Graham Potter Thread

[cosmicway 1,333]

I had a brief look at the premiership table.
We have conceded 29 goals. At the top Arsenal 27, City 26, Newcastle 19, Spurs 41, United 37.
The top two are just a little bit better defensively, Newcastle is a sort of odd man out with their 41-19, the others worse.
So with this defense we could be even first in the table. It's true.
The problem is upfront. Only 29 as opposed to Arsenal's 70, City's 71.
So Chelsea is a team without attack really.
From the new players Joao creates some good impressions but only some, Mudryk is so far a 100% failure. Maybe he has a future and we will be praising him later on but so far 100% fail.
But the disease is we are a side without attack.

Edited April 4, 2023 by cosmicway

[bigbluewillie 1,930]

Couldn't be happier the statue has gone.

Don't rush into appointing a new manager, our season is fucked.

Wait for a new manager for next season.

[Strike 7,474]

11 hours ago, Fernando said:

I get Nagelsmann but why Enrique? Total clueless with Spain at the world cup. 

I'm intested in knowing why people not big on Pochetino. The owner clearly wants long term as well youth in the mix. And Pochetino is perfect with that. 

Plus with Enzo in the lineup I'm sure Pochetino would love to work him. 

I see what Todd wants and to me Pochetino ticks all the boxes. 

They had dropped in quality by the 2022 WC - Still managed a 7-0 win in the opening game. But I liked his Spain team. They had a good 2021 Euros and were the better side in the semifinal vs Italy that went to penalties.

 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

12 hours ago, Fernando said:

I get Nagelsmann but why Enrique? Total clueless with Spain at the world cup. 

I'm intested in knowing why people not big on Pochetino. The owner clearly wants long term as well youth in the mix. And Pochetino is perfect with that. 

Plus with Enzo in the lineup I'm sure Pochetino would love to work him. 

I see what Todd wants and to me Pochetino ticks all the boxes. 

Agree.

[Cosmin 2,484]

What really bothers me is that there is no obvious solution. Every single manager considered for the position has major flaws. There are some of them that would've been perfect in the Abramovich era (Enrique, Pochettino, Spaletti), but I cannot see them being a good fit now. And it's all because of the mistake that the Potter project was.

I won't be a hypocrite and say that I didn't want Potter as soon as I heard Tuchel was gone. I did. But it was not my responsability to know better. It was the board's. They messed it up and now we look like clowns. It's pure and unprecedented chaos. It's impossible to say, in this situation, that a certain manager is the perfect fit for us. There is too much of a mess to be fixed.

Anyone that is chosen will come with a huge risk. Not to mention the pressure that will be put on the new manager and on the board. Very, very difficult task. To be 100% honest, if I was a manager, I would accept to start working for Chelsea officially, only once this season is over. In the meantime, start planning, decide who's gone in the summer, who your targets are and so on.

[Jype 6,398]

1 hour ago, Strike said:

They had dropped in quality by the 2022 WC - Still managed a 7-0 win in the opening game. But I liked his Spain team. They had a good 2021 Euros and were the better side in the semifinal vs Italy that went to penalties.

The opening game was against Costa Rica though.

And that was the only game they won at the tournament, having drawn against Germany and losing to both Japan and Morocco. Overall they were mediocre as fuck and while the squad was definitely worse than some of the Spain teams in the past they still seriously underperformed under Enrique at the World Cup.

[Cosmin 2,484]

3 minutes ago, Jype said:

Overall they were mediocre as fuck

Just like any other team that Enrique has managed, except for MSN's Barcelona. 

He was Barcelona's version of Zinedine Zidane during that era. A manager that was just the right fit for a unique group of players.

But when it came to building something on his own, he failed miserably. At least Zidane never had the chance to do that, so it's still a mistery if he can do it.

People like to romanticize that Barcelona comeback against PSG, when Enrique was managing them, but remember that they lost 4-0 in the 1st leg! Also, the comeback was more of a miracle than some sort of tactical masterclass.

I don't like Enrique and I would rather have Conte back than him managing Chelsea.

[Strike 7,474]

30 minutes ago, Jype said:

The opening game was against Costa Rica though.

And that was the only game they won at the tournament, having drawn against Germany and losing to both Japan and Morocco. Overall they were mediocre as fuck and while the squad was definitely worse than some of the Spain teams in the past they still seriously underperformed under Enrique at the World Cup.

Fair enough. They did struggle in the WC but he's the closest in ideas, style to Pep. I'd take him over Nagelsmann - will Nagelsmann who is 35 and younger than Potter work with this squad?

[gdlk 286]

Since we plan a clear out in summer for the old dogs, why not? At least Nagelsman can develope young and talanted players.. 

[lucio 5,418]

2 hours ago, Cosmin said:

Just like any other team that Enrique has managed, except for MSN's Barcelona. 

He was Barcelona's version of Zinedine Zidane during that era. A manager that was just the right fit for a unique group of players.

But when it came to building something on his own, he failed miserably. At least Zidane never had the chance to do that, so it's still a mistery if he can do it.

People like to romanticize that Barcelona comeback against PSG, when Enrique was managing them, but remember that they lost 4-0 in the 1st leg! Also, the comeback was more of a miracle than some sort of tactical masterclass.

I don't like Enrique and I would rather have Conte back than him managing Chelsea.

I remember some dodgy penalties going their way 

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Yet still kept him around so he can completely kill our Top 4 chances. 

Edited April 4, 2023 by TheHulk

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