Lampard is NOT a bad manager

FRANK LAMPARD is a thoroughly decent man and it was an exceptionally brave move to take the Everton job — but he will be doing well to survive there much longer.

The owner, Farhad moshiri, has gone AWOL, and that is never a good sign of being in it together with your manager.

Like a lot of wealthy men who come into football, he thought this business would be easy.

But he has listened to the wrong people about big football decisions.

The one thing you have to get right is recruitment — and Everton have got it badly wrong. Frank inherited a lot of the issues arising from that and they are in serious trouble in the premier League. Realistically, it is going to be difficult for him to keep his job. If he is sacked, I would not say that makes Frank a bad manager. I don’t think he’s had a failure yet. There is no disgrace in getting sacked at Chelsea under the previous owners. did he do anything drastically wrong? No.

He didn’t at derby, either. He got to the 2019 Championship play-off final and, on another day, would have had them in the premier League. But I did question him taking over at Everton. I was not sure it was the job he needed.

His next two in the league are against Southampton and West Ham. They could well be the wrong games at the wrong time. All three are in a relegation battle and fans will be expecting nothing less than total commitment. If Frank were to lose both, his time at Everton would be up.