Premier League 2020/21 Thread

[Guest SO1]

Lampard was always going to be the sacrificial lamb at Chelsea while they bedded in all those new young/foreign players. He was let go because they had to freshen up the changing room. Imagine there's only so long you can keep a manager with a club on downhill slide before the players stop listening. Tuchel has an opportunity and look forward to seeing how good a manager he is. Lampard will succeed if he wants it bad enough. Just has to stick with it.

Edited 25 January 2021 by SO1

[nnfox]

I think that might be Frank finished in management now.  It looked pretty clear that he got into management to one day manage Chelsea.  That's happened now, a bit too soon in my opinion.

 

He is a very wealthy man, settled family life after a quite brilliant career.  It feels like he'll have to start again if he wants to succeed as a manager.  The sensible thing would be for him to go as a number 2 somewhere for a few years.  Frank Lampard the player has gone, if he wants to be known as Frank Lampard the manager he is going to have to work for it.  I'm not sure the desire is there.  Far more likely to become a pundit.

[Danno]

 

[Foxxed]

They give us money, we sack their managers. We’re essentially on the Chelsea board.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Bad news for us really, got to think that Tuchel will get them going in time.

 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

Convinced Allegri is the Italian Alan Curbishley (16-1)

[Frank Large's Black Book]

37 minutes ago, oxtonfox said:

I'm disappointed for Frank. I think he did a very good job but they just didn't give him time to blend the new players with the core of youngsters he has.

 

How many times though does a great club player, go back to manage the club, and then get sacked? I can think of Souness & Dalglish @Liverpool, Shearer @Newcastle, Henry @Monaco, Lampard now @Chelsea

Hoping the same doesn't happen to Vardy @Leicester in say 2028. 

Cambiasso when Brendan leaves us in 15 year's time

[whoareyaaa]

was always going to happen, Chelsea are trigger happy when it comes to managers.

 

Werner is shit though, they are a weak team 

[StriderHiryu]

This made me laugh a lot more than it should have done 

 

[Buce]

 

Chelsea have spent £110 million on managers' compensation under Abramovich.

 

That's more than most teams are worth. Madness.

[Koke]

1 minute ago, StriderHiryu said:

This made me laugh a lot more than it should have done 

 

 

530 words for Sarri,  16 for Mourinho. 3 league titles and they still hate him. 

[goody2028]

Shame as he was doing a great job for us 

[Guest seanfox778]

54 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said:

Mourinho, Sarri, Lampard and who?

Was Hiddink interim boss when we won the league? We had them last game of the season and then Conte arrived in the summer. 

Edited 25 January 2021 by seanfox778

[yorkie1999]

2 hours ago, Aus Fox said:

If he is gone, that’s 4 of the last 5 Chelsea managers to have the last league game in charge against Leicester. Amazing

Is that true? which games

 

[Guest Electric Yetis]

15 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

He was a footballer though my brother, can't have him in this.

 

Matthew McConaughey's son in a Leicester shirt on the news last year? 

 

 

[Ric Flair]

Don't they always win a trophy when they sack a manager half way through a season? (I'm sure there are many seasons they didn't but they certainly have won a few - most notably the CL)

[SouthStandUpperTier]

11 minutes ago, Koke said:

 

530 words for Sarri,  16 for Mourinho. 3 league titles and they still hate him. 

I think that says just as much about Mourinho as it does about Chelsea.

[kingcarr21]

14 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said:

Is that true? which games

 

I can only think of Lampard and Mourinho. Conte i think left Pre Season. Sarri, if i remember right, wasnt sacked but left for Juve. 

 

Think Hiddink took over from Mourinho who left end of the season. Not sure if i'm missing anyone

Edited 25 January 2021 by kingcarr21

[The Bear]

We play Chelsea on Wednesday night FFS. 

Edited 25 January 2021 by The Bear

[kingcarr21]

Just now, The Bear said:

We play Chelsea on Wed FFS. 

Put money on a Werner hat trick

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, The Bear said:

We play Chelsea on Wednesday night FFS. 

What is your record loss?  

[Hoopla10]

This was Chelsea's plan, right? They needed a free roll of the dice on a stop-gap manager who the fans would accept while they had a ban on transfers and their owner couldn't get into the country. So you hire an icon of the club to buy time. If he does well then great (like OSG at ManU) but if not he gets cut lose. When was the last time Chelsea hired a manager from the Championship??? Let alone a manager who's just started and not proven (other to fail in getting Derby up). They don't. It was always just politics. Last season Lampard had no pressure. The media loved to run with the fantasy narrative he was having to play youth and after losing Hazard couldn't spend in the transfer market. Ignoring the fact a lot of his squad won the league only a few seasons before. And the fact is if we hadn't nosedived post lockdown they wouldn't have made the CL. 

I don't really care about Lampard but if he's serious about management there's still plenty of opportunity to find a club to prove himself at. Pay his dues, properly learn the job and build a career. If he becomes successful that way Chelsea will come calling again. The fans will love the redemption story. If he walks then we know why he failed at Chelsea. He wasn't serious about it. 

[Izzy]

1 hour ago, nnfox said:

I think that might be Frank finished in management now.  It looked pretty clear that he got into management to one day manage Chelsea.  That's happened now, a bit too soon in my opinion.

 

He is a very wealthy man, settled family life after a quite brilliant career.  It feels like he'll have to start again if he wants to succeed as a manager.  The sensible thing would be for him to go as a number 2 somewhere for a few years.  Frank Lampard the player has gone, if he wants to be known as Frank Lampard the manager he is going to have to work for it.  I'm not sure the desire is there.  Far more likely to become a pundit.

Gary Neville 2.0

[Sharpe's Fox]

I doubt Lampard is too upset about it all. He's essentially now getting paid gardening leave to ruin Christine Bleakleys nether regions. For most blokes that's the dream ticket.

 

Edited 25 January 2021 by Sharpe's Fox

[HighPeakFox]

If it produces a team that times its revival to take points off the Manchesters, that's ok by me.

Edited 25 January 2021 by HighPeakFox