It's purely down to where the stories are coming from. Their people are generally in Coventry and Birmingham, I know for a fact that a lot of stories are produced in Coventry even if not filmed there
Lampard has said previously what a good character he is, he's not going anywhere. It's hardly a big surprise that he's not played, given he's been out injured and the form of players in front of him.
Got to 1,000 beers tried in just under 10 years (probably more but forget what I've had after a few) when having a few on the day off the Sheff Wed game.