cosmicway 1,333 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbluewillie 1,930 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,573 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jype 6,398 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmin 2,484 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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. Fernando 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 7,492 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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? Costa19 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdlk 286 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Since we plan a clear out in summer for the old dogs, why not? At least Nagelsman can develope young and talanted players.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHulk 2,481 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 ChrissWTF, Strike and Costa19 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TheHulk 2,481 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) Yet still kept him around so he can completely kill our Top 4 chances. Edited April 4, 2023 by TheHulk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Special Juan 28,141 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 No winning really, if he was too soft they will jump all over it like they have done, or if he was too firm they would moan. Not defending Potter but todays modern footballers are over paid pandered too fucking wankers manpe, DDA, Costa19 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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