He did well to get Chelsea into the top 4 considering he wasn’t able to sign anyone for half his time at Chelsea due to their transfer embargo. He also got them to the FA Cup final.
I was impressed by how he got Derby to the play-off final, too. They haven’t been near the top-flight for many years.
Play-off finals and Champions League football… that’s more than Pulis or Rooney have ever achieved.
regardless of the Chelsea embargo, he had a great team with quality throughout. Not o mention teams around him had a shocker of a season.
Lampards signings utterly failed Under him after the transfer embargo ended. So his record in the transfer market, and getting players to adapt to his football is pretty piss poor.
Derby reached the play offs the year before he took over as well. they also finished 6th under lampard, the same position as the year before. He had zero Improvement as derby manager, other than media hype because of who he is.