I can't believe people are still arguing over this.
A lot has changed since Robins left. The announcement of Lampard took ages. It could have gone either way. Things were turning toxic at our club. But it seems Lampard wanted to do things his way or not join us. You can't blame him because if he failed with us his record as manager would have looked poor.
Things changed when King took over. Robins title was changed from manager to coach. It wasn't just down to him on the players coming in or out. The older, experienced players left. We were left without leaders on the pitch. But we bought young players for good money that would have a good resale value.
Fast forward to Lampard taking over. His title is manager. He brought in his own coaches. Looks like he has the say on which players join us. Only two so far but they're 29 and 33. We paid between 3.5m and 4m for a 29 year old. We most probably won't get a penny back from him. But worth every penny. The value of the other players will go up especially if we get promoted.
The Lampard appointment was a very good one. Letting him do it his way even more important. I was worried about his appointment, especially how things could go if he couldn't turn things around. And it wasn't a certainty he could. But with the way our club was when Robins left there was no chance Robins would have been able to turn it around like Lampard has.
Lampard was never going to be able to get us to the level of Leeds this quickly. But now we're not far off being the second or 3rd best side in the Championship. Keep this run going and we could finish 4th. People laughed at the thought of us getting anywhere near the playoffs even as recently as the start of last month.
Yes Robins was brilliant for us especially with all the crap that went on. But Lampard is the man to take us to the next level.
