About ten years ago, Chelsea FC named Andre Villas-boas her new manager. He started well initially until he stopped winning . First, he replaced John Mikel Obi with teenager Romeo. He dropped drogba for Fernando Torres. Ashley Cole was sad for not playing regularly. Frank Lampard watched from the bench a few times. . The senior players lost a place in the starting line up . Coach AVB was relieved off his duties after a series of poor performance and his assistant Roberto Di matteo took over. The former west brom manager saw the unspoken grudges the senior players buried deep within. The Italian manager simply recalled the senior players back to the first team squad backto the starting line up. The players became fired up. They gave in their best that season. The team finally won the champion league trophy for the first time ever. Didier Drogba, Solomon Kalou and a host of others finally agreed to leave the club s hero.

Frank Lampards exact words

When interviewed after the exit of the Portuguese Manager, Lampard simply stated that the former Porto coach got the job too early.

” No one at the club was. Even Ash [Cole], who I know wasn’t happy not playing week-in week-out, would never have run off and said, ‘Please sack the manager, we’ve had enough of him’. That’s plain ridiculous. We are professionals.”

Those were the exact words of the legend as quoted by a national newspaper. Fans were wondering why Lampard did not hold the same opinion of José Mourinho who left Porto FC to coach Chelsea like Villa-boas did.When Lampard uttered those words, he was speaking as a player. He had no intention of getting into management at that time let alone coaching a same team.

ToOn July 2019, Chelsea announced the appointment of the Chelsea legend as team coach. Before then, he had only coached derby county- a championship side he failed to take to the Premier League. Pundits felt. He neither felt less experienced than The Portuguese manager nor thought the job had come too soon.

Few months to his reign, David Luiz announced his intention to leave the team. David Luiz was fond of making a rash decision on the pitch, so he received the backlash from fans. That would have been a sign that Lampard was too young to manage players thirty years and above. At the end of the season, William and Pedro announced their decision to leave the club. Sure It was not Lampard fault but one thing was clear. The experienced players were leaving.

At the beginning of his second season, fans were surprised to see Tammy Abraham having more playing time than Giroud. Last season, Giroud had a greater goal per minutes ratio. This season he surpasses the English man in that criteria once again. The French international always delivers when It matters most. His consistency in finding the back of the net ensure Chelsea champion league qualification. His four goals against Sevilla was vital for Chelsea to move beyond the group stage. Nevertheless, he has seen only. Minutes of game play ahead of the English . On what basics does Lampard select his starting line up? Youth or performance?

Jorginho has been functioning as the team deputy captain until the arrival of newly signed Thiago Silva.Jorginho began to see less minute of football and Thiago Silva gradually wore the captain arm ban . The Italian could see his position as the vice captain gradually threatened. To worsen the situation, newly promoted Abraham tried taking the penalty kick in his presence. The newly promoted dude must have lost respect for his vice captain. No way, Captain Azcipuelta would not take that. He stood up for his deputy, dragged the ball from the England International and handed the ball to his deputy.

Things were getting stable until Caesar Azcipuelta began to lose his place in the starting line up to another young lad Reece James. Truth be told, Reece James excellent crosses and his involvement in attack earned him that spot. But when Lampard opted to start a not- too — fit James and injured Chilwel for the match against Arsenal, Fans raised their eyebrow. Caesar ability to play at either flanks meant he was going to start but to the Spanish surprise, he did not make the starting line up. The 42 year old manager prefered to field an injured Reece James .

Is Lampard is trying so hard to displace Azcipuelta from the first team as he has succeeded in axing Jorginho so Thiago Silva would take the captain armed ban?

Is he is trying to promote the English lads at all cost?

Is he trying to face out the senior players and build a new team among young and newly signed players who would remain loyal to him?

Remember he is a professional, he would not tell one in the face to leave. He would first build a replacement for the player he wants to axe and make him irrelevant in the team before axing him. But the senior players are human, they are reading meaning to his unspoken words. Action speaks louder than words. They know their days are numbered and are no longer giving their best to the team. They see the new signing and young boys as threat and are not helping them settle down. New players adapt faster in a stable environment. The senior players are not helping the new players to settle down.Lampard has caused a rift in the team.

English+ German against rest of the world

Senior players against new signing

. Youth against old.

Lampard is the architecture of his misfortune. He needs to remedy the situation he has created. He should recall how he felt being relegated to the bench suddenly.He should undo his actions. Like Matteo, Senior players should be reintegrated into the starting line up. Thiago Silva should stop wearing the captain armed ban on his debut season. Werner and havertz should operate from the bench. He ought to rebuild the trust or face the wrath of trigger happy Abrahimovic