Lampard and the Chelsea job

[Lander]

I suspect if it’s going to be announced it’ll be announced this morning, they’re not going to travel to Florida together and risk it being announced on their behalf by photographers, snapping the squad and Mr Cocu on their travels.

[RoyMac5]

Thank god I went to bed rather than wait up! ? ?

Has Frank been at the stadium all night too?!

8 o'clock announcement? SSN just said 'draws closer'! So 8pm then... ?

[ossieram]

19 minutes ago, ColonelBlimp said:

Have to say @David, your new profile pic, thought you'd been banged up til i looked a bit closer.

Incidentally, if Cocu is a failure here, will it be Orange is the new Cack?

No it will be a Phillip flop.

[RoyMac5]

SSN running 'Frank Lampard seen leaving Stamford Bridge at 01:30 but no word on his Chelsea appointment' along the ticker...

[TigerTedd]

[oldtimeram]

21 minutes ago, one_chop said:

Marmaris mate, out on a boat trip at mo. Where are you? 

Cheshire, but not on a boat trip 

[SketchyRAM]

Frank has an IG message scheduled to go out at 9am. (Thank you message I’m told)

[CornwallRam]

1 minute ago, SketchyRAM said:

Frank has an IG message scheduled to go out at 9am

But for what day?

[Lander]

Just now, CornwallRam said:

But for what day?

48 hours?

[SketchyRAM]

Just now, CornwallRam said:

But for what day?

Lol, good point..... 48 hours...

But seriously, today.

[cosmic]

Really hoping there’s a cheeky gentleman’s agreement to sanction a couple of pre-approved transfers once this is all done.

[Ghost of Clough]

16 hours ago, Harry B said:

Everybody wants announcements, both Derby and Chelsea fans, but in reality how much difference does it make? Not much from what I can tell.

 

Chelsea know who their manager is and so do Derby, I think it's reasonable to assume that. Those guys will now be assessing their squads, looking at the tapes from last season, having private conversations with players and board members, speaking to people at the club about comings and goings (or just goings in Chelsea's case), speaking to people at the club about player contracts etc.

 

In other words: planning.

 

Derby's players only got back this week and Chelsea's players aren't even back yet I don't think. It's all fitness testing. The manager isn't needed on the training ground. In other words, they've already started on their new jobs, whether they've signed their contracts or not or whether it's been announced or not.

 

I don't think this delay has any bearing on anything. Derby and Chelsea will know exactly where they stand and everybody will have been keeping everybody in the loop. The delay is frustrating to the fans and the media but to the clubs I doubt a few days here or there makes any difference at all.

 

There will be reasons for the delay which both clubs will be privy to. None of us have a clue what they are, including journalists. In all likelihood there is a lot of conspiratorial nonsense being written.

Except our players have been doing more than just fitness testing...

[therealhantsram]

 I think this will not be announced until tonight now. I wonder if Chelsea wanted to go live on IGTV with the announcement and get fan interaction in real time. 

Won't want to do that during the working day. 

So expect an 8pm announcement tonight. 

[Ghost of Clough]

15 minutes ago, Lander said:

48 hours?

Wrong movie... it's 28 days later

[RadioactiveWaste]

Jack Bauer returns in his most tedious comeback yet:

48

 

[jono]

We might as well wait until July 16 to coincide with the  50th anniversary of blast off to the moon or bring Jim Smith back so we can say the Eagle has landed 

[Nuwtfly]

 

[Nuwtfly]

 

[Lander]

And he’s gone!

[Nuwtfly]

https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2019/07/lampard-departs-to-join-chelsea