Chelsea F.C. — Best pictures!

As recently as late August, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard still sat at the top of the FTBL World Ranking of midfielders with an overall rating of more than 220 points. Then he initiated a slide that has seen him drop 60 rating points in the last 5 games alone!

Chelsea’s surprising 1:3 loss at Wigan resulted in a fundamental reshuffle of the FTBL World Ranking of midfielders, as well as the European Top 23, with Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard rising to the top of the ranking of European midfielders with a

Real Madrid’s Portugal international Pepe, who has been purging a 10-game disqualification, returned triumphantly yesterday to help the Merengues extend their winning streak to 5 games as they muscled aside newly promoted Tenerife 3:0. He is now 1st in

Barcelona’s Argentine prodigy Lionel Messi (pictured) has reclaimed the top spot in the FTBL World Ranking of midfielders, toppling former leader, Chelsea’s Frank Lampard.

As Manchester United yesterday produced a flurry of second-half goals to trounce Wigan Athletic 5:0, England international and now top forward at Old Trafford Wayne Rooney (pictured right) contributed two, picking up approximately 30 rating points to