Tuesday, September 10
Big Fat Frank's 100th cap
On the day that we discover Andy Carroll is crocked Frank Lampard is set to win his 100th cap, just to make it worse. I have to admit that Big Fat Frank has turned out to be a half-decent player. West Ham's history could have been a lot different if we'd kept Lampard for a few more years. I blame Redknapp and Terry Brown initially for selling Rio Ferdinand and letting Lampard think we were a selling club. Then you have to blame Terry Brown for panicking after we only just stayed up and sacking Redknapp and his assistant Frank Lampard Senior for unspecified reasons, and then replacing them with the untried Glenn Roeder. Had Frank's uncle and dad stayed in charge at West Ham he'd surely have been at West Ham for at least two more seasons by which time his goalscoring from midfield might even have propelled the club towards a cup or two. Though obviously he wasn't as good as Scott Canham…
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You might also blame the fans for making young Frank feel (to put it mildly) rather unloved. Most players would have been keen to move on with the amount of abuse that he experienced. Some deserved, but most not.
There were some accusations of nepotism when he first appeared and people complaining that he was never taken off. But was he actually abused that much? I think most fans got behind him when we we doing quite well under Redknapp. Though all a long time go now.
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