Frank Lampard faced early setbacks after returning to manage his former club, Chelsea, falling to a 1-0 loss at the hands of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. Despite only having two days to familiarize himself with his squad, Lampard acknowledged the amount of work ahead.
Lampard expressed the need to work on team chemistry as well, emphasizing communication with his players to understand their qualities. His outlook remained positive, though, highlighting that this is still very much a work in progress.
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‘My job in this period is to work with the team to get across my ideas of what I want and reinforce that,’ said Lampard. ‘Of course, in two days that’s difficult. I was relying on the players on Saturday a little bit and giving some messaging, which we did as much as we could.
‘We saw some bits of it but in terms of the lower part of the pitch, I think our players can always receive the ball and accept the ball, but you receive and accept the ball down low because you want to progress up the pitch. You need to find the right solutions for that which means the right positions and the right ideas, and that takes some work, so it will be part of the process.
‘Also you need to have options where you can play over or out of the press so we have to be able to do that as well, in my opinion.’
‘I have to use everything I can because I need to assess the squad quickly,’ Lampard added. ‘We have to try and find the best players to help us win games but I think having a strong competitive edge within the squad is a good thing.
‘If players train well and play well, they will get an opportunity under me. It’s a clean slate for everyone and that’s the challenge to all the players over the next few weeks.’
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