2022/23 Frank Lampard

[DualityNSNO]

I reckon we should get Moonhead back as his assistant too while we're at it

Sammy Lee on the sidelines.

 

[4737carlin]

Such a dumpling, you don’t even understand what a spine means

So you were wrong, I actually knew it, not injured at all, he left them out for no logical reason.

 

[Duncans Pigeons]

Team barely scrapes not getting relegated one season.
WHY NO TROPHY NEXT SEASON?!?!?

Reasonable, our fanbase.

Try and win I said you plumb!

 

[DualityNSNO]

Surely he's at a big club by now? We'd never get him.

Yeah, I heard from some guy with 92 in his name on here that clubs will be lining up.

Bet his phone's popping off 24/7.

 

[derek duvall]

Because it was a meaningless game

He was protecting our starting XI, ensuring they were ready for a game that matters (Saturday)

If the player responded well and played well, then Frank now has more guys to play in games that matter

There are literally dozens of other reasons he'd choose to go about it this way

your opinion of course but I find this absolutely crazy. He really is untouchable to some people

 

[Duncans Pigeons]

Try and win I said you plumb!

You aggressive keyboard HELMET!

 

[ToffeeTim]

Because it was a meaningless game

He was protecting our starting XI, ensuring they were ready for a game that matters (Saturday)

If the player responded well and played well, then Frank now has more guys to play in games that matter

There are literally dozens of other reasons he'd choose to go about it this way

How is it meaningless

We haven't won anything in almost 3 decades. We are in no position to look down on any competition.

Is it any wonder we are such losers with that sort of mentality

 

[TheBigIguana]

Oh absolutely, I can’t abide managers throwing cup games, it’s just not on under any circumstance for me, play the first 11, win the game, and then look at the next one.

The manager can be criticised without wanting him fired. In my view it needs to be fair criticism though. Some of the stuff after the Spurs and Newcastle games were absolutely ridiculous, tonight however he’s made himself fair game.

In the wider view he’s improved the defence a lot in my view (don’t care what stats people are dragging up about xg shots conceded - Patterson Coady Tarkowski Mykolenko are miles better than Coleman Keane Holgate Kenny, anyone can see that)
and he’s not really been given the resources to replenish the front line properly.

In the last few windows alone Richarlison James Siggurdson Bernard Walcott Kean Tosun have all left the club. They didn’t all pull up trees for Everton but that’s a lot of attacking players, two of them very good for us.

In their place we’ve brought in Gray, Townsend, Rondon, Maupay, McNeil and Gordon from the academy.

It’s just nowhere near good enough. Now we can say that Thelwell and Lampard maybe didn’t spend the McNeill money wisely but 20 mill gets you nothing in todays market.

That collection of attacking players is not good enough. When you go past the first choice defence the players aren’t good enough. When you go past the first choice midfield the players aren’t good enough.

Frank has his pros and cons and we can debate them all day but ultimately we are not set up to compete in this league. We’ve assembled a bottom half squad quality wise and are now operating under a bottom half budget. These are the results, bottom half football.

If the board are serious about ambition thsn there’ll be a clutch of attacking players for Lampard in January. I very much doubt it though.

So has he improved the defense or do we have better players?

 

[DualityNSNO]

Try and win I said you plumb!

You aggressive keyboard HELMET!

Are you arguing with yourself like?

 

[Nymzee]

So you were wrong, I actually knew it, not injured at all, he left them out for no logical reason.

You are genuinely just pretty bloody thick aren’t you.

 

[Parker]

Sammy Lee on the sidelines.

Steve Walsh hoovering up all the geriatric number 10's in the immediate vicinity.

The Toffs are back.

 

[xreyuk123]

I don't know if he was forced to, or whether he thought he'd 'give it another go' but it's been painstakingly obvious since Ancelotti was here that these players cannot effectively play 5 at the back.

When will these managers give up playing it.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Steve Walsh hoovering up all the geriatric number 10's in the immediate vicinity.

The Toffs are back.

 

[Jebus_lives]

You, sir, are a visionary genius. Club of firsts, us, add that one to the list.

Let's call him Carlos Nunes

Forget the dogs of war he's the Portuguese (A.I.) Man O'War

 

[Duncans Pigeons]

Are you arguing with yourself like?

Not Internet obsessed like you...don't post much...obviously won't again....getting hammered by my fellow blues for daring the manager to try and win?
Skuc mybllas u knobhead