Football Daily | Frank Lampard, Emma Hayes and a tale of two Chelseas

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! When Frank Lampard was appointed as Chelsea interim manager for the remainder of the season following Graham Potter’s dismissal in early April, he seemed bullish about his chances of making a success of the job. “I am confident in myself,” he rabble-roused. “I have a good understanding of the squad. I’ll do my utmost in this period coming up to give [the fans] what they want with my own hard work.” And while this introductory press conference would have created quite the palaver had he announced: “I intend to mastermind defeat in our next six games, go on a two-match unbeaten run and then lose another two before our last home game of the season,” it was still quite big talk from a man who was sacked after overseeing just four wins in 23 games this season while in charge of Everton. As a lifelong Leeds fan, why am I hoping Leicester beat the drop and we take Everton down with us? What the hell is wrong with me? Why is football so disgusting?” – Paddy Viner. Re: yesterday’s Quote of the Day. When he’s not managing here in the Premier League and we don’t have to constantly suffer his incessant moaning about quite literally anything and everything, then José Mourinho is the absolute best and I’m with him all the way in his eternal quest to never forget, never forgive and always take the opportunity to have a swipe at those who have wronged him. ‘Mr Levy’s club’ indeed. Never change José, never change” – Noble Francis. Re: yesterday’s Football Daily letters, is Martyn Pleasance new around here?” – Kevin Carter (and 1,056 others). This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading...

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