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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/01/16/
lampard-details-concern-over-fixture-scheduling-and-praises-park

Lampard details concern over fixture scheduling and praises Parker's start
in management

16 Jan 2021


Frank Lampard believes football's authorities must work more closely with
clubs to manage the difficult fixture schedule amid increasing last-minute
postponements in the Premier League due to the prevalence of Covid-19
cases.


https://i.imgur.com/fFQPp9Y.jpg


A number of top-flight matches have been affected in recent weeks and
Fulham, this evening's opponents for Lampard's Chelsea, were informed at
short notice earlier in the week that they would be facing Tottenham on
Wednesday.


That meant our west London derby with the Cottagers was pushed back from
Friday to Saturday, a move Lampard believes will hinder his side as it
reduces recovery and preparation time ahead of Tuesday's trip to Leicester
City.


Furthermore, the Blues boss feels the Premier League have shown far more
flexibility over recent rescheduling compared to the Christmas period,
when his side were forced to play two matches in three days, and that
inconsistency in approach is difficult to take.


'Changing the game from Friday to Saturday didn't make a difference too
much for me at the front end because we have a week to prepare but
obviously it means the gap between Fulham and Leicester is now even
tighter for us,' said Lampard.


'My biggest gripe as manager of Chelsea Football Club is that nobody came
to help us when we played two games on the 26th and the 28th December over
Christmas, when it clearly could have been moved. This is not a normal
season and we're all here to find the best way through it but all of a
sudden these rules have come in, even though at Christmas it was fine for
us to play within two days.


https://i.imgur.com/JSuM5ZU.jpg
Lampard felt our schedule of two games in three days after Christmas was
too harsh


'The Premier League could have done better to look after us, and Aston
Villa, by moving that game but they didn't. Now it seems that consistency
is going to be difficult and it's definitely going to put a mark on this
season whatever happens. My preference would have been to keep the game as
a Friday. That was overruled but I'm very happy to play fair with that.'


Lampard has called for the authorities to be more open and transparent
with clubs moving forward.


'The Premier League have to open up the conversation and dialogue much
more,' he continued. 'It can't be right that you're just told. It must be
an open conversation. If Scott [Parker, Fulham's manager] has been told
two days before they're about to play in the Premier League then that for
me really isn't good enough.'


On the subject of Parker, a club and international team-mate during their
playing days, Lampard noted how the former midfielder's attributes were
always well-suited to a move into management. The two were Chelsea
colleagues for 18 months and Lampard is not surprised his friend is doing
so well following promotion from the Championship last summer.


'He was diligent, very determined, had a good football brain and prepared
right so everything about Scott as a player made me think he could go on
to coaching and management,' he added.


'The only doubt is do they want to but he showed his ideas very quickly
when he got into his coaching badges and started his pathway with the
youth team at Tottenham. He has done fantastically well and will continue
to do so.'


Lampard revealed the pair had stayed close following Parker's departure
from Stamford Bridge in the summer of 2005 and he is excited to pit his
wits against the 40-year-old this evening.


'We spent time together on holiday a couple of summers ago and talked
about our passion for the job, the work and what we wanted to do,' said
Lampard. 'We were work friends for a while and kept in touch with a
message now and again.


'I was delighted for him when they got promoted last year and with the
passion he showed at Wembley when they did so. The way he worked through
what was a tough time with a team in some form of transition that had been
relegated was a measure of him and he's doing great at the moment. I'm
looking forward to the challenge of going up against him.'

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