OneMoSalah

I honestly doubt they’ve realised anything in their year of ownership. Just been making hugely stupid decisions one after another. Tuchel, Potter, Lampard, firing 2/3s of the staff here, hiring fucking musicians physios, trying to buy every player under the sun (particularly Mudryk for big money because Arsenal wanted him). Hopefully at the games, the fans send them a message but I doubt it because of the sentimental value of Frank’s time as a player - like before when he was manager the first time. They’ve definitely done this to try and save face, doesn’t make sense to appoint him rationally. Thoroughly embarrassed that this is the state of affairs we find ourselves in. Absolutely ridiculous. If getting sacked at Chelsea & Everton both times for being thoroughly out of your depth and having the teams severely underperforming is the criteria for any sort of job here then we would of been may as well turning to Frank de Boer or somebody. Horrendous. Or get in Big Sam.

Get the two of these fucking muppets out of the club. Embarrassing. Absolutely embarrassing. Never seen the likes of it in my fucking puff. Shambolic is an understatement. Boehly & Eghbali out.

If getting 2 teams promoted to the PL (both with the biggest budgets in their division also) is the category for getting a job at this club we may as well have kept Potter. I hope you are joking. Tbf him or Lampard, it’s horrendous decision making. The squads still suited to a 3 at the back clearly but even then going for Conte would be mad. But going for Lampard is even worse imo. Wait what… good to see? Is it? Why not appoint someone now who we envisage managing us long term and give them a chance at figuring out the squad, who they need to move on, who they should build around, what positions need strengthening in etc? I mean the decision making process at this club under Boehly & Clearlake is absolutely baffling. Plus we have other clubs to contend with then for certain managers, the longer it goes on, the increasingly likelihood someone else will make a move for Nagelsmann, Pochettino, Zidane, Enrique, or whoever…

So 3 managers in 1 season as it is with Bruno as interim. And will be 4 managers in 1 year of ownership under Boehly when FL comes in, then 5 when we appoint a long term manager. This guy will is a fucking shambles. Also if Frank knows he is only going to be here for 2 months, what does it really say about him and his aspirations to be a manager in the long run? A bit embarrassing on his end too - you think he’d be more ambitious and try get lined up with a full time permanent job that wont be 2 months long. I get jobs are tough at the minute but on both sides - its just very strange. He has no chance of being our full time manager. So why take it? Why give him it? He is clearly just eyeing the CL (maybe trying to prove something or thinks after seeing RDM or TT do it) but I had more belief in us winning it under Potter than I do with Frank returning. And the chances were close to non existent with GP. I am genuinely concerned - why gamble on the CL with somebody who got sacked here, sacked at Everton, mainly because they were easy to play against, conceded a lot from set plays and teams struggled to score goals…..

A failed ex manager getting a caretaker job here again is utterly embarrassing by all accounts. Really is. Theres still players here who he managed previously, someone that he publicly slaughtered (Kepa), someone that he marginalised (Azpilicueta), that he couldn’t find a defined a position for (Havertz) and no doubt, many others in the dressing room who weren’t regular figures so it is really a shoot ourselves in the foot move. Granted there are new faces but fuck me, its brutal. Publicity stunt to try and save face from Boehly & co I think - appoint someone who the media had said was ruthlessly sacked, who was a fans favourite as a player, to try hide the fact they made an error sacking Tuchel then hiring Potter.

If there was ever any doubt that Todd Boehly’s truly lost the plot, then surely not now. Not a chance we will beat Madrid either with him in charge. Lampard already lucky enough to have a managerial career in which he managed us once when he wasn’t ready. He clearly isnt ready now even for 10 games. Laughing stock under this new ownership. If he appoints Lampard he might as well step back and sell up - embarrassing

Just rewatching the highlights. That big chance he had first half, what a half hearted attempt because the GK was near. Then the other half decent chance he got - didn’t even hit the fucking target. Why the fuck do we keep starting him? Fofana or Aubamayang would be better options.

Lampard caretaker rumours better be a fucking joke. Also for me, I do think Enrique in would be underwhelming to be perfectly honest. Granted he did well at Barcelona but he had statistically and technically, the best or second best front 3 in modern club football. Also a lot of the signings he got at Barcelona, players he was heavily involved with recruiting, were truly poor and ill fitting signings. That worries me - if he wants a big say on transfers (which he will as he strikes me as a manager as opposed to a ‘head coach’), will it be the same again? For example, just see signings such as Andre Gomes, Arda Turan, Paco Alcacer, Thomas Vermaelen, Aleix Vidal, Lucas Digne, Douglas, Dennis Suarez amongst others. Granted Luis Suarez, Ivan Rakitic, Marc Ander ter Stegen (think he was signed under previous management and loaned back/deal was already agreed before he came in), Claudio Bravo, Samuel Umtiti and maybe Jeremie Mathieu to a lesser extent were successful. Lets not even mention his Roma spell. Or how shite and one dimensional Spain were under him. So boring to watch. With pretty good players too. He may get respect from the players or be respected in Spain but personally, I get Hansi Flick vibes off of him. I think theres a reason why he has became a international manager - because he just isn’t that good. Or because he knows he cannot replicate anywhere near the success he had at Barcelona. I don’t think Hansi Flick will ever do half as good a job as he did at Bayern as well for the same reason. If he comes in fair enough he will get a chance but I think Nagelsmann, despite questions on how he would work within our structure giving the internal issue rumours at Bayern, is a better choice.

Expected him to build on CL? Nobody expected us to win the CL at all as it was. Not sure what planet your on but the first half of the season we were first before Lukaku’s interview, ownership issues and inconsistencies from the same inconsistent players we have now…. he even changed it back tactically dropping Lukaku for Havertz and reverting back to what we were in the last season but sure he should of won every trophy in his spell, despite the fact he made what 6 cup finals? Winning 3? I suppose the next manager has to win every trophy every season to please you. PSG made a mistake sacking him, as did we, clearly. But sure….. he ended up in Munich by luck? He will more than likely win more trophies in the next 2.5 years than we will - but undoubtedly he “should have done more here” even with everything else that was going on in the background the last yesr. Talk about ungrateful 🤣

If he is happy there, just don’t bother pursuing him. Wrong move for us and wrong move for him regardless, needs to experience football in a more competitive division and demanding club before making a move to a club like us. Plus I think since Villas-Boas, its not exactly as if any young Portuguese managers/coaches have achieved anything special that jumps out at you.

Havertz is atrocious at finishing. Wow. I think Stevie Wonder would be a better finisher and he is fucking blind.

If Enrique isn’t given control of transfers and could figure out a way to actually play non boring football in the final third, it would be good. But the likelihood is he will want a huge say, as he did at Roma and Barca and likely replicate that boring shite that Spain played.

The squad we had was really only capable of top 4 though on paper, every time these type of comments come up I am not entirely sure what people were expecting? Theres no doubt Tuchel tactically and mentally gave us that bit more I think and in the CL run I think he played a much much bigger role than any of the players. I really think his experience in losing the CL final the previous season drove him and us and the competitive nature of the side in that run was hugely impressive. The groups mentality in that run up, was no doubt hugely influenced by him. I mean how many finals did we make with him? How many big games did we roll our sleeves up in and go on and win/get points where we wouldn’t have under previous managers? I don’t think people Will ever truly appreciate Tuchel’s time here fully firstly, because of the mystery surrounding why he left and second , maybe more importantly, because we couldn’t get between City and Liverpool. Despite having a manager on Klopp and Pep’s level it takes more than just an elite level manager unfortunately. And look at whereabouts we are without him, if you don’t think he was competitive enough in 3 seasons here then I don’t know. I don’t think its any surprise TT has walked into one of the most prestigious jobs in world football at one of the best run clubs of the past 25 years. Unfortunately we have really only been a club that has predominantly been “competitive enough” just to make the top 4 without challenging for the title since about 2011-12, barring the 2 league wins under Jose and Conte. So again, what did people want him to do? Even more so when you consider the juggernaut City and Liverpool sides of the last 5 years.

I think there is also going to be question marks around Nagelsmann coming in from far and wide given how easily Bayern were willing to sack him. And its not like Bayern tend to sack a lot of managers, not historically. It is slightly concerning that there seems to be a lot of mention of internal disagreements surrounding Nageslmann’s last wee while at Bayern. And when you consider the idiot (genuinely there is no other way to describe him than that since he came in) we have as an owner binned an elite manager in Tuchel for not being “with his programme/vision”, what happens if Nagelsmann comes in and pushes back down the line? I mean personally I think having a manager with a bit of a backbone is better, particularly with Boehly in place who has quite clearly shown he has limited knowledge of certain aspects of the sport and business. Plus one thing I don’t think is talked about enough is the amount of new personnel involved in our footballing infrastructure now. Personally, there is a slight feeling of too many cooks spoil the broth in the background, There’s also the possibility that Nageslmann or any manager may not want to work with so many of these guys in place? I mean it seems like we have about 7 lead footballing directors/footballing operations director/technical director/sporting director or whatever the fuck half of these have been appointed as. I mean if its jobs for the boys, where do I send my CV? Although again these are footballing people so it increases the chance that any major decisions on the footballing side will not be purely in the owners hand. It just has felt a bit excessive at times though, we’ve probably sacked more staff this season than points earned in the league. Or it feels like it. Regardless. This next appointment HAS to work or we are risking a lot. There is no way we can realistically afford to go 2 seasons in a row outside of the top 4. Financially and competitively, it would be a disaster. My only real concern with Nagelsmann is that for a “prodigy” he hasn’t exactly set things alight with by far, quite clearly, the best squad in Germany. At a club which is much more similar in stature to what we are than what RB or Hoffenheim were. Its no secret they’ve had a lot of mixed performances under him, so its certainly not an absolute slam dunk to get him in. But I think he is a better fit than most There are a few big questions he will have to answer.

Is his assistant actually going to be in charge? Ffs. Doesn't fill me with confidence.

Was a bit obvious United would burn out. They need a stronger bench. Casemiro and Eriksen huge misses. Likes of Fred & McTominay, decent enough players on their day but they are really squad players at that level. Sabitzer decent but can’t put him in the same bracket as Eriksen or Casemiro either. Then throw in Fernandes when it really matters, he struggles, great player but not really consistent in big games. Antony as well. Then a proper 9 is a huge miss for every team also - we are a shining example of that too. Still think what EtH has done there has reset the club though, he’s done a better job than we may want to give him credit for considering the whole Ronaldo saga which was also similarly to the whole Lukaku saga we had with TT. These things can be distracting and split dressing rooms.

Fuck knows who we go for now because if Nagelsmann, Poch and Enrique are (would likely imagine they would be anyway to get a full pre-season) waiting to the summer, then getting someone half decent on an interim basis for like 2-3 months, its not going to be easy. Maybe Todd Boehly will ask Dave Grohl seeing as he hired his physio….

4 months too late. Hopefully Boehly steps back also from footballing decisions forever, the fucking idiot basically sabotaged the season by hiring and sticking with Potter for so so long. It is actually incredible its taken him this long to see it wasn’t going to work, it was obvious months ago. Should stick to baseball and being the interim CEO of Hollywood Foreign Press. I’d imagine Nagelsmann or Poch going to be the next one we go for now. God help them. Mental he was in such a hurry to get rid of Tuchel and appoint Potter. No matter what the reason - even if it is along the lines of what Simon Jordan claims he knows. Talk about incompetence at the highest level. Potter a decent bloke but just far too soft and far too nice for this elite level of the game. Maybe in the future, if he goes somewhere else in that sort of gap between where Brighton were perceived to be and the elite clubs and gets a proper taste for winning he may be back but honestly I genuinely don’t see it.

They got huge Chinese investment if I remember correctly. Mental Potters on 13.5 a year, ridiculous, hes fucking hopeless.

One manager today looked like he was managing an elite level club. And it wasn’t ours. Pathetic.

Get him out now. No excuses. Nothing. Todd Boehly has to go as well if he’s going to stick with this clown.

Back 3? Interesting but I think Reece is better at RWB. 3 points please

Would happily take Nagelsmann over Potter. Wont happen but thats due to stupidity at boardroom level. Tuchel onto a dream job there also. Honestly what a horrendous decision by Todd Boehly. Idiotic is being kind. Not good enough for his approach/style, yet Bayern, who have been one of the best and most formidably run clubs of the 21st century, snap him up in a heartbeat. Go figure

I do think the fact he’s been playing first team club and international football for the best part of 15 years maybe is something to consider for how he’s struggling with injuries and fitness now the last couple of years. Maybe. Like Eden also. But Eden never ever looked after himself quite as well/trained as well where as Lukaku is meant to be more meticulous in this side. Although it is well noted Rom was too heavy as a kid when he first came here from Anderlecht which I think was something that was addressed and then he had other issues at United. Not sure what the story is now with him and quite frankly, hopefully we get some sort of sale done. He has only ever really had 2 excellent seasons in his career at big clubs. And he has played for Chelsea, Man Utd and Inter Milan for a total of 6 seasons as an established player. Going to be a big big hit financially. Be lucky to get £50m for him I think, plus clubs know we don’t want him and he doesn’t want us.

We were a possession based side with Tuchel and it worked though - just needed a more in attack and I don’t think us spending bucketloads on attacking players this season weakens that argument at all. I don’t think we were a million miles away (granted poor start to the campaign) where as now, with Potter, we look well off where we were. Fans will appreciate being a bit more “boring” - well whatever the fuck that actually is meant to mean because its hardly as if the footballs been thrilling throughout most of this season, has it 😂? - and competing in big games and for bigger trophies than being a team who might not even finish top half having spent £600m since the beginning of the season. But each to their own. And no your right, Graham Potter has never been the answer, if it wasn’t clear when he was appointed it should be now. If you intend to be serious as a club, you cannot just dump an elite level coach for somebody who’s achievements in the games didn’t merit the opportunity here.