All Franks mates in the media will cry foul but let's be honest! he's been shite and there were no signs he was gonna turn it around. People will dig out Chelsea for changes managers so frequently but it works for them are they the most successful team since 2000?
anyway, Shame about Tuchel, especially considering he's always said how much he likes us and supports us.
I think Chavs unique approach to sacking their managers so frequently has worked for them 10yrs ago but not today.
You've only got to look at how they've struggled since fluking their way to a CL win:
Since Abramovich bought them in '03: CL Semi-Final '04, CL Semi-Final '05, CL R16 '06, CL Semi-Final '07, CL Runners Up '08, CL Semi-Final '09, CL R16 '10, CL Quarter-Final '11, CL Winners '12.
Post win: CL Group Stage '13, CL Semi-Final 14, CL R16 '15, CL R16 '16, CL N/A 17, CL R16 '18, CL N/A '19, CL R16 '20. In other words, apart from 2014 was the only time they have won a game in the knock out stages!!!
IMO they are a shadow of the side they were a decade ago, still a heavily invested squad that will and dose reflect this within their league positions and deep domestic cup runs. But the culture that exists at the club that allows players and other senior figures at the club to hide and point fingers after a couple of losses. They fold regularly now when the pressure is on, there is no fight, they'd rather down tools. What once was a unique brutal culture, that saw the changing of managers to keep the pressure and intensity on the players, it's now the players and the Chief Exec and her palls exerting the pressure on the manager.
Honestly would know how to judge Lampard's ability as a manager, when I've heard him talk he seems to articulate well both as a pundit and manager, he's fallen the same way as all his predecessors (most of whom were significant;y more experienced). Almost certainly I think it was too early for him, a manager/coach needs to define his methods across thousands of training sessions to be sure he can convince players to stick with his chosen philosophy.
But the good news is the error isn't Lampard's, it's the Club (The Board). They choose him, they didn't back him, his salary was only £4m, which for a top 4 club is way down at this level and the splashing the cash wasn't supposed to be his players!! So, the culture and the board that make up this approach are all still intact. They are significantly invested in, which means they will still be sniffing around the top four and what that brings in terms of domestic shiny stuff but every year they erode what was a winning style of management to one that has them a long way off what they once were.
As for Tuchel, he'll go the same way as all the others. I think he's a very good manager but absolutely not a man that's a good culture fit with the Club.