CHELSEA fans reckon Frank Lampard must take the blame for three defeats in four matches – with a tiny minority even calling for the manager to be sacked.
Lampard’s side but in a poor performance away at Everton as they fell to a 3-1 defeat in Duncan Ferguson’s first game in interim charge.
A minority of Chelsea fans were calling for Frank Lampard to be sacked after the defeat at EvertonCredit: Getty Images – Getty
A Richarlison header before Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s first Premier League double secured all three points for the Toffees.
And following the recent losses at Manchester City and West Ham before the win over Aston Villa, some believe the pressure is rightfully mounting on the club legend and he must take responsibility.
One said: “He’s not to completely blame, but he is not blameless, we played 3 days ago – yet he made no rotations, he didn’t make a sub until the 70th minute, he took James off instead off Azpi, he started Willian and Azpi again despite their form…”
Another wrote: “It’s frank who keeps playing Willian. It’s frank who keeps playing azpilcueta. It’s frank who refuses to drop golden boy mount. If this was sarri last season all hell would be breaking loose. No plan b when going behind and gets found out every time we go a goal down.”
A third added: “Of course not out but he definitely is to blame for this. Poor selections defensively and the defenders proved it themselves.”
And one more commented: “He is a great motivator. But in terms of tactics probably the worst coach in the premier league. And I am a huge fan of him. But he is nowhere near there yet.”
Finally, another typed: “He has to take the brunt of the blame for this shocker of a performance. Although, these players should be ashamed too.”
I’m done with this season. Yet another manager who can’t manage for toffee because he values philosophy over results. #LampardOut
@Decaying_Form on Twitter
Naturally, the vast majority of supporters are standing by Lampard – who hasn’t had a chance to make any signings yet – and want him to continue in charge.
But others Chelsea supporters have seen enough, suggesting that the ex-midfielder should be given the boot by using “#LampardOut”.
@Decaying_Form tweeted: “I’m done with this season. Yet another manager who can’t manage for toffee because he values philosophy over results. #LampardOut”
@ansah_monny said: “Lampard has been so senseless today. Kepa, an over confident fool, passing balls unnecessarily and causing the third goal. Christensen acting like a toothless kid with no sign of brains in this crooked head. #LampardOut.”
Lampard – whose team are yet to keep an away clean sheet in the Prem this season – admitted his side were simply not good enough at Goodison Park and were let down by individual errors.
Andreas Christensen was caught out for the first and got himself in a pickle for the second before Kepa Arrizabalaga gifted the ball directly to Theo Walcott in the build-up to the third.
Lampard said: “A really poor mistake from us. Kepa passes it straight to Theo. After that there are two more mistakes. We can’t defend like that so if there’s ever been a game which shows in one package how far we still need to go then it was today.
“We got into their box so many times and score one goal in the game, they get in our box a few times but with our own sloppiness they score.”
Lampard added: “We gave them three goals, the first goal will be seen as a good goal from their point of view but we know Richarlison is good in the air and scored a lot of goals this season that way and we didn’t deal with.
“Then when you give Everton – who want to be organised against us, very happy to give us all the ball – that goal to hang on to, it gives ourselves a problem.
“First half we created enough chances. We don’t want to shoot enough, we dribble into the box, we try and beat someone else – we need to shoot more.
“The other two goals were just really poor from our point of view. You dominate a game with possession, you’re playing against a team that have got a lot of fighting spirit in a moment where they are fighting for the interim manager and for themselves and we’ve got to do more than we did.”
Fans weighed in on Twitter with their views on Frank Lampard’s situation in charge of ChelseaCredit: Twitter
A collection of individual errors cost Chelsea as they slipped to their third defeat in four matchesCredit: Reuters
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