Tag: Frank Lampard

  • Fernando Torres Dives So Frank Lampard Can Score an Amazing Free Kick

    Fernando Torres Dives So Frank Lampard Can Score an Amazing Free Kick

    It’s not like Chelsea needed too much help from the referee in their match against Hull City, but Jonathan Moss was there to lend a hand, giving the home side a free kick after quite a pathetic leap and dive from Fernando Torres, leading to a free kick goal from Frank Lampard.

  • Chelsea FC – Frank Lampard Isn’t Important Anymore

    Chelsea FC – Frank Lampard Isn’t Important Anymore

    One of the few sports in which statistics might actually lie about the quality of performance from a team and player is soccer, and to think Frank Lampard performed well last season for Chelsea because of the number of goals he scored would be a misleading fact.

  • Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard Makes Frank Lampard Look Like a Legend

    Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard Makes Frank Lampard Look Like a Legend

    Standing on the shoulders of giants, or something of the sort, is always a good way to get ahead in life. Frank Lampard is often a tactical vulnerability on the pitch over the last couple of seasons, but it’s hard to take away his scoring ability which derives from his intelligence and off the ball movement. But yet again, the-now top scoring player in the history of Chelsea football club, needed someone, in this case Eden Hazard, to get him to the top.

  • Chelsea FC – John Obi Mikel Waiting For a Midfield Partner

    Chelsea FC – John Obi Mikel Waiting For a Midfield Partner

    Next season, things will be different at Chelsea. Another new (possibly a returning one) manager, and more change, including to the midfield unit, which has seen too many names play next to John Obi Mikel, who has been the defensive rock in the middle of the pitch, forced to make up for the weaknesses and holes both Ramires and Frank Lampard manage to create time after time.

  • Mousa Dembele is the Best Passer in the Premier League

    Mousa Dembele is the Best Passer in the Premier League

    When it comes to long passing accuracy, the ability to change momentum and turn defense into attack or simply switch wings, no one is more accurate than Mosua Dembele of Tottenham, leading the Premier League in this category among players who have attempted more than 100 passes for 35 yards or more.

  • Chelsea FC – Frank Lampard & John Terry Should Be Yesterday’s News

    Chelsea FC – Frank Lampard & John Terry Should Be Yesterday’s News

    We keep hearing about the importance of the Chelsea old guard, but at some point, its time has to end. Maybe John Terry and Frank Lampard have an influence that goes beyond what they bring onto the pitch in terms of ability, which isn’t too special most of the time, but for the club to remain an elite one, the reins have to move on to better, younger players.

  • Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard, Juan Mata & Oscar Make Frank Lampard Look Good

    Chelsea FC – Eden Hazard, Juan Mata & Oscar Make Frank Lampard Look Good

    Scoring goals through penalty kicks doesn’t make you a brilliant scorer, but compliments have always been easily showered on Frank Lampard, even when he doesn’t deserve them, and most of the credit in his “better” performances this season for Chelsea have come thanks to the creative trio in front of him, consisting of Eden Hazard, Oscar and Juan Mata.

  • Chelsea FC – Adding Andre Schurrle & Losing Frank Lampard

    Chelsea FC – Adding Andre Schurrle & Losing Frank Lampard

    The 2013 summer is going to be another one of change, expensive signings and big names leaving, with Chelsea hoping to finally sign Andre Schurrle from Leverkusen, 12 months too late in the eyes of some, while the departure of Frank Lampard, possibly to the Los Angeles Galaxy, becomes more and more imminent.

  • Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Being the Difference Twice in a Row

    Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres Being the Difference Twice in a Row

    While goals haven’t been exactly plentiful for Fernando Torres since becoming a Chelsea player, it’s the consistency aspect of his game that’s been most lacking. Suddenly, with the season reaching its most crucial stage, the most criticized man in the English Premier League manages to string two impressive displays in a matter of days, once again raising (false?) hopes that he’s somewhat recovering from yet another funk.

  • Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres As An Example For Giving Up

    Chelsea FC – Fernando Torres As An Example For Giving Up

    When Rafa Benitez put Fernando Torres, along with Marko Marin and without Juan Mata or Eden Hazard in the lineup, you knew Chelsea weren’t taking their Premier League match as seriously as they should, knowing that two days later it’s FA Cup replay time, and while one competition sends a team to the Champions League and the other to the lesser European stage, the Spanish manager chose the alternative horse to bet on.