[Football] Fat Frank's Chelsea

[Questions]

Where next for him?
Leicester, Southampton - where will his travails end.

I reckon Worthing in 2032

 

[Farehamseagull]

To quote Simon Jordan we don’t have a dog in this fight, but as an outsider looking in its a total shit show.

With their squad there’s nothing to say they couldn’t have edged past Madrid over 180 minutes, but bringing Lampard back, it’s almost an insult to every who pays money to watch the team?

I keep reading about them having a decent squad but I just don’t see it. Not only have they got an appalling manager (he’s a manager in name only) but I actually don’t think their squad is all that either. I think mid table is probably about right.

Their best player is 38 year old Thiago Silva but after that, there’s very little real quality.

Sterling was their big summer signing and he is a shadow of the player he used to be, awful yesterday. Fernandez their big winter signing is decent but as we saw yesterday, he’s miles behind Caicedo and the other top central midfielders in the world. Of their other big name January additions, Mudryk is promising but that’s it at the moment. Joao Felix is lovely to watch technically but offers no final product - Atletico Madrid have improved massively since he left.

Mount has regressed hugely as has Pulisic after his serious injury and the Chelsea Havertz is a completely different and worse version than the Leverkusen Havertz. I could go on, they’ve got a lot of players at Cobham but they’re really not all that and it’s hilariously funny after all of the money they spent.

 

[WhingForPresident]

I’ve read that claim now! It’s going straight in as no1 wind up of Chelsea fans I know for at least the next week. Thanks!

I was beginning to wonder if I'd made that up in some bizarre dream or fell for a thinly-veiled prank, but here you go!:

Corden played role in Boehly choosing Chelsea manager after 'giving opinion'

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly listened to advise from TV host and personality James Corden before appointing Frank Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge last week

www.mirror.co.uk

Frank Lampard hits back at James Corden rumours after reappointment as Chelsea boss

Reports suggested TV talk show host Corden gave advice to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to bring in Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge

www.independent.co.uk

 

[JetsetJimbo]

It seems obvious, but it's worth spelling out: What Brighton's and Chelsea's seasons tell us is that players perform best when they have a clear idea of how and where the manager wants them to play, and how that fits into the overall team system. To do that, first you need to have a system and style that exists at the club independently of who the manager is. We've got that, and that's why we were able to seamlessly continue even after losing Potter. Despite Lampard's bluster about "the Chelsea way", they don't really have that; the nearest thing they had to that is Mourinho's style of play. That's why Chelsea and their expensively assembled squad of superstars are struggling so badly. And that's why our ex-players who've gone to clubs with a strongly defined style and system have done better than those who've gone to clubs who don't have that.

The tendency for owners and fans when a manager is sacked for poor results is want a replacement who is basically the opposite of the last guy. What they should really be looking for is someone who believes in the same system as the last guy but is better at it. Like we did with De Zerbi.

 

[peterward]

I was beginning to wonder if I'd made that up in some bizarre dream or fell for a thinly-veiled prank, but here you go!:

Corden played role in Boehly choosing Chelsea manager after 'giving opinion'

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly listened to advise from TV host and personality James Corden before appointing Frank Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge last week

www.mirror.co.uk

Frank Lampard hits back at James Corden rumours after reappointment as Chelsea boss

Reports suggested TV talk show host Corden gave advice to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to bring in Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge

www.independent.co.uk

What a shitshow, you couldnt make it up..... appointing a totally failed manager on the advice of a talkshow host. As a player Potter isnt fit to lace Lampards boots but as a manager its 100% the reverse.

Potter was successful until he turned up at that toxic wasteland, Fat Frank has been a clueless failure, who looks totally out of his depth at was rubbish at Chelsea 1 and Everton.

 

[Carlos BC]

I was beginning to wonder if I'd made that up in some bizarre dream or fell for a thinly-veiled prank, but here you go!:

Corden played role in Boehly choosing Chelsea manager after 'giving opinion'

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly listened to advise from TV host and personality James Corden before appointing Frank Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge last week

www.mirror.co.uk

Frank Lampard hits back at James Corden rumours after reappointment as Chelsea boss

Reports suggested TV talk show host Corden gave advice to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to bring in Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge

www.independent.co.uk

That has to be bollocks Shirley? It would be like Tony Bloom taking advice from Fatboy Slim as to who should be the next manager. To be fair though, I think he would have alot better idea than that knob end Corden

 

[Motogull]

Knob end Corden is a West Ham fan. I hope the story is true and he said it for a laugh.

 

[Goldstone1976]

I was beginning to wonder if I'd made that up in some bizarre dream or fell for a thinly-veiled prank, but here you go!:

Corden played role in Boehly choosing Chelsea manager after 'giving opinion'

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly listened to advise from TV host and personality James Corden before appointing Frank Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge last week

www.mirror.co.uk

Frank Lampard hits back at James Corden rumours after reappointment as Chelsea boss

Reports suggested TV talk show host Corden gave advice to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to bring in Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge

www.independent.co.uk

Brilliant! I’d thought I’d willingly fallen for a whoosh. Oh so much sweeter that I didn’t. Oh so f*cking sweet!

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

That has to be bollocks Shirley? It would be like Tony Bloom taking advice from Fatboy Slim as to who should be the next manager. To be fair though, I think he would have alot better idea than that knob end Corden

No actually it worse than that, as Corden is a West Ham fan, it would be like Steve Parish asking Fatboy Slim who he should appoint as the next Palace manager

 

[Carlos BC]

No actually it worse than that, as Corden is a West Ham fan, it would be like Steve Parish asking Fatboy Slim who he should appoint as the next Palace manager

Oh, didn't realise he was a West Ham fan. Well in that case I hope it is true and that he did it for a laugh. I will then retract my 'knob end' comment.

 

[Weststander]

I was beginning to wonder if I'd made that up in some bizarre dream or fell for a thinly-veiled prank, but here you go!:

Corden played role in Boehly choosing Chelsea manager after 'giving opinion'

Chelsea owner Todd Boehly listened to advise from TV host and personality James Corden before appointing Frank Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge last week

www.mirror.co.uk

Frank Lampard hits back at James Corden rumours after reappointment as Chelsea boss

Reports suggested TV talk show host Corden gave advice to Chelsea owner Todd Boehly to bring in Lampard as interim boss at Stamford Bridge

www.independent.co.uk

Corden, Lampard and Boehly, that's a lot of pies.

 

[essbee1]

It seems obvious, but it's worth spelling out: What Brighton's and Chelsea's seasons tell us is that players perform best when they have a clear idea of how and where the manager wants them to play, and how that fits into the overall team system. To do that, first you need to have a system and style that exists at the club independently of who the manager is. We've got that, and that's why we were able to seamlessly continue even after losing Potter. Despite Lampard's bluster about "the Chelsea way", they don't really have that; the nearest thing they had to that is Mourinho's style of play. That's why Chelsea and their expensively assembled squad of superstars are struggling so badly. And that's why our ex-players who've gone to clubs with a strongly defined style and system have done better than those who've gone to clubs who don't have that.

The tendency for owners and fans when a manager is sacked for poor results is want a replacement who is basically the opposite of the last guy. What they should really be looking for is someone who believes in the same system as the last guy but is better at it. Like we did with De Zerbi.

Spot on JJ.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Knob end Corden is a West Ham fan. I hope the story is true and he said it for a laugh.

No, James Corden is a fan of James Corden.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

No actually it worse than that, as Corden is a West Ham fan, it would be like Steve Parish asking Fatboy Slim who he should appoint as the next Palace manager

Only if Corden used to be a Chelsea fan….

 

[Springal]

No actually it worse than that, as Corden is a West Ham fan, it would be like Steve Parish asking Fatboy Slim who he should appoint as the next Palace manager

Wasn’t Norman a Palace fan in his youth given he grew up around there ?

 

[Motogull]

I will then retract my 'knob end' comment.

There's absolutely no need for that. Have a word with yourself.

 

[Carlos BC]

There's absolutely no need for that. Have a word with yourself.

Sorry about that. My behaviour has been shameful lately.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

This came up on my Youtube recommended last night

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Saw that he said this video went viral. Looking at his other videos, looks like there was a slight jump in his average views from other videos. Almost like a lot of people don't like Corden.

 

[Windmillphil]

Does this smack of hubris or desperation? I can't decide.