2021/22 Frank Lampard

[stretford blue]

Thoroughly refreshing to have a manager who answers the questions with a lot of intelligence and sound communication skills.

I really liked his words and truly hope we get a few results early doors so he can begin to plan long term for us.

He does seem a really good fit hopefully he can really drag us into the modern world and on the face of things his backroom staff looks a well assembled team

 

[YoboCopter]

Seems to have a “modern” feel about it and abit of extiment it think we are all behind him aswell and hes a very dertirmned fella how ever we end up it wont be because he didnt try

 

[Rook]

IDK how this is gonna play out but he looks thinner now.

 

[Runub]

IDK how this is gonna play out but he looks thinner now.

I think it is just an optical illusion due to the previous manager. Your eyes will adjust given time

 

[Connor]

Frank Lampard has not asked Everton for assurances over long-term security

The new Everton manager has learned from his Chelsea departure that he will need to make a strong start at Goodison Park

www.theguardian.com

Speaks really well - makes a massive difference from the slob

Frank Lampard has admitted he has a point to prove at Everton and that he did not seek assurances over job security from Farhad Moshiri during talks to become the club’s sixth permanent manager in six years.

Lampard ended 12 months out of the game on Monday when he was appointed by Everton on a two-and-a-half year contract. During an assured first press conference on Thursday, the 43-year-old said his new role “gets my juices flowing” and that his preferred style of play fitted neatly with the club’s traditions. But after being sacked by Chelsea – “one bad month and you lose your job,” as he described it – Lampard accepts his managerial credentials will be questioned as he attempts to haul Everton out of relegation trouble.

“It’s the world we live in,” he said. “I guess if you decide to be the manager of a football club, particularly in the Premier League, you are not going to cruise through your career without having points to prove at various different times. Even the absolute best – the most successful – have that, so I have got no issue with that. As a player, I found I had a point to prove at various different times; sometimes it brings the best out of you and I hope it does with me.”

Moshiri, Everton’s majority shareholder, has overseen lavish spending and managerial churn since his arrival in 2016, leading to recent fan protests over how the club is run. Lampard, however, does not consider Everton or the task he has inherited from Rafael Benítez as a risk, and admits he did not ask for long-term stability from Moshiri because results will determine his future.

“I don’t want to talk about private conversations but I don’t sit here craving time in terms of a two or three-year vision,” said Lampard, who has added Ashley Cole to his backroom team as first-team coach. “I know it is very nice to talk about the new stadium and where we want to be in the next few years, but what I have learned from being in football and being at Chelsea is that you just need to get your head down and work.

“I am at the start of something now, and I certainly haven’t asked for any assurances to that point. I will be as good as what impression I can have on this team and this squad. I will be as good as the style and the way of playing can be enjoyed by the fans. I will be particularly as good as the results we can produce in the short term and, hopefully, the long term. There are ‘maybes’ and ‘ifs’ but it is not worth getting involved with them. I’m in a great job and I am very proud to be here. Now is just the time to work.”

Despite the team’s Premier League position, fan unrest and erratic ownership, Lampard says he had no misgivings. “I took it as I found, and that is the only way. I have found an owner, a chairman and a board that, from my first conversation, the one thing that was clear was that they want to find the best way to take this club forward. They are very united. I know there have been some difficult times but it is not my job to look over those. I only want to look at the future.

“I grew up with Everton being an incredible team in the mid-80s. I remember the team and the size of the club and I remember coming here to play, and feeling the atmosphere. Those things are the big pull. To manage a club with such a fan base, such a tradition, and the idea that I could give them back something they want, that is the thing that gets my juices flowing.”

Lampard’s first game will be at home to Brentford in the FA Cup on Saturday tomorrow. He then faces a critical Premier League test three days later at Newcastle, who trail Everton by four points. “I hope to bring an exciting brand of football,” he said. “There are some basic fundamentals that an Everton team needs to have, and I hope to bring those too. When I think of an Everton atmosphere, from playing against it, it’s a team that loves to see crosses and pressure and second balls, shots and combinations and things done at speed, and a team that wants to run and a team that wants to press high up the pitch. Those things absolutely align with my philosophy.”

 

[Toff33Blues99]

I thought it was a refreshingly honest P.C. for once. He came across as a humble man prepared to put the hard yards in. Whether he actually has the managerial tools to match, we will find out

 

[coollino]

Stay up this season, get some decent money from whichever 'big player' that gets sold in the summer and Everton could finally be quite an exciting club

 

[Drico]

The most I hope for with Lampard is that the club becomes part of the entertainment industry again - on the pitch. I don't think there is anything in this man's CV that suggests he is anything other than an ambitious up and comer. He's no Ancelotti, but he has his own strengths. I wish him well, but given the current squad's demonstrable failures, he will do very well to steer us quickly to safety and slowly build from there.

 

[evertony]

Very positive presser from an intelligent and straight-talking young coach. If he can bring the winning mentality and modern thinking to the squad I think we’ll all get a pleasant surprise in terms of style of play and entertainment.
Has brought in a top team too.

 

[davek]

He also has lots of experience working for a basket case club. Both as a player and a manager at Chelsea

Gimme that basket case status any time.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Frank Lampard has not asked Everton for assurances over long-term security

The new Everton manager has learned from his Chelsea departure that he will need to make a strong start at Goodison Park

www.theguardian.com

Speaks really well - makes a massive difference from the slob

Music to the ears.

 

[Goat]

Frank Lampard has not asked Everton for assurances over long-term security

The new Everton manager has learned from his Chelsea departure that he will need to make a strong start at Goodison Park

www.theguardian.com

Speaks really well - makes a massive difference from the slob

All gets a bit boring after a while C.

Roberto, Ronny K, Marco big watch., etc, etc, all chatted the whams and then crapped the bed.

Not a slight on you or Fronk, its just playing the game, yano.

But Fronk and Carlo are the only 1s ive been able to get right behind and really mean it.

 

[Rob17896]

I thought it was a refreshingly honest P.C. for once. He came across as a humble man prepared to put the hard yards in. Whether he actually has the managerial tools to match, we will find out

I thought realistic rather than humble. What is really interesting for me is that we know we have some very good players. Gray, Gordon, Dom, Richie, Townsend, Allen, Dacoure, Mina. Too early to know about new fullbacks
Creative midfield and sort of box to box were sadly missing. If his new signings can facilitate the best from the above then we might be quite scary as an attacking force. Kean is good when confident as well. I think we could be quite good. Just remember though on Saturday we are stuffed for players so don't expect too much too soon

 

[Connor]

All gets a bit boring after a while C.

Roberto, Ronny K, Marco big watch., etc, etc, all chatted the whams and then crapped the bed.

Not a slight on you or Fronk, its just playing the game, yano.

But Fronk and Carlo are the only 1s ive been able to get right behind and really mean it.

Yeah I cringe at a lot of the stuff now - it’s the game, but I hate the new stadium and support from board stuff especially

HOWEVER

Tell me that you’re going to play like an Everton team and I will swoon like I’ve fallen in love for the first time all over again

 

[Death]

Impressive. I think the fact that English is his first language helps with these pressers because sometimes managers are not always able to express themselves as well as they would like. But I liked practically everything he said there and hopefully DCLs injury is as minor as he suggested.

Reminds me of Allardyce.