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2021/22 Frank Lampard

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catcherintherye said:
Thanks mate!
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Nailed it mate it was a perfect storm of circumstances some due to years of poor ownership decisions recruitment decisions managerial and injuries also I feel some players downed tools at times

Aside from man City and Liverpool most of the teams would have struggled with the squad we had available for periods of rhe season

I also feel quite a lot of premier league teams wouldnt have survived the season if they had been our position
 
vintage-toffees said:
Nailed it mate it was a perfect storm of circumstances some due to years of poor ownership decisions recruitment decisions managerial and injuries also I feel some players downed tools at times

Aside from man City and Liverpool most of the teams would have struggled with the squad we had available for periods of rhe season

I also feel quite a lot of premier league teams wouldnt have survived the season if they had been our position
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I agree with all of that mate.

For the record, I dont think we are out of the woods, or a good team or anything else. But I suspect we will get around 10 points more, and be comfortably safe.
 
irishgoose said:
Just watched his crystal palace post match interview again.

It’s baffling how people on here can be against him in the least.

You can see and hear the passion in him.

He loves this game.

Full support, nothing less.

In my opinion.
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I like the man for sure. I’m far from liking the manager and the coach but it’s very early days and he can certainly get things right
 
He does need a minimum level of backing to stabilise what still seems like quite a perilous situation, and try to create some positive momentum.

A few well-placed signings within whatever budget is available have the capacity to make a huge difference.

I'm still confident we'll get them but it seems more patience is necessary. I can't believe that he'd be happy to go into the season with the squad as it is.
 

KaiserEFC said:
I like the man for sure. I’m far from liking the manager and the coach but it’s very early days and he can certainly get things right
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Early days yes. I just really think we have been lacking passion across the board, players, coaches and even fans.

Effort & Passion are essential ingredients to success.
 
Eggs said:
…funny, I as only thinking that when I grew up the great managers had rarely been great players. I think we assume judgement and tactics come hand-in-hand with the best players but it’s not necessarily the case;

SAF (4 international caps): Kendall & Catterick (0): Paisley (0): Shankly (5): Clough (2): Revie (6). Ramsey (32) & Ancelotti (26).

i do, however, think the game has changed with introduction of DoF and groups of coaches & assistants. It’s lots to do with surrounding yourself with the best & working with them. I think Lampard is bright enough to d
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Correct as usual @Eggs. Great players play instinctively with like-gifted/minded players in, more often than not, great teams. They will struggle to understand why many players do not, or can not do, the passages of play that they used to do almost unconsciously.
A usually good coach, the exceptions you mention, have to analyse players and teams and tactics more thoroughly and look for strengths and weaknesses to offset a lesser technical talent. Therefore, they work on it. Often quite successfully.

As always there are exceptions. Until recently, we had a manager who had an in-depth dossier of every player he had coached, and, every opposition player. Pity was, the only thing he could read was a menu.
 
For me he's he's done the hardest part of his job so far..

Uniting what was a massively broken fanbase last season

He made going the match fun again and helped create what had been missing for a good few years a fantastic atmosphere

He gets us He gets it he really does
With the right people running the club and a bit if luck on the transfers front He could turn us around
 
I think we may well be surprised by the amount of time Dobbin and Onanyango (s) get this season. It's difficult to know, but, if they are training well and if we are not seriously struggling, I don't think Lampard is averse to playing youngsters.
 
roy vernon said:
I think we may well be surprised by the amount of time Dobbin and Onanyango (s) get this season. It's difficult to know, but, if they are training well and if we are not seriously struggling, I don't think Lampard is averse to playing youngsters.
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What gives you the impression we won't be struggling again? We currently have an even worse squad.
 

joebocop said:
What gives you the impression we won't be struggling again? We currently have an even worse squad.
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I didn't say we won't be struggling again, I said IF we are not seriously struggling again. A lot of the reason we came so close last year was the abject, broken state Benitez had left us in. I wouldn't rule out another struggle, but, I would expect us to get 6 or so more points than we did last season. Don't forget, we were so broken Watford scored 5 at Goodison.
 
roy vernon said:
I didn't say we won't be struggling again, I said IF we are not seriously struggling again. A lot of the reason we came so close last year was the abject, broken state Benitez had left us in. I wouldn't rule out another struggle, but, I would expect us to get 6 or so more points than we did last season. Don't forget, we were so broken Watford scored 5 at Goodison.
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Dark day lad dark day lowest point of a shambolic season
 
irishgoose said:
Just watched his crystal palace post match interview again.

It’s baffling how people on here can be against him in the least.
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Unfortunately we have a horrible anti Everton eliment in the support, pure negativity for the sake of it, everyone at some point will get it from them, even loyal supporters
 

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