Frank Lampard Phones LBC Radio
-
franksav63
- Posts: 14520
- Joined: Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:07 pm
- Location: Home - Whitechapel - Arsenal Block 6 - Twitter - @franksav63
- Contact:
Blimey, alot of mix postings which I expected, but IMO the above is the best post of the lot. Well done BB, If I had a hat on I would doff it off to you sir.......Belfast Boy wrote:I remember well the 1st league fixture we played against the Chavs at The Grove and every single time they had the ball we booed hissed and whistled for the entire 90mins something that I'd never witnessed in person at a match especially at The Grove and the only thing that's ever come close since was when Ade got sent off against the Scousers, a decision that had us fuming after a bad couple of weeks for the club!
I clearly remember thinkin at the time that the Chavs will surely have been a bit taken aback and under no illusions as to what the rest of the footballing community thinks of them as they know we are fairly civilised supporters and they would've never heard any team get that abuse from Gooners, not even the Spuds and yet at the very end of the match Lampard actually made a point of clapping us as well as the away support!
With his level of commitment and influence at his club and match winning ability due to the sheer number of goals he scores he's the sort of player that would be a legend had he played for us, and IMO gets a disproportionate or undeserved level of abuse, especially when he pulls on the national jersey, and I suppose it's cos he along with JT is so identifiable with Chelsea that he tends to get the stick for all that we hate about what the club stands for!
P.S. This is an exclusive, I actually babysat for Lumpard when he was a baby (in a cot) in the early 80's (went out with a girl from Harold Wood in Essex) Frank Lumpard senior was a right pissed up bastard then, I remember him coming back with his missus, all over the place..... (Really true......)
Bring Back Pires,Bring Back Pires wrote:No he doesn't, as he completely took the bait. Hook, line and sinker.hanny73 wrote:Fair play to him for picking up the phone, shows that some footballers do actually have a brain.
I'm a journalist myself, and it's my job to generate debate/discussion in an attempt to spark interest and encourage readers to participate. The only way of doing this is by causing controversy - and yes, it does have its walls and boundaries too (which I don't believe were broken here).
This DJ's job is the same - to create enough interest to provoke a reaction. He hasn't made any scandalous or unreasonable comments as far as I'm concerned; merely expressed an opinion. Bottom line, he's doing his job. And because we're all listening to his audio clips and even having this discussion proves that he is doing so successfully.
This has been going on for years. In my view, footballers with a brain would completely ignore such stories (remember, this is hardly an isolated story in the press; Lumpard gets column inches every single day). I couldn't see Dennis Bergkamp getting drawn in like this. But the fact that the DJ has managed to entice Lampard into calling in is a masterstroke, and indicates that he's pressing the right buttons within reasonable limits.
I agree totally. It's the same with Talksport when Durham and Wrighty are on. It's a classic good cop bad cop routine every day they are on... and you know what? It get's people talking. Jamie Carragher rang up, which put Talksport on the back page of every red top in the country. A great piece of promo for Talksport.
When Durham and Wrighty bleet on about us Gooners not being able to achieve anything, it gets us talking, on here. No hack or anyone should ever feel inadequate against a footballer because they earn £100,000.00 plus a week, more than I'll earn in 2 years at work. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and this reporter did exactly what everyone else does. Create controvery + stirr up debate = publicity for the hack and the station.
O'Leary
