I think Chelsea was a bad choice for Lampard. I can understand why he took it, but they have a distinct philosophy when it comes to managers and many experienced coaches didn't last long. I feel that having brought in a relatively inexperienced manager, they should have done so with the idea that there would be highs and lows. If they were expecting more immediate results then he wasn't the right person. Though with the transfer ban their options were probably pretty limited. I saw a few posts on here that described his tenure at Derby as a failure, which I disagree with. I think he did a decent job there and while he was lucky with loan signings there were plenty of problems with that squad. I think he left too early and it was a steep jump in terms of expectation and pressure. I'm going to take a random guess that in 5 years time he'll still be managing and he'll be a premier league manager, probably around midtable.
I haven't really seen anything of Gerrard managing but it certainly looks like he's doing a very good job and has had good results domestically and in Europe. I saw a quote about being Liverpool manager where he mentioned that having been a good player for them makes feck all difference about him being a good manager for them, which I guess points at the fact he knows that he'll have to grow as a manager as he did a player. I think he'll stay at Rangers for a while as he's at a prestigious club and will be writing himself into their history. He'll have to be intelligent about his next choice of club though as your stock as a manger can rapidly fluctuate depending on how the season is going. In 5 years time I'm going to go with him managing Leicester.
He's done a fantastic job at rangers & to overtake celtic considering where the 2 clubs have been over the last decade is a great feat.
However, the jump from Scottish football to English is massive. Rogers failed at Liverpool & went to Scotland & improved celtic immeasurably. Fair enough he's done a good job at Leicester but this time last year his club fell off a cliff and United from miles behind got their spot in the CL. The same will probably happen this season with Leicester.
I rate Rogers better than Gerrard, it'll be a monumental risk by Liverpool to replace klopp with Gerrard
Did Rodgers fail at Liverpool? I wouldn't call him a success because he didn't win anything, but I wouldn't call him a failure either. Before Klopp he took Liverpool closer to the premier league title than any manager they'd had previously, while playing a very entertaining brand of football (discounting his last season). He was voted LMA manager of the year in 2013-2014 despite falling short of the title, so I think he did an ok job but falls short of being a true success. He did have previous in the premier league also, having brought up Swansea through the playoffs and guiding them to 11th in their first ever premier league season (with Danny fecking Graham leading the line).
They did drop off last season but they had a few key injuries and haven't got as much depth as the big sides. I've said this earlier in a different thread but I think they're definitely hitting top 4 this season. Not that this is relevant to the thread but I thought I'd spout my shit anyway.
