Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
You’re right, I have supported him, I do sympathise with him, I continue to believe he’s a very knowledgeable football man but even I was left wondering after last week.

As for blame...it doesn’t really achieve much in this situation, but I’m not sure Lampard can be absolved. He MAY have been instrumental in encouraging the drinking culture that then produced the problems of 13 months ago...the bar bills and the ‘bounce’ were all a little ‘populist’ for me...but, more importantly, his transfer dealings were far from great and his handling of Marriott was very puzzling to say the least.

I think you’re probably right, in terms of games played, late November is the same as late October in any normal season...two pointless results at Huddersfield and on the banks of the Trent next week and I suspect he won’t make it to November, but for the reasons MA has stated elsewhere, I can’t see how Rooney is qualified to take over.
One can be very knowledgeable about football and not be a very good manager!

Frank had one season at the club and by wheeling and dealing got the team into the Play Off final where we lost narrowly to Villa a recently relegated team. Its unfortunate for us that Chelski were in a position to offer him a job, but thats football.

His transfer dealings have certainly been no worse (and arguably with less expenditure) than the managers that preceded him, Marriott was hardly fit during his tenure (well he has been hardly fit during his time at the club) and theres a long history of Derby buying much feted players who fail to produce for the club! Not sure what evidence you have that he encouraged a "drinking culture" prior to "drinkgate" I don't remember other incidents.

Anyway this was the season you predicted the youngsters would come through, develop and we could push for promotion, so I'm very gald we didn't get into the playoffs and fluke promotion last season, I mean picking up £90 million even if we were the the prems whipping boys would have not done the clubs finances any good at all.. we'd have pissed it away on expensive ****e players!!