Pundits are going a bit overboard saying how well Lampard has done, superb job to keep them up etc. They were 15th when he took over.........they're now 16th. If he was foreign they'd be slating him.
Can't deny that he's got the fans on board as it was pretty toxic when Benitez was there, but he hasn't really done a great job on the pitch at all. He's taken 20 points from 17 games.
This.
He they was 16th with 2 games in hand when he took over. They’re now 16th with 0 games in hand.
How, on gods earth is he being branded a success, which he is on talksport etc.
To be fair I think the hype is because of the late momentum that has got them out of trouble. As for the comparison in places before and after he took over, Everton had 19 points from their first 20 games but were also on a run under Benitez of one win and a miserable 6 points from their previous 14 games. They were only heading in one direction under Benitez so the 20 points from 17 under Lampard is, relatively speaking, a massive improvement and has been the difference between them staying up and going down.
Slightly changed my tune on this, saw a table this morning that only showed the league standings if it started from when Lamps took over, they were 12th with a side very low on confidence, so he’s actually done a fairly decentish job.
If City throw this away, do you start asking questions about Pep?
Not really. It’s not as if replacing him with someone of anywhere near the same calibre is a possibility.
And if we wasn’t living in a time where Liverpool have a side who are also super-human, then City would be winning this league with about a month to go
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Title: Man City 1/7, Liverpool 5/1
Top 4: Spurs 1/25, Arsenal 14/1
Top 6: Man Utd 1/4, West Ham 11/4
Relegation: Leeds 4/11, Burnley 2/1
Top Scorer: Salah 1/2, Son 6/4
Whilst each thing up for grabs has 1 side heavy favourites it feels unlikely that there won’t be a twist or two along the way.
Regardless of what you THINK will happen, what about the results you’d LIKE to happen?
Man City, Spurs, West Ham, Leeds and Son for me.
I remember Liverpool being 5/1 with skybet to win the 21/22 premier League last year before a ball was even kicked.
edit: Leeds goal ruled out but still safe as it stands
spurs champions league
West Ham europa
fuck off ffs
Similarly, will never not enjoy Arsenal and Man U being disappointed so Spurs top four and West Ham top six at their expense is fine by me.
I also think I’d prefer Leeds in the Premier League over Burnley as well so from my perspective, the results as they are work for me.
Get that trophy in the helicopter to Anfield
No problems most weeks.