Lampard seems to be another one of those players who gets a lot of heat on here for no apparent reason
Indeed, he's nowhere near the worst of them. Compare him to Terry and he's a saint. Although that's true of most human beings.
Decent player. But I've always thought part of the issue our fans had with him was that he often stole Gerrard's place in the spotlight. Certainly for England there was always this media push to build the midfield around him, often at Gerrard's expense, when almost certainly Gerrard was the better player. Personally, I don't care about England, but I can see why this would stick in the craw.
Anyway, I think the story here says a lot more about the sad state of affairs that is the "City" franchise (which let's not forget has also completely destroyed Manchester City as a historic team and replaced them with some kind of celebrity exhibition for fly-by-night fans) and the fact that the MLS system is bent. Why the hell have a City team, rather than give a berth to the one team that actually has fame and history - the Cosmos? All about money, of course, but it's short term thinking because the MLS needs its own teams, not just some shit Premier League tribute act.
And while we're on the subject of New York MLS, don't get me started on the Red Bull bullshit.
