2022/23 Frank Lampard

[matty1878]

They may want League 1 and pretend it’s good to have a re-set and the team is made up by 11 McNeil.

re set? we will fully summit

 

[matty1878]

Never go back.

Moist is a better manager than Dyche but oot of the two ginger dinosaurs you have to go with the younger model really.

none

 

[TheBigIguana]

Its not.

18th Feb is the next game we even have a small chance of winning.

Disagree. West Ham are bad enough that we could win with real management even away.

 

[Goat]

Disagree. West Ham are bad enough that we could win with real management even away.

We dont have real management.

 

[kiss the crest]

Just spoke to my West Ham mate and he reckons the players have stopped playing for Moyes as he has fell out with a few and it's having a knock on effect.
So he will be gone in the next week or so

 

[BlueToff]

It was astonishingly bad how the right sided CB ended up so far across the area and let himself get beat. Your point on the individuals are fair, but are they getting the right work on the training pitch? It doesn't look like a well drilled defence individual talent aside.

It's very much a mix of both I think mate.

Coady and Tarkowski are solid but both have their faults. They have to be deep and defend the box but that means there's space in front of them and the midfield aren't plugging those gaps. Doesn't seem Lampard is able to fix it.

 

[BlueToff]

They have. 10 signings.

They literally sold the best player - because they had to - and brought in McNeil and Maupay, neither of whom were anywhere near first choice on anybody's list. It's not Lampard's job to scout and sign players. He takes the blame for signing off on them but if he was presented with 'this is the best we can get', then that part is not on him.

We went into the January window sitting in 16th and in desperate need of a spark. We're 15 days into the window and haven't had a sniff of a signing. It's pathetic.

 

[BrendanGOT]

We beat West Ham and Moyes will get sacked but it might be enough to save Lampard, we lose to West Ham then Lampard is sacked but it might be enough to save Moyes.

Like I said earlier. That match is El Sackico

 

[Joey66]

Never go back.

Moist is a better manager than Dyche but oot of the two ginger dinosaurs you have to go with the younger model really.

Neither are our answer - the board need to sell - debts wiped off & a new manager plus players out & in - it's a big ask!

 

[billyblue80]

When he played a back five last season, people were jumping up and down for him to play 433.

Playing a back five against city and letting them have possession and play backs to the wall footy is one thing - I personally wouldn’t have been happy to see us set up like that at home to a relegation rival.

You can’t play five at the back with Coleman and Mkyo at fullback. It requires fullbacks to pose a threat or the system is pointless. Add in Gray, McNeil, Gordon and Iwobi and there is nothing going forward.

There’s nothing there, these players aren’t good enough. There isn’t a formation that will get them playing. They’re bottom three standard compared to the rest of the teams in the league - easily.

Will the board sign a few wide forwards, minimum, with creativity and goals in them? That’s all that will keep us up.

Maybe not but we definitely looked more comfortable in that formation. I agree the quality is way short that's on the board. The manager could make us harder to beat though that's not about talent its coaching and tactics for me he plays like we have better players than we do. And he can't change it if it goes wrong see yesterday again at one nill he could have shut the game down, at one one Saints made proactive subs we didn't. See the Brighton game we were lucky to be 0-1 at half time he changed nothing personnel or tactics and we were crushed. If as you say our team isn't that good then make us more resiliant and defensive as he did last season seems he can't. And we have very little patterns of attacking play, that's coaching. So yes loads of sympathy with him, I like him, I wanted it to work loads of blame on the board for not backing him and the recruitment, but still look hard at that squad of players he should still be able to get more than three wins out of them?! But for me tactically and coaching wise he isn't up to the job. We are in a dog fight now we need a fighter.

 

[hktoffee]

re set? we will fully summit

I agree. If we are down we are doomed. There is zero positive for going down.

 

[Deco]

I like Frank. He’s trying to fix this mess.

I’ve ran out of reasons to back him though. He’s our worst ever manager bar one, we lose every single week, and show absolutely no sign of improvement.

The Palace game was the only game this season we’ve shown any plan or intent.

He fails to play to the strengths of our players, we don’t create, we can’t defend, we get outplayed every match.

Whenever DCL is on the pitch our plan should be to get him in the box, and get the ball into him constantly. It’s not pretty but it’s better than whatever our plan is.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

One win since October 1st this is Benitez levels of ineptitude. This is also the formline of a team that's comfortably on it's way to relegation.

The show was over for Lampard, when we got a second consecutive thumping off Bournemouth within four days. He even survived a humiliating home defeat to Brighton as well.

It wasn't all his fault, the club is a mess he did well to keep us up last year. Frank is a such a nice guy but he just isn't a very good manager sadly.

 

[skumar55]

Why hasn’t Lampard been sacked yet ? We are a disgrace

 

[davek]

@davek says we cant sack him cos the Board is hiding from the fans.

The board are powerless. That's why they hid.

The owner can call time on Frank with a phone call tonight.