Patience is wearing thin among club hierarchy, who are entitled to expect more than a series of tactically incoherent displays
The trouble with hiring a novice is becoming impossible for
Chelsea to ignore. Half a season has drifted by and a side assembled at great expense shows no sign of developing an identity. Although Frank Lampard was handed more than £200m to spend last summer, the
Job is starting to look too big for him. Craftier managers are exposing flaws too easily. Brendan Rodgers was the latest to teach Lampard a painful lesson in strategy on Tuesday and 19 games into a fraught campaign Chelsea are entitled to expect more than a series of tactically incoherent displays.
Patience is wearing thin within the corridors of power. The sense is of the walls closing in on Lampard after his team’s defeat by Leicester, whose discipline, precise movements and rapier counterattacks highlighted the benefits of having an experienced manager. While Rodgers had Leicester playing with nous and purpose, Chelsea were devoid of a plan from front to back. The blame for that lies with one person.