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[sergeyMS]

he's looked far better all round this season IMO, bb.

I honestly think that a sure way of getting Lampard back to his best would be for Mourinho to have the balls to drop him for a few games, make the bloke fight for his place like most of the other players. Some people respond well to an arm round the shoulder, others to a kick up the arse - it's about time his arse was kicked.

Russian saying: "Let well alone" (I`m not sure, but it was done by translator)

He played 50 + games a season, scoring 20 + ,assisting a lot. According to statistics (only!!! and arguably not only) he`s looking better every next season.

He knows about Mourinho`s belief in him, it gives him confidence and that`s very important. I don`t want to believe in need of dropping him for a few games....

Though, maybe just to show you how Sidwell would replaces him. You`d be astonished I think.

 

[BlueBeard]

Where the hell did I say we should replace Lampard with Sidwell???

 

[loz]

Personally I see no harm in dropping/resting (call it what you like) Lampard irrespective of whether he is playing well or not. COmpared to the vast majority of footballers he has played a phenominal amount of football over the past three seasons and should almost definitely have been rested more before this season. We have a wealth of quality in central midfielder which puts in the enviable position where we can rest a player of the stature of Frank and still have a top drawer midfield.

For me this could only be a good thing for Frank, both in terms of the current season but also future seasons.

 

[ethicalstrategy]

Where the hell did I say we should replace Lampard with Sidwell???

I know the answer to this one. Please sir please!!

http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579

Your midfield of Sidwell and Mikel - unless you are going to say that you meant replacing him with Mikel!

Re your earlier post: I guess we will have to agree to disagree on this one. But for what it's worth I can agree that he hasn't been as good for the last 6-9 months as he was in the previous 2 seasons.

I disagree strongly that it's got anything to do with lack of effort or committment on his part though. All players go through difficult patches and I think, strangely, that he has lost some confidence because of the England criticism that he has received. I don't think he was helped much by being asked to play a different role to accomodate Ballack and more so Shevchenko.

Notwithstanding that, I can't believe that you would really be happy to see him go. Even at his current "reduced" level he is still comfortably one of the best and most effective midfield players in the country. Let's just hope that he can get back to his very best again soon.

 

[sergeyMS]

Personally I see no harm in dropping/resting (call it what you like) Lampard irrespective of whether he is playing well or not. COmpared to the vast majority of footballers he has played a phenominal amount of football over the past three seasons and should almost definitely have been rested more before this season. We have a wealth of quality in central midfielder which puts in the enviable position where we can rest a player of the stature of Frank and still have a top drawer midfield. For me this could only be a good thing for Frank, both in terms of the current season but also future seasons.

The funniest thing is that Lampard played even in 3rd round of cups last year....

Where the hell did I say we should replace Lampard with Sidwell???

BB, I`ve never said that you said it....

 

[BlueBeard]

Where the hell did I say we should replace Lampard with Sidwell???

I know the answer to this one. Please sir please!!

http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579

Your midfield of Sidwell and Mikel - unless you are going to say that you meant replacing him with Mikel!

Ah, I see

No, I only selected Sidwell because he'd be up against his old team, extra motivation, point to prove and all that..... seems that Mourinho agreed with me, but naturally he didn't dare drop Lampard to do it, so Mikel went out

When Ballack is fit again I'd like to see him given a run of five or six games instead of Lampard, and hopefully playing alongside Essien or Mikel. If Mourinho had the b*llocks to do that, I reckon we might actually see the real Ballack finally appear in Chelsea blue!

 

[ethicalstrategy]

Where the hell did I say we should replace Lampard with Sidwell???

I know the answer to this one. Please sir please!!

http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579http://www.chelseafcforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=4579

Your midfield of Sidwell and Mikel - unless you are going to say that you meant replacing him with Mikel!

Ah, I see

No, I only selected Sidwell because he'd be up against his old team, extra motivation, point to prove and all that..... seems that Mourinho agreed with me, but naturally he didn't dare drop Lampard to do it, so Mikel went out

When Ballack is fit again I'd like to see him given a run of five or six games instead of Lampard, and hopefully playing alongside Essien or Mikel. If Mourinho had the b*llocks to do that, I reckon we might actually see the real Ballack finally appear in Chelsea blue!

Well Ballack is just about the only player that I would give a chance to of being able to replace Lampard. I just hope you aren't holding your breath for that to happen though. It won't just be your beard that's blue if you are!

Good job he took Sidwell off and not Lampard at half time though eh?

 

[g3.7]

no, I honestly have to say his two games this season have been tow of his best league games all calendar year- his passing has returned to it's former glory so far.

but resting him is something we have to do for the benefit of all.

 

[sergeyMS]

He should rest in Carling cup games and McLaren could use Hargreaves and Gerrard for England`s own sake.

 

[jack h]

The thing about lampard is no matter how bad hes playing theres always the chance that he could end up scoring one or two goals