I don't blame him but I don't like him as Everton manager and never will.
Personally, and I know many of you will turn your noses up, but I'd be more than willing to take a punt on Lampard.
These players are spineless little cretinous cancers but they'll probably all listen to someone like him as they'll all know what an outstanding footballer he was and literally remember watching him. Lampard is, by all accounts, fairly smart and well put together. I'm sure he can communicate well and obviously will have decent contacts across the game.
The point is, we're going no where fast and need someone with a bit about them to come in and be given time. We're no where near where we want to be so we can't be picky, and whoever it is he'll need to rebuild. That will be a process that takes seasons. I'm willing to give someone like Lampard, who'll grow alongside us (a bit like Moyes did) some time. I appreciate this isn't 2002 and the game has changed but for me Lampard just makes sense.
Not that any of this matters because it looks like Rafael is going to hang around regardless. But I'd like to see it.