One of those tantalising catch-22s. We need him back and firing, but his form doesn't justify selection at the moment and we can't afford to be selecting passengers just to get them back into form, even though we need them in form.
Form.
We cannot rely on other teams being worse. It's just the wrong mindset and not something that anyone involved with the club should be thinking about. Got to maximise our results, put everything into each game and see where it leaves us at the end of the season. Full stop.
Feels like the definition of a luxury player at this point. Still think he could do a job, but this wasn't the kind of signing we needed to be making in January to bolster us in the relegation battle. Hope he proves me wrong and starts banging them in. Think he's theoretically capable.
Lampard's track record managing a defence is a concern that has become all to real. Worrying that we have to wait now before we can make any reinforcements. Assuming we can stay up, who should we be looking at in summer? Needs to be our top priority I'd say.
Defence a serious concern and needs to be the priority. Not sure what Frank can do at this point to turn it around before the end of the season. ? Drill the hell out of them maybe.