Lampard had one hand tied behind his back?
Your username is almost perfect.
How usual is it for a manager to walk into a job and on evaluating the squad he has inherited be able to do nothing about it and any flaws/holes he identifies?
(your second sentence suggests a level of conversation coming back that I would probably have been better off simply ignoring your post but please surprise me)
People have short memory. The recent good run of form has made people forget how miserable we were in the first half of the season. Chelsea was the complete opposite, you had a great start but people now only remember the dipped form towards the end of the season. Many fans have been very lenient and tolerant towards Ole (understandable though), but they're not applying the same standard to other managers and they can't wait to mock them to illustrate the greatness of Ole.
To me Lampard certainly has some tactical flaws (e.g. back 3/4 problem, defensive setup, use of Kante etc.) but overall he has done a good job this year. He manages the departure of Hazard and the transfer ban pretty well and he uses the academy products extensively. I simply can't imagine how fans would react if Ole does the same. But next year the expectation will be higher with the money you spend on Werner and Ziyech and it's time to judge him properly.
I'm far from sold on either. I question Lampard's decision making at times, at stages relying and results improving thanks to players he had previously discarded for lengthy periods (Alonso, Giroud). as well as his what can only be described as faddy period of picking players like Tomori, Barkley for runs and then nothing. He has constantly shown the gumption to make decisions though which is something i think as the season progressed Solskjaer progressively shied away (winning = zero rotation despite fixture congestion) from which is worse in my eyes.
Their midfield and defense are soft as hell and you can't put that on Lampard when he's had nothing to do in terms of transfers for this season.
It only doesn't exactly bode well when you realize he's buying upgrades in attack at a serious price point without addressing the more pressing issues like left back, center back and defensive midfield.
Do you seriously think those areas have not been identified and/or will not be targeted? Ziyech was bagged months before the window opened, actually just after the last one closed and Werner was and hopefully Havertz will be done and dusted soon as because they are opportunities we probably would not have had open to us in normal circumstances so that is not a time to hang around waiting for other clubs to go "actually let's move this and then be able to do that".