Patches of results like that in themselves doesn’t necessarily prove too much. The actual signs of development/stagnation/regression are more important, and you know those better than I do regarding Lampard. I know half of the people following Solskjær week in wek out like I do, have been unable to detect and interpret those signs at all. The important bit is wether the people in the club see them, on the training pitch, in the changing room etc. And of courae werjer the people in charge are competent to evaluate those signs. Regarding Ferguson, back in the day, they were. Regarding Solskjær, the sounds from behind the scenes implies that almost everyone has been delighted with the quality of Solskjær’s work that we fans don’t see. I get the faimt impression this is different with Lampard.
I’ll say this - I think Lampard did a very good job with Derby, and I thought he did a good job with Chelsea last season. So I’m not going along with those who like to say he is ‘clueless’, and I was surprised on his behalf that he was fired this soon (though perhaps not on Abramovitch’s behalf). But then again, the signs may have been clear as sunlight behind the scenes for all I know.
) while West Ham are massively overachieving.
