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This is a “we’ve finally seen the error in our ways and stopped fucking around” appointment which is what the club have been briefing for a few weeks. You have to hand them that even if we hate them. But the managerial appointment alone is not the cure that turns us around like the snap of your fingers. They now have to follow-up on their other press briefing thag they will let the manager dictate what and who he needs rather than the club forcing mediocre bums on him. We need a surgical, 2014 like summer where we quickly and clearly identified a few top level players who plugged right in and hit the ground running instantly.

At this point, I just hope this group of players actually turn up to play against Spurs at home. Basically last game of the season, give the fans something to cheer with Alonso coming in. Normally that's an automatic and the players give it their all but right now, you never know as some of them honestly look like they couldn't care and Palmer has forgotten how to do anything in the final third.

Jesus Christ....such negativity....give it a f**king rest mate

Well...I can think of two ex-Chelsea bosses, the Italian mafia and the current England head coach 😆

A few weeks ago Liam Rosenior was in charge and now we have Xabi Alonso. Pretty seismic upgrade. Now let’s see the ins/outs on the player side

Nah he can go for me, I'm not interested just like he hasn't been for weeks

We deserve what we have got, this season has been fucking pathetic and quite frankly embarrassing. The fans have been shit on from a great height, took the piss out of and the club and players should be fucking ashamed of themselves I hope Alonso axes any fucker that thinks they are too big to be here, that includes Palmer, Cucurealla, Enzo or anyone for that matter, get rid of them and back him from the off.

No European football next season. If current form holds

He's won the league in one of Europe's top 5 leagues. Is there someone with PL manager experience who has the body of work of Alonso?

and Pep....Arteta and Alonso used to live in neighbouring streets

''The Sporting Directors ? No, no Xabi, they don't interfere at all''

Makes sense from his perspective. He's been looking for a way into the Premier League and we are the biggest club where there's a job opening this summer. Premier League is now the league of a handful of managers from Basque country - Arteta, Emery, Iraola,

3rd manager we have had this year...hopefully he can bring some joy back to us!!

Let's hope he's given the autonomy to his project, and there's a semblance of back to consistent winning Many managers first foray into the PL is chaotic. Glad you're excited about it. I can't, sorry, but well done.

there was a point i thought Palmer could reach legendary status here, but lately he has been disappointing to say the least, not showing up when we most needed a spark, maybe he is not fully committed to Chelsea like we all thought, but then again i can't fault him because the club has been a big mess so far and not challenging for top honors can affect a player's mentality. Not going to make excuses for him or any player that's not fully committed to the club, because regardless of how shit we are, the proper players can give a damn and perform. Players like Kovacic, Havertz, Jorginho, Rudiger, Christensen, Mount, etc who all left when the club was struggling will never get my respect regardless of the trophies they won with us.

Massive!!

Now official Alonso new manager on 4 year deal

I wonder what lies and shite he was told in the interview?

We will know where the club is headed based on the transfer window movements. If it's the same squad next season (minus potential outgoings - Cucu/Enzo), I would expect a 8th to 10th place finish. If players are actually shown the door and the club is ruthless (Delap/Garnacho/Tosin/Badi/Wes), Alonso may have a chance of rebuilding.

Imagine someone paying even 100 million for Cole right now 😆 He went from goalscoring talent to missing penalties and looking like an average player so quickly. Maybe the United links got to his head

First of all Welcome to Chelsea Football Club Xabi Alonso, second, i have my reservations, based on the shit show we have been subjected to, so i will wait and see how we do in the summer transfer window and start of next season before passing any judgement. Cheers

I would love it if that happens, and I will give Xabi the benefit of the doubt because of what he has achieved so far. But I'll believe it when it see it. The belief of the fans has been burnt too many times in succession, to the point where people can't bring themselves to watch the games. Like DDA and others have mentioned, this is all direct consequence from the actions up at the top. The worse thing is we don't know how far reaching some of those consequences are. The worst thing the fanbase can do is become complacent and accept the new normal. Chelsea needs consistent performances on the pitch to make gains. These make a big impact on the telecast driven finances, and this affects everything. Finishing outside of European spots every other season is poor for a club that has invested so much.

£2billion spent and the current squad is what we have to show for it? That is beyond piss poor. Not miles of competing? We are 9th in The League, 30 points off the leaders. That is literally the very definition of being miles of it in footballing terms.

We also haven't replaced JT, Cahill, T.Silva, Azpi at CB We had Werner, Havertz, Mount up top against City in the UCL final and yet our attack got worse over 5 years. Jorginho - Kante midfield is better than what Enzo - Caicedo are trying to do