Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard – former West Ham player, now plays for Chelsea and is one of the best midfielders in the Premiership, despite what his critics say. In my view, he plays far too much football and should take breaks – plus he’s never found the right manager or the tactical approach to help him do well on the international stage since 2004/2005.
That’s a pitty, because the Chelsea Lampard could do wonders for England.
England – Why being a one man team could cost us dear
The Barclay’s Premier League season came to its finale yesterday and the nation held its breath yet again. This was not because of the extremely tense circumstances in which the league was decided, but because Wayne Rooney had felt a slight twinge in his groin and had to be substituted during Manchester United’s four-nil drubbing…
TFT Episode 48: Premier League finale & Fulham vs Atletico special
If we took Chelsea’s wins over Sunderland, Aston Villa and Stoke City in isolation, we would be amazed that the Premier League title race should [...]
Final Call for South Africa: Who will be in Capello’s England Squad?
As the English Premier League season draws to a close there is still all to play for! The title race is still a close run race between Manchester United and Chelsea, the battle for fourth place sees four teams battling it out for a place in next season’s Champions League and at the wrong end…
England win, but with food for thought
The final whistle, on this cold Wembley night, was greeted with smiles and cheers from England supporters. A win and three second half goals could at least leave a warm, glowing feeling for the journey home. But as the feeling returns to those supporters fingers, so might memories of the first hour of England’s performance…
50 Highest Paid Footballers
Futebol Finance compiled a list footballers with the top 50 paychecks from their football clubs. You might feel that some of the players on the list are over-paid and maybe some under-paid. Nonetheless, here is the list: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, £11.3million) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona, £10.4million) Lionel Messi (Barcelona, £9.1million) Samuel Eto’o (Internazionale, £9.1million) Kaka…
England’s World Cup Chances: The Class of 2010 v The Golden Generation
Whilst we are used to (endlessly irritated by?) the hype surrounding every build-up to an England World Cup campaign, it’s fair to say that in 2006 much of the hype held water. Here was the ‘Golden Generation’; players who were worthy of standing shoulder to shoulder with the best that rocked-up in Germany. Yes, we…
England’s World Cup Chances: 23 into 11 Doesn’t Go
For the mathematicians out there you’ll instantly recognise the numbers 11 and 23 as ‘prime numbers’, meaning of course that they are only divisible by themselves and 1. For the football fans out there you will recognise 11 as the number of players you can have on the pitch at any one time and 23…
Have Chelsea Got The Winter Blues?
“Now is the winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York” (Shakespeare- Richard III) Yes, I know a bit of culture is always welcomed by the Soccerlens readers and who better than The Bard himself to open this piece? Of course Will actually meant that the time of discontent was waning…
Bleakley and Lampard spend a night at Amika nightclub
English ace Frank Lampard was seen arriving at the Amika nightclub with a group of people from Strictly Come Dancing including Christine Bleakley. Here’s what an eye-witness said: “Frank and Christine arrived with a group of people from Strictly Come Dancing, including Zoe Lucker and Joe Calzaghe and the dancers Aliona Vilani and Nicole Cutler.”…
Saskia Boxford hits the Lamp
Daughter of the financier and working for accessories company Kara Ross, Saskia Boxford has landed in the world of WAGs. She was seen with the Chelsea ace Frank Lampard a number of times in March 2009. Saskia is employed and has her own money but she’s well-bred enough to be the marrying kind. But that…
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