Chelsea has had four coaches this season, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that Frank Lampard is probably the worst of the lot.
Sure, Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter didn’t exactly set the standard for success, (Bruno Saltor only had one game — a draw) but at least they got a couple results here and there.
Lampard, by contrast, has somehow managed to take exactly nothing from his first five games as Chelsea’s caretaker coach.
That’s right: Five games, five losses. One goal scored. Nine conceded.
This isn’t a vintage Chelsea by any means, but yikes.
Sure, there were a couple of games against Real Madrid in there, but it’s pretty hard to explain how Lampard hasn’t got one single point from Premier League games against Wolves, Brighton and, on Wednesday, a 2-0 home loss to Brentford.
“This is not a sob story but everything is going against us,” Lampard told BT Sport after the game. “That game was a clear one because even though we didn’t create big chances we were always control.”
Chelsea is in 11th place, closer to the drop zone than the top four. The Blues are on their worst run since 1993 in all competitions. After their 13th Premier League loss, they’re closing in on their record of 15 set in 1997-98.
For Chelsea fans, that is a sob story.
Lampard was only appointed until the end of the season but it’s worth wondering if he might be the second caretaker manager of a London side to be sacked before the end of the season.
At this point, it seems like anyone could do better: another assistant, the kit man, a ball boy. How can it be worse?
Actually, it could be! Of Chelsea’s six remaining games, four are against Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Newcastle — aka, the top four.
This could, somehow, get worse before it gets better.
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