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Sure offloading Lampards wages would help but are Oscar/Hazard really ready to step up week in week out? I doubt it, neither have been amazing so far and remove those two and your depth of quality drops quite a bit.

They might both be young and brilliant players but they're not at the stage yet where they're capable of leading the team, Lampard might not be performing consistently but apart from maybe Mata who is? 95% of your team has ****** up at some point this season.

I just don't see the reasoning behind letting him go this season, end of next season sure, but he's still playing just as good as the rest of your team even if he doesn't fit into the style roman wants.
 
TJD07 said:
Sure offloading Lampards wages would help but are Oscar/Hazard really ready to step up week in week out? I doubt it, neither have been amazing so far and remove those two and your depth of quality drops quite a bit.

They might both be young and brilliant players but they're not at the stage yet where they're capable of leading the team, Lampard might not be performing consistently but apart from maybe Mata who is? 95% of your team has ****** up at some point this season.

I just don't see the reasoning behind letting him go this season, end of next season sure, but he's still playing just as good as the rest of your team even if he doesn't fit into the style roman wants.
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Firstly offloading Lampard's wages will create room to bring in better and younger players such as Modric/Moutinho. Not to mention that it makes no sense to keep a rotational, 34 year-old player on 150k p/w in the FFP era.

Whats the difference in letting him go now as opposed to the end of next season? So that he can break the goalscoring record? Please the club is bigger than any one player. Letting him remain means we lose another season of developing a new young team designed to play in a particular way. Not to mention that Lampard is hardly someone who will be happy to remain on the bench for too many games.
 
Alcaraz said:
ou do know that Lampard was hardly 'key' in our move to the top of the table. That he was actually dropped by Di Matteo himself. That he did not exactly play every game during the initial stage of the season when we were doing well.
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14 wins out of 20 all had Lampard play. He is also you top goalscorer. All that with only 20 apps and over month long injury. That's a key player to me, but if you want you can call him "player who does not fit into club philosophy" - i guess the philosophy would be to lose a lot.

Lampard has weaknesses, but so does everyone else you have for his position. Potential new midifielder will still need backup, and in that case, Lampard is the guy you want.

Alcaraz said:
Is he worth keeping in the squad for 150k
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You know as well as i do he agreed to wage cut, is it really worth making things up just to back up the argument?
 
Alcaraz said:
Firstly offloading Lampard's wages will create room to bring in better and younger players such as Modric/Moutinho. Not to mention that it makes no sense to keep a rotational, 34 year-old player on 150k p/w in the FFP era.

Whats the difference in letting him go now as opposed to the end of next season? So that he can break the goalscoring record? Please the club is bigger than any one player. Letting him remain means we lose another season of developing a new young team designed to play in a particular way. Not to mention that Lampard is hardly someone who will be happy to remain on the bench for too many games.
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Actually Lampard would be happy to be benched and play whenever the manager wants him to. He really, really wants to stay and I doubt he would moan about that. I want him to stay only if he accepts a pay cut, obviously. Thing is, the club doesn't want him to stay, hence why they haven't offered him a new contract.
 
Alcaraz said:
Firstly offloading Lampard's wages will create room to bring in better and younger players such as Modric/Moutinho. Not to mention that it makes no sense to keep a rotational, 34 year-old player on 150k p/w in the FFP era.

Whats the difference in letting him go now as opposed to the end of next season? So that he can break the goalscoring record? Please the club is bigger than any one player. Letting him remain means we lose another season of developing a new young team designed to play in a particular way. Not to mention that Lampard is hardly someone who will be happy to remain on the bench for too many games.
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But you've not signed Modric/Moutinho and makes no sense how? he wouldn't be on those wages, he's said himself he'd accept a wage cut and he's still one of your best players no matter how you try to deny it.
You also don't lose that season of developing, that's bs and you know it, if anything it would help because you still have Lampard there to help with the younger players and allow you that extra way of going around things for when things don't turn out how they should. Your young midfield isn't ready to step up, far too inconsistent for what they need to be and Lampard wants to stay he loves the club, he'd happily sit there for when he's needed if it means he can stay.
 
I dont know if he has accepted to take a wage cut. Seriously. Can someone show me a source?
 
Tyton said:
14 wins out of 20 all had Lampard play. He is also you top goalscorer. All that with only 20 apps and over month long injury. That's a key player to me, but if you want you can call him "player who does not fit into club philosophy" - i guess the philosophy would be to lose a lot.

Lampard has weaknesses, but so does everyone else you have for his position. Potential new midifielder will still need backup, and in that case, Lampard is the guy you want.



You know as well as i do he agreed to wage cut, is it really worth making things up just to back up the argument?
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How many of those wins were against good teams? Also you do know that these days managers are playing him against the weaker sides rather than the stronger ones. And I have to say that paying a back-up midfielder 150k p/w is quite ...expensive

Even if he has agreed to take a wage cut, how much lower is he willing to go? His wages should at least be halved if their is any sense in keeping him.

Seriously though just because he has put in a couple of good performances, people are jumping on the bandwagon. Last season it was Lampard Out. Now it is the other way around.
 
Alcaraz said:
I dont know if he has accepted to take a wage cut. Seriously. Can someone show me a source?
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It was just a twitter rumour. There is no source.

All of that is irrelevant though as the club have said under no circumstance will he be offered a new deal.
 
JDY said:
It was just a twitter rumour. There is no source.

All of that is irrelevant though as the club have said under no circumstance will he be offered a new deal.
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And the club is quite right in my opinion.
 
Alcaraz said:
And the club is quite right in my opinion.
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Indeed. I spoke about this on another forum. I respect the decision, just the situation could've been handled better. From the player and the club.
 
JDY said:
Indeed. I spoke about this on another forum. I respect the decision, just the situation could've been handled better. From the player and the club.
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Perhaps your right. But if I am to be honest, I dont think the club hierachy want to risk keeping hold of Lampard for another season after the AVB fiasco which if reports are true, hurt Roman quite a lot.
 
BREAKING NEWS: ESPN reporters Tempest and Russ Wiseman says, "Falcao and Fellani on their way to Chelsea." #CFC

Lol.
 
I just saw the goals... seriously Walters is a better striker for Chelsea than Torres will ever be.
 
ajt09 said:
Not for me. I'm old you know-dodgy ticker an' all that :P
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Lol. Seriously though, do you like M'Vila? I personally think he is overrated, but Fulham and QPR are showing interest. I think you should go for him if you lose Fellaini. I don't think he is a player for QPR lol.
 
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