Frank Lampard has been in Chelsea all through his lifetime but it's sad he doesn't understand how Abrahamovich works.

Chelsea owner, Abrahamovich does not understand anything about building a team, all he understands is the language of money/profit making. He believes in using €40m to get €100m after ten months and anything that dares to stop his dream, he gets rid of it even against all odds. He's a gambler, so gamblers don't have time for motivational words, impressive play. All they do is make their stakes to get something in return.

Frank should know that he's no the first to travel through that lane. Di Matteo tried it in 2011 but was kicked out.

Di Matteo inherited a struggling team filled with old men after his Boss was sacked. Luck shun on him that he overturned Napoli's 3:1 win with that struggling squad. At a time, Chelsea had just a first eleven with no substitutes. Even the first eleven were men who had been over-stressed, and nearly all of them were surviving on past glories. Few of the young boys were averaged players while the remaining were good. But the team was a very weak one.

As an interim Manager, he took that same squad, won Barcelona fc and Bayern Munich thereby winning the EUFA Champions league trophy that year. The next season, he saw that Chelsea was just a club that was surviving on its past glories. The team needed to be rebuilt, and this means signing young stars as well as upcoming stars.

The likes of the Hazard's, Marko Marin, Kelvin De Bryne, and some other young talented lads were signed. They were very impressive but all that was needed to build a long lasting Chelsea was time. Di Matteo had a target, but Chelsea Owner did not have that patient. He saw the rebuilding of Stamford Bridge as a big waste of time. Few months after an impressive/sad moments, Di Matteo was fired. I'm always of the opinion that if there's any Manager that needed to be given preferential treatment in Stamford Bridge, it should have been Di Matteo. A man who could succeed to take such a poor squad to win the EUFA Champions league deserves to be treated differently. But no, Abrahamovich only cares about his money and not the team.

Chelsea is not Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Arsenal nor Manchester City fc. Chelsea is a team that must win a trophy every single year. It's a tradition and any Manager who cannot meet up to expectations is fired.

Chelsea fc is a football club which few Coaches of this world could fit in. What's needed in Chelsea is for a Manager to come, get already made players, use few weeks to get the team fixed, win trophies and after one to two years, you misbehave to get fired. They don't believe in long term planning, they believe solely on short term planning and the benefits. This is why it's very hard for good Coaches like Di Matteo and Lampard could cannot manage Chelsea. Even if Chelsea want to sign Zendine Zidane, Kloop or Guardiola. They won't still be able to perform well because of the high odds which are against their rationale.

When Frank took over, all he's been trying to do is to see that he build a Chelsea squad that can last for the next 5-6years. But does he have the time? Oh no! Frank is basking in the euphoria of unattainability. He has been in the club as a Las till when he became a man. He understands the club better than anyone else. But for him to think he'll be treated differently by Abrahamovich is something I don't understand. The fact he's a Chelsea legend doesn't mean he won't be sacked. He's doing the right thing by signing those young stars, bit is that the tradition of Chelsea? Oh no!

Chelsea believes in big names. Even if it takes the club to sign a big star with €200m, sure they'll do it. They don't have time to build up talents, that's why it's very hard for young talents to grow there.

If Frank want to succeed in Chelsea as a legend he is, he should go out there and look for matured players, sign them and win trophies, or he risk being disgracefully sacked any moment from now. That's how Chelsea works.


Umani Uwemedimo is a Chelsea supporter, writes from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

Well said, judging the fact that Chelsea pulled an abysmal play in the first half against an out of favour westbrom,Frank new signings need time to adapt to English football..... Premier league is more intense than any other league in the world.....

I think lampard needs time....the likes of klopp and guardiola did not hit the ground running immediately....this is a young squad....they still needs time to gel together...

pochettino waiting for lampard job like

As far as I'm concerned, i don't believe lampard is a bad coach. The guy is good and i like his style of play, sub and his charisma.

In as much as i believe that chelsea has not really improved or get good results, it is pertinent to note that these guys need time to settle down....

Pl no be joke wey you go pack players from different leagues and hit the ground running.... Its never done. Even the players dy confess for now.
Give them time to adapt and blend, then we can talk about his competency!

The OP is 100% correct. Anyone who knows anything about Chelsea's history should easily phantom the next set of outcomes for Lampard if results fail to improve. Do people think that Abramovic will spend so much money and end the season without a trophy for the second season in a roll?

Then again, we should ask ourselves what has Lampard done to deserve more time? Has he not already gotten a full season the last time out? How many former Chelsea coaches have gotten that luxury? Guardiola and Klopp came with already established reputations with trophies to boot. They had rookie years too but delivered trophies for their former teams nevertheless.

A big club would always demand trophies, if Lampard doesn't understand this fact, then he is about to find out in the most brutal manner possible. He displays too much naivety as a coach. He changes tactics and formation too damned muched in almost every game; a clear symptom of someone who is yet to know what he wants and how well to use what is available to him.

Please if you understood my write-up very well, you would see that I didn't declare any doubt prior to Lampard's brevity and soundness. What I was trying to state is the fact that Abrahamovich does not have time for the building of a team. Lampard has everything to deliver. The players need time to blend with the EPL standard. But Abrahamovich is the real problem here. He wouldn't want to end this season without a trophy.