Is Boehly tanking Chelsea on purpose? Would ChatGPT be a better Blues boss than Lampard?

The Mailbox wonders if Todd Boehly thinks tanking is a thing in football. Also: AI would do a better job as Chelsea manager than Frank Lampard.

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Todd tanking
I think I’ve worked out what is happening at Chelsea, under their new American ownership model.

In US sports, the teams who finish near the bottom of the table have a greater chance of getting early draft picks for the following season. Towards the end of a season, if a team can no longer make the play offs, there is essentially an incentive to lose, as you might get to choose a better young player in the next draft. This is usually referred to as ‘tanking’. It is particularly prevalent when there is a clear wonder kid ready to turn pro, such as this year in the NBA; everyone wants the chance to draft French player Victor Wembanyama. One team even got fined for benching all their best players to essentially ensure they lost a match, just because they would get better odds in the draft.
Maybe someone needs to explain to Todd Boehly that European football doesn’t work on the same principal. Because I can’t think of any other reason why you would give Frank Lampard a job, unless you were intentionally trying to lose every match!
Michael

Singing the Blues
Frank Lampard and the Basics would be a fantastic band name.
MAW, LA Gooner

Artificial manager
I genuinely think that Chelsea would be better off with ChatGPT picking the team at this stage.
Dave, Dublin

Fit to drop
So are there ANY Chelsea fans left who think bringing Lampard back was a good idea?

I was disgusted he was brought back in the first place, I was more shocked when I saw how many fans were delighted with him back.

I’m a Chelsea fan, I appreciate Lampard for his legendary playing days. Hes not a f××ing player anymore though is he.

Chelsea deserve to be relegated with all the sickening mismanagement this season. 600 million. MILLION. Pissed away on nothing.
Will CFC (F××k the club, bring on the championship)

…I know Liverpool aren’t having the greatest season, so I shouldn’t take the p, but it’s pretty funny that it’s May and Chelsea are not mathematically safe from going down. All hail Frank.
Mike, LFC, London

…What a shambles. Forget for a moment how Todd Boehly has run the club. Forget for a moment the recruiting of all the attacking midfielders in the world without a proper number 9. This is still one of the most expensively assembled squads with world…