Lampard to be announced this week!

[yellow_belly 226]

Not saying he is any better than the Bodo manager … because we have no idea how he would do in English football, the PL or under the microscope that is the media… but, we are definitely getting Lampard. No idea who the coaches are. Assuming Jody Morris?

Let’s hope he can motivate the young players and get a bit of luck. We could stay up… wouldn’t that be great! (We were never staying up under Farke, and he had a fair go but came up short. Nice guy, but didn’t do it in the big league!)

[OnDaBall 137]

Lampard just seems like he'd very short term, get the feeling he'd jump at the drop of a hat when a slightly bigger job comes along. Then again most managers would.

[Google Bot 3,278]

1 minute ago, yellow_belly said:

No idea who the coaches are. Assuming Jody Morris?

It would have to be, and if anyone unaware Morris was responsible for scouting and bringing Gilmour to Chelsea.  Recently said this week that it's his and Frank's biggest regret not giving him more game time under their tenure as he was always a standout player.

Unfinished business?  A big piece of the puzzle?

I can see it being a factor, if you're right of course.  Still have my doubts though, but the more I think it through I'm starting to fill with excitement, so please don't let this be a hoax you cruel ****! 🙂

[Mengo 824]

1 minute ago, Google Bot said:

It would have to be, and if anyone unaware Morris was responsible for scouting and bringing Gilmour to Chelsea.  Recently said this week that it's his and Frank's biggest regret not giving him more game time under their tenure as he was always a standout player.

Unfinished business?  A big piece of the puzzle?

I can see it being a factor, if you're right of course.  Still have my doubts though, but the more I think it through I'm starting to fill with excitement, so please don't let this be a hoax you cruel ****! 🙂

You assume correct . If it is true. Unfinished business.  Correct

Let the business begin . 

[TheGunnShow 5,940]

I think it would be a poor move, but if Webber says so, I'll get behind it. Still think he's the red herring to be honest.

[yellow_belly 226]

6 minutes ago, Google Bot said:

It would have to be, and if anyone unaware Morris was responsible for scouting and bringing Gilmour to Chelsea.  Recently said this week that it's his and Frank's biggest regret not giving him more game time under their tenure as he was always a standout player.

Unfinished business?  A big piece of the puzzle?

I can see it being a factor, if you're right of course.  Still have my doubts though, but the more I think it through I'm starting to fill with excitement, so please don't let this be a hoax you cruel ****! 🙂

👍

[WD40 720]

He wouldn’t be my choice but from his perspective he really needs this next job to work for his career as well. He will be hungry for the success. 

[Penelope Catchpole 32]

Frank Lampard's Norwich City

[Google Bot 3,278]

Just now, Penelope Catchpole said:

Frank Lampard's Norwich City

Prefer "Hopeless" Norwich, I presume?

[Tetteys Jig 830]

seems like Stevie G is off to Villa... I do wonder if Rangers might sneak a look at Lampard? Maybe he can then nick Billy Gilmour from us in Jan as well...

[WD40 720]

Just now, Tetteys Jig said:

seems like Stevie G is off to Villa... I do wonder if Rangers might sneak a look at Lampard? Maybe he can then nick Billy Gilmour from us in Jan as well...

Not a bad shout. Apparently Rangers and Chelsea call themselves the ‘Blues Brothers’ and are on friendly terms as a club, or so my Rangers supporting friend tells me. You could see that happening. 

[Satriales 655]

The suspense of waiting for an announcment (whoever the new manager will be) is getting too much, distracting me from work! I wonder if the deal will be done this week and annouced, bloody hope so.

[Tetteys Jig 830]

1 minute ago, WD40 said:

Not a bad shout. Apparently Rangers and Chelsea call themselves the ‘Blues Brothers’ and are on friendly terms as a club, or so my Rangers supporting friend tells me. You could see that happening. 

Yeah, them and Everton as well have their links like Celtic do with Liverpool

[priceyrice 123]

I was dead against Lampard at first but have slowly been coming round to the idea and see it as a good fit for both parties. 

I would normally expect Webber to go left field but there is obviously a strong belief within the club that we can still stay up this season and I suspect because of that we're far more likely to see a manager with Premier experience or in Lampard's case someone who knows the league, the teams and players in it. 

The Norwegian chap seems a good option if we were building from the championship but I'm not sure he's what's needed this season. 

[Move Klose 303]

1 minute ago, Satriales said:

The suspense of waiting for an announcment (whoever the new manager will be) is getting too much, distracting me from work! I wonder if the deal will be done this week and annouced, bloody hope so.

Michael Bailey said on twitter not to expect anything before Friday.

[TESCO 70]

2 hours ago, Norfolk Dan said:

Why didn't we start a singly thread for this ... Or at least one Thread per person in the shop window..... I can't read any more of this tosh.. hurry up and appoint FF or KK  or anyone else with matching initials.... 

Frank Fampard?

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,419]

53 minutes ago, Danke bitte said:

Meeting mid way in a Travel Tavern equidistant between Norwich and London… 

That's the genius of it.

[Budapest Canary 152]

8 minutes ago, Satriales said:

The suspense of waiting for an announcment (whoever the new manager will be) is getting too much, distracting me from work! I wonder if the deal will be done this week and annouced, bloody hope so.

The silly season came early this year.

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[orsen456 12]

2 hours ago, yellow_belly said:

My sources tell me that Webber is meeting Lampard tomorrow. 
 

 

LOL, dude the guy you serve cheeseburgers to is not a "source"!

[Nuff Said 5,146]

2 hours ago, yellow_belly said:

My source is good

… News Gordon?

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,419]

I'd definitely be ok with big Frank.

Might his name entice some external investment 🤔

[Uncle Fred 526]

I know for a fact it is not Lampard as I currently have him Locked up in my dungeon to make sure that Webber can’t meet him 

[Yellowhammer 86]

2 hours ago, yellow_belly said:

My source is good

Is it red or brown 

[Nuff Said 5,146]

2 hours ago, OnDaBall said:

Lampard just seems like he'd very short term, get the feeling he'd jump at the drop of a hat when a slightly bigger job comes along. Then again most managers would.

To be honest, right now I would take that a thousand times over if it keeps us up. It would be hugely beneficial to the club and help us shake off the “perennial yo-yo club” tag. Plus the extra cash and extra guaranteed parachute payments would be more valuable than the downside of a short-term manager.

Edited November 10, 2021 by Nuff Said
Speeling and general inability to write sentences

[Google Bot 3,278]

1 minute ago, Uncle Fred said:

I know for a fact it is not Lampard as I currently have him Locked up in my dungeon to make sure that Webber can’t meet him 

Oh, it's like watching ghostbusters this is.  Is it the gatekeeper you have or the keymaster? 

I bet it's "Sigourney Weaver's" Lampard, with clothes all bellowing in the wind as you open the dungeon door.. Am i right? Let me look.. go on.. please!!

[Jpootz 15]

Just as an aside, I’ve noticed that there have been a couple of new interesting names that have been added to the Skybet odds list. Edin Terzic who is Dortmund’s technical director and Bo Svensson who’s the current manager of Mainz. Freddie Ljungberg has been added as well but I think we can almost certainly discount that one. 

[Yellow Fever 3,793]

Lampard oddly reminds me in a way of the days of John Bond - and then again Martin Peters.

At the time high profile that put us on the media map from our previous obscurity.

Whoever it is I will fully support them - for us in the EPL the only way is UP.

Edited November 10, 2021 by Yellow Fever

[Barbe bleu 827]

This is the most exciting part of rhe whole season.  And it includes a classic 'seen at' situation.

[NFN FC 1,123]

36 minutes ago, Uncle Fred said:

I know for a fact it is not Lampard as I currently have him Locked up in my dungeon to make sure that Webber can’t meet him 

Your best post ever! 

[PurpleCanary 5,562]

33 minutes ago, Jpootz said:

Just as an aside, I’ve noticed that there have been a couple of new interesting names that have been added to the Skybet odds list. Edin Terzic who is Dortmund’s technical director and Bo Svensson who’s the current manager of Mainz. Freddie Ljungberg has been added as well but I think we can almost certainly discount that one. 

Those names may just have been picked out of a hat, but I am convinced we are looking for someone who is first and foremost a coach, with credentials to match, rather than a more English-style manager, such as Lampard or Smith.