https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/08/07/
lampard-on-shortlist-for-manager-of-the-season-prize
Lampard on shortlist for Manager of the Season prize
07 Aug 2020
After helping guide the Blues to a top-four finish in the Premier League,
Frank Lampard has been nominated for the Manager of the Season award for
2019/20.
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Recognised for an excellent first year in charge of the Blues, Lampard is
joined on the shortlist by Jurgen Klopp, Chris Wilder and Brendan Rodgers.
You can vote for him to win, with votes from the public combined with
those of a panel of football experts to decide the winner.
https://www.premierleague.com/news/1744530
Our all-time top goalscorer took over the Blues last summer with a
transfer ban in place and four-time Chelsea Player of the Year winner Eden
Hazard heading off to pastures new.
He moved quickly to promote a number of Academy graduates into the senior
squad, some of whom were fresh from Championship loans. Lampard had
watched the development of two, Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori, at close
quarters having benefited from their quality during his season in charge
of Derby County.
Tammy Abraham was handed the no.9 shirt and finished the season as our
topscorer with 17 goals in all competitions, while Reece James emerged as
another super talent following his recovery from injury. Lampard also
nurtured the progress of Billy Gilmour as he adapted to men's football
with a couple of standout performances.
Lampard displayed tactical flexibility throughout the campaign, moving
between 4-3-3, 4-2-3-1 and 3-4-3 formations. A shift to three at the back
proved particularly effective away to Wolves and then again at Tottenham
before Christmas, that 2-0 win in our first game at their new stadium
perhaps the highlight of our league campaign.
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Lampard has aided the development of the likes of Mason Mount
We also won away at Arsenal, and at home to Tottenham and Man City, before
sealing fourth place with victory over Wolves on the final day, Mount
crowning a fine first season with an inch-perfect free-kick that set us on
our way.
Lampard was twice nominated for Manager of the Month, winning the award
for a flawless October in which we first moved up to fourth place, a
position we would never relinquish.
Only beaten on penalties in the Super Cup, we qualified from a tough
Champions League group and also reached the FA Cup final, beating
Liverpool, Leicester and Manchester United along the way.