An interview with Paul Clement has provided an insight into the tactics Frank Lampard could use at Everton.
Lampard has agreed a two-and-a-half year contract to be the Blues' next manager, replacing Rafa Benitez who was sacked earlier this month.
Clement, who has previously worked as assistant at Chelsea, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich in his career, is set to be Lampard’s assistant at Everton.
Coach Joe Edwards is also expected to arrive with Lampard but it is unclear if there is a role for Duncan Ferguson in the new coaching set-up.
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Speaking in an interview with The Coaches’ Voice , Clement opened up on a tactics meeting when he was at Chelsea as assistant to Carlo Ancelotti.
Lampard was a player when Clement was a coach at Chelsea, and the soon-to-be Everton assistant has explained why giving players more responsibility is a tactic he is in favour of.
Clement said: “I was standing at the front with the marker pen and the flip chart, and he (Ancelotti) started off the team talk the night before the saying: ‘This is the last game of the season, we know what we’re able to do and we know the opposition. What do you think the tactics should be?’
“And then there was a silence.
“The players, obviously, hadn’t had this kind of question asked to them before, but gradually the hands started to go up and the points started to come down.
“Before you knew it, we had a list of defending points and a list of attacking points, and that was it.
“Team talk was done, tactics were decided and the players went on and delivered.
“Sometimes coaches are scared of that - of giving all that responsibility, but ultimately that’s what it’s all about.
“When the game goes on, how much can a coach influence what’s happening in a stadium that’s full, and maybe 70-80,000 people?
“You could be away from home where the noise is deafening, and you can’t get the information to the players, so the players need to be able to make those decisions in split-second moments.
“So for me, the more responsibility the players can take, the better.”
