Weve agreed on a lot in the past, and im sorry that you think my reading of your posting these last couple weeks is laughable and wham. You seem extremely tetchy on this topic in general IMO
What I find annoying is that if you read my posts all the way back through Lampard, Benitez, Ancelotti, they’re of a similar theme
That the players are not good enough, they undermine managers, our injury record is not good enough, and our recruitment is poor. I’ve wanted continuity in all three managers (and I will with Lampard) to give someone time to sort these problems out.
So when i see posts making out that a home win has somehow sweeped away problems that Benitez ‘created’ it just reinforces this point, it’s just the cycle repeating itself. We’ll get lulled into the false sense of security, that these players are good enough, they’ll stay over the summer then when Lampard is struggling next season the same people will want a change in manager.
I’m pointing out that we won’t see real improvement unless a lot of players are moved out in the summer and we won’t know it’s stuck unless we see improvement beyond 12 months. Otherwise we’ll see the same pattern that occurred under Koeman, Allardyce, Silva, Ancelotti, and yes Benitez.
Pointing out these realities doesn’t mean I don’t want Lampard to do well or I’m trying to compare him to Benitez. I’m not. The people who wanted Benitez out denied the severity of the underlying issues at the club at the time and if they think one home win means this cycle won’t repeat as it has for the last five managers then they’re denying the severity of these issues again.
If we don’t turf the core of these players out in the summer, recruit well, and keep our best players fit next season. Then what has happened for the last five managers will just happen again.