Sacking Thomas Tuchel for Graham Potter was a bad decision. Agreed. If it was the Roman era, Potter wouldn’t have come in, a bigger manager would have been hired. I do not blame Todd Boehly for sacking Tuchel though, if Tuchel was unwilling to go with the vision of the new owners as reported. Every take-over has casualties. Marina left, Cech left and Tuchel followed, but then bringing in Potter on that short notice was a poor decision.
Fast-forward Potter has performed very poor for various reasons. He’s sacked, Lampard is now the man in charge. Lampard’s appointment has been met by a wave of criticism. Rightly so, given how he left the club and what he did with Everton. He almost got them relegated last season and the poor run continued this season until he got the sack letter.
Frank’s main problem at Chelsea was his poor defensive shape and team organisation as a whole. It was pretty poor. Holes could be dug throughout his set up.
He will come in guns blazing this time round hoping to right his wrongs. He’s no more a newby in the league. Forget about the “interim” or “caretaker” talk, if he does really well in the league and champions league, he will be in contention for a permanent position.
Lampard’s time at Chelsea was not all gloomy. In his first season he finished 4th in the league and reached the FA Cup final. He brought in the likes of Reece James, Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori and Mason Mount. Mount has gone on to become one of Chelsea’s best players if not the best in the past 3 seasons, James is now one of the best right backs in the world. Abraham and Tomori are doing very well in Italy.
The decision to appoint Frank will give the owners some breathing space to think well about who to appoint next. Not to rush into another decision like they did Graham Potter.
Now, Lampard won’t have it easy, neither will any manager. It will definitely get better with time, but the players are yet to gel and mature. Enzo is no Essien or Makelele, not even Mikel Obi. Mudryk is no where close to Hazard or Arjen Robben, Noni Madueke is not even playing for the 3 Lions, same as Badiashile who plays for the France U21. Felix is obviously an amazing player, but not one who gives you a lot of numbers.
Patience is needed.
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