Chelsea boss Frank Lampard admits he's trying to avoid speculation about his job in the media.

Chelsea meet Marine today in the third round of the FA Cup.

Lampard said, "For me, I have to be the one who looks positively and things I can't control outside of that would be a waste of time for me.

"I've felt huge support from this club, coming back here to manage them, the way it's worked in the period I've been back, my time here as a player. I felt huge support for 13 years in my time as a player but in the end I left the club because they wanted to move on to other things.

"I understand what football is, I understand the demands and expectations. So I don't think I can earn the right of anything that takes me out of that equation. All I can do is be honest about how I see it, openly to yourselves and behind the scenes.

"Because I understand that there's loads to be done here and I understand the position we're in here. And I understand that when you are young and when you've had a tough year last year and have new players coming in this year, that are expected to just drop into the Premier League and produce at a young age, that there are going to be challenges. The rest it out of my hands."