One month immersed in the chaos. Six straight defeats piled on top of four in a row at the fag end of his Everton reign. Luxury players everywhere, yet no one to score him a goal and no cohesion at the back to keep them out.
Frank Lampard may be Chelsea royalty but this peculiar second coming has been neither happy nor glorious. And it could get worse.
Defeat on Saturday at Bournemouth would deliver an unwanted accolade, an 11th successive defeat to equal the record for a Premier League manager in a single season, set by Daniel Farke at Norwich.