Jase

He's gone to manage in Qatar.

Surprised we haven't read any of the traditional clear-the-air talks.

So, the club are willing to take the risks? Okay...

When it rains, it pours...

Is it too much to ask of Lampard to get an experienced assistant manager in to help him? It's bad enough that he is young and inexperienced at the highest level but his entire coaching staff are also young and inexperienced at the highest level. And given we also have a young and part-inexperienced team, it's a case of the blind leading the blind. It's a recipe for disaster. It's not the same but not too dissimilar either when managers like Ancelotti, Mourinho, Conte - despite their experience - all at least had an assistant who knows about English football - Ray Wilkins, Steve Clarke, Steve Holland - to help them. Obviously, Lampard knows English football but it would be nice that he does the reverse situation here and get an experienced assistant to help him, someone to fall back on for advice when the going gets tough, for him to utilize those years of experience. Even Solskjaer has someone like Mike Phelan, who has done and seen it all with Sir Alex Ferguson, as one of his assistants.

Not saying you are wrong. AVB got the job too early, only had 1.5 years of experience IIRC before coming here. Same problem also seems to be affecting Lampard. Di Matteo was never a great coach to begin with, he just got the permanent job because of the Champions League and FA Cup success and his subsequent job failures only served to reinforce it (no offence). Not saying Hasenhuttl or Nagelsmann will be guaranteed success of course and they would be a risky appointment but at the same time, you gotta consider their body of work, their years of experience etc and based on what they have done and what we ourselves have seen, I think there are reasons to be excited about either one as our next manager - if we get there.

Not namechecking any managers there. Just stating the points.

Both but I would place greater emphasis on the manager to lead the way. I don't think you will see managers like Klopp, Guardiola, Mourinho etc just stand on the touchline with the arms crossed and look passive and quiet when things are going horribly wrong on the pitch. Said it before that I don't think Lampard will be a manager who screams and shouts on the touchline BUT since he's always saying that this team is young, inexperienced etc, he needs to come out of his shell a bit more and help provide leadership and guidance. I don't know if he's expecting the players to solve problems on the field like he, Terry, Drogba etc used to do but it's clear that the current players are not capable of that (yet maybe). He - and even his coaching staff like Morris - needs to do more from the touchline to help the team. He can't keep on doing nothing and then turn around and blame them after a bad result.

Christ, are you gonna say that for every young manager out there?

Off the top of my head, I don't remember Klopp really utilizing Liverpool's youth players apart from in cup games in past seasons and until their injury crisis this season. TAA is the only one who has broken through and cemented his spot in the starting XI. Agree with the notion there but one could argue that at least Lampard has opened the pathway for the youth players to the first team and has integrated several of those youth players in the first team already. They are now actual options for if/when the new manager comes in to consider for use, unlike in the past. And because of that work Lampard has done, would also like to think that the board would place greater emphasis on using the academy players on future managers.

Okay, hater.

The bookies have put Brendan Rodgers as the favorite to replace Lampard.

But the City result also revealed that they have been thinking of the change for some time now. It hasn't just happened because of that result. The board also seem to share the same concerns that most fans have about Lampard. We obviously need wins ASAP but at the same time, we also need to see progression beyond than just results. Let's say if we beat Fulham and Leicester but the performances were unconvincing like in the recent West Ham game, then what?

Admission from who? Right now, is there any actual evidence or sign to suggest that Lampard will turn things around? Because I think we're at the point where we're just hoping he will turn things around, should he remain, rather than have any actual confidence in him doing so. Either we look to make the change or risk the season going bust by the end of January if we get a few more bad results.

No, he doesn't. He just stands on the touchline, hands crossed and looks passive and quiet. And god knows what even Jody Morris is doing as well.

Maybe but we would likely be playing better football and have a manager with more tactical ingenuity and innovation.

Based on current form, we could easily lose to Fulham and Leicester (or draw with Fulham and lose to Leicester) and be even further behind the Top 4. Then what? Would that be too late to salvage the league season? We really shouldn't be in this position at all, not after spending the money that we have. That's Lampard as a player. We're talking about Lampard the manager here. I know he didn't really want him to begin with but if Roman could sack Di Matteo just months after winning the Champions League and FA Cup, then nothing really can save Lampard if Roman decides to pull the trigger now. Lampard is fortunate to still be in the job when other managers have been sacked for less in the past.

The season still being alive doesn't mean things are going well under Lampard. It's not as if the recent concerns came about because of the bad run. They are the wider concerns and have been there since Lampard took over and the bad run just reinforced them. We can't be 18 months into Lampard's tenure and after spending more than 200 million+ last summer, be worse than last season with no improvement, no identity, no style of play etc. The season could be dead if things don't change ASAP and while it's great to qualify for the Champions League knockout stage, I don't get this idea of parading it like it's something to celebrate when it's only the Round of 16 (we're not Arsenal FFS!) and not even quarter finals, semi finals or final. We used to consistently reach the knockout stage 10-15 years ago but we now have someone like Matt Law parading a Round of 16 qualification like it's some sort of success? The standards have really fallen! Based on current form, we'll lose to Atletico and get KOed from the Round of 16 again (so much for my optimism when the draw was made, HA!). I don't know if Matt Law watches all of our games (he's a Villa fan after all) but fans who watch the team week in week out have a better sense of what's going on. It's like when pundits and journalists thought Willian was great here but he wasn't and it took them until he went to Arsenal to realize it.

There are candidates out there. It's just whether Roman, Marina, even Cech want to cut Lampard loose now or risk things becoming worse in the coming games. Am sure it's not lost on them that despite being just 3 points behind the Top 4 now, we have played a game more than Spurs and 2 more than City. We could easily be looking at a Europa League finish if things don't change ASAP.

I don't know if it's the accumulation of years of being shit but there's really not much fun watching us play these days. It's bad enough that we look tactically naive, clueless and like clowns on bad days, but our playing style is not even enjoyable anymore. We have basically turned into an expensive version of Burnley!

Personally, I think the club will give him a bit more time, for better or for worse.

There's the story from The Athletic yesterday about Lampard being on the brink and then there's this from Matt Law... It's really amazing the kind of "support" a manager can get when he's English...

If anyone is gonna mention that Ziyech wasn't 100% fit, then one has to question why did Lampard even start him to begin with.