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I'm still absolutely stumped why they'd go for Frank now. It makes no sense at all, is completely out of character, going out on a limb like this. Roman's risks have been all about money up until now but to put Frank in charge now, before he's actually achieved anything of note, is a huge risk both for the club and Lampard.
Sure, he might be a huge success, but he's not got the weight of experience to demand respect from players as a manager so if the results don't start coming quick I don't see it'll be long before they start to turn sour.
Huge risk, imo.
I don't think it's really got anything to do with his managerial ability. The way I see it they've basically written off next season altogether because of the state of their squad and transfer ban. They need to rebuild but won't be able to do it for at least another year, so they're going down the OGS/ManU style route of bringing in a friendly face who the fans all love to tide them over through this bad patch. Someone like Lampard, just like OGS, will get far more benefit of the doubt from fans even when the results are inevitably bad.
Long term, it's not a good appointment, but in terms of just riding out the next season and keeping the poisonous atmosphere to a minimum, bringing in a fan favourite ex-player makes perfect sense.
Also you have to consider that for at least the next year, they're not a very attractive club for the top managers. If they really want the likes of Allegri, then they need to ride out the transfer ban and then bring him in next year, because he'd be mad to join them now, so Lampard makes more sense than bringing in some 7th choice manager who they didn't really want because their first 6 choices turned them down.