Who would you replace Lampard with?

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

As a board there should be targets at set milestones i.e. give him till till the world cup to get to x amount of points, I`m sure we all have these targets or KPI`s in our jobs. He defo shouldn`t be getting a free ride being the 3rd worst performer for Everton in the Premier League era... IMO he doesnt help himself by the constant change in formation, that doesn`t help with consistency.

Like I`ve said before he is everything you want as a manager but he just doesn`t get enough results, I`m not sure I can see him turning it around or capable of turning it around or surely he would have done that by now.

If you want to blame the players the majority of them are now his, the ones remaining are obviously the ones he wanted to keep, i.e. Gordon.

IF Frank cant turn it around there is plenty on the market, we just need the best man possible, if Thelwell has anything about him he would have a profile and other managers in mind. I`d be surprised if there wasn`t discussions about this behind the scenes, well any well run club would be...

Out of work at the moment.......
Marcelo Gallardo
Joachim Low
Mauricio Pochettino
Thomas Tuchel
Zinedine Zidane
Marcelo Bielsa
Paulo Sousa
Sean Dyche
Sam Allardyce ?
Cluade Puel
Quique Setien
Andre Villas-Boas
Jorge Sampaoli
Nuno Espirito Santo

Others
Roberto Martinez - Belgium
Gareth Southgate - England ?
Roberto Mancini - Italy
Christophe Galtier under pressure at PSG

That's a good list and Southgate wins it for me.

 

[TheBigIguana]

If for whatever reason he gets the bullet (looses 3/4 of the next games) I can honestly see them getting Martinez back.

Firing the manager before the world cup and hiring one who can't use the break to start working with the team is so stupid that I'm actually sold we'll be the ones who do it

 

[Goat]

Firing the manager before the world cup and hiring one who can't use the break to start working with the team is so stupid that I'm actually sold we'll be the ones who do it

I cant imagine teams will train during the world cup.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Firing the manager before the world cup and hiring one who can't use the break to start working with the team is so stupid that I'm actually sold we'll be the ones who do it

And also with a manager who has proven he's not fit for this league.

Second coming and all that hey ho

?

 

[TheBigIguana]

I cant imagine teams will train during the world cup.

They will at some point. There are only 8 days between the final and restarting the league. My guess is maybe a couple weeks off.

 

[Goat]

They will at some point. There are only 8 days between the final and restarting the league. My guess is maybe a couple weeks off.

Anyway, the more I think about it, the more likely it will be Martinez.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Anyway, the more I think about it, the more likely it will be Martinez.

I'm not sure why he'd even be a candidate. I don't mean that personally toward him either, I don't really know why Joachim Low would be a candidate either. It's a different world in club football.

 

[Goat]

I'm not sure why he'd even be a candidate. I don't mean that personally toward him either, I don't really know why Joachim Low would be a candidate either. It's a different world in club football.

He will be a candidate cos hes available.

 

[TheBigIguana]

He will be a candidate cos hes available.

He's not?

 

[Goat]

He's not?

He will be in December when he fails to take Belgium out their group.

 

[TheBigIguana]

He will be in December when he fails to take Belgium out their group.

Yeah could be, but that timing might not work for us.

 

[chriswho]

Frank is the right man.
We better not be sacking him. This year is rebuild/recover. I hope to end this season in top half, and next in top 6. I hope and expect Frank will lead us back into Europe and the new stadium.

However, if we are 16th or worse with 5 games to go this spring, my support will be less absolute.

 

[Goat]

Yeah could be, but that timing might not work for us.

Ive thought about this.

No Unsy, no Dunc.

Paul Clement will take over on a temp basis.

 

[BluePaul86]

He will be in December when he fails to take Belgium out their group.

Yeah cos they're not qualifying from a group containing Morocco and Canada.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Ive thought about this.

No Unsy, no Dunc.

Paul Clement will take over on a temp basis.

I'm sure the board isn't ready for what might happen which is lovely as always. I really believe you could hit the point of no return as soon as the Fulham game.