2021/22 Frank Lampard

[Colonel Getafe]

Letting agent friends of the owner run the club is probably exactly why he was picked.

Would legit love to know why he was appointed: can't imagine Dortmund and PSG were circling the former Preston man.

 

[larbert toffee]

Exactly. It will never change, it will never achieve much more than it has, was getting found out more and more as the game evolves.
Lampard is still crafting his style of management and hopefully it can be fluid. We can't attract a top established manager but that doesn't mean we should be happy with Dyche. The stability of a sort would be nice so I can see where you're coming from, but I'd be bored senseless quickly. At least there is a chance Lampard creates something special, no chance with Dyche. That's my tuppence worth anyway

A good tuppence worth.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

It baffles me that people turn their nose up at Dyche but Lampard is fine. You know what Dyche's style is, you know how he gets results. I can't say the same for Frank. He's an enigma. I know he views the game through a midfielders mind but I cannot tell you what his tactics are beyond that. Lampards been at 1 team in the championship and then went to one of the biggest jobs in football. Now he's with us and we've gone from 'this squad are mod table at nest' to 'have to accept a relegation battle again this season'

Dyche was sacked because he was engineering Burnley’s eventual relegation.

 

[larbert toffee]

It baffles me that people turn their nose up at Dyche but Lampard is fine. You know what Dyche's style is, you know how he gets results. I can't say the same for Frank. He's an enigma. I know he views the game through a midfielders mind but I cannot tell you what his tactics are beyond that. Lampards been at 1 team in the championship and then went to one of the biggest jobs in football. Now he's with us and we've gone from 'this squad are mod table at nest' to 'have to accept a relegation battle again this season'

I don't think I have ever heard Frank saying " This squad are mod table at nest"

 

[larbert toffee]

Dyche was sacked because he was engineering Burnley’s eventual relegation.

Apparently he's going to be a world beater here though.
The only good thing Dyche has done well is winding up him across the park, that was hilarious to watch and I thank him for that.

 

[Lapeno77]

Whether you like him as a coach or not one thing you have to give Lamps is has an ability to use the media he's doing it now, by excerting pressure on the board. He did it after the Palace humbling in the cup. I like that we haven't had enough managers who put it on the toes of the players/board .

Problem is, this board can go to ground better than Usama bin Laden.
Additionally, Kenwright is pretty handy at playing the media. He's don't it for the past 30 years.
Think that 6 week World Cup break is going to be brutal for us if/ when we're in a relegation scrap.

 

[terryefc]

Sack the mahager calls before the season has even started? Jeez. A new low even for us.

 

[windymiller]

Interesting point of view. Not specifically regarding lampard but any manager. I dont think Ancelotti did anything special with this squad other than make them hard to beat. But he also had 3 players lampard never had in terms of assisting. Rodriguez digne sigurdsson. Plus for large parts calvert lewin.
As someone who's been watching this squad for a few years now i genuinely dont think the anything special is in them. I think its unfair and unrealistic to expect lampard to get anything like that out of them. Two managers with 40 years of top flight and top club experience never. I dont know why anyone would think lampard can.

Ancelotti improved DCL, no doubt about it, he wasn't half the player before Ancelotti came in and he's not been the same player since he left.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Dyche was sacked because he was engineering Burnley’s eventual relegation.

Yeah, I'm sure SD woke up one morning and said to himself "ya know what, after half a dozen years in the Prem, I think I'll do my utmost to relegate my team - but subtly though so no one figures it out; shaft my employer, take a hit to my reputation, and possibly a big hit to my contract by being in the second division because that's where I really want to be. Can't wait to go to Huddersfield instead of Old Trafford."

Makes complete sense, doesn't it ?

 

[blue to the bone]

They way the club is been run, the fact we are more then likely going to struggle, Bills ongoing influence I'll make a prediction our manager by Christmas day will be Roberto Martinez.

 

[Goat]

They way the club is been run, the fact we are more then likely going to struggle, Bills ongoing influence I'll make a prediction our manager by Christmas day will be Roberto Martinez.

I predict Bill wont be our Chairman by Christmas day.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Ancelotti improved DCL, no doubt about it, he wasn't half the player before Ancelotti came in and he's not been the same player since he left.

+100

25 years old, professional for 7 years, England's "No2 striker", had only two seasons in his top flight career where he broke double figures; and maybe more interested in playing dress-up than scoring goals.

And this is our star player and prime hope for the season.

Jesus wept.

 

[Colonel Getafe]

I predict Bill wont be our Chairman by Christmas day.

I'll predict Bill will be our Chairman on Christmas Day 2045.

Either still alive or in some sort of cryo-floating-head-tank-thing like in Futurama

 

[larbert toffee]

I predict Bill wont be our Chairman by Christmas day.

I hope you're right mate, did a job years ago, fell behind the times and long outstayed his welcome.

 

[Gilbert..]

Ancelotti improved DCL, no doubt about it, he wasn't half the player before Ancelotti came in and he's not been the same player since he left.

Ancelotti made calvert lewin. Isnt any doubt about that. I meant more the style of play in terms of anything special. The football was pretty dross under both ancelotti and benitez.