🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Frank Lampard

[Special Juan 28,141]

Things are nowhere near as bad as people are making out, this window and the summer and secure 4th hopefully and things will be fine.

This season was always going to be bumpy, but we are 4th now and better last half of the season and we secure it.

KTBFFH

[Vesper 30,190]

4 minutes ago, Mana said:

We can only hope. Just hands on heads moment here. It wasn't just a risk, it was a gigantic risk. Hiring a rookie coach, coaching rookie players (and mates he used to play with).

Lampard did well to maintain their league position, but the reason why the "FAILURE" is stamped on Lampard's Derby campaign is because he jumped ship. A Derby fan would want Lampard to finish what he's suppose to do, put Derby back on the map in the PL. I wanted to see if Lampard can do that before hiring him. We obviously never know now, and we took a massive gamble on a coach who has done only one season.

One season isn't enough to determine if the coach is good enough.

It would have been much clearer if Lampard did a second season with Derby. I'm not that worried about the clinical part though, that's down to the players more than Lampard.

If he gives us top 4, we will go again with Lampard but, I seriously hope he improves his coaching. We cannot have another season like this, because next season we may not be THIS lucky. Our form since the last international break is near relegation form and yet we are still 4th. That shows how awful the PL has been, and again - how bloody lucky we are.

Ole walked in to the United job because of the same reason as Lampard. Club legend status with some coaching experience. He is still in the job because he has been beating top sides like City, us, Spuds.

*sigh* Yeah...

Derby were never going to go up, nor should they

little cheap shit club

live off our loanees to big degree

waste of an EPL slot if they had pulled it out

they never would have spent the funds to stay up

[Atomiswave 6,117]

3 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Point is we should be looking at what we see on the pitch to access where things are heading, not what was done in previous clubs in previous league's. 

Forget Klopp for a minute look at Rodgers as an example early on at Liverpool, he had no track record in terms of challenging at the top and results wise gave them their worst start for generations but they were all universally behind him, why? Because when it did come off (and even on some occasions it didn't) they looked very good and it gave them optimism and the next season they were a slip away from the title. 

And he got sacked yes? Or did he resign I cant remember. Anyway we all have decent points, one can only hope it pays off down the line.

[Atomiswave 6,117]

If we somehow get top 4 its all good imo, no matter how shitty our rivals are cuz they really are bad- top4 and Club backing himn with quality will be a great start.

[Tomo 21,751]

1 minute ago, Atomiswave said:

And he got sacked yes? Or did he resign I cant remember. 

Eventually but his early part of his tenure resulted in him showing early promise them delivering on it.

[Jase 43,479]

It's worth noting that Derby have been struggling under Phillip Cocu this season. Sure they have lost players like Mount, Tomori and some others who did well for them last season but they have also brought in some new ones and Cocu hasn't managed to get them going (currently 15th in the table). 

[Jase 43,479]

 

[Vesper 30,190]

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard hits out at Roy Keane after Man Utd legend’s brutal assessment

Frank Lampard says Roy Keane has got it wrong believing that young English managers are given more leeway.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1231041/Chelsea-news-Frank-Lampard-Roy-Keane-Man-Utd-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer

“Frank Lampard has lost eight games, but for some reason, Frank is doing alright, because he is English,” Keane said while deflecting criticism from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

“Frank’s track record, his CV, he went to Derby, he didn’t get promoted. But Frank has got all the answers for Chelsea…”

“That’s the moment my ears pricked up,” Lampard revealed.

 

snip

[Superblue 6,372]

My view on Lampard is the same as to what it was in the summer when he was my first choice to replace Sarri.

The position that the club was in with the transfer embargo, losing Hazard, etc, it needed a manager that was willing to make big decisions which may have short term ramifications to build and establish a longer term plan for the club. Lampard would be prepared to do this because he wants the club to be successful whether he's manager or not.

If Sarri had stayed or another continental manager had come in, I'm 90% sure that they would have leaned on the experienced players to get us through this season - Luiz, Azpi, Alonso, Pedro, Willian, Giroud. We would have come out of this season with half our first team the wrong side of 30 and the squad in desperate need of refreshing.

The injection of the young players into the side has helped freshen things up this season and it doesn't look anywhere near as stale. Of course we still need some signings in key areas but the squad feels in a much better position than it did 6 months ago.

Whether Lampard is the right man to continue to improve us and get us back to winning trophies and challenging for the league again is up for debate because he's still so inexperienced himself. There's an inconsistency about him and a number of high points balanced out with low points this season, very similar to our younger players. I think like our younger players he needs time and patience and as long as there is a form of progression over time, I don't see any reason why the club shouldn't give him at least a couple of seasons to try and build and mould this team and the younger players in the squad when Liverpool and City are comfortably the two dominant teams in the league, and not likely to change over the next couple of years at least.

But what I hope at the very least what Lampard has done is shifted the culture of the club to not be afraid to give the academy players opportunities and look to integrate them into the first team. It's a key component to being able to be more aggressive in the transfer market over the next coming windows.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

1 hour ago, Jason said:

 

Jesus what a panel Morrison and Merson two of the thickest footballers ever and that's saying something. They should start a double act and call themselves Laurel and Retardy.

[Vesper 30,190]

1 hour ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Jesus what a panel Morrison and Merson two of the thickest footballers ever and that's saying something. They should start a double act and call themselves Laurel and Retardy.

I lost IQ just watching that for 3 minutes

[whats happening 1,615]

another terrible game. surely he will try something else. 

i like it how everything is kante's or kepas fault. laughuable from this forum.

[Nicco 927]

This guy can't coach a player to save his life, made every single one of them worse. Tomori mysteriously dissipated from the team, clueless Championship manager.

[Tomo 21,751]

4 minutes ago, Nicco said:

, made every single one of them worse. .

Absolute bull.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Cya Frank.

[Nicco 927]

Just now, Tomo said:

Absolute bull.

Yeah no, except the youngsters which no one knew exactly where they stand, he hasn't improve horse shit maybe Kovacic and that's it. 

[Fernando 6,585]

1 minute ago, Nicco said:

This guy can't coach a player to save his life, made every single one of them worse. Tomori mysteriously dissipated from the team, clueless Championship manager.

Same was said of Sarri. 

Now his team is in first in the league of Italy. 

I think the team sucks just that. Because it's same issue since Mourinho. We always do bad around this time, with Mourinho, Conte, Sarri and now Lampard. 

So it's not the managers but the mediocre players we have. 

Any new manager we get it will be the same just like Sarri and others. Do good at the beginning and then fade away during these times. 

[MoroccanBlue 5,382]

Ten men, with Mustafi leading the line. 

Oh Frank. God forbid we hear another “We have to do better” post match presser 

[Tomo 21,751]

3 minutes ago, Mana said:

How can we share points with the worst Arsenal squad in decades. At the Bridge. In fact, it looked like Arsenal were in complete control! 

They had two shots all game.

I know you like to overhype Arsenal but you're really taking the piss here.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

2 minutes ago, Tomo said:

They had two shots all game.

I know you like to overhype Arsenal but you're really taking the piss here.

And that's how shit we are - they had two shots all game and we still couldn't beat them. It really truly is the worst Chelsea side defensively in my memory.