The Fat Frank Appreciation Thread.

Does anyone feel like we're back in 2004?




So his mother dies, plays a game of his life and scores a crucial penalty.

There aren't many Flumpard appreciation threads, so lets enjoy this one whilst it last

To Frank. And Pat. Cynics may say "why all the fuss about his mum?". But we've all had mums. And its not nice when they die

As Adrian Dennis of offside.com puts it:

"Regardless of how you feel about Chelsea or Frank Lampard himself, it was hard not to feel good for Frank when he scored his penalty after losing his mother just six days ago. It was something to see him just in the starting lineup, much less score a goal and play 120 minutes. Worthy of his applause"










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Death of a loved one, but still steps up to the plate to deliver.

Only in England

Deutschlanders (well, only Otto actually), feel free to tell us about the last time one of your own suffered a loss and went out to score a crucial penalty in a CL semi final

Last time I'll say it, well done lad.

To Flumps

Parks lives wrote:Last time I'll say it, well done lad.

Will it be though? What if he plays like that in the final?

Senor Woody wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Last time I'll say it, well done lad.

Will it be though? What if he plays like that in the final?

He won't.

Even if he does, I'll be back to calling him a fat c*nt.

Parks lives wrote:

Senor Woody wrote:

Parks lives wrote:Last time I'll say it, well done lad.

Will it be though? What if he plays like that in the final?

He won't.

Even if he does, I'll be back to calling him a fat c*nt.

Oooooooh, controversial. Some might call for you to touch wood there Parky

I must admit, this thread has cleansed my soul somewhat after my comment yesterday

You want Parky to touch your wood?

Im here all week

His mum had 10 too many surgeries on her face.

Riviera wrote:His mum had 10 too many surgeries on her face.

He is underrated by EMB in general, but this doesn't mean that he should be let anywhere near the England XI.

to flumps. not sure he played so well last night, but the bottle to take that pen. given everything that had happened, and with the threat that if he missed getting slaughtered and everybody saying why didn't ballack take it. fair play

He did play well Frank. Not often you see Lampard making intelligent through balls. Yesterday he made 2/3.

Senor Woody wrote:
Deutschlanders (well, only Otto actually), feel free to tell us about the last time one of your own suffered a loss and went out to score a crucial penalty in a CL semi final

Even though I am not Otto and also can't provide you with a story about a footballer, but Ralf and Michael Schumacher suffered a similar tragedy. Their mother just died hours before a GP, both started the race, Michael won it, and Ralf came 4th.

PS great match by Lampard. Glad he had the guts and took the pen.

His mom is a bit of Milf though..

Parks lives wrote:He did play well Frank. Not often you see Lampard making intelligent through balls. Yesterday he made 2/3.

worked hard couple of decent-ish through balls, but is that playing well? or are we just saying he played well by his standards or in comparison to gerrard? if that had been scholes we'd have said he had a poor game, cos of the standards he sets himself

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:

Parks lives wrote:He did play well Frank. Not often you see Lampard making intelligent through balls. Yesterday he made 2/3.

worked hard couple of decent-ish through balls, but is that playing well? or are we just saying he played well by his standards or in comparison to gerrard? if that had been scholes we'd have said he had a poor game, cos of the standards he sets himself

He was playing like a man possessed, Frank.

i could play like a man possessed doesn't mean well!!! anyway no more as i said hats off to him.

Metze's Haeschen wrote:

Senor Woody wrote:
Deutschlanders (well, only Otto actually), feel free to tell us about the last time one of your own suffered a loss and went out to score a crucial penalty in a CL semi final

Even though I am not Otto and also can't provide you with a story about a footballer, but Ralf and Michael Schumacher suffered a similar tragedy. Their mother just died hours before a GP, both started the race, Michael won it, and Ralf came 4th.

PS great match by Lampard. Glad he had the guts and took the pen.

Fair play

To dead mothers

Fey wrote:His mom is a bit of Milf though..

'was' a bit of a milf, unless your a necrophiliac. Don't see it myself though.

Great match by him yesterday, and what impressed me most, he showed some great character. I really didn't expect him to play like that, thought he would be emotionally devastated after the loss.

MOTM, no doubt.

Senor Woody wrote:

Metze's Haeschen wrote:

Senor Woody wrote:
Deutschlanders (well, only Otto actually), feel free to tell us about the last time one of your own suffered a loss and went out to score a crucial penalty in a CL semi final

Even though I am not Otto and also can't provide you with a story about a footballer, but Ralf and Michael Schumacher suffered a similar tragedy. Their mother just died hours before a GP, both started the race, Michael won it, and Ralf came 4th.

PS great match by Lampard. Glad he had the guts and took the pen.

Fair play

To dead mothers

I heard the Schumacher's hate their family though. Apparently their grandmother lives in a shed somewhere.

I didn't watch the game but after seeing his (and his dad's, teammates, etc.) reaction after the penalty he scored, definitely feel sympathy for the guy and have massive respect for what he did last night

He can do world class performances, however you'll only see 4-5 a season which over a 50+ game season that isn't enough to be an international player.

Like I've said so many times, he isn't the pub-league player some try to make him out to be, and I don't know why opposition fans suddenly get excited when they realise he's playing (like some of the Pool fans last night) but he'll never be a candidate for the world class bracket.

The-Frank-Tavern wrote: to flumps. not sure he played so well last night, but the bottle to take that pen. given everything that had happened, and with the threat that if he missed getting slaughtered and everybody saying why didn't ballack take it. fair play

I the original Lampard hater well tell you he was the best player in the 1st half and second best overall (after Drogba) .

One thing - IMO it would have been better had he not taken the penalty. Now everyone is talking about the penalty, the emotion, the 'bottle' and not many people are talking about the performance. A very intelligent, creative, for-the-team performance.