2021/22 Frank Lampard

[street end]

Benitez, as much as dislike him as a person, has a proven track record of winning things. He started very well, but as soon as it went south a little bit, fans jumped on his back, and it was always doomed to fail. He’s clearly a good manager, just nowhere near right for this club.

Our players are rubbish for the most part. They need a good tactical manager who can train them well, guide them on the pitch, improve their fitness, and get some desire out of them.

Lampard has zero track record of anything. He’s got about as much personality as a wet sponge, and it shows in our performances I think. Limp for the most part.

We should have gone after a proven manager…an Emery (he nearly went to Newcastle after all). Or dare I say, even someone like Chris Wilder. Someone who has proven to be able to get players to perform at more than the sum of their parts.

Lampard has proven NOTHING as a manager. Apart from that he’s a “name”. He has not charisma. No noticeable tactical ability. I find him demoralising. Clearly a mistake.

Another new poster talking rubbish.

 

[matty1878]

I agree with that, also not convinced you would be favourite to come back should you go down. That would depend on many unknowns...eg what the squad looks like next year? Will FL still be there? Personally I think if you do go down he won't need sacking he will probably resign to try to save face in the hope that some other team thinks he qualifies as a manager.

If you do go down one thing is for for sure, you will need momentum, and fast...e.g. win the first 4 or 5 games on the bounce. If not the opponents there will smell blood!

we won’t come back if we do

 

[PennyLane]

Another new poster talking rubbish.

Which part? The Benitez part? Look I’m not saying I like Benitez, but I’m pretty sure if you asked 1000 PL football fans who the better tactical manager is, Benitez or Lampard… 975 of them would say Benitez, and the other 25 would be Everton fans.

I don’t like the guy, but don’t pretend our blue tinted glasses don’t greatly diminish his ability as a manager just because we don’t like him.

It was a dreadful fit. He should never have been appointed. He’s not a bad manager. Just the completely wrong club.

(I actually think, however, that we’d be higher up the table if we’d kept him)

 

[blue to the bone]

Which part? The Benitez part? Look I’m not saying I like Benitez, but I’m pretty sure if you asked 1000 PL football fans who the better tactical manager is, Benitez or Lampard… 975 of them would say Benitez, and the other 25 would be Everton fans.

I don’t like the guy, but don’t pretend our blue tinted glasses don’t greatly diminish his ability as a manager just because we don’t like him.

It was a dreadful fit. He should never have been appointed. He’s not a bad manager. Just the completely wrong club.

(I actually think, however, that we’d be higher up the table if we’d kept him)

You give off familiar odour mate .

 

[EGWToffee]

Which part? The Benitez part? Look I’m not saying I like Benitez, but I’m pretty sure if you asked 1000 PL football fans who the better tactical manager is, Benitez or Lampard… 975 of them would say Benitez, and the other 25 would be Everton fans.

I don’t like the guy, but don’t pretend our blue tinted glasses don’t greatly diminish his ability as a manager just because we don’t like him.

It was a dreadful fit. He should never have been appointed. He’s not a bad manager. Just the completely wrong club.

(I actually think, however, that we’d be higher up the table if we’d kept him)

As soon as I read Wilder I lost interest.

 

[Drumblue]

Which part? The Benitez part? Look I’m not saying I like Benitez, but I’m pretty sure if you asked 1000 PL football fans who the better tactical manager is, Benitez or Lampard… 975 of them would say Benitez, and the other 25 would be Everton fans.

I don’t like the guy, but don’t pretend our blue tinted glasses don’t greatly diminish his ability as a manager just because we don’t like him.

It was a dreadful fit. He should never have been appointed. He’s not a bad manager. Just the completely wrong club.

(I actually think, however, that we’d be higher up the table if we’d kept him)

Once we appointed the FSW, it was going to end in tears.

 

[PennyLane]

Once we appointed the FSW, it was going to end in tears.

I agree with you, but to replace him with Frank Lampard is an even bigger crime. We were 6 points above the relegation zone when Benitez left… we brought in an inexperienced manager with zero credentials… and now we’re 5 points adrift in the relegation zone.

Both appointments were dreadful for our situation. Pointless even debating it. The facts are there in the league position / results.

 

[MrGrumpy]

I see Benitez is being bugged up again….1win in 14 games…1 win in 14….that’s why we are in this mess

 

[street end]

I agree with you, but to replace him with Frank Lampard is an even bigger crime. We were 6 points above the relegation zone when Benitez left… we brought in an inexperienced manager with zero credentials… and now we’re 5 points adrift in the relegation zone.

Both appointments were dreadful for our situation. Pointless even debating it. The facts are there in the league position / results.

Here’s a fact, we lost 5-2 to Watford at home.

 

[Drumblue]

Here’s a fact, we lost 5-2 to Watford at home.

Here's a fact, we're shoite.

 

[PennyLane]

I see Benitez is being bugged up again….1win in 14 games…1 win in 14….that’s why we are in this mess

I’m not bigging him up, per se. His record was poor. But he’s clearly a capable manager, at the wrong club.

To replace him with Lampard is the bigger crime. We still had almost half the season to go.

 

[BlueStevie35]

I’m not bigging him up, per se. His record was poor. But he’s clearly a capable manager, at the wrong club.

To replace him with Lampard is the bigger crime. We still had almost half the season to go.

And if we’d have appointed Frank earlier in the month we’d have been safe by now, it was criminal sacking Benitez so late and leaving it till deadline day to bring Lampard in

 

[MrGrumpy]

I’m not bigging him up, per se. His record was poor. But he’s clearly a capable manager, at the wrong club.

To replace him with Lampard is the bigger crime. We still had almost half the season to go.

We spent 6 years buying the wrong players and appointing the wrong managers who are all different characters with different play styles. This is no surprise we are in this mess, we deserve to be in it

 

[Nymzee]

I’m not bigging him up, per se. His record was poor. But he’s clearly a capable manager, at the wrong club.

To replace him with Lampard is the bigger crime. We still had almost half the season to go.

Your first day of posting on GOT has started strong.

 

[billyblue80]

Which part? The Benitez part? Look I’m not saying I like Benitez, but I’m pretty sure if you asked 1000 PL football fans who the better tactical manager is, Benitez or Lampard… 975 of them would say Benitez, and the other 25 would be Everton fans.

I don’t like the guy, but don’t pretend our blue tinted glasses don’t greatly diminish his ability as a manager just because we don’t like him.

It was a dreadful fit. He should never have been appointed. He’s not a bad manager. Just the completely wrong club.

(I actually think, however, that we’d be higher up the table if we’d kept him)

I am not sure you are an Everton fan. He won, one win in fourteen. ONE, he was not surviving. Or keeping us up. I will also add he was relegated with Newcastle. He was the one who helped instigate the decline. He also fell out with and sold one of our best assitors. He should never ever have been appointed.