Im wondering if Lampard has regrets
The second time is listed down. That was the first time when he left in the second month of the 2008 season or so.The 16 words for Mourinho was after he got the sack for the 2nd time I assume?
Which young players did he phase out?
I agree. I think some people may be comparing his situation to Solskjaers. But truth be told there were times Ole could have been justifiably dismissed as well and I think it was only out of fear that he wasn't.
Tomori was certainly one.
Bloody hell. And I thought they would have found more words for their most successful manager ever. I could have understood it after his 2nd sacking when he left the club fighting relegation.
It's not the first hard period. He lost 5 games in 8 back in November 2019. He then managed 2 wins in 8 during January/February 2020. He's lost 18 games total in 57, that's close to 1 in 3. His best run of form was his 9 game run earlier in the season which resulted in 5 wins and 4 draws. His next best was 6 games unbeaten back in October/Early November 2019.
it appears some of those signings were foisted upon him and they denied him players he wanted
Tomori played one match in the league in 2020. Lampard dropped him totally out of the blue and for no reason but it was last year not this one.
He played far less than 50% of games last season and started 1 game of the final 18 league fixtures. Would you really say he was one of the players who "got us top 4" that season?
Ole wasn't fired because for all his weaknesses, there were rumours that he actually predicted our runs of poor form and also convinced the board that buying a proper number 10 would improve us. Not to the level that Bruno has though as nobody saw that coming. If Bruno hadn't hit the ground running though, am certain Ole would have seen the sack by the end of the season.
"Chelsea Football Club and José Mourinho have agreed to part company today (Thursday) by mutual consent." A very emotional and sincere farewell to the man who had overseen their most successful period ever.
Indeed. This is it :
To be fair, we'd had very little practice sacking managers at that point. You can tell all the training we've done has improved our technique dramatically!
You've made it an art to be fair.
Played a sizeable part in the first half of the season. Then been phased out since.
Nope, first time:
Mount and James have been pretty much ever present, Abraham actually lost his place to Giroud last season, and has continued his back up/occasional starter role this season. Hudson wasn't a starter last season, and infuriatingly hasn't been a starter this season. Who exactly has he phased out who helped us secure top 4 last season?
Good post
I don't think the issue is with Lampard but more with the culture at the club. It seems pretty toxic with reports that the players have helped push him out. Lampard coming in was painted as a new era at the club yet really it's amounted to nothing. Despite Chelsea being praised for how they do things I have to say modern football seems to be moving away from how they operate; managers staying in post at the top clubs and having more say on transfers and long term strategy.
True! I mean that sacking table is actually hilarious. Actually wouldn’t surprise me if success got to Roman’s head after Mourinho had won Chelsea two league titles in a row. Because of this Roman probably expected the club to win the league every year and CL every 2nd year. Now while I am writing this, I remember wasn’t there a reported expectation from Chelsea around 2008 that they should be winning 2 CL titles every 5-10 years? That was ridiculous.
Indeed. So certainly not an example of a player he's phased out this season.
Maybe linked to why they have hoarded so many young players and are out on loan. No long term plan whatsoever, just a cycle of hiring/firing.
If the next manager gets Kepa back in and playing well, he deserves manager of season, a knighthood and a Nobel prize.
Have to agree with this. Tuchel will need time, Tuchel will need funds and Tuchel will need support... just like Lampard. Doubt the chemistry of new team will just suddenly go sky high with Tuchel who can be just another cannon fodder.Panic panic panic. Chelsea is not the most patient club, to say it carefully. Very old-school approach. They should have learned from us
When clubs starts panicking they easily ends up like United did after SAF. At the same time Chelsea and Tuchel probably is a good match. Maybe he was their first choice, but not available, when they hired Lampard.
He’s literally not played him and got rid of him
He phased him out last season, not this season.He’s literally not played him and got rid of him
It started last season and culminated this season. Semantics.
Not convinced at all TR. With Chelsea they dealt with the devil, this is part of the deal of having a filthy rich owner. They demand results and have little patience when they're throwing 200million of their own money at the club. I don't really think long term Managers are a thing in the slightest, it's more a case that the Premier League have the best Managers in the world here right now (with a few minor exceptions). So naturally they're going to be given more time. I was utterly baffled by both Arsenal and Chelsea appointing two rookie Managers. It's the last thing you want to be doing right now in the Premier League.
Yip. Nobody, but nobody sacks managers like Chelsea
Stereotype that really intelligent people quite often have terrible people skills?
