2022/23 Frank Lampard

[mikel_88]

I am fuming he is still in charge tonight u know, a half decent performance and the dullards will be like “see? He hasn’t lost the dressing room, he deserves the southampton game,”

No he really doesn’t though, that game is absolutely massive, get him GONE NOW.

Thought this since the boxing day game is a massive game for him tonight if the players want him here they have to perform. Even if we get a win pressure is still on him and the team they have to keep getting results. Plus how badly this board runs the club we all have no idea what they will do

 

[davep]

Sorry Mods, will get back on topic. Has Frank been sacked yet?

Sat 21st Jan...

 

[Colonel Getafe]

The saints match reminds me of the Burnley away game last season,a must not lose game. They just got a new striker, they will win ,new striker scores on debut, it's the Everton way.

It's a must-win match for me. We've thrown away far too many points to teams around us - most of them at home. Cannot be settling for draws against one of the only two teams below us, not at home. Lose that one, and I think that'll probably be the end of the Lampard era.

 

[Lob]

Sat 21st Jan...

I am going to say Saturday the 7th January. I don't see how he can survive if we get beat again tonight. He should have been sacked after the Bournemouth double. Enough has been seen and experienced already to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we will go down if he remains in charge regardless of the window.

 

[davep]

I am going to say Saturday the 7th January. I don't see how he can survive if we get beat again tonight. He should have been sacked after the Bournemouth double. Enough has been seen and experienced already to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we will go down if he remains in charge regardless of the window.

Tonight's result (not performance) shouldn't/won't have any bearing on it imo. Right now all that matters is the league. I'd much rather lose tonight and get results against Southampton and West Ham than vice versa.

 

[andy4efc]

No idea what that response was in relation to as it wasn't me

Sorry I misread.

But you are a very rude individual.

 

[Lob]

Tonight's result (not performance) shouldn't/won't have any bearing on it imo. Right now all that matters is the league. I'd much rather lose tonight and get results against Southampton and West Ham than vice versa.

Of course it matters and definitely should matter. It would take the overall performance for this season in both league and cup games to the mighty heights of 4 wins out of 21 games with a 19% win rate as well as failure once again at the first hurdle of a cup competition and just 1 win in the last 12 games (8.3%). How could that possibly inspire anyone for success in any further games.

 

[Taifi gorm]

Don't dislike or loathe him like other failed managers but really should be gone based on form.
However you are here lad so go out on your feet, make a fight of it, drop the tactics and players McNeill and maupay (Jesus wept the shambolic wolves breakaway, when hope died), that have sunk you. Have some pride in yourself and give the fans some in the shirt.
No matter the result, leave any opponent's in no doubt they've been in a game.

 

[Wat Tyler]

So if we get a half decent performance, say we lose 1-0, or go out on pens, all of a sudden, he gets another game as manager?

 

[davep]

Of course it matters and definitely should matter. It would take the overall performance for this season in both league and cup games to the mighty heights of 4 wins out of 21 games with a 19% win rate as well as failure once again at the first hurdle of a cup competition and just 1 win in the last 12 games (8.3%). How could that possibly inspire anyone for success in any further games.

I wouldn't expect to beat Utd in a cup game @ OT if we were top half of the table, let alone in the relegation zone. I don't think the board would make a decision on his job based on a game we would hardly expect to get a result from at the best of times.

 

[davep]

So if we get a half decent performance, say we lose 1-0, or go out on pens, all of a sudden, he gets another game as manager?

No. This game shouldn't have any bearing either way, win or lose.

 

[Lob]

I wouldn't expect to beat Utd in a cup game @ OT if we were top half of the table, let alone in the relegation zone. I don't think the board would make a decision on his job based on a game we would hardly expect to get a result from at the best of times.

I wouldn't expect this board to make a correct decision on anything ever tbh. Just have to see what happens.

 

[Toff33Blues99]

Sorry I misread.

But you are a very rude individual.

Thanks I was Mr Rude Individual 3 years running

 

[BlueToff]

That isn't completely true. He did bring eight players into the club during the summer.

I think he may be over estimating what he thinks he can get out of this bunch of players. I think he needs to go back to the City game as a template.

I think Everton will play well against Utd in the cup because they will again be forced into a more defensive game plan because of the quality of the opposition.

It's not the manager's job to sign players though. We have a DoF who has failed to hire a head of recruitment so far, so that remit falls on him. If the options they could come up with are Maupay and McNeil then I really worry about him, too.

Anyway, I do agree he's over-estimating. On the flip side, you can't take a match against the best side in the country where we had 2 shots, one of them an absolute worldy, as a template unless you get in additional attackers to make it work. If we had more quality up top, sure you can play fine margins footy, but we don't have that quality. So it's always on the cusp and it isn't ultimately sustainable.

Not to say we should be playing that kamikaze style like v Brighton, there's a balance. But literally any manager who is in charge of us will NEED players. Or this side goes right to the wire in terms of staying up.

 

[neil999]

I mean I sort of want a bad defeat tonight(not humiliating, 3-0 will do) so that we can move on, awful really