2021/22 Frank Lampard

[TheBigIguana]

Where they playing Utd, Leicester, Liverpool, and Chelsea?

Oh no. They were playing Southampton, Wolves, and Watford.

You're off your head mate.

I must have missed the part where someone else managed us from January 31 to the United game I guess

 

[Efcjake]

We didn't create anything against the RS or United, correct.

The United game we won 1-0 yeah?

Deary me

 

[steven]

Lampard clearly does have a philosophy of how he wants to play which he has shown at Derby and Chelsea - you can obviously argue about how successful he has been in those jobs...and it was clear that he wasn't particularly successful when these players tried the constant high press and playing from the back.

I think it's to his credit though that when that philosophy obviously wasn't yielding results for us he has changed tact to be difficult to beat and playing more on the break, which against Newcastle/United/Leicester/Chelsea has yielded us much-needed points. I am all for the short term approach to just get points by any means necessary right now.

I imagine if he keeps us up, he will go back to his preferred way of playing next season, with hopefully a competent transfer strategy to support him get players that will be able to do so.

 

[Efcjake]

I must have missed the part where someone else managed us from January 31 to the United game I guess

I'm merely pointing out that you're praising Burnley for having a go and slating us for playing tight and countering when we have faced 4 of the top 8 teams and they were playing second half of the table ones.

 

[nsno-chris]

You've actually agreed with me without knowing it.

I don't think I agreed with anything to do with sacking Frank Lampard, calling him the equivalent of Fat Sam, demanding we play more open football in the middle of a relegation battle, say we didn't create anything in any of our games

So, I think you're barking up the wrong tree mert.

 

[Parker]

Flames flying off people's keyboards here.

Great work.

 

[blueblue]

Man Utd (A) Draw
West Ham (H). Loss
Watford (H). Loss
Wolves (A) Loss
Spurs (H) Draw
Man City (A) Loss
Brentford (A) Loss
Liverpool (H) Loss
Arsenal (H) Win
Palace (A) Loss
Chelsea (A) Draw
Brighton (H) Loss
Norwich (A) Loss


Rafael’s last 13 games. 6 points in more than one third of the season. If we get relegated, it is absolutely on him and this stretch of results.

We should have picked at least another 10 points from that run of games and we wouldn't be in the mess we are now.

 

[nsno-chris]

I must have missed the part where someone else managed us from January 31 to the United game I guess

To be fair, I think you're missing a lot. More specifically, a fundamental understanding of the game we call togger

 

[Efcjake]

Because Sam did a better job than Lampard.

No because the team wasn't as bad and we were in a better position when Sam took over than when Lampard did.

 

[nsno-chris]

No because the team wasn't as bad and we were in a better position when Sam took over than when Lampard did.

Its almost like he doesn't understand the game

 

[TheBigIguana]

I'm merely pointing out that you're praising Burnley for having a go and slating us for playing tight and countering when we have faced 4 of the top 8 teams and they were playing second half of the table ones.

Maybe I was unclear, my point was more that Burnley changed managers and the new guy was able to coax more out in 3 weeks than Lampard in 3 months. It isn't about just these last few games. We played Wolves and Southampton too and deservedly lost.

 

[Marius57]

Some tough games in there tbf

Aye, and this manager turned 2 of those draws vs man united and Chelsea into wins with clean sheets.

 

[Efcjake]

Maybe I was unclear, my point was more that Burnley changed managers and the new guy was able to coax more out in 3 weeks than Lampard in 3 months. It isn't about just these last few games. We played Wolves and Southampton too and deservedly lost.

No I understand that.

Who did Burnley play?

"It isn't just about these last few games" but you're judging him against Michael Jackson who has only managed a few games against relatively weaker opposition then we have had over the same period.

 

[Marius57]

No mate, it's an example of how a team in a relegation fight can still not play proper dog doo and hope they win off deflections and miracle saves. I didn't even know the managers name.

How's it a miracle save? Pickford put himself in both the positions for the goal line one and the face one. It's not a miracle, it's just damn good goalkeeping.

 

[blueblue]

Frank Lampard never got the new manager bounce, Results initially did not improve enough to move us away from relegation, but the form before that was six points won out of a possible 39 so they were starting from an incredibly low base with a group of players not used to fighting for survival.

Performances have improved and were it not for some individual player errors results would have improved also.

If we stay up or if we don't I think FL has shown enough that he needs to be kept and given the opportunuty to rebuild the club.