Clockwork

Really wish we can go after Hakim Ziyech, he would flourish under Sarri. One of the most creative players in Europe. Ideally i want us to add Jorginho and Ziyech to our midfield.

Huge difference here, City negotiated with Pep in January, while much of the season was going on. in our case, the season is over. Everything at this point is a formality, club is likely negotiating Conte buyout too.

1. Bigger issue is the league knows him better. The reason he was wildly successful in his first season was due to the fact the league was unprepared for him and was still adjusting to his tactics and mainly formation. The league has figured him out, and next year the league will be mored adjusted to him. If he is retained that doesn't necessarily mean the board support him. More likely if he is retained is due to financial reasons. 2. Not sure this is a good argument for Conte, the better argument you could make that Conte should have been sacked earlier in the season. If he was sacked we could have been secured a CL comfortably with the way Liverpool and Spuds were self destructing. 3. What makes you think there is no issues with the players. He sold our best striker at the beginning of the season, and casted out David Luiz. In fact you could make a much more compelling case most of the players are tired of him. Even Cahill wouldn't back him publicly after the FA cup. Conte will always blame the board that is what he always do, he did the same shit at Juventus. Juve are arguably one of the best managed clubs, and he hated them and blamed them anytime his signing failed. 4. Not going to respond to this, just going to say the football we played this season is the worst i have seen as a Chelsea fan. 5. Actually if you believe writers like Matt Law and Simon Johnson, Hazard does not want to play for Conte. The issue is Conte doesn't know what better players are, Morata and Bakayoko were his primary target and they awfully disappointed. Our issue is not spending like Conte wants us to believe. It is shit signing like Morata, Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Zippacosta, Alonso, etc. 6. This is an awful take, Sarri would be a much more disarable coach to play under. His tactics are what the majority of footballers want to play under. Look at the players at Napoli how much they improved under him, imagine what he could do with some of the best talents in the world. This is by the far biggest issue i see with Conte, i can't imagine top players wanting to play under him. He stays Hazard is gone, and so is Willian. The only players he will sign is more donkeys.

I think you need your head checked out if you want to see Conte staying, but for argument purposes I actually want to hear the argument for him staying. because honestly I can’t see any.

Lewa is top 10 all time Champions League scorer, 10 goals away from climbing to top 5. He didn't have a great CL campaign this season, but the past two years before he scored 8 goals in 9 games, and 9 goals in 12 goals. Pretty much on par with his Bundesliga goal scoring ratio. Diego Costa didn't produce in the CL, but was plenty effective in PL. i bet you wouldn't make the same assessment.

Think anyone wanting Conte to stay is mental. Playing style is dog shit, so bad that i miss Mourinho tactics, impressive accomplishment honestly. He stays we lose our two best players Hazard and Courtois. Top attacking players would not want to play for him, and he will sign more donkeys like Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Alonso and Morata. He has no plan, his tactics and formation has been found out and he is too stubborn to change them. He did the same thing at Juventus, sign a bunch of donkeys than blamed Juventus board for their failure.

Chelsea is still an elite club, many of top managers would job on board easily. If they go with Jokanovic, it surely means they believe in him and is a good fit. Conte(Juve), Sarri(Napoli), Simeone(Atletico), Zidane(Madird), and Guardiola(Barcelona) were coaching at 2nd tier leagues before they become a known commodity at those clubs.

Bakayoko, Drinkwater, Zappacosta, etc were the playeres that Conte wanted. He always prefer hard working and athletic players, no one fault but his own. His football brand and player management is unattractive also. Top players wouldn't want to play for him. No question we need to spend more, but more importantly we need to spend smarter to begin with.

Cesc and Jorginho can play together, no reason why they can't. The majority of PL clubs will play ultra defensively.

I get what you are saying. My point basically is this game had a thin line between a win, draw, and a loss. We didn't create decent amount of clear cut chances, and the opposition basically had 70% of possession. Easy to see this game going numerous ways. As we have seen so many times this season. I will concede though, this could be considered a great performance considering the standard we have played this year and under the current manager.

You really don't believe that.

If Sarri is our next manager, it will be interesting to see Hazard playing under a attack minded coach for once. Hazard is the better player, but no doubt Salah has had the better season. As for the game, great result but disagree with being a great performance. This game could easily could have been a draw or a loss on another night.

Who is to say we will play two man midfield next season? The three top manger candidates are Sarri, Jardim, and Enrique(meh). All three of them prefer a 3 man midfield. And i do prefer Jorginho too, wanted him for years.

Sarri is good choice, but i slightly prefer Jardim.

Bakayoko has not played one game for us and really had one good full season, also arriving in a new league. It is immense amount respect many are showing him, believing he is already a undisputed starter and no need for quality players to challenge him.

He is great going forward but struggles defensively. He played a lot of games as a AM/FW as the season went on. Overall i think he would be a good signing.

Important to note that Chelsea are paying Costa to stay away from the club and stay on vacation. So far that is the most telling evidence, and shows Conte/club really wants him out. So far nothing to suggest Costa is not willing to fulfill his obligation.

Maybe not way better, but comfortably better though. GK is their biggest weakness, they need a upgrade.

If that is their plan why would they loan him out to Chelsea or even Milan. A loan to a Bundesliga side would be ideal, much more likely to be guaranteed starter. He would also get accustomed to the league, culture, and language. This would be the best plan for a player in your long term plan. Bluelyon is absolutely right Sanches would need time and patience. He is far from a finished product, a loan to EPL and Chelsea is far from a good move for his development.

He said they are very good players but not world class, that is definitely debatable argument. As hot takes and controversial statements go that is very mild. I personally find it much more ridiculous if you can't tolarate any opinion that doesn't see Kante and Azpi as world class.

Not sure if I said this a while back, imo out of Bakayoko, Morata, and Rudiger. I believe he will be our best signing.

The thing is both Bayern and Inter played with greater numbers in midfield. Inter had Brozovic, Borja, and Gagliardini which puts them in a good position to win the midfield battle vs Kante and Cesc. Also their forwards Perisic and Candreva were much more willing to help in the buildup. Personally see the issue tactical and the main underling issue with the 3-4-3 system we have in place. I think any team that can do the following effectively are in a great position to win the game against us. Have more numbers in the middle, and stop easy movements from our WBs. Fortunately most clubs in the PL can not do that effectively, but the better sides in the league and Europe can.

Good option for midfield not RWB. He wants to play in midfield too, with Nelsinho signed he may gets his wish there.

Wish we could go after Patrik Schick, his transfer to Juve didn't materialize. Do not believe the dodgy reports of him having heart problems. I think Juve negotiated very early for Schick but later changed their plans and went after Bernardeschi and Costa. Valued around 25m, i think this would be a great piece of business and even better he is left footed.

What overestimation do you see from some? I don't think anyone is tipping him to be a future star or anything, most comments allude he can play at this level and could be fourth choice after Hazard, Pedro, and Willian. I think more or less that is fair, he can do a job when called upon sparingly.