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Why do they keep mentioning Marco Silva.. Ridiculous

❌️Sebastian Kehl is in advanced talks to join Spurs as sporting director, as @Plettigoal called. Kehl is currently the leading candidate. Paul Winstanley was approached by headhunters as part of the process. (@BenJacobs) Paul stays🙂‍↕️🫨

🚨 Xabi Alonso would be a popular pick with supporters, but i have no knowledge of him being an option at this stage. Chelsea have made it clear for a preference of premier league experience with players this summer, and it would not be surprise me if the same applied to the new manager search. Eddie Howe cannot be ruled out, alongside options like Iraola and Silva. (@NizaarKinsella)

It feels like the obvious choice to stay at Como and build towards an opening at a big club but there's no telling that Como keep up their progress and no telling whether Cesc as coach stays hot for another 2 years. Most coaches fired by Chelsea will face no trouble bouncing back because you can always show clubs that you've got the chops and you were hamstrung by the owners. Maresca is an early favorite for the City job, Tuchel managed Bayern and England, even Potter got a gig with Sweden and guided them to the WC.

Don’t know, seems more likely he stays at Como than comes here. He has some sense. Believe he turned down the Inter Milan job previously. I wouldn’t be surprised if he does another 12-24 months at Como before leaving. For a better job than here. They are pushing very hard for European football this season and were unlucky not to make the cup final. The progression has been huge since getting promoted. If they get European football why would he want to give that up to come to a team that could still finish in the bottom half of the table 😂 Plus in all likelihood, even if he did consider it, the managers job here will be available again at least twice over the next 18-24 months. Lets not get our hopes up that this shower of useless cunts will make the right appointment. They haven’t done anything to convince anyone otherwise. I don’t think the head coach role here will ever be something that will pass certain people by with these owners, whereas before with Roman, it definitely would’ve. We are going to keep hiring amateurs because it is run by amateurs. So inevitably they will keep having to look for new managers.

Very much a vibes pick. Seems like a bad idea with our unstable squad right now. But Cesc has a lot more experience than Lampard did - he's been going up against Gasperini, Allegri in the Serie A and holding his own. Also, Como are pretty well run and have signed a lot of foreign players through talent IDing - pretty much doing a good version of our operation on a much lower scale and budget.

Cesc wouldnt win too much respect for what he's done as a coach thus far but he has the charisma and due to his skill and experiences as a player and captain he knows what it takes to be a top player. Iraolo has more coaching experience,good record developing talent and generally getting the maximum out of players,good balance between nurturing and tough love.also I thought previously he would just go back to Spain.but I've read he actually has a desire to stay in Prem and relocate to London. Those 2 I think would be the best we could get. Silva seems an option but despite an upgrade over majority of recent hires. Despite his much longer experience he is the king of the low expectations family clubs.

He is keeping the door open

My worry with Cesc would be that something similar to Lampard would happen. Once the initial feel good factor wears off and he’s got to manage a massive club against elite managers and opponents in a super high pressure environment, he could be exposed as the relative novice that he is. For me, I feel like our next manager MUST be someone with lots of experience at a high level.

whats this obsession with fabregas?

Go get him

Rather lose this one than one more fucking final in Wembley.. Don't really see how we'd beat City in the final, hence I am not excited about this at all. To qualify for Europa League, we have to win the whole competition, right? Lost final won't take us there, will it?

The issue with facing Leeds is they play a game we cannot deal with, they just take the game to team no matter who they are and only play one way. They are aggressive, physical and they have some very effective and ready players. I can see us losing this 2-0 as I do not see anything changing from Rosenior's tenure this quickly. We have a habit of hiding at Wembley and with these gutless players I can just see a rinse and repeat of this. It would be nice to see the so called big players stepping up but this maybe a bit much to ask.

It's a shit show and will continue to be because they are blind to their selfish ways and one dimensional attitude

That 'Fit and Proper Persons' rule supposed to apply to club owners, obviously doesnt apply to parasitic venture capitalists They should be tried in the Hague for Crimes against Football.

In all honesty, he should have been sacked right after the PSG game. They basically gave him a month to figure it out and everyone could see that he was well out of his depth in that Newcastle game at home. The Everton result was expected, City are in the title race and they decided to actually score a few goals, United another pathetic performance at home with the usual Delap cardio session and Brighton was just public humiliation. Brighton could have won that game 5-0 by half time if they wanted to.

It doesn't matter who it will be these clowns need to hand full control of the management over and step the fuck away. This should also be only asking the manager what heeds and who he needs and then it's over to them, none of this 'here you go he's good and deal with him' sitting down, discussing targets, experience, where and type of player, this has to be the way forward or the next one will be gone withing months. Also, what needs to happen with the new appointment is if we hit a bad patch is not to fire from the hip and let things take their course. This sacking and appointment of the project puppet should be the biggest wake up call to every single SD and owner involved at this club. In fact what we have just witnessed should be the biggest wake up call to everyone at this club including the players. We need to go back to the dominant and big Chelsea, not the soft baby that everyone takes the piss out of, right now we are all of that.

Fabregas or bust. Let these fools take their time till the summer to come to their senses and make an appointment thats worth something. Callum can stay in charge until then.

No doubt we'll have having this convo either a season or half a season down the line cause their appointment wont make sense.... If Liam wasnt connected to them he wouldn't have been appointed and its obviously a shame he was for so many reasons. Hopefully he can go somewhere and succeed. And for us..hopefully we can succeed!!! Or least try to!

yes, I agree, I was just pointing out that one never knows with Chels, as people were wondering why I starting up again with the listing of potential new managers already back then when in doubt, assume the worst with BlueCo and their structure and outcomes they fucking are the shit of shits

They would not dare go get O'Neill, I'm telling you now it would cause holy fuck What has to happen is a serious vetting process, a serious due diligence test and serious look at themselves and where they stop fucking butting. in. This has to be between Iraola, Glasner and Cesc, but with handing them full control of the team, no interference, no micro managing and allow them the transfers that are needed and go from there. Dead simple

Not saying they’ll go out and try to do whatever it takes to sign a big name coach or anything. But I DO think they’ll be scared of even further antagonizing the fanbase by appointing another Rosenior or Potter. It won’t be someone who excited or impresses us from minute 1 but I think it’ll at least be someone the players themselves can respect unlike Rosenior.

Oh cmon you think they are going to change it up now? Even with the fan outrage & protests? These are arrogant non footballing people who likely believe they are still doing the right thing. Even then, nobody who is elite is going to come here whilst we are run like this, with these sporting directors, stop kidding yourself on its not worth even trying to think they will. In fact nobody who is even mediocre is going to come here at this rate. It is most definitely going to be another novice with no reputation or leverage to work within their beloved structure. Potter, Maresca & Rosenoir weren’t top tier managers when we appointed them, they were guys who were lucky to even be in consideration for the position yet alone get it. And even then, Maresca was so discontent with the set up by the end of it. And he’d only been a first team manager for 2.5 seasons. If they really wanted to change they’d be announcing the co sporting directors & Joe Shields departures. Instead they will be fronting this “period of reflection” that was mentioned in the statement - yeah lets see. Be more of the same don’t get your hopes up. £125-150m spent on more u21 wingers when we need a GK & 2 x CBs desperately.