Carlo Ancelotti has revealed Frank Lampard has recovered from his hernia surgery in time for the game against West Ham – but according to Caught Offside, none of us should be surprised about that seeing as Chelsea engineered it that way.
Here, according to Caught Offside are the facts:
“Frank Lampard was in a lot of pain after the Stoke City game, not in enough pain to prevent him from playing the lions share of the game. It was decided that it was however the ‘right time’ to have a ‘much needed’ operation at the exact same time as the international break. Now fully recovered the Stamford Bridge man will be fit to play for his club against West Ham on the weekend. Lampard, after conversations with the club doctor, decided that now was the time to resolve the problem immediately. Is this a coincidence? A sequence of events that is just a case of bad timing? Remember we are not talking about a pointless friendly, we are talking about two crucial Euro 2012 qualifiers.”
And obviously you can see their point because firstly, as we know, Frank’s never been all that keen on playing for his country so if surgery is what’s required to get out of a qualifier then obviously that’s the lengths he’d go to. He’s cleverer than just doing that though, is Frank, because he also managed to convincingly put in one of his poorest performances against Stoke – missing a penalty into the bargain – just so we were all fooled into thinking there might be a problem. And as for the bit where he actually looked to be in pain when he went off early, well he could give Didier Drogba a run for his money in the thespian stakes – sheer genius Frank!
So, what about John Terry – a player who’d do absolutely anything to get out of an international obviously – what do Caught Offside charge him with? Well, they say “OK, so the Chelsea captain has been playing in pain throughout the season and has managed to play every minute of the season thus far but for some reason the pain became too great exactly when his country needed him. He will more than likely also be fit and raring to go for the trip to Upton Park. Is this also a massive coincidence?”
Again, of course it’s not a coincidence. John Terry, who historically hasn’t pushed himself even when injured for either club or country and who would never suggest England was bigger than Chelsea for him, wanted to get out of an England game so much, he too put in a below par performance for his club – limping about for part of it – just for show. Clever lad.
Makes complete sense when you think about it and you can see exactly why those smart people over at Caught Offside would question whether the pair of them should be kicked out of the international set-up, right? 🙂
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