13 Apr 2020 13:12:50
Whilst I do have respect for what Lampard has done during his reign at Chelsea, I find his latest comments slightly odd. Claiming he won't copy Manchester City and Liverpool.

Man City and now Liverpool are copying Chelsea's strategy in buying success.

1.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 13:50:57
OP, in what way will he not copy LFC or City, exactly?

2.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 14:30:16
Recruitment- Spending.

{Ed002's Note - You have clearly misunderstood something.}

3.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 16:16:56
I think he meant tactically.

4.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 16:29:24
I think he means by not trying to win the league :)

It's a good excuse for being a mediocre side!

5.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 18:04:47
I think Frank has done a decent job at Chelsea and came along at the right time with the transfer ban, I wouldn’t call it a free ride for a season but it’s certainly forced his hand to play the academy players. Which considering the talent Chelsea has it’s ranks in the academy has certainly worked out well for certain players.

It’s something Chelsea hasn’t been used to imo, since 2004/ 05. Liverpool and City have certainly followed Chelsea’s blue print in buying success. To be fair to Chelsea though it’s been the blueprint since the creation of the Premier League.

6.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 20:17:08
Drogie, everyone in the PL aspiring to make it into the top 6 (as well as the top 6 themselves) are now engaging in the same "buying success" blue print that let's face it, Utd under Fergie began. It just took a while for the rest of the big clubs to catch up. With the type of cash awash in the PL now, every club is trying to buy success now so Lampard should stop being a hypocrite cos had their ban not happened, they would have dropped serious cash this season as well.

Teams like Everton have spent over 400m in the past 4 seasons just to bust into the top 4 (at the time they started in the summer of 2016) and it hasn't worked out. LFC have spent 100's of millions since 1990 to win the PL as well. Utd are still throwing money at their lack of success problems while Arsenal and Spurs are doing the same thing.

My point is that everyone does it now so for Lampard to start saying that as if LFC and City just started dropping massive dough on players is again, hypocritical.

7.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 20:45:13
Red Meister mate.

I’m totally with you pal re success in the PL era. I’ve seen the transformation since the mid 80’s.

Without the riches of the Premier League and selling their soul to the stock exchange - United and Ferguson wouldn’t be held in the same breath as shanks and Paisley and Liverpool.

8.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 20:58:36
I still think Frank has done a decent job at Chelsea considering it’s his first season.

9.) 13 Apr 2020
13 Apr 2020 21:55:17
Drogie, I fully agree with you s well and indeed, Lampard has done a decent job overall. That is a separate issue. I just think like you, he should get off his fake moral soap box, trying to rewrite history to make it look like only LFC and City (who by the way have considerably outspent LFC since 2009) started spending big dough on players whereas, Chelsea were the ones that blew everyone (even Utd) out of the water in the PL in 2003, transfer spending-wise. His hypocrisy is deafening.