The forward line is awful and takes no pressure off the defence/midfield.
You’re not going to get many goals from Maupay, Gray, Gordon, McNeill, Rondon, and DCL can’t stay fit.
The summer buys for defence and midfield were decent but woeful for attack. It says a lot when Iwobi has the most assists and all of the the strikers combined have 2 goals between them and we’re near December.
The football hasn't progressed under Lampard either, I’m not sure what the plan or style is. We’re a lot more solid at the back than last year thanks to Coady and Tarkowski but if some games were 3 hours long I doubt we could still score.
I mean pinging Maupay with crosses all game just isn’t going to work. We needed more attacking players in the summer but spent £25m on McNeil and Maupay. Poor business.
We also concede a huge number of shots per game and if you can’t score then it’s a huge problem.
The squad is still full of crap too, Keane, Mina (can’t stay fit) Holgate, Townsend, Doucoure, Davies, Rondon.
The damage had been done over a number of years before Lampard came along.
I’d settle for 14th place this year, get rid of more deadwood in the summer and slowly rebuild. But we’re just too easy to play against, a non existent forward line and a midfield you can run through. Opponents know we’re crap up front and that they’re going to get chances.