Chelsea Transfers: 5 Reasons Why Blues Are Right To Get Rid Of Frank Lampard

4.He Doesn't Excel In A 4-3-2-1 Formation

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Perhaps the biggest nail in Lampard€™s Chelsea coffin is his past three managers €“with, admittedly a little persuasion from an owner obsessed with style and flair, it must be said - insistence on playing a 4-2-3-1 designed to get the best out of The Blues€™ young, exciting, attacking midfielders. Once upon a time Lampard may have been considered worthy of a starting berth amongst the three of Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar (with honourable mentions to Victor Moses and Marko Marin), but these days he just doesn€™t have the pace or trickery required to usurp any of these young upstarts. Instead, as previously mentioned, Lampard has had to make do with a deeper role at the base of midfield and frankly, it doesn€™t really suit him. The England international operates better when tasked with a central attacking role, either supporting the striker in a 4-4-1-1, or as the furthest of forward of the midfield three in a 4-3-3. He would even be more suited to the central attacking midfield role in Rafa Benitez€™s 4-2-3-1, but with Mata, Oscar and Hazard all desperate to make that position their own; there just isn€™t room for poor Frank.
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