Lampard, Gerard And The England Midfield

Right from the World Cup in Germany, it's been obvious that Liverpool's Steven Gerrard & Chelsea's Frank Lampard in the England midfield are like Oil & Milk, the guys just don't mix!

Why is McClaren so adamant on keeping those two on the field together when it's quite obvious that the team plays better when one is off (rather when Lampard is off) ?

Sharrap there! The two guys can be played together! It's just that the coach did not teach them how to communicate! Their coach na mumu! 

Please give me an intelligent reason why they can't play together! 

And that's a problem that proper communication can solve!
Anyway, lampard is not playing tonight, so we can sit back and watch what happens. http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_2023243,00.html

That report is outdated!
Three major tabloids cannot be wrong.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/6497817.stm

 http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8652_2023243,00.html

http://www.football.co.uk/england/lampard_misses_andorra_game_243906.shtml

true ,  good news for the 3 Lions, fans have been callin 4 his head anyways!
learnt it was a Wayne Rooney thunderbolt that struck his wrist, how ironic; don't u think so razorr?

yes, next season i hope!

McClaren is a gutless poof, he should have dropped Lampard since, although Gerrard hasn't played as good as he does for Liverpool, lampard has been worse, with a player like Haegreaves who is more defensive minded than Lampard England should be able to playe better than they did against Israel.

Personally i feel England main problem is their attack, no one looks like they'll score

England needs new midfielders who will blend well.

I keep saying this: - English Players are over-hyped and overpaid!     

England has not won a world cup since 1966! 

England has never won the European cup!    So what's all the fuss about those players? 

Those English players only shine in the leagues because they are surrounded and supported by players with diverse skills from all over the world!

As for the Lampard versus Gerrard Issue, let me post these facts: -

Essien, Ballack, Lampard are all attacking midfielders.  But Jose Mourinho plays them together perfectly in Chelsea!

When Essien left Lyon for Chelsea, people said he would sit on the bench at Chelsea but Mourinho fitted him in perfectly.

The problem with England is a lack of imagination from the coach. They also lack good communication in their attacking midfield.

It's the job of the coach to instruct the players on their pattern of play. The two players cannot be doing the same thing. In Chelsea, for example, look at the way Sheva and Drogba communicate. Sheva does the homework and Drogba drives the balls in. This is why Drogba outshined Sheva when he first came in (scoring more goals). Those guys play according to instructions from the bench. Lampard does the shooting. There is persistent communication. Before Sheva came in, Drogba was very quiet. People used to call him names and say he was a shitty player, but we all new it wasn't the case. Sheva came in to solve drogba's problems (believe it or not). Essien collects the ball from the central defence and drives it into the core attack of the team. He is a strong player and is very solid on the ball.

All those players each have their roles!

Communication is a key in any team and trust me, it's not the players that determine how to do that but the coach. If you doubt me, ask Mourinho.

It's quite silly for McClaren to drop Lampard for Gerrard. The two can play together. Don't forget that Mourinho wanted to buy Gerrard and trust me; he would have played them together and produced fantastic results!

And if McClaren insists on dropping one of them it shouldn't be Lampard. I agree that Lampard is not as skilful as Gerrard, but for 5 years he has scored more than 20 goals in each season. A record Gerrard has not been able to match!

McClaren is a shitty coach and should be sacked. Kapish! 

Yea. You just underlined my point that English players are over-hyped and over-paid.

McClaren doesn't know what he is doing. He needs help. Maybe he should come to Chelsea for two weeks and get some coaching classes from the special one.      

Mourinho is too much, how bout Alardyce who manages his team on a string budget and still brings out the best in em. Personally i felt he should have gotten the job not that poof

Mourinho is a very good coach, but he's got "english press issues"

dnt think d FA 'D want someone like him, although he'll do a g8t job


he's got way 2 mush ballz


_{I'm sure he'll play lampz & stevie 2geda}

thank u ma

@Vieira


Absolutely spot on

Big name na hin dey kill England u know?

make Lamps siddon for bench make beta players play jare 8)a9gt

even Terry sef needs to rest his arse, Carragher is always a big game player