Lampard on Rest is Football

[JimmyHillsbeard]

(feel free to move to Summer Transfers thread if it’s already being discussed there but I didn’t spot it)


Anyone see Lampard on the World Cup Rest is Football broadcast on Netflix yesterday?

Much joshing about his hairline and Lineker’s jibe about it at the Euros, but also much praise for us and the way we demolished the league last season.

Lampard was asked if he was at the World Cup to scout players (he say “yes possibly”) but he also repeated once more about his faith in the current group and how they’ve earned the right to play in the Premier League.

Now I know he’s hardly going to give away too much on the TV but it did make me think (not for the first time) that our spending strategy this summer might be much more humble than some of us assumed. In particular I think that Jay DaSilve and BTA might be making more Prem appearances than I would have thought likely.

 

[shmmeee]

(feel free to move to Summer Transfers thread if it’s already being discussed there but I didn’t spot it)


Anyone see Lampard on the World Cup Rest is Football broadcast on Netflix yesterday?

Much joshing about his hairline and Lineker’s jibe about it at the Euros, but also much praise for us and the way we demolished the league last season.

Lampard was asked if he was at the World Cup to scout players (he say “yes possibly”) but he also repeated once more about his faith in the current group and how they’ve earned the right to play in the Premier League.

Now I know he’s hardly going to give away too much on the TV but it did make me think (not for the first time) that our spending strategy this summer might be much more humble than some of us assumed. In particular I think that Jay DaSilve and BTA might be making more Prem appearances than I would have thought likely.

There is a lot of noise giving that impression. I’m sure Lampard isn’t deluded enough to think we can get away with that.

 

[skybluecam]

The comment about having faith in the current players is just the smart thing to say, especially before we’ve actually signed anyone. I wouldn’t read too much into it.

 

[Sick Boy]

Now I know he’s hardly going to give away too much on the TV but it did make me think (not for the first time) that our spending strategy this summer might be much more humble than some of us assumed. In particular I think that Jay DaSilve and BTA might be making more Prem appearances than I would have thought likely.

It’s a pretty standard line - it means nothing.

 

[Lamps]

(feel free to move to Summer Transfers thread if it’s already being discussed there but I didn’t spot it)


Anyone see Lampard on the World Cup Rest is Football broadcast on Netflix yesterday?

Much joshing about his hairline and Lineker’s jibe about it at the Euros, but also much praise for us and the way we demolished the league last season.

Lampard was asked if he was at the World Cup to scout players (he say “yes possibly”) but he also repeated once more about his faith in the current group and how they’ve earned the right to play in the Premier League.

Now I know he’s hardly going to give away too much on the TV but it did make me think (not for the first time) that our spending strategy this summer might be much more humble than some of us assumed. In particular I think that Jay DaSilve and BTA might be making more Prem appearances than I would have thought likely.

We won't be signing 20 or more players. However confident you are of how many new signings we're going to make before the season starts over 50% of our squad will have been with us last season.

It's going to be similar to last season. We were supposed to have several players not good enough for a promotion push, but not a single player let us down.

 

[corniepaste]

What he did say which makes me believe he is here for the next season is that when linekar asked him about next season, he said, “well you guys are going to be following us next season” right after talking about Cov, which just like the best signing this season was the stadium from big Doug, this admission will be the best signing this coming season.

 

[David O'Day]

It’s a pretty standard line - it means nothing.

yeah he's not going to go "these haven't got a chance, need a new team"

 

[skyblue025]

How many players have we lost since the end of last season, is it 5 or 6? We know Frank the Tank is coming back so would need 4 or 5 to just replace those without any other sales.

 

[Lamps]

What he did say which makes me believe he is here for the next season is that when linekar asked him about next season, he said, “well you guys are going to be following us next season” right after talking about Cov, which just like the best signing this season was the stadium from big Doug, this admission will be the best signing this coming season.

Lampard isn't stupid. He has a year left on his contract. We are favourites to get relegated, so if it does happen but we give it a good go it won't be seen as a disaster. The top clubs won't consider him presently so if he took another job they would be at risk of being in the relegation battle.

We're starting with some promising players like Rudoni and will be bringing in a lot of talent. Our players have already bought into how he wants his side to play. He has the full backing of King and our supporters. If we have a bad start it wouldn't be seen as unexpected, but if it happened at another club they would soon be on his back.

 

[Bad Boy]

(feel free to move to Summer Transfers thread if it’s already being discussed there but I didn’t spot it)


Anyone see Lampard on the World Cup Rest is Football broadcast on Netflix yesterday?

Much joshing about his hairline and Lineker’s jibe about it at the Euros, but also much praise for us and the way we demolished the league last season.

Lampard was asked if he was at the World Cup to scout players (he say “yes possibly”) but he also repeated once more about his faith in the current group and how they’ve earned the right to play in the Premier League.

Now I know he’s hardly going to give away too much on the TV but it did make me think (not for the first time) that our spending strategy this summer might be much more humble than some of us assumed. In particular I think that Jay DaSilve and BTA might be making more Prem appearances than I would have thought likely.

Keeping our powder dry me thinks.

We might be doing it quote 'The Coventry way' but Doug, Frank and staff ain't stupid, they'll do what the club can responsibly do to give us the best possible chance in the pre next season.

That I'm sure of

 

[Cally Fedora]

Again, why are we so anxious to undermine our current players? We’ve literally no idea if they are good enough for the PL and, by the same logic, no idea if they aren’t. Our team spirit was our most important factor last year. Lampard and co are going to be very careful who and how many they add to that group

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Let’s hope he’s wrong, need to be ruthless or else we’ll be relegated by January

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Lampard doesn’t give anything away when it comes to transfers.

 

[SkyBlueDom26]

Lampard doesn’t give anything away when it comes to transfers.

Surprised you didn’t manage to find a way of posting that as some random twitter post

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

It’s a pretty standard line - it means nothing.

Oh Vienna!

 

[mrtrench]

Four, five or six this year. Incremental change. That's the way to do it in my opinion.