Put those colour coded lines on the floor like in a hospital to stop the lads getting lost.Frank Lampard's Sack Watch / Sacked
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Put those colour coded lines on the floor like in a hospital to stop the lads getting lost.He has a desk?
Disgusting treatment.
Expect this from people like @horsechoker @esmufc07, but not you @duffer wanting your club legend out. You were one CB away from winning the league.
Expect this from people like @horsechoker @esmufc07, but not you @duffer wanting your club legend out. You were one CB away from winning the league.
Yes, because that's how it works. Just stick with a young manager long enough and you'll reap the rewards
Once again fans fail to realise that what we spectators see is just the tip of the iceberg. After results, it's primarily the stuff happening behind closed doors that matter.
Held talks with him before he signed for PSG. We were in the middle of a transfer ban though, so he went to Paris instead.
He did.
Strange tweet. Ole has just done better.
Was hoping they would keep Frank on but could see Tuchel coming in a mile away. Franks was going to struggle satisfying and getting respect from all these players.
Will be interesting to see how he does getting thrown into a new squad. On paper he has experience with lots of big names at PSG.
Will be interesting to see how he does getting thrown into a new squad. On paper he has experience with lots of big names at PSG.
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Aww bad luck you balding, John Terry loving, fat tory bastard.
Totally agree. He seems intelligent, switched on, nice guy too. But the first job in a big league is nearly always a failure.
Look at Gary Neville. Even the mighty Ole had a learning curve at Cardiff.
I've previously said he should be given until the end of the season but the rumours of an unhappy dressing room change that. In comparison with us, I've never doubted the players are behind Ole and that's helped us dig out results when things have looked bleak. If he's not had the squad onside then it's only ever going been in one direction for Lampard.
I think the team is good, though. If they really sign Tuchel, he'll love working with many of those players. Mount, Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz, Jorginho, Kovacic are typical Tuchel players I'd say.
The squad generally seems more balanced than the PSG one which with its two superstars was always somewhat of a misfit. Could come great if he's granted time.
And now, the sack watch has ended.
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A bit harsh as their performances have not been as bad as the results suggest. It will be the perfect job to come in to as I believe their results would have improved even with Lampard staying in charge. That said, if it is Tuchel who comes in he will most likely be an upgrade on Lampard - so in that sense it will be a reasonable sacking.
Update thread title!
Think it is disappointment rather than surprise.
These club legends being given jobs they don't deserve has to come to an end. Big clubs are in a mess because of it. What happened to coaches earning their stripes?
He should have stayed at Derby. Seemed to have been building something there before he left.
Well.
From the club website....
This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the Board have taken lightly.
We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as Head Coach of the Club. However, recent results and performances have not met the Club’s expectations, leaving the Club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.
There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the Club time to improve performances and results this season.
Roman Abramovich said,
“This was a very difficult decision for the Club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him’.
“He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.
“On behalf of everyone at the Club, the Board and personally, I would like to thank Frank for his work as Head Coach and wish him every success in the future. He is an important icon of this great club and his status here remains undiminished. He will always be warmly welcomed back at Stamford Bridge.”
The Club will be making no further comment until such time as a new Head Coach is appointed.
This has been a very difficult decision, and not one that the owner and the Board have taken lightly.
We are grateful to Frank for what he has achieved in his time as Head Coach of the Club. However, recent results and performances have not met the Club’s expectations, leaving the Club mid-table without any clear path to sustained improvement.
There can never be a good time to part ways with a club legend such as Frank, but after lengthy deliberation and consideration it was decided a change is needed now to give the Club time to improve performances and results this season.
Roman Abramovich said,
“This was a very difficult decision for the Club, not least because I have an excellent personal relationship with Frank and I have the utmost respect for him’.
“He is a man of great integrity and has the highest of work ethics. However, under current circumstances we believe it is best to change managers.
“On behalf of everyone at the Club, the Board and personally, I would like to thank Frank for his work as Head Coach and wish him every success in the future. He is an important icon of this great club and his status here remains undiminished. He will always be warmly welcomed back at Stamford Bridge.”
The Club will be making no further comment until such time as a new Head Coach is appointed.
No way! Now they are going to get a good coach aren’t they 
Very few are able to take a top job so early, least of all Chelsea who are as ruthless as the Spanish giants. He should have stayed at Derby or looked for premier league club that was a little lower down.
So he leaves Chelsea with his best achievement being a fourth place finish. I understand the context of the transfer ban but the history books will remember him as achieving very little.
An actual Abramovich quote. I don't think I've ever seen him comment on manager sackings.
Chelsea just released a statement. Was read out on talksport a minute a go.
Does thread title need to be updated to Thomas Tuchel Sack Watch?
Ole had plenty of experience before moving here but still came across as a little inexperienced when he got here. It was a surprisingly short sighted decision from Lampard to take this one.Totally agree. He seems intelligent, switched on, nice guy too. But the first job in a big league is nearly always a failure.
Look at Gary Neville. Even the mighty Ole had a learning curve at Cardiff.
The situations aren't in any way comparable.
If you're offered the big job you take it though don't you?
Yeh I think first time RA did that. Must be very painful to him at personal level given the history.
I told you about a month ago he would be sacked and you went all sarcasm on me.
18 months in and I have no idea what his preferred style is. I suspect its the cross it to Giroud style rather than the keep the owner happy trying to pass it forward way of playing since that was his go to tactic when put under pressure.
You can tell he has a great relationship with the media going by the reaction to his sacking
You can tell he has a great relationship with the media going by the reaction to his sacking
There are ways to do this kind of thing. Clearly a whole bunch of people have been briefed (leaked) this information before an official club announcement has been made. That's the wrong way.
I'm surprised at the timing. Why let him take charge on the weekend?
All went wrong for him when he splashed the cash and dropped the youth players. The expectation went through the roof and the price tag was high for these players but in reality what they are putting in on the pitch is crud.
Abraham is better for this league and style of play than werner. Tomori was as good if not better than any of their other centre backs. Mount is better than havertz. Spent 50 mil on a bang average left back. Mendy isn't anything special in goal. Too many players in the squad.
it will take tuchel or whoever a while to sort this out
Abraham is better for this league and style of play than werner. Tomori was as good if not better than any of their other centre backs. Mount is better than havertz. Spent 50 mil on a bang average left back. Mendy isn't anything special in goal. Too many players in the squad.
it will take tuchel or whoever a while to sort this out
The squad is good. This has been my point all along. You can’t compare Frank with Ole and Mikel Arteta who genuinely inherited poor squads.
I’m not saying the Chelsea squad is perfect or should be challenging for league titles but it is more than capable of being at least competitive with the Utd, Spurs and Leicester’s of this world
What happened? I did not watch Chelsea's game.
But you can’t play a Mount after having just signed Haverz, Pulisic, Ziyech and a few others for the same position. If you make big money signing and don’t play them, you lose a dressing room and get a sack...
What is very interesting is Lampard is actually doing better (+1 point) than Ole was last season after 19 games (where we started off awfully and the club stuck with him when it seemed he would be sacked) in a relatively similar situation (lots of new 1st team players coming in). I guess we'll have a pretty good idea of which approach is 'better' come May this year!
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