He did well though. Assembled what looks like a decent backroom staff, deffo connected with the club and the fans, and the players played for him.
Not sure what more he could have done, other than win another away game apparently.
He did well though. Assembled what looks like a decent backroom staff, deffo connected with the club and the fans, and the players played for him.
Not sure what more he could have done, other than win another away game apparently.
Toff33Blues99
Player Valuation: £15m
Same team was in the top 6 for most of the previous season.
Yes it's not our finest team but it was not as bad as 16th
Toff33Blues99
Player Valuation: £15m
Define did well?
It wasn’t the same team though was it.
And Lampard was our manager for half the season so to pin finishing 16th on him is absolute guff of the highest degree.
What I said. edit. We were utterly broken as a club and a team. Him, and the fans, mended that. For now anyrate.
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
For the sake of argument what is the rough profile of the type of manager you would appoint in preference to Lampard at this point in time.?
(You don’t have to name names, but if you do they may be used against you when in future debate)
You ask did he show promise, yes, the away win at Leicester, the Chelsea win, coming back from 2-0 against Palace, all positive signs.
Was it a miracle to keep us up? No, we had plenty of games and it should have been easier, but he took over a team with 1 win in 14, a team missing its star striker and coped with injuries every week.
Most Premier League managers last 18months before they get sacked, on average, so if you guessed, you could easily say that Lampard will fail here and you would be most likely right. Thats all the negative nancies like you do, they play the odds.
Me, im willing to give him a transfer window, a preseason, see if he can do something here, if not, oh well, we sack him and go again.
But I dont understand why people cant just give him a fair crack.
Toff33Blues99
Player Valuation: £15m
Fans did a lot of the heavy lifting in that.
MrGrumpy
Player Valuation: £50m
Money would of been the answer if we hadn’t spent 70 million on Rooney, Klassen and Sigi
Toff33Blues99
Player Valuation: £15m
Not quite sure of the final points split. I don't think was much more for Lampard was it
But we did, so therefore money wasn’t the answer. Spending money and running the club smartly is the answer. If you miss the second part then all the money in the world won’t improve you.
We did. Did we under his predecessor? If not, why? If we did, I missed it.
Toff33Blues99
Player Valuation: £15m
No never use names. That's a rookie mistake.
A young forward thinking manager who has stamped a mark or shown promise elsewhere. I don't believe employing the YTS who failed at his previous jobs should be considered
Doesn’t matter does it? He came in midway through the season, none of his own players, no pre season, absolute bucket load of injuries, complete turmoil at board level. Benitez was given a clean slate in the summer to do as he pleased and absolutely ripped through the club. Please apply context.
You know I think it could be a bigger risk of him going back to Chelsea, if he stabilises us, does a decent job and Chelsea deplete post Roman, I can see that regime coming back in for a “fan favourite” if they come under pressure.
