Frank Lampard is one of the most talked about players of his generation. He has been runner-up in the world footballer of the year award and has long been regarded as one of the world's finest midfield players.

His wonderful goal scoring and medal winning record with Chelsea, together with his sixty-four England caps prove just what a great player he is.

Unfortunately, I have never been able to see what it is that makes him such a fine player. I love football and I can usually see the brilliance in most of the raved about players, but in Frank's case I have always been left scratching my head and wondering what all the fuss was about.

Yesterday, in Chelsea's game against Aston Villa Frank Lampard gave an absolute master class on how to play the game. He was exceptional. His touch, passing and movement were all spectacularly good. I have no doubt that Frank does this week in and week out and that it was just me who had a blind spot. I am just so relieved that I can finally understand what everyone else is talking about.

Two clever passes created the two goals and absolutely everything good that Chelsea did went through Lampard. At long last, I have become a member of the Frank Lampard fan club!

Everton are a fine side with a great manager. Why is it then that everything seems to be going wrong?

They were dumped out of the Uefa Cup tonight as they lost 4-3 on aggregate to Standard Liege.

It has been a really tough few days for David Moyes and his team, losing 2-0 to local rivals Liverpool at the weekend and being dumped out of the Carling Cup by Blackburn last week, before this sudden end to their European adventure.

Despite the reports of player dissatisfaction over their manager's delay in signing a new contract, Everton didn't play badly tonight and can count themselves a little unfortunate to be going out.

The whole Everton set-up looked totally shell-shocked at the end of the game and they face a difficult few days in the build up to their next game. Luckily for them, it's against Newcastle who would welcome Everton's problems at this time.

It is crucial for the Toffees that Moyes puts pen to paper as soon as possible or hands over the reigns to someone else. Whilst the uncertainty exists it is difficult to see how things can get better.

It is reported that Police are going to investigate racial and homophobic abuse directed at Portsmouth and former England defender Sol Campbell at Fratton Park during the side's 2-0 win over his former club Tottenham on Sunday.

The thirty-four year old Portsmouth captain has been hugely unpopular with Spurs fans since 2001 when he left the club and moved to their bitter north London rivals Arsenal.

Police had initially said the scale of the taunts meant no arrests could be made. The sheer number of people joining in meant that the police could take no action at the time.

I truly hope that those responsible are located, charged and banned from football. I find it unbelievable that anyone is still ignorant enough to shout this type of disgusting abuse.

Harry Redknapp called the abuse Campbell received, "filthy". That goes nowhere near close enough to describing it.

According to the Sun newspaper, Tottenham boss Juande Ramos has got just four games to save his job. That means he would have to get results at Wisla Krakow, at home to Hull and Bolton and away at Stoke.

To be fair, if Tottenham don't win at least three of those games, then I don't think Ramos could complain about being shown the door.

As everyone knows, Tottenham have picked up just two points from their opening six games making this their worst start in fifty-three years.

A sobering thought for all Tottenham fans is that after six games last season, Derby had already accumulated four of their eventual total of eleven points!

Arsene Wenger is faced with an interesting problem. Last week he watched his youngsters and reserves destroy a decent Championship outfit in Sheffield United, 6-0 in the Carling Cup. On Saturday, he watched his much lauded first team go down 2-1 at home to newly promoted Hull.

The question is, how much better than the reserves are the first team?

Wenger has a wonderful squad of players to choose from, but it could be that they are all of a very similar standard, which is just not quite good enough to win the silverware that has been beyond their grasp for the past three years.

Wenger has made it clear that he was very unhappy with the performance against Hull, saying that it made him feel 'physically sick'. He is faced with selecting a side to take on Porto tomorrow evening in a potentially tricky Champions League tie at the Emirates.

It will be very interesting to see who gets selected for this game. I guess it will be a majority of the side that lost to Hull, but any more slip ups could easily see many of the younger players, all eager for a chance, being drafted in at the expense of some of the more established stars.

After the sacking of Martin Jol early last season, Juande Ramos must be looking over his shoulder. He has overseen Tottenham's worst start to a season in fifty-three years.

With just two points from six games, Tottenham are in a desperate situation and their fans are beginning to express some dissatisfaction with the manager. They were angry yesterday when Ramos replaced his lone striker Pavlyuchenko with Darren Bent when the side were already 2-0 down.

Ramos says that he has no worries about his position. Asked if he had the confidence of his chairman and board, he said:

"Absolutely. We speak regularly and everyone is aware of our delicate position. Whether I survive is something for the chairman and the board to decide but I'm not hurt by the fans' abuse. What hurts is not winning matches."

Maybe leaving one up front on his own when you are 2-0 down is one way of ensuring that you don't win matches?!

Ramos is a great manager with a great record, but for whatever reason, he appears to be losing the plot a little at White Hart Lane.

When Gianfranco Zola took over at West Ham I wonder if he was aware that the very next day the club's main sponsors, XL, would go bust, and a week later they would be ordered to pay £30 million compensation to Sheffield United?

Zola has been assured that money will be made available, if required, in the January transfer window, but I wonder if he is really reassured?

It is reported that West Ham have a wage bill approaching £50 million a year. That massive salary bill together with having one of the biggest first-team squads in the Premier League, was part of the reason West Ham sold John Pantsil, Bobby Zamora, Richard Wright and Anton Ferdinand during the last transfer window.

It seems very likely that Zola will find himself in a position where he has to sell before he can buy.

I have a lot of time for Gianfranco Zola but I do wonder if through nothing more than bad timing, he has bitten off more than he can chew.