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of my pet hates is when managers refuse to be honest about their players’ performance. Why sugarcoat it? Frank Lampard said it as it is after Chelsea’s defeat. He didn’t assassinate them. He just told the truth, and what stood out for me was when he said: ‘All I could hear was Sheffield United voices.’ That’s alarming. That was him saying Chelsea lacked leaders and he was seething at what he saw.