Was the Toon skipper right or wrong to voice an opinion?
Apparently more players should be like the GOALden Boy, if Reading striker Dave Kitson is to be believed. Because he has accused Frank Lampard of being a 'coward' for criticising England's World Cup set-up in his autobiography, without doing anything about it at the time.
In the newspapaer serialisation of 'Totally Frank', the midfielder revealed was unhappy with England's training schedule in Germany and also claimed Tottenham frontman Jermain Defoe should have been in the squad to give Sven-Goran Eriksson "more options".
However Kitson claims Lampard must take his share of the blame and wonders if the Chelsea man is cashing in on England's failure.
Kitson: "Why say things after the event when you were part of the problem and when you are just as culpable as the manager? It is disgusting.
"Does Frank want to tell his story or does he want to make money? It is cowardly - he was not brave enough to stand up at the time and admit we were going wrong."