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Write Frank Lampard off at your peril!

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The young crop of players emerging now more than warrant their place in the team, with older hands such as Parker and Barry also in excellent form and making a solid claim to the starting line-up, it is more difficult than ever for Lampard to break into the national team. After being dropped against Bulgaria – something that came as a shock to the player who had been training as part of what was widely assumed to be the first eleven all week, there were whispers Lampard’s international career looked over.

Lampard returned to the starting line-up against Wales a week later, and put in a solid performance, yet did not last the 90 minutes and again came in for criticism from certain sections of the fan base.

Lampard has never been one to give up, spurred on in his club career by the abuse at West Ham and then England fans Frank has let his career blossom, and played an unimaginable amount of consecutive games, even taking a penalty in the Champion’s League Semi Final against Liverpool, just days after his beloved mother had passed away. Players of such character and heart do not give up.

There is much to come from Frank Lampard, and he is not the type of player to turn his back on anything. In reality he will relish the challenge. Whilst a place in the starting line up during the euros in 2012 when he is both a year older and younger players like Wilshire and Cleverley are a year more experienced may be unlikely, a place in the squad is not. Lampard has invaluable experience and can rise to the plate when the game is at its toughest. As team mate and friend John Terry stated, ‘write Lampard off at your peril.’

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  • Eidur says:

    Why does criticism equal disrespect?

    He’s 33, he’s not the same player he was, he hasn’t played well over the past year and it’s futile to continue building the team around the ‘old guard’.

    He shouldn’t be picked on his reputation and needs to earn his place like everyone else, at the moment his performances don’t warrant automatic selection.

  • whistleblower says:

    Past his best, will be gradually phased out at the Bridge. Internatioally he should give way to the more dynamic youngsters such as Wiltshire.

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