a year.

Gerrard Has A Go At Lampard !

"I hit the shot well, but maybe I hit it a little too well. Sometimes, you mis-hit them and they go in." - Steven Gerrard

Something like that.. I think...