The Tuchel Thread

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16 hours ago, Blues Forever said:

 

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[DDA 10,224]

4-4-3 formation? 

No goalkeeper 😂

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Going by that Athletic article - Tuchel was making far more sense than the owners in terms of the transfers. The club has briefed all journalists and Tuchel's version of things is not out there as much. But it seems, Tuchel wanted Matthijs de Ligt, Raphinha, Frenkie de Jong and Presnel Kimpembe. He did not want Kounde and Ronaldo which were broadly the right decisions for me.

The communication breakdown between owners and Tuchel is a serious issue and it seems to be over Tuchel not wanting to take up a lot of the recruitment responsibilities and instead focus on the coaching part. Here, Tuchel should have stepped up - He did not have the same energy in the summer to sync up with the new structure and instead talked about missing Petr Cech and how he's not liking recruitment

I can understand the club's decision to sack Tuchel but Todd and co. are accountable from now on. They have to hold up to their ideals of long-term vision and planning at least with Potter.

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3 hours ago, DDA said:

4-4-3 formation? 

No goalkeeper 😂

LOL

Back in my days of park footy we had rush keepers, so 4-4-3 was possible🤪

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8 hours ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

 

And he was OK with Abu who'd be more like Lukaku (pure 9) than Jesus? does not make a lot of sense.

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35 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

And he was OK with Abu who'd be more like Lukaku (pure 9) than Jesus? does not make a lot of sense.

He only got there at the end of the window, just like he did not think we needed a midfielder. I like Tuchel and respect him, but he really screwed up our window not knowing what he needed. There were much better options early. I am not absolving Boehly either, bot of them were like Keystone Cops, but Tuchel has loads of experience. Boehly was doing the best he could with no experience.

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36 minutes ago, robsblubot said:

And he was OK with Abu who'd be more like Lukaku (pure 9) than Jesus? does not make a lot of sense.

It's clear auba wasn't a TT signing, easy to presume with him managing him before but he was a swap deal with alonso who wanted to go, so an open opportunity is there for a number 9, if they planned of getting rid of him didn't really matter if he wanted a 9 or not.

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3 minutes ago, Hermione said:

It was said with the early rumours that he changed his mind about not wanting a 9 after we failed to get the likes of Dembele, Raphinha, Leao, probably because he wanted new attackers in at all costs and get rid of useless turds like Ziyech.

I wouldn't class dembele and raphinha as fails because they only wanted Barca and Barca was willing to sign both, some times money isn't enough on the other hand leao for 150m is white jacket padded room material. 

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43 minutes ago, Hermione said:

It was said with the early rumours that he changed his mind about not wanting a 9 after we failed to get the likes of Dembele, Raphinha, Leao, probably because he wanted new attackers in at all costs and get rid of useless turds like Ziyech.

Makes sense. On the other hand, Jesus is basically a false 9 and has played just as much as a winger.

I find it strange because on paper it seems Jesus would fit Tuchel's game perfectly. 🤷‍♂️

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7 hours ago, robsblubot said:

Makes sense. On the other hand, Jesus is basically a false 9 and has played just as much as a winger.

I find it strange because on paper it seems Jesus would fit Tuchel's game perfectly. 🤷‍♂️

It's probably more down to the fact that the club & Tuchel wanted Raphinha badly for that right flank role and they didn't really go after any other attacking options till it was too late in the window. 

Arsenal also enquired about Raphinha and bid on him but they went for alternative options as soon as they were told that the player would wait for a Barcelona bid.  They had a clear run at Jesus after he rejected Spurs. 

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[Pizy 19,277]

Damn, man. He was genuinely shocked it looks like. He definitely figured he’d have considerably longer to turn things around.

[Mário César 1,483]

tuchel ❤️ 

we still love you 

you will stay forever in our history 

[Fernando 6,725]

I'm still shock. 

Like I said the new owners are clueless. 

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i really hope we dont end up regretting this for years to come.

[Superblue 6,372]

I'm not going to argue that the football has been a hard watch for a good while now. Could forgive the back end of last season as the feeling and mood around the club was so low, I've never personally experienced it myself where I was literally begging and looking forward to the season finishing and taking a break over the summer from worrying about football. But unfortunately that has continued so far this season.

However, there are sometimes things that go beyond the simple win-loss record and attractive football.

Last season the situation in Ukraine (wrongly) left us toxic and open to quite frankly some of the most disgraceful reporting I've ever seen of complete bias and jealousy. In my opinion there are managers we have had previously who if they were in charge at the time, would have worsened the situation around us and added fuel to the fire.

Tuchel represented and defended my club with such a mixture of dignity, humility and passion. The Champions League win was unforgettable and will quite rightly be the shining light in the Tuchel era. But I will forever remember and appreciate how he represented the club in it's darkest hour. 

Thank you Super Tommy Tuchel.

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12 minutes ago, Fernando said:

I'm still shock. 

Like I said the new owners are clueless. 

How so?

I can respect and have great memories of Tuchel and still understand that he would not work with the owners collaboratively. You never will come out on top when that is the route you decide to take.