‘How would you say that? you might regret it’ – Frank Lampard receive strong warning after latest comments
Not a good start of Life for Chelsea Legend Frank Lampard at Everton.
However, Frank Lampard side beat Newcastle United 1-0 despite being a man down, his Toffees side were well beaten over the weekend, as Crystal Palace sent them crashing out of the FA Cup with a 4-0 defeat.
Meanwhile, After the horrible defeat, Lampard questioned the mentality of his players in a very harsh way.
Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton has warned Lampard that he may have used the wrong words on his players, and also claimed that he needs to take responsibility as well.
Sutton told BBC Radio 5 Live: “The team are in an absolute mess but his language was extremely strong, questioning the side’s courage,”
“He talked about [how] he doesn’t have a magic wand to get inside people’s heads and change resilience across the whole squad. Well.. is that not his job?
“Lampard was chucking things out there and I wonder whether he will regret some of the things he’s said because it can be damaging within the dressing room.
“It’s not a good dressing room at this time but when you start questioning player’s courage, I think there may be a problem.
“He’s come out and slaughtered his players and yet he needs these players to keep him up, so what he said is very, very dangerous in my book. It’s a big gamble what he said and let’s see whether the players react.
“He had a difficult job to take on, most of the blame lies with [previous manager Rafa] Benitez on this one, but he hasn’t made the impact which I think he expected to – and the Everton fans expected him to.”
Sutton added: “I just wonder with Frank, and wondered at the time he took the job, I thought he was brave. Everton is a big club, but the club were in a real mess. This was always going to be a difficult task for him.
“His words at the weekend worried me a little bit, and they worried me because I actually thought for the first he may be doubting himself in maybe taking the job.
“My worry for Frank is if things don’t work out here, where does he go from Everton? He’s an intelligent man, but the way he’s talking I think there’s massive frustration.”