Questions are being asked about the club legend at Stamford Bridge, with an ill-timed wobble leaving the ambitious team with a lot to do in 2021.
Frank Lampard has been warned that he will have to “learn fast” to avoid the ax at Chelsea, with Steve Sidwell watching the Blues head down a “rocky road”.
A large investment in Stamford Bridge during the summer of 2020 was supposed to see the ambitious team once again competing for the Premier League title. However, inconsistency is still an issue, with a collection of high-profile additions showing mixed results in West London.
Lampard is now seeing questions about his future, despite his club legend status at Chelsea. An ill-timed wobble that has surrendered just four points in six top-level starts has left the Blues catching up and Roman Abramovich weighing his options.
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The expectation is that Lampard will be given time to get it right, as an inexperienced coach overseeing a long-term rebuilding project, but Sidwell says he needs players to step up.
“Before a ball was even kicked, a lot of money was spent in the summer to get players,” said the former Blues midfielder. talkSPORT. “He did very well getting the top four last year, and the top four will be a definite minimum requirement this season, but this season is very strange and inconsistent.
“Look at Southampton vs Liverpool, Manchester City have had a drop in form, as have other clubs.
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“This is a rocky road at the moment for Frank, but he has a group of players that we have seen the levels that they can produce and they need to get back to that.
“He’s learning on the job as a coach, so in terms of experience he doesn’t have what a Klopp, a Guardiola or even a Ralph Hassenhuttl has. He has to learn fast, but says he has a group of players who can do it. They just need to compete as that is what has been lacking in recent games. “
Sidwell has seen firsthand how quickly the fortunes of coaches at Chelsea can change, with José Mourinho coming out in September 2007 despite delivering long-awaited title glory.
“I go back to when I was at Chelsea and José Mourinho left and Avram Grant took over,” added Sidwell. “I remember when the players called a meeting. JT [John Terry] He called all the players and said, ‘Look, I was with Roman and he said Avram would take over.
“The guys were quite surprised that Avram was there as a kind of technical director and go-between between José and Abramovich.
“I remember John Terry and the guys saying, ‘OK, we have to push this ourselves as Avram doesn’t have the experience of the highest levels of football in terms of the Premier League. We have, and we will handle this. ‘
“I’m not saying they went against his wishes or anything. He still ran the soccer club and the soccer team, but the players really ran that locker room. “
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