Pep's Arrival

[RamiCFC9 258]

Pep and AVB comparisons are fuking joke.Its like comparing Barca to Porto, Boas is just a little version of Guardiola who is a top dog in what he is doing !Would I want Guardiola in Chelsea ?Ahaha I would even drive him personally to London if needed!

[capriccioso 2,545]

One man will certainly not be enough to change the football philosophy at Chelsea, at least not to something like in Barcelona. I'm not one of those that think the way Barca plays is the most fantastic thing ever, but what they do is something that they have been working on with generations of players. I don't think Pep will be stupid and try and completely reform the club if he comes, it's a slow transition, everyone knows that.

You're doubting a man that has won I don't even know how many trophies with Barca because he didn't' reform the club. Our current manager who just won us CL is a west brom reject who not even Birmingham wanted.

That attitude that a manager must be proven in order to be worthy of the Chelsea job is ridiculous. I am doubting him because thats what people want on this thread, they want immediate restructuring and Pep's not the guy for that. Forget tiki-taka or sexy football at all, 4-3-3 Mourinho style and its variants have been instrumental in the success of this club and there is no need at all to change it. As the proverb goes, if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it.

That is incorrect. There are no players faster than Ramires in the league. Kyle Walker is about equal, Sturridge too, and maybe Lennon.

Walcott?

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

We were lucky to beat them with a parked bus yes, but it's the best possible way.

Many teams have tried to take them on and failed miserably.

You're basically just agreeing with what I said lol People blame Pep for not having a plan B, but as you said he didn't need it as his Barca side has just about beat anyone who parked the bus. It'll be different with us, we will be more Balanced than Barca.

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

That attitude that a manager must be proven in order to be worthy of the Chelsea job is ridiculous. I am doubting him because thats what people want on this thread, they want immediate restructuring and Pep's not the guy for that. Forget tiki-taka or sexy football at all, 4-3-3 Mourinho style and its variants have been instrumental in the success of this club and there is no need at all to change it. As the proverb goes, if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it.

So you're doubting Pep because of peoples unreasonable and weird expectations? Doesn't make sense. I'm more than assured that if Pep comes in he won't play a system that doesn't fit the team, it will be a slow process to play more attacking football.

[Sheva. 5,373]

You're basically just agreeing with what I said lol People blame Pep for not having a plan B, but as you said he didn't need it as his Barca side has just about beat anyone who parked the bus. It'll be different with us, we will be more Balanced than Barca.

Because you don't always need a Plan B, doesn't mean you should not at least have one.

If one day, for some reason that Plan A isn't working - like against us in the 2nd half of the game at Camp Nou - then you're fucked

The funniest part was them trying to cross with all the short players in their team

[zolayes 14,489]

JT is a disgrace of a human being. His got no morals or values in life at all - and he tries to run the club with his mate Lampard, which irritates me to no end.

Inb4shitstorm

still spouting the same shit ,,,change the record

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

Because you don't always need a Plan B, doesn't mean you should not at least have one.

If one day, for some reason that Plan A isn't working - like against us in the 2nd half of the game at Camp Nou - then you're fucked.

Well they missed a penalty and so on... So it's not like the their plan a was completely useless...

[Swedish House Mafia 508]

So you're doubting Pep because of peoples unreasonable and weird expectations? Doesn't make sense. I'm more than assured that if Pep comes in he won't play a system that doesn't fit the team, it will be a slow process to play more attacking football.

I like you.

(No homo)

[Sheva. 5,373]

Well they missed a penalty and so on... So it's not like the their plan a was completely useless...

After that penalty, which that cunt Fabregas dived for, they struggled to get past our 10 defenders.

They kept passing from side to side, before Alves tried to start crossing the ball in.

[Kostas 1,468]

What the hell is up with the thread's title? That and hitting 5 pages in a few hours and it looked like it was official.

[calculatingInfinity 1,472]

After that penalty, which that cunt Fabregas dived for, they struggled to get past our 10 defenders.

They kept passing from side to side, before Alves tried to start crossing the ball in.

Messi hit the post too... But I'm not saying that it was a genius tactic or anything, that wasn't my point, just that it wasn't as useless as some make it out to be. What I am saying is that on any other day it could have easily been Barca going through, think Chelsea fully deserved it in the end with that fight.

[Clevemayer 764]

albeit I accept the legendary state of Lamps and Terry every fool mst admit they have to stop think they're the best thing since sliced bread, since tehy aren't anymore and they should do whats good for the club and nocht good for THEY'RE play'n time and THEY'RE egos... they've cost us more then one manager, maybe it was justified before but a club can't be guarded by his players... so SHM is right, he has to make lamps and terry two players with legendary state who are legends and enter the frame when its needed...

[Joshyboy 36]

I think Pep would be a real presence in the dressing room, he's a great man manager and without Messi (who apparently has quite an ego, although you wouldn't know it) to keep satisfied I think he'd flourish building a new team, Hazard would be his Messi, and he'd hub the team around him and Torres I would think.

I don't know If we'd be playing Tiki-Taka football, but who's to say he'd even use the same tacts he used at Barca? Look at other managers, the tactics need to suit the team as much as the otherway around, we've only seen him play Tiki Taka because he's only managed Barcelona remember but I'm certain this guy ain't no one trick pony!

[Clevemayer 764]

but maybe he is, because he never played and trained anything else than tikitaka... remember, he was always barca and in the cruyff team he played xavis role... so I'm not sure of that...

[The Big Drog 1,110]

He's far from a revolutionary! All credit due, he's a fine manager, and Barcelona wouldn't have had this success had they retained Rijkaard. A revolution by definition is a complete overthrow of the previous system in place. The 'Ancien Regime' of Barcelona was remarkably similar to what he did. It's not like Barcelona played like Stoke City before he took over. Yes, there were differences between him and Rijkaard but in my opinion there weren't enough of them to warrant him being labelled a revolutionary.

In football terms he is a revolutionary in that he created a way of football that nobody had ever seen before and that was hugely successful, he has changed the whole way the game is played and viewed and has set the benchmark. No, of course they didn't play like Stoke City, however they also didn't play like Guardiola's Barcelona. Not only was Guardiola's brilliance felt on the Barcelona side but Spain too adopted Guardiola's approach with key Barcelona players as the core of their team and they went on to win both the European Championships and World Cup. They were many differences with Rijkaard's Barcelona focvused more on the individual than the team unit, that was the ultimate change in philosophy for the club to undertake, to go from the individual brilliance of Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Deco ect. to the team first approach of Guardiola.