Chelsea have a rare weekend off thanks to Manchester United's continued involvement in the FA Cup and Frank Lampard finally has some time to spend on the training pitches with his squad. The Blues' caretaker manager took charge of four games in less than two weeks, including two pivotal legs against Real Madrid.
Having landed out of the Champions League, the pace of fixtures is now more relaxed for the Blues, and Lampard will have increased exposure to his team and enhanced opportunity to work them physically. Certainly, those players he is less familiar with will have a greater chance to impress and earn some playing time.
Everything now looks towards the end of the season and what might come next. Recent days has seen the talk over Chelsea's new manager ratchet up as Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart look to find their next appointment having put Lampard in charge until the end of the season.
