{"id":13575,"date":"2011-12-14T18:18:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T18:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/frank-lampard-hasnt-held-axe-talks\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T18:18:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T18:18:51","slug":"frank-lampard-hasnt-held-axe-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/14\/frank-lampard-hasnt-held-axe-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard hasn&#8217;t held axe talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/272b697151712_867484.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c14\" \/><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/2483\/7376584\/Lampard-hasn-t-held-axe-talks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>TEAMtalk<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Frank Lampard is eager to play as much as possible, but admits he has not discussed his recent axing with Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas.<\/p>\n<p>The England midfielder has been dropped to the bench for the Blues&#8217; last two fixtures and has started only two of their last five.<\/p>\n<p>There was a time when Lampard was one of the first names on the team sheet, but he is no longer considered to be an integral cog in the Stamford Bridge machine.<\/p>\n<p>He remains an important member of the squad but, at the age of 33, he has been forced to adopt more of a supporting role this term.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard is hoping he can convince Villas-Boas that he is still deserving of a regular starting berth, with his match-winning penalty against Manchester City on Monday doing his cause no harm, but admits he is yet to discuss his position with his Portuguese coach.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I want to play, it&#8217;s as simple as that. Being 33 or not, I&#8217;m as fit as I&#8217;ve ever been. I&#8217;ve been in a good run of form and now I&#8217;ve not been playing.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> TEAMtalk : \u00a0\u00a0 Frank Lampard is eager to play as much as possible, but admits he has not discussed his recent axing with Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas. The England midfielder has been dropped to the bench for the Blues&#8217; last two fixtures and has started only two of their last five. There was a time when Lampard was one of the first names on the team sheet, but he is no longer considered to be an integral cog in the Stamford Bridge machine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frank Lampard hasn&#039;t held axe talks - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/14\/frank-lampard-hasnt-held-axe-talks\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Frank Lampard hasn&#039;t held axe talks - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"TEAMtalk : \u00a0\u00a0 Frank Lampard is eager to play as much as possible, but admits he has not discussed his recent axing with Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas. 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