Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2005 8:21 pm
Get real mate, he didn't try to injure him. I'm sure as a fellow pro he is genuinely gutted that Xabi is injured. It's the tightrope that all professional footballers walk. They maybe on stupendous money but one mistimed challenge or awkward fall and the career could be over.
Lets face it, we're not talking a young Roy Keanne or Souness here, its Frank Lampard. He's hardly up there with the destructive midfield players. If we're not careful the whole thing descends into the ridiculous what with Riley being paid by Abrhamovic, Lampard deliberately injuring Alonso etc etc. It's a game of football and we were bang unlucky but theres no need to be daft about it.
Lets face it, we're not talking a young Roy Keanne or Souness here, its Frank Lampard. He's hardly up there with the destructive midfield players. If we're not careful the whole thing descends into the ridiculous what with Riley being paid by Abrhamovic, Lampard deliberately injuring Alonso etc etc. It's a game of football and we were bang unlucky but theres no need to be daft about it.