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http://www.espnstar.com/football/premier-league/news/detail/item370371/Lampard-is-Player-of-the-Decade/
Lampard is Player of the Decade
Chelsea dynamo Frank Lampard has been revealed as the Barclays Premier League's Player of the Decade.
The England international was handed the honour by facts and figures giant Opta who studied every English top-flight game since January 1, 2000.
After crunching the stats, Opta declared that Lampard has the most games and the most wins to his name, the 31-year-old also has the second-most number of assists and the fourth-highest goalscoring record.
Lampard beat Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher to the most appearances record, finishing five games ahead of his Scouse rival thanks to the 346 matches - 210 of which were wins - he has featured in.
The former West Ham favourite finished second on 76 to Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs in the assists stakes, and fourth after Thierry Henry in the goalscoring charts. The Frenchman bagged 169 goals for Arsenal.
Current Roma boss Claudio Ranieri, who signed Lampard from the Hammers for £11million in June 2001, is far from surprised with the results.
"This news fills me with a great satisfaction and pride because Frank Lampard is totally unique," Ranieri told The Sun.
"He is a complete player and so professional. It doesn't surprise me that he is the best statistically, ahead of other players you might consider to be even bigger stars.
"I'll tell you something. In my view Frank Lampard is a genuine 'Pallone d'oro' - which means he should be a European Footballer of the Year. He really is that good.
"He is up there with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of quality - he is just a different type of player.
"He does difficult things but he makes them look simple and that is why some people think he is less spectacular.
"But I am glad the statistics have shown what a great player Lampard is. They show just how influential he is.
"Lampard has such a strong mentality and that probably shines through too. Only the other day he had to take a penalty three times but he still scored. That tells you how cool he is under pressure, how focused.
"Frank makes a difference to any game he is in. Sometimes it is obvious, sometimes it is less obvious. But he is so often the key to a victory.
"That's why I am really glad that he has been recognised in some way as the player of the decade in England."
Very well deserved 
[Edited on 25-12-2009 by corsadee]
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Nath
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 Whatever
Best player since 2000 in England has been Giggs.
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Rob_Quads
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Got to love awards based on these types of stats.
What is it they say... you can prove anything with stats lol
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Marc
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Maybe its a really bad typo and they meant best Chelsea player!
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Cosmo
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You have got to be kidding me right?
Surely has to go to a United player.
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mwg
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quote:
Originally posted by Nath
Whatever
Best player since 2000 in England has been Giggs.
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Rick Draper
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Shud have been Michael Owen on the grounds of his Newcastle performances....
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strick206
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Lumplard What a joke, stop kidding yourselves
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