The match day forum thread and likewise here are full of player frailties and acusations. 'They are shite', 'can't defend', and the list goes on. It's a player attack and nothing else?
The reality is we largely have the same players that took us to the FA Cup semi and showed us what was to come with a few tweaks close season. We all bought into that, hook line and sinker.
King made so many changes throughout the football club, but it was OK - it's going to make us play better. Then he fired Robin's who everyone on here to a man virtually agreed was wrong. No one particularly wanted Lampard as he seemed to fail at previous clubs. Yet here we are. What did you expect?
Lampard can't put a sentence together of any conviction when inteviewed. Yet Doug thought he was great during the inteview process. I do think King along with his changes seeked a big name on the basis it would generate a demand for tickets and above all galvanise the players around a legend and power us on to a top six or even better outcome. Well that works well for Rooney right?
Perhaps to be fair Lampard is no Rooney, but to suggest he had the experience to replace and nurture our squad into winners was a stretch. Lampards interview after today was tame, lacked compassion and any forthright command of the situation. It's dire.
So stop putting all the blame on the players and look at the people who are tasked with making them turn up, and play a coherent game of football from instructions given by the coaching staff, headed by Lampard.
That is what is not working. The signs were there under Robin's and the inexperienced Lampard has simply exacerbated it further.
It's a real shame as we have come so far and had all the tools in place. But, King just swept those aside.
But I suggest panic is not called for. No, this squad is strong for this league, and there is every chance it will turn around quickly starting with the next game. A few people need to look at themselves in the mirror and fix what has been wrong in the background since Dougs changes. There is a plethora of staff in every which department concentrating on one issue or another. We just need to focus and get the players to put in some hard graft and equal focus on the football without all the chatter so to speak. We can't just turn up and expect to win because we are acting like we are the bees knees all of a sudden. A few colour coded tracksuits is not going to make things happen......
