turgi 71 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Disagree. Even if all the managers in the world were available Nagelsmann and Enrique would be top of my list. I don't know, Nagelsmann's profile reminds Potter a lot. Luis Enrique is somewhat different but I don't see too much noise connecting him to Chelsea right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DH1988 1,348 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Just wow, odd timing, after the international break with zero prep time. Antonio8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,224 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhead23 1,147 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Most of the managers that we had in the recent past were aggressive, determined, egoïstic, passionate while Potter came across too soft, submissive and out of depth. I believe Boehly & the English media wanted Potter to be a success desperately however Potter didnt help himself. Guess this will be a first in sometime that we sacked 2 managers in one season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetsajCFC 1,255 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) I do not get the logic behind this timing of events. Sacking him now and replacing him with an interim low profile manager till the end of the season, when we have realistically nothing to play for anymore, does not make sense. I'm sorry to say, getting past Real Madrid and Bayern Münich/Manchester City with this mentality and form the players are showing, is unrealistic, regardless of the manager in charge. Getting top four is not realistic either anymore given the games we've got left. There were two options - he should have been sacked 2 months ago or given till the end of the season so the new manager in charge would get a fair introduction. Bizzare! Edited April 3, 2023 by MetsajCFC Johnnyeye and Costa19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, MetsajCFC said: I do not get the logic behind this timing of events. Sacking him now and replacing him with an interim low profile manager till the end of the season, when we have realistically nothing to play for anymore, does not make sense. I'm sorry to say, getting past Real Madrid and Bayern Münich/Manchester City with this mentality and form the players are showing, is unrealistic, regardless of the manager in charge. Getting top four is not realistic either anymore given the games we've got left. There were two options - he should have been sacked 2 months ago or given till the end of the season so the new manager in charge would get a fair introduction. Bizzare! It is not as unrealistic as you are making it out to be. Real, City are not leading in their league. Bayern are leading by 2 points and have changed their manager. None of them seem invincible and an inferior Chelsea team won the competition in 2021. ChrissWTF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,140 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Cannot say I'm suprised at all, probably a month too late if anything Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Strike said: It is not as unrealistic as you are making it out to be. Real, City are not leading in their league. Bayern are leading by 2 points and have changed their manager. None of them seem invincible and an inferior Chelsea team won the competition in 2021. I agree. That's something folks here often ignore: we have a very expensive squad with quality players in a lot of positions... some sitting one bench would walk into most starting XI outside the very top clubs in the world. We do have glaring gaps, and an unbalanced squad. On the other hand, Kante looked pretty good in the few minutes he played... like the little world beater is still there. Who knows... it's single elim and we are hardly that much an underdog. Would be nice to have a manager who was pulling the right strings, but that wasn't the case with Potter anyway. Edited April 3, 2023 by robsblubot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manpe 10,861 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 11 hours ago, Gundalf said: This will mean we will have 4 different coaches within 1 year. We have more coaches in 1 year than Tottenham has trophies in the last 50 years. Tuchel, Potter, this interim guy... who is the fourth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetable 830 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 "Great dressing room atmosphere", "shocked players calling their representatives late at Sunday night" 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Strike said: It is not as unrealistic as you are making it out to be. Real, City are not leading in their league. Bayern are leading by 2 points and have changed their manager. None of them seem invincible and an inferior Chelsea team won the competition in 2021. The comparison with 2020-21 is unrealistic. We were much much better then, not good enough to win the premier but beat Man. City 3 times out of 4. I agree there is really nothing to look forward to in the current season -our chances against bothr Real and City/Bayern are infinitessimal- but at least we can have a decent manager. Looking back to last August the season started terribly. Fresh from the Abramovitch adventure, Rudiger goes, basically we brought three new defenders Koulibaly-Cucurella-Fofana who did n't shine all that much really and the attack was not stregthened at all (Aube is a Joke, like Pato). So Tuchel finds himself in a corner does n't know what to do and we had some ridiculous results, Zagreb, Leeds and some others. Up to January I don't fancy Tuchel doing any better than Potter did - but he might have won that easy CL group just like Potter did. After January and the new players we brought Potter showed his utter incompetence (Southampton-Fulham-Spurs-Everton-Villa ...). There were the injuries too but one cannot find any justification for him, no sign of any improvement whatsoever. Now all we can do from now till May is to experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddish-Blue 2,510 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Strike said: It is not as unrealistic as you are making it out to be. Real, City are not leading in their league. Bayern are leading by 2 points and have changed their manager. None of them seem invincible and an inferior Chelsea team won the competition in 2021. You can't really say we had an inferior side in 2021 when Jorginho-Kante-Kovacic was a very solid trio, Mount was flying and we also had Rudiger/Christensen at the back. Fofana/Badiashile/Koulibaly haven't shown that they are capable of producing the same level of performances as Rudiger/Christensen on a consistent basis. The only real upgrade from that 2021 side would be Enzo & Sterling (if he is used properly). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 Ruben Amorim should be our 1st choice to replace Potter, in my opinion. He is great tactically, won plenty of stuff as a player and manager, and is well respected by his players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, Cosmin said: Ruben Amorim should be our 1st choice to replace Potter, in my opinion. He is great tactically, won plenty of stuff as a player and manager, and is well respected by his players. Too risky in our current situation. I've no doubt he's miles better than potter though mkh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, lucio said: Too risky in our current situation. Sure, but I cannot think of an option that doesn't involve a risk. I would argue that Nagelsmann is even more of a risk, considering his very recent past + his age. I am not saying that we should go for an old guy (Amorim is 38 btw), but I find it hard to believe that a guy like Nagelsmann can impose himself in a locker room in which you can find Thiago Silva, Kante, Azpilicueta etc. I know this shouldn't be a thing, but you just know that as soon as things get a bit bad, players lose respect for a manager that is so young. You just need a bit of experience and attitude to succeed at Chelsea. Or Bayern. Luis Enrique is very underwhelming for me. His last decent gig was at Barcelona almost 10 (!) years ago. I don't know, Amorim seems to fit a lot of boxes, more than any other option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Cosmin said: Sure, but I cannot think of an option that doesn't involve a risk. I would argue that Nagelsmann is even more of a risk, considering his very recent past + his age. I am not saying that we should go for an old guy (Amorim is 38 btw), but I find it hard to believe that a guy like Nagelsmann can impose himself in a locker room in which you can find Thiago Silva, Kante, Azpilicueta etc. I know this shouldn't be a thing, but you just know that as soon as things get a bit bad, players lose respect for a manager that is so young. You just need a bit of experience and attitude to succeed at Chelsea. Or Bayern. Luis Enrique is very underwhelming for me. His last decent gig was at Barcelona almost 10 (!) years ago. I don't know, Amorim seems to fit a lot of boxes, more than any other option. Silva is very professional and wouldn't undermine , azpi may well be gone and rarely starts . Kante is quiet as a mouse. Can't see anyone causing major problems because we have a young squad. Only the likes of Lukaku but he can be shipped off for peanuts Nagelsmann is probably more experienced than Amorim overall despite being a bit younger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 10 hours ago, Gundalf said: Mou is always on this list 😂 Bring him ChrissWTF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said: Bring him You really want ?? xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio8 736 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 no to Nagelsmann, no to L.Enrique, no to Pochettino. I want someone able to win, like Zidane or Ancelotti or Allegri Mattill and kexik 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,952 Posted April 3, 2023 Share Posted April 3, 2023 On the one hand it makes sense to get Naglesmann in immediately if that’s who the board sees as their guy. But waiting until the end of the season opens up the coaching search to managers who are actually employed currently and may be tempted by a new challenge. You never know if some big name manager may fancy working with our ridiculous squad. What if someone totally unexpected becomes possible in the summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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