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Frank Lampard has suffered lots of criticism after his World Cup display, and tonight will receive his 50th cap for his country against Croatia. After being Chelsea’s top goalscorer last season, it was somewhat confusing as to why he couldn’t find the net once this summer, despite having more attempts than any other player in the whole competition.
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Frank is helping us clear up that mystery. At Chelsea, he plays in front of Makelele, probably the best holding midfielder in the World. He gives Lampard the freedom to go where he wants, put in as much or little effort as he wants, and provide him with all the time in the World for chance after chance (and sooner or later, the laws of probability tell you one has to get deflected in).
"If you play with two of those holding type players in there it would give me more freedom to get forward,” he says. "If you play with one, there will be more responsibility to be involved in the midfield and maybe try to get a grip of the game rather than get in the box so often.” I’d been under the impression Lampard was a midfielder, an attacking midfielder. He has often been compared to Scholes, although, in my opinion, Scholes was (and is) a far superior player. However, Paul Scholes hasn’t spent his career goal hanging, expecting other players to do the work in midfield. He is afterall still a midfielder. Frank Lampard, 2nd best player in the World (apparently) needs one of the best holding players sitting behind him, or two less capable defensive midfielders, for him to do the business on the pitch. Am I the only one who sees anything wrong with this? Drop him.
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