Oliver Holt's big match verdict: Lamps is going out but England's future looks
bright
Frank Lampard has been a fine player for England, a stalwart of the midfield for more than a
decade who has won 86 caps. He deserves better than for his omission from the side to be hailed as
a barometer of change but that was his fate here in Sofia.
What a difference a couple of weeks can make. Fifteen days ago, there was a tangible feeling of
gloom around Carrow Road as Norwich City lost by a single goal to a West Bromwich Albion team which
had hitherto hardly been setting the Premier League itself. This, we might have rationalise, was
exactly the sort of match that Paul Lambert's team needed to be winning if it is to have much of a
chance of keeping itself above the dotted line come the end of the season, and it was an
opportunity lost.
