2 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

Sacking Potter was the right decision. He deserved it, he was absolutely shocking.

Perhaps hiring Frank wasn’t the right decision but Potter had to go. He never was the right manager to take us forward.

Potter is at least a manager. No idea what Lampard is pretending to be. 

Would've let Potter go after the Champions League, but in no way would I appoint Lampard. 

1 hour ago, Backbiter said:

Not that it matters, but we scraped a draw at Forest.

And we can do so again! Keep the faith 

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Potter is at least a manager. No idea what Lampard is pretending to be. 

Would've let Potter go after the Champions League, but in no way would I appoint Lampard. 

The curious thing is as sh*t as Lamps is as a manager you'd have thought due to his experience all be it at youth level Joe Edwards would be able to construct something resembling a system.

I wonder if Lampard is like Wenger in the sense he gives his coaches next to no input.

25 minutes ago, Argo said:

The curious thing is as sh*t as Lamps is as a manager you'd have thought due to his experience all be it at youth level Joe Edwards would be able to construct something resembling a system.

I wonder if Lampard is like Wenger in the sense he gives his coaches next to no input.

I wouldn't underestimate the challenge of dealing with the current, bloated squad. When Potter started getting a few favorable results around the time of the Dortmund game, I think it was more because he had settled into a pattern of playing a subset of players regularly, leaving the rest without any minutes. Understandably any new manager is going to revisit the selections, and try some players again. But as Lampard has found out a large chunk of the squad hasn't really featured in any competitive football and is totally lacking in any match fitness. The players that featured regularly under Potter have better match fitness, but in that case we may as well have stuck with Potter.

We desperately need to offload 10-15 players, not just to help with FFP but also because our squad is way too big to manage.

13 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I wouldn't underestimate the challenge of dealing with the current, bloated squad. When Potter started getting a few favorable results around the time of the Dortmund game, I think it was more because he had settled into a pattern of playing a subset of players regularly, leaving the rest without any minutes. Understandably any new manager is going to revisit the selections, and try some players again. But as Lampard has found out a large chunk of the squad hasn't really featured in any competitive football and is totally lacking in any match fitness. The players that featured regularly under Potter have better match fitness, but in that case we may as well have stuck with Potter.

We desperately need to offload 10-15 players, not just to help with FFP but also because our squad is way too big to manage.

I agree to the point but the issue is 60 mins vs Real aside this is largely identical to the crap we were playing in his full time spell post the Sarri training muscle memory wearing off and with many different players to boot.

Edited April 20, 20233 yr by Argo

1 hour ago, Argo said:

But if we're going to put missing players tax on games then we can do that for pretty much every defeat in his entire spell.

Were we missing anyone other than Kante for much of the season? We also beat Milan with Auba in both legs who Potter then decided to leave out of the CL squad.

56 minutes ago, Argo said:

The curious thing is as sh*t as Lamps is as a manager you'd have thought due to his experience all be it at youth level Joe Edwards would be able to construct something resembling a system.

I wonder if Lampard is like Wenger in the sense he gives his coaches next to no input.

Doubt it, Jody Morris basically gave him a career with Derby.

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

Were we missing anyone other than Kante for much of the season? We also beat Milan with Auba in both legs who Potter then decided to leave out of the CL squad.

One of the weirdest decisions of the season. I don`t get how Potter decided this was a sensible idea. It would have been very beneficial to at least have ONE striker on the bench.

23 minutes ago, reparto corse said:

One of the weirdest decisions of the season. I don`t get how Potter decided this was a sensible idea. It would have been very beneficial to at least have ONE striker on the bench.

Yeah couldn’t believe it when I saw it.. lunacy that decision.

Saw Frank this morning driving on his way to work. Looked like he was in a good mood but didn’t acknowledge me at all. Emma Hayes would have brought me out a coffee whilst I was stuck in traffic…

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

Saw Frank this morning driving on his way to work. Looked like he was in a good mood but didn’t acknowledge me at all. Emma Hayes would have brought me out a coffee whilst I was stuck in traffic…

Maybe you did not Meow loudly enough?

Fair play to Lampard for coming back.

He is on a hiding to nothing.

Third manager in 6 months, an inflated squad with no direction or minerals.

But Lampard is clearly to blame, just like Potter and Tuchel before him.

7 hours ago, axman2526 said:

And we can do so again! Keep the faith 

The six pointer

8 minutes ago, Carloseyebrow said:

Fair play to Lampard for coming back.

He is on a hiding to nothing.

Third manager in 6 months, an inflated squad with no direction or minerals.

But Lampard is clearly to blame, just like Potter and Tuchel before him.

Don't forget Roman, surely he can be blamed as well.

6 hours ago, reparto corse said:

One of the weirdest decisions of the season. I don`t get how Potter decided this was a sensible idea. It would have been very beneficial to at least have ONE striker on the bench.

He bought into the Havertz hype and so did many fans who wanted him to start ahead of Auba.

2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

The six pointer

So that makes a draw worth 2 points right?!

2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

Don't forget Roman, surely he can be blamed as well.

And the former groundskeeper, Marina, Cech, Buck, they are all to blame!

ABCT - Anybody But Clearlake and Todd

 "I have to acknowledge [the lack of fight] it's the truth, it's hard, it's tough, it's the truth and it can't be -- it's unacceptable," Ten Hag told a news conference.

"We showed in the past we can quickly bounce back, we have done it many times this season but we have to start games better, more desire, more composure on the ball. When you get the setback you have to deal with it and carry on.

Somebody wrote after real game that football at this level is not about running, desire. It is just about positioning, build up structure and magic. 😂😂

 

It is very hard to see any victories for this team in the last 7 games. The team should make it some sort of competition. Give points to players and make it competitive. Best player in the last games gets a car or something. 

Do something to add excitement and motivation to everyone.

On Frank himself I would love if he stayed at the club but not as Head coach. Maybe a coach for just midfielders. Maybe some role in identifying talent. 

I am sure he wouldn't settle for that but he would have so much to give to the club in that kind of role.

Edited April 24, 20233 yr by evissy

2 minutes ago, evissy said:

It is very hard to see any victories for this team in the last 7 games. The team should make it some sort of competition. Give points to players and make it competitive. Best player in the last games gets a car or something. 

 

😂😂😂

Most of this player can buy a nice car just from their weekly salary. 

4 hours ago, Bob stark said:

😂😂😂

Most of this player can buy a nice car just from their weekly salary. 

That is not the point. You have to sell them something. Motivation. Let's just finish off the season on a high is not a motivation. Good competition inside the squad would be helpful I think. 

5 hours ago, evissy said:

It is very hard to see any victories for this team in the last 7 games. The team should make it some sort of competition. Give points to players and make it competitive. Best player in the last games gets a car or something. 

Do something to add excitement and motivation to everyone.

On Frank himself I would love if he stayed at the club but not as Head coach. Maybe a coach for just midfielders. Maybe some role in identifying talent. 

I am sure he wouldn't settle for that but he would have so much to give to the club in that kind of role.

Announce the new manager and tell the players they are playing  for a place in next seasons squad. 

2 hours ago, charierre said:

Announce the new manager and tell the players they are playing  for a place in next seasons squad. 

That is a good idea as well. 

I don't know what the incentive should be just do something. 

If the new manager is announced soon, he should come in immediately. There's benefit to him getting a few extra weeks to start assessing players and getting his ideas across. And no benefit to leaving Frank in charge when we have someone ready.