Yeah i didn't notice that.He came on as a 68th minute sub against Rennes, so that one wouldn't count as a start
Or alternatively the board failed in slimming down a bloated squad creating selection issues for the Manager.
So its the boards fault he cant talk or manage senior players?? the mental gymnastics here LOL LOL
There are reports coming out that Frank wanted to move on Jorginho, Alonso and Rudiger but Marina disagreed with him.
Lampard made it pretty clear the direction he saw for the team, a lot of emphasis on utilising younger, accademy players.
Come on, you can't just believe reports you want to believe. It's all bo**ocks as far as we know. I mean yeah, it's obvious he wanted to move those players on for sure, but there's more too it than that, finding the right buyers was extremely difficult during the summer, hardly anyone but us was buying, especially the smaller clubs.
So because he couldnt get rid of these players he decided to not manage them, ignore them, not talk to them. Not a very good indication of good manager or someone who knows how to deal with difficult situations.
Yes squad was bloated that doesnt mean you cant handle the palyers who are not playing better, he was suppose to be a great man manager thats is one of his supposed strenghts, I couldnt really see that and yes he absolutely didnt know how to manage the senior players, had he known how to I believe he would still be in a job now.
How did he "Banish" Giroud? Surely him not using Giroud, then integrating him back in to the team and getting him scoring actually proves he did know how to deal with senior players?
To be honest you just seem to be projecting a falsehood you want to be true.
Lampard only played Giroud because he had no other choice after the covid break, if I remeber correctly Giroud would of left in January 2020 he was pushing for a move away because he wanted games and was just not getting a sniff had be brought in a replacement. I think he even mentioned in a interview he needs games for the Euros.
Tammy was tired, almost injured and what not, so he finally turned to Giroud. He was openly praising Giroud for his professionalism at the time.
Hence playing him because he had no one else, if he had another striker i dont think he would played him unless it was an emergency.
Ahead of Tammy Abraham who had scored 13 goals and had 3 assist in his first 21 League appeances of the season?
And you know these two things to be fact exactly how? Are you really an insider, one of the club's higher echelon staff? Board member, perhaps? Senior coaching staff? I don't think so.