Chelsea’s latest nonsense begets further nonsense as the Mirror follow Frank Lampard’s cryptic clues, while Sam Allardyce’s 100 per cent England record augurs well for Leeds…
Scene stealer
Now, the idea that Todd Boehly is a major source of the problems at Chelsea seems a sound one even to such anti-Lampard wokerati scum as ourselves.
And Lampard, who must by now be in full damage-limitation mode for whatever remains of his future career prospects, could certainly be forgiven for emphasising that point after leading a bloated, misshapen and confidence-bereft Chelsea as they slumped to a sixth straight defeat on his watch.
And the Mirror pretend he did just that.
‘BOEHLY BLAST! Frank Lampard turns on Todd Boehly with scathing remarks after Chelsea humiliation at Arsenal’
Guess how many times Lampard mentioned Boehly by name, in terms scathing, blasting or otherwise, after that Chelsea humiliation at Arsenal?
Clue: it’s the same number as points Lampard has won since his return to Stamford Bridge.
Have a read of these quotes described by the Mirror as Lampard defending his players but being ‘less complimentary about Todd Boehly and the Blues hierarchy’ and marvel at how anyone could reach such a conclusion.
“Chelsea has been a big success for 20 years but at the moment we aren’t in that position.
“In the time I’ve been here it’s clear to see behind the scenes, on the training ground, the reasons why. If you’re going to be a nice team to play against all the time it doesn’t matter where you go. That won’t change overnight but we better get there quickly.”
The Mirror’s entire angle here relies on the euphemistic ‘behind the scenes’ being a reference to Boehly and co. Which it may well be, but it’s a bit of a reach, no? Far less of a reach is to suggest that ‘on the training ground’ suggests this refers to the players and coaching staff – which everything that follows would appear to support.
And absolutely none of it could remotely be described as ‘scathing’ given where Chelsea are at right now. If you want scathing, may we recommend this morning’s Mailbox?
Innocent bystander
The same piece also notes Lampard ‘could only watch on in anguish at the Emirates’, which is interesting and we suspect accidentally damning phrasing to describe the actual manager of the team.
Class warfare
The Sun manage to find a positive angle from Chelsea’s disasterclass at the Emirates via one of those ‘fans…
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