Lampard calms discord rumors
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June 22, 2010, Tuesday
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FRANK Lampard sought to calm the latest rumors of discord within the England squad yesterday and instead concentrate everyone's minds on beating Slovenia to stay in the World Cup.
The Chelsea midfielder said that John Terry's emotional talk of a team meeting with coach Fabio Capello after England's abysmal performance in a 0-0 draw with Algeria was the center back's way of hitting problems "head on." But Lampard denied it was a heated meeting with Capello, and stressed that all the players were behind the Italian coach.
"I understand what John is saying because he's passionate," Lampard said. "He's like that as a player. All 23 players deal with things differently. Some people don't want to say too much, some people want to hit things head on. Everyone appreciates that.
"The messages I got yesterday from people was that John was saying some positive things. I think we will try and hit things head on on the training ground."
England is on the brink of going out of the World Cup in the opening round for the first time since 1958 after draws with the United States and Algeria. It needs to beat Slovenia tomorrow to ensure itself of a spot in the round of 16.
The latest problem to hit England's beleaguered team is the fallout from comments by Terry that some players had their own meeting to discuss grievances with team management. There were reports that the former captain's teammates had told him to keep quiet.
"I don't think anyone really likes to give away much about meetings. They are an in-house thing," Lampard said. "Really the manager just spoke. We watched the Algeria game which we all know was a disappointing performance. We addressed that game, the manager addressed that. It's been completely overdone about a crisis meeting."
But Terry also said that, after the game in Cape Town, some of the players talked over the match between themselves.
Although he did not reveal exactly what they said, media reports said they decided to tell Capello the team needed to play with a 4-5-1 instead of 4-4-2 formation with Rooney up front on his own and Joe Cole added to the midfield.
The reports said that the rest of the players were furious with Terry for revealing the details, which appeared to undermine Capello's running of the team. After the Algeria match, England players were booed by their own fans.
The Chelsea midfielder said that John Terry's emotional talk of a team meeting with coach Fabio Capello after England's abysmal performance in a 0-0 draw with Algeria was the center back's way of hitting problems "head on." But Lampard denied it was a heated meeting with Capello, and stressed that all the players were behind the Italian coach.
"I understand what John is saying because he's passionate," Lampard said. "He's like that as a player. All 23 players deal with things differently. Some people don't want to say too much, some people want to hit things head on. Everyone appreciates that.
"The messages I got yesterday from people was that John was saying some positive things. I think we will try and hit things head on on the training ground."
England is on the brink of going out of the World Cup in the opening round for the first time since 1958 after draws with the United States and Algeria. It needs to beat Slovenia tomorrow to ensure itself of a spot in the round of 16.
The latest problem to hit England's beleaguered team is the fallout from comments by Terry that some players had their own meeting to discuss grievances with team management. There were reports that the former captain's teammates had told him to keep quiet.
"I don't think anyone really likes to give away much about meetings. They are an in-house thing," Lampard said. "Really the manager just spoke. We watched the Algeria game which we all know was a disappointing performance. We addressed that game, the manager addressed that. It's been completely overdone about a crisis meeting."
But Terry also said that, after the game in Cape Town, some of the players talked over the match between themselves.
Although he did not reveal exactly what they said, media reports said they decided to tell Capello the team needed to play with a 4-5-1 instead of 4-4-2 formation with Rooney up front on his own and Joe Cole added to the midfield.
The reports said that the rest of the players were furious with Terry for revealing the details, which appeared to undermine Capello's running of the team. After the Algeria match, England players were booed by their own fans.
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