Chelsea news: Frank Lampard has already revealed the one thing he won't do in charge second time round
Frank Lampard's first stint as Chelsea manager came to an end in the way that so many tend to at Stamford Bridge. The club legend was failing to blend and balance his squad, performances had dropped off, the slide down the table was in full flow and tactical issues were being picked apart.
Without fans in stadiums to watch and give backlash to decisions it was easier to remove him from his post. Thomas Tuchel's first game in charge against Wolves wouldn't have been a happy place had there been people witnessing it live from SW6. As it happens that was the start of something else special.
"I didn't see that and so I probably became a little bit on top of myself and then in the second year certainly one of the biggest regrets I have is the last period at Chelsea where we came into, out of nowhere we were second in the league and came into a short-run of defeats to leave us ninth, the way it went in the league and with four defeats, bang, you're gone."
In the December the Blues topped the league and six weeks later they had moved on from Lampard after losses to Wolves, a struggling Arsenal, Manchester City and Leicester. The direction and decisions from Lampard gained more attention than before, his choices were scrutinised and previously exiled senior players were welcomed back in a muddled state of affairs.
"I was striving to solve 100 problems and now as I come away I'm saying 'don't get in that position again, Frank, you've got a trust in yourself in those moments,' " he added. "And probably I felt what was coming, I felt the pressure and the thunderbolt defeat. Two thunderbolt defeats is a double thunderbolt, it's not good news at Chelsea and I probably started to second guess that.
"I think that's just experience in life and this job and I'll probably experienced it in in a pretty cutthroat manor, it felt at the time but that's what it is. I went into Chelsea with an absolute understanding of what it was, it is a club that I love."