Roo ain’t no numbskull - Lampard

(09-11-2010) Frank Lampard has leapt to Wayne Rooney’s defence in an interview with the BBC. The Chelsea midfielder claims people who make assumptions about the Manchester United star are “lazy.” "People who call him thick, it's just a lazy thing to say by looking at him and saying 'he's a footballer, he looks quite tough because he comes from that background' and all that kind of stuff and the way he plays, but he is sharp,” Lampard told BBC Radio Five Live. "I think the people who are calling him thick have got a certain element of thickness about them, because they haven't even invested the time to speak to him.” Added Lampard: "If you read the headlines of the last few weeks you can get an impression of someone but he's a very sensitive lad, you can have a good conversation with him about anything you want.”