OneMoSalah

I don’t know. I would of thought if he didn't have some sort of option/clause, we wouldn’t of been able to buy him due to the transfer ban. Could be wrong but don’t see how we managed to get him otherwise.

Yet the manager needs time. It is concerning to look at statistically.

Pretty sure hes not even done a medical yet. Bit premature opening a thread no?

We've had our pants pulled down if I am honest. Despite the fact he could be a good signing. If he does well and we get up the table wont mind as much but wouldn't think he will be coming here next season. Full wages for 6 months which are 250k per week, a €11m loan fee and no option to buy. Plus he’s renewed his contract there to protect Atletico’s investment in him there also. Not even a mention of an option like the Kovacic loan either. Some places even speculating now that they aren’t sure Potter specifically wanted him either. Apparently consulted but thats as far as it goes as they see him as “head coach” more than the manager. Although his job title is head coach, going on this info, the signings from now I would imagine will be targets chosen more by a recruitment team. Similar to how Salzburg and Leipzig do it.

Similarly I think Todd Boehly has proven that the way he operates also “makes peoples eyes water”. I don’t think either are blameless for the whole situation that occurred but currently one of them looks incredibly incredibly stupid and the other not so much. I’ll let yous figure out who's who. In fact Tuchel’s decision to be a bit less collaborative re transfers etc and more wanting to focus on the coaching side of things was probably justified in all honesty.

Lot of reports saying we are after a wide player, I hope Zaha is miles off any list. Would be such a shite signing, one of the pettiest and most overrated PL players of the past 10 years. But it does scream Potter and Boehly all over it, doesn't it?

The same way the ultra defensive and counter attacking system didn't harm the likes of Falcao, Costa, Turan, Griezmann, Koke and even Saul for a while though either did it? Even their fullbacks such as Juanfran and Filipe Luis who were pretty effective going forward also? Its selective but those guys made it work and were excellent players.

Sometimes it doesn’t work out or sometimes people get overly excited. Which I think was the case with Felix initially - although no doubt there is a good player in there - he’s never really set the world alight compared to that one year in Benfica. Another inconsistent player. Be interesting to see how it works out.

Would actually start him. 100%. I mean he cant be any fucking worse than the German fella we play there every game, masquerading as a professional footballer. In fact in the limited minutes v City he looked like he could physically cause problems despite still being quite raw. He would of maybe had a goal or at least a half decent chance had Hutchinson played him in the other night.

So what wait to the summer and miss out on him all together? And not sign a MFer? I love how optimistic people are to still think we have a chance of getting him at all now. We made an arse of it - Benfica will not negotiate with us unless we pay €120mn and I would imagine that come the summer they will willingly be awkward with us, even more so considering the fact that the player will have multiple choices. I would like to think the club has some sort of contingency plan - although to be fair, I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t.

Hes not the problem but he hasn't got any sort of huge response or improvement in a high bulk of the players… and its not like we have 23-25 shite players. He had Brighton doing better with an inferior squad (or did Brighton actually boost his reputation and profile as a manager? Lets not forget the infrastructure and how they are run - there aren’t many better run in the PL) but whys it not translating to higher calibre of players? Is he out of depth? Have managers carried this squad? Some poor players? Are rhe players not having him? A bit of everything? Simon Jordan summed it up correctly today on TalkSport when discussing it “there is language that Potter is using, which isn’t the language of an elite manager at times that does look like he’s a little bit caught in the headlights”. He is caught in the headlights - clearly - or he wouldn’t be popping off at the media and looking extremely under pressure. I think how he comes across in the media is likely how he is with the players. He seems naive. Only just speculating but certainly in the media he seems very naive/illequipped mentally. I reckon that rubs off on the players - genuinely.

So we are going to stump up the 9m + all of Felix’s wages. We need a striker badly but he’s not even a proper CF, fair enough he offers something different but again the one word you’d describe him as is inconsistent. And we have too much of that in attack. No option to buy is risky but apparently they were wanting an obligation to buy from us, Utd or Arsenal and am sure it was around £80m or something daft. Or so it was reported. Personally don’t see him doing enough here to warrant that sort of fee.

The times he played he’s looked so average though, I mean in terms of judging the ball in the air, reading the play on the ground etc. He looks like someone who’s career is going to be effectively defined by him relying on his mobility to get him out of trouble if he plays in a high line. For what we paid, he’s never going to be value for money. Like Maguire at Leicester, its fine playing 20m away from your goal. You don’t have the space in behind and you normally have good protection in front. At Chelsea its different when your going to be having to break down teams, one advantage he has is he can carry the ball forward if he plays in a 3 with a bit more protection but we look like we will play a 433/4231 if we stick with Potter so again it remains to be seen how good he can actually be in a higher line in a back 4.

His own worst enemy. Actually showed some impressive distribution tonight but then had a nightmare whenever he had to defend. Has been abysmal since he came here, it is actually mental how bad he has been for someone of his ability and experience. Surprised Sky or BBC or other channels haven’t criticised him heavily in the same way they'd gone after Lisandro Martinez (who has been pretty outstanding after a bumpy start I must admit) and others in the past ie David Luiz. Christensen and Rudiger were massive losses as it was, even more so now. Not been impressed with Fofana either when he played at the beginning.

I hope Todd Boehly & co are on their fucking hands and knees begging TT to come back next season. I really really do. Absolutely fucking criminal. If we dont get 6/6 points from Fulham and Palace prior to Liverpool coming up then 100% he MUST go (although he should already be going for being significantly out of his depth). Even at the start of the season with Tuchel where we struggled and at times in the previous season, there was much more fight in the squad. The thing is, we may as well start asking the question, who are we going to appoint next? Poch? Zidane? Tuchel? Someone else? Cause lets be honest it wont be long at this rate.

Positives? There were 0 positives as a collective. Goals against is goals against. Doesn't matter if its open play, set plays or whatever. If anyone is taking any positives from that tonight then they need their heads checked because it was abysmal. Pretty sure Havertz is in top 5 earners at club. Stealing a wage. Has been for since he came here bar maybe 15 games.

Supportive? They were chanting for Thomas Tuchel, Christ Almighty. City barely got out of 3rd gear and they fucking pasted us. Get him out now

“So not all bad bad” are you watching a different game? We've had 1 shot on target. We are utter fucking dross. And a lot of this is on the manager’s shoulders, tactically and mentally naive.

Yep away end singing for Tuchel, is it fair to say sack Potter and get him back… And penalty now, gonna be 4-0. Abysmal.

Selling him maybe harsh but he isn’t quite upto standard for a club of our aspirations yet. Plenty of endeavour but lacks quality.

You dont want to watch it trust me. Potter will be gone in February if we keep playing like this. Cannot string more than 3 passes together in the opposition half.

Don’t follow at all. Wouldn't affect him personally, he still has to save the ball. Regardless of its a back 7 or a back 3. 1-0 some FK. @Sir Mikel OBE and really? Do better? Did you see where it went ffs 😂

Think the goal last game and that moment there only 2 moments. Not sure how thats anything to do with the formation either 🤣 does not the matter formation your only allowed one GK so not following your logic on that….

Should have seen it on here when Sarri was manager. Although we got good at it and managed to beat a press playing out - folk still moaned!!

Would think that 1 win in whatever amount of PL games its been now at a big club is mainly why he’s getting them questions and people are having doubts. He had the new manager bounce, a couple decent results and then its gone pretty up and down before now going properly downhill. Injuries haven't helped but hardly hindered him when he had a lot of them available either, the performances still weren’t quite up to standard/poor.