Lampard has not managed since being Chelsea’s interim manager over at the end of the 2022-23 season, having been sacked by Everton earlier that campaign.
Lineker added: “I think he’s been a bit unlucky in his managerial career in some ways. I think he gets it tactically.”
Podcast co-host Micah Richards added of the former Derby County manager: “When he went to Derby, I think the feeling was he played really good football, but it should have got them up. He went to Chelsea [during] the transfer embargo and still managed to get top four, with all the bringing the young players through, [Tammy] Abraham, [Mason] Mount, etc. etc. Then he went to Everton, kept them up.
“It wasn’t the great style of play, but it utilised what he had available to him. He goes, obviously, back to Chelsea. I think that was the one where people were judging him.”
Richards lavished praise on Lampard’s analysis during the England-Switzerland game, saying: “Frank’s analysis was about three minutes. And, normally, if someone goes that deep, after maybe two minutes, you’ve lost interest. But I was glued to it for three minutes. And you can tell he’s just got something. He’s articulate. The way he explains points. You can tell there’s a manager there inside of him.”
Lineker added: “That three minutes Frank did was amazing.”