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From: RED DEVIL on 8 Jul 2010 07:48 On Thu, 8 Jul 2010 12:16:24 +0100, "lescor" <lescorbett(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > > >"RED DEVIL" <manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message >news:vpa936l1te3jl236se6h0d8ee6m9jd99ut(a)4ax.com... >> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:49:23 +0100, "CJM" >> <cjmuk2008(a)gmail.removethis.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>"RED DEVIL" <manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net> wrote in message >>>news:19c736tfmcae6d25bc3j5cnpqmol8v3n8v(a)4ax.com... >>>>> >>>> If Lampard hadn't played England may have had a chance of beating >>>> them. >>>> >>> >>>Lampard was awful, but no worse than Defoe, Barry, Terry, ... etc. >>> >>>At least he got the ball over the line, which is more that could be said >>>for >>>Wazza, our star striker. >> >> The problem with Lampard is/was all he does is to try and get the ball >> over the line (usually from about 30 yards out) while his job in the >> team is to provide the strikers with opportunities >> RED DEVIL > > >Cobblers! Lampard is not a sparkling ball player and never was, but he >is sound, reliable, passes well ( often brilliantly) and makes few errors. > >He also scores goals from midfield, lots of them.....more than most EPL >strikers.....and was one of the few English players to find anything close >to his club form in the WC, a suggestion backed up by some of the >newspaper hacks who rated him at the top of the bunch along with >A Cole and the keeper. > >He "scored" against Germany, had a free kick which hit the bar and forced >three saves from their keeper, one very lucky. This is more than any of our >supposed front men managed added together. The leader of our leaderless >side, Gerrard did his now customary headless chicken act and provided >a lot of huff and puff plus three dribbled wide long range shots, >whilst Rooney provided nothing, and Terry and most of the others were >pretty poor. > >They all play without a system because they have never been given >one, at least, not one which seems to go further than theoretical >number patterns. Gerrard wanders wherever he thinks fit in the >expectation that a rare ' Roy of The Rovers' moment will do the job >as if he was still trying to do it all, like he has had to at Liverpool. > >Rooney seemed to be too uptight to play to his best but got very >little help from wide players who performed below club level. > >Attacking midfielders need options, good attacking options from >men who take up good positions. They also, for most of the time, >have to be confident of their defence. Given the support which >Lampard found in front and behind him, I think that he had a WC >as good we should expect, certainly better than most of the others > >LC > He was simply awful, I don't know what you were watching! RED DEVIL |