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Originally Posted by Jon@AAMComp
I don't know really. Its hard for me to say that he should be left out of first team play, but at the same time you're right, he's a bit slower than the rest of the midfield. I think AVB will find a way to use him, and I think he may end up playing in more of a holding midfield/deep playmaker role. Players who can launch attacks from deep, like Andrea Pirlo or your Alex Song can be crucial to a teams success. Even Schweinsteiger, who models his play after Lamps, has been used deeper in the heart of Bayern than of previous seasons, where he was almost used as a winger.
I think they can still play a 4-3-3, but you could position Lamps like:
-------------- Cech -----------------
Ivanovic/Bosingwa --Luiz -- Terry -- Cole
------------- Lampard ---------------
Meireles ---------------------- Ramires
Mata/Anelka ---Torres/Drogz -----Sturridge/Malouda
So he's not exactly part of the midfield attack, but can link defense to attack, and break down the opposition. I think he could do well playing deeper, but who knows. We'll see what formation and starting 11 are called on tonight.
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Very true, he can play in that holding midfielder role. However, it strikes me that Lampard has a more deliberate pace of attack than, say, Meireles. Meireles will shunt the ball forward as quickly as possible, whereas Lampard will bring it up himself, and if he can't find a good pass he'll play it to the side.
I think Meireles plays better in AvB's system that focuses so much on the almost blitzkrieg counter-attack with Mata, Meireles, and Torres.
I have half a worry that Lampard and Drogba, the two players I'm so used to seeing in Chelsea blue, aren't even in AvB's plans right now. Although Drogba is still an excellent player, and I hope to see him in plenty of games when he recovers from that really sickening clash of heads that left him in real bad shape.