Ossie the King

So if DD is being earmarked for the job, would you put this down as a tactical move by Chelsea to keep the support happy?

See Dan Levene tweeted over an hour ago that Drogba has accepted role as assistant.
Just needs to get his pro licenses if he wants the job full time

Didier Drogba after his assistant role and getting his Pro badges ;-)

There's no 'cultists', just Chelsea supporters. It's a little odd to use that as an insult when you're one of those people who feels the need to have an Emenalo avatar to fit in with others. That's not a criticism because you may well not be mindlessly following the crowd in doing that and sincerely want to celebrate the man for what he's done.
You'll also notice that it's not just Emenalo, but the entire board AND Mourinho who are receiving criticism. It would probably be those you might label 'cultists' who are looking at the situation in a more holistic manner than those who would call Mourinho 'the architect to this nightmare...'.
It's widely agreed that when you win the league, you need to improve the squad isn't it? You'll hear the 'two or three world class additions' point thrown around, to stop the club from stalling. That's just to retain the title, without looking at going further in Europe.
The club didn't do that. They didn't match the ambition of the coach and it's quite clear they didn't back him in a number of ways. The Cech situation is the obvious one where they went against his express wishes and sold him to a rival. You can't look at that situation and say they backed him, because they quite clearly didn't.
It's quite absurd for a club to not only not strengthen the squad in a summer transfer window, but to actually STRENGTHEN a direct rival in a position they've been struggling in for almost a decade. They undermined his position within the club and they made his job harder.
As for the thing where you take the focus off the summer transfer window by looking at average spend over five windows, I honestly don't think that will work with many Chelsea supporters. They know that the squad wasn't strengthened and that there were no REAL additions to the squad, only like-for-like changes.
Now none of that means we should've been in the position we were, but they are quite clearly factors and not 'crap' and they will be factors for the next coach, and the next coach, and the next coach unless something ABOVE the coaching position changes. That's not the opinion of a Mourinho cultist, but a fellow Chelsea supporter just like every other poster in this forum is.

There's no 'cultists', just Chelsea supporters. It's a little odd to use that as an insult when you're one of those people who feels the need to have an Emenalo avatar to fit in with others. That's not a criticism because you may well not be mindlessly following the crowd in doing that and sincerely want to celebrate the man for what he's done.
You'll also notice that it's not just Emenalo, but the entire board AND Mourinho who are receiving criticism. It would probably be those you might label 'cultists' who are looking at the situation in a more holistic manner than those who would call Mourinho 'the architect to this nightmare...'.
It's widely agreed that when you win the league, you need to improve the squad isn't it? You'll hear the 'two or three world class additions' point thrown around, to stop the club from stalling. That's just to retain the title, without looking at going further in Europe.
The club didn't do that. They didn't match the ambition of the coach and it's quite clear they didn't back him in a number of ways. The Cech situation is the obvious one where they went against his express wishes and sold him to a rival. You can't look at that situation and say they backed him, because they quite clearly didn't.
It's quite absurd for a club to not only not strengthen the squad in a summer transfer window, but to actually STRENGTHEN a direct rival in a position they've been struggling in for almost a decade. They undermined his position within the club and they made his job harder.
As for the thing where you take the focus off the summer transfer window by looking at average spend over five windows, I honestly don't think that will work with many Chelsea supporters. They know that the squad wasn't strengthened and that there were no REAL additions to the squad, only like-for-like changes.
Now none of that means we should've been in the position we were, but they are quite clearly factors and not 'crap' and they will be factors for the next coach, and the next coach, and the next coach unless something ABOVE the coaching position changes. That's not the opinion of a Mourinho cultist, but a fellow Chelsea supporter just like every other poster in this forum is.

Imo he was one of the best players yesterday. I don't really blame him for that awful finnish, he is not a striker, but he should really improve in that area.

Rodgers is attacking and plays youth players.
He's a shit coach but I'm just getting you prepared for the inevitable defence of his hiring.

Best post I've read. Makes total sense and if it happened, no one should be surprised.
Put it like this, it's more likely than us getting Pep.

I've been saying Hughes since for the last three or four years. Need to overlook his days at the basket case that is QPR because they are just a load of fucked up bollocks. Unlucky to get binned from Citeh and doing a blinding job at Stoke. He wouldn't allow players to take the piss and he is Chelsea through and through. He deserves the chance.
And Pardew, why not? Maybe it's time to look left field.

Not long. Which is why the club's infrastructure has to change. May sound old fashioned but, in my opinion, the manager should be the recruiter, as long as it falls within the confines of the laid down budget. Fuck all this Director of Football bollocks. And Emanelo just gives me the hump. In my mind, he is in the same pile as Avram.
If you must have a Director of Football then surely someone who knows the score, knows the system. Older managers who don't want the day to day responsibility, Fergie, Redknapp, Walter Smith. That way they still keep their hand in. Can only imagine the response if Gill had tried to force the likes of Avram or Emanelo on Fergie, ffs.

You can't attract top manages, when your owner trust more people like Emanelo and not the manager.
When you as a manager, can't get full control of things like transfers,players playing time etc...

Because apart from that, he had an excellent game. Genuinelly thought he was the best player on the pitch.

Becausase despite the miss he was good.
As posted before for last game, Matic improved with Mikel in the team so he can bomb forward.
Again he was much better with Mikel in the team to hold the fort down.
Going forward this might not be the best when we need break teams down, but when need to park the bus it's effective.
But we need to win, so hopefully we don't continue to play Mikel-Matic all the time.
Although I see the point right now, and that's not to lose. Need to regain confidence.

That's why I think Lukaku would have no worries about coming back if we were to go for him in June. He'll relish the fact he'll be the one other will have to compete with as opposed to what he had before.

That's a good point but Fabregas is hardly a creative maestro right now, and we need a bit more fight in the position we're in. Maybe I'm wrong but I just don't think he's a luxury we can afford right now.

Best post I've read. Makes total sense and if it happened, no one should be surprised.
Put it like this, it's more likely than us getting Pep.

You and the Skipper said before that giving the manager role to Emenalo is a good idea and I agree.
Sir Alex once said: ''In order to succeed as a manager you must have power and control.'' And with the current set up of the club, no manager will have the power and control. Players can play bad and the manager is the one who gets the sack, no power and control. The manager can cry for reinforcements but the former lady coach Emenalo is the one who gives you the players, no power and control.
If you want to hire a world class manager you must give him power and control, otherwise it's just waste of time, potential and energy, like with Jose.
- Imagine giving Simeone a bunch of players with lack of character aka pussy's, do you think he will succeed or fulfill his 100% potential? No.
- Imagine giving Pep Djilobodji, Baba, Hector when he asks for proven top class defenders, you don't even want to see his head. Pep had problems with the Bayern technical director who didn't back him, do you think he want to work with someone like Emenalo? No chance.
So why don't we just make Emenalo the new manager or at least hire a ''yes-man'' from him? Because he is already in charge of transfers. Apparently he is the one who wanted Juande Ramos and Pellegrini, so maybe we should give one of his targets a go, or Emenalo himself. And Roman clearly shares his vision and backs him, so why not?

If we were to sell him, what playmaker would you propose we bring in to replace him, or do you propose we have a midfield that is all physicality and no technical skill?

13 years of Roman's ownership and the favourite for the job is Brendan Rodgers. He won't get Pep because Pep isn't stupid. He might get Simeone but I can't see him giving him the power he wants.
Continuing a thought in another thread, maybe a year in the Championship gives us a period to build properly. Pure fantasy but maybe we just give Frank Lampard the Director of Football role,and let him build a future for this club. He is one of the sharpest men we've had play for us ever, he knows every facet of a football club....it would never happen though.
Instead we'll appoint someone we won't back and fudge though the next few years.

Hmmm permanent..though Jose did set a new record of being the longest manager since he first got sacked.Before was Carlo with 2 years now him with 2 and a half
Rodgers erm nooooo!In other words we'll just link with randoms till someone is appointed.Poor Ramos lol

It would be hilarious though wouldn't it? Hire the guy that the coach we just sacked exposed as an utter fraud.
As an aside, not known so many tickets to be available through people I know. Had THREE texts yesterday wanting to know if I wanted one for the match today.
What a joke we've become and whether you wanted Jose out or not, the problems at this club go way beyond whatever coach we hire.

I don't think we're selling anyone established in January, because as you said there's no replacements available.
I'm anticipating a very quiet market to be honest. Club's going to take a 'do the best with what you're given' approach, I'm sure.

I will boycott every game for as long as that tosser Rodgers is in charge

Cesc needs special conditions to fulfill his potential, we aren't offering them. We did last season during the first months.
That means he should be a squad player, not the guy we rely to get us from trouble. But we don't have any player - except Willian - that has been taking us from trouble lately.
Matic needs to play much better, we need much better movement from AMs and striker, we need a more compact team, that offers him coverage and that presses a lot more than we do. We must not rely on him to harass opposition, we need Willian and Oscar - or whoever completes the midfield alongside Hazard, to be much more effective in their marking, not to mention a 4-3-3 suits him all much better than 4-2-3-1. If all those things happen and stars align, Cesc can play for us the same he played last season or is rumored to have played for Spain (as I haven't watched either).

Cesc Fàbregas has told Chelsea that he wants to leave the club. (Source: Corriere dello Sport)