The Next Manager?

[Cosmin 2,484]

4 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Firstly, I'm in full agreement about your last paragraph, apart from the last sentence.

As to the quote from January, yes, about six weeks ago as I said. At his first conference, and at others up until January, he talked about the dates for the two cup finals (although he initially got the date of the Champions league final wrong) but then added, after that we'll see. He absolutely clearly left the door open to an extended stay. Something happened in January, something I speculated on in a post at the time. My guess then was that the club had reached agreement with the new man (in principle at least) , that Guus had been told about it and that this was the reason for his change of tune.

I was very disappointed that Guus did not take the job when it was offered to him in 2009, and I'd be delighted if he was appointed now but he isn't going to be. There must be a reason or reasons for that but, while we can each speculate what the key reason might be, neither of us know. One thing for sure is that Guus has never said that he does not want the job. He may not want it but he has never said so, as was originally claimed.

Fair point, but this is a quote from January: 

"Asked on Friday if he would still rule himself out of taking the Chelsea job on a permanent basis, Hiddink replied: "Yes."" (ESPN)

So basically he said that he rules himself out. Not literally that he doesn't want the job, but it's basically the same thing. Also, he said other things from which I can only understand that he can't see himself being here on a permanent basis. Yet, he was very classy in all of his statements. For example: 

"On the other hand, young people must take over and I must retreat a bit. I will visit Chelsea often next season but I'm not thinking of working elsewhere."

Anyway, I wish he would stay, but it's clearly not a possibility. The club wanted to adopt a strategy for the next season, while he (maybe) wanted time to think about staying. Unfortunately, football doesn't give you so much time to think these days. At least I am happy that he's in a good relationship with the club and maybe we'll see him around pretty often. It would be nice to know that he could take over if things go south. 

 

[OhForAGreavsie 5,890]

2 minutes ago, Cosmin said:

Fair point, but this is a quote from January: 

"Asked on Friday if he would still rule himself out of taking the Chelsea job on a permanent basis, Hiddink replied: "Yes."" (ESPN)

So basically he said that he rules himself out. Not literally that he doesn't want the job, but it's basically the same thing. Also, he said other things from which I can only understand that he can't see himself being here on a permanent basis. Yet, he was very classy in all of his statements. For example: 

"On the other hand, young people must take over and I must retreat a bit. I will visit Chelsea often next season but I'm not thinking of working elsewhere."

Anyway, I wish he would stay, but it's clearly not a possibility. The club wanted to adopt a strategy for the next season, while he (maybe) wanted time to think about staying. Unfortunately, football doesn't give you so much time to think these days. At least I am happy that he's in a good relationship with the club and maybe we'll see him around pretty often. It would be nice to know that he could take over if things go south. 

 

No I don't agree that it's the same thing at all. He just knew then that the next boss wasn't going to be him so answered as he did. Even today when asked if he wanted the job he ducked the question. Of course the media bods have forgotten, or are pretending to have forgotten, that Guus ruled himself out of the job last week, the week before and the week before that. They are therefore presenting it this evening as if it is news.

The bit about the young people is perhaps a clue as to the reason especially when linked with what he had to say about the club needing to move away from short term managerial appointments. That is much closer to the truth I would say than that Guss did not want the gig. What's more I feel sure that Roman and Guus would have agreed mutually that a younger man is the way to go.

[Unionjack 7,531]

I like Guus'sopen report telling Roman that the new manager needs to splash the cash

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-must-strengthen-or-risk-not-challenging-for-titles-next-season-warns-guus-hiddink-a3196251.html

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/chelsea-boss-guus-hiddink-tells-10992648

[Henrique 9,133]

14 hours ago, LondonsFinest said:

Quite the contrary to Henrique's post. His main idea will be to have a dominant midfield, so a technical, robust Anchor Man will be his first pick. Whether it is Vidal or Naingollan, it doesn't matter. On the other hand, as much as he admires Cuadrado, he himself must know the club moved beyond him, having Pedro, Willian and Kenedy as options there, who are all bigger quality than him. 

To be fair, I'm expecting to big transfers(in terms of money) and that will be it. Our youths are more than adequate to cover. If we are bringing Christensen back, then I doubt we'll see a DF here.

"He must know" aka he must agrees with me. Perhaps after one season he will understand Kenedy is better than Cuadrado, at this moment I really doubt he won't use Cuadrado, since its a player he already know, while he doesn't even know what Kenedy is about.

Pedro Can't be compared with Cuadrado, since he is a different kind of player.

[LondonsFinest 692]

15 hours ago, Henrique said:

"He must know" aka he must agrees with me. Perhaps after one season he will understand Kenedy is better than Cuadrado, at this moment I really doubt he won't use Cuadrado, since its a player he already know, while he doesn't even know what Kenedy is about.

Pedro Can't be compared with Cuadrado, since he is a different kind of player.

I'm not comparing. I'm saying that he brings a different set of tools to our game. And he does it better, than what Cuadrado does.

[Tomo 21,733]

Centre back and central midfield needs massive surgery this summer, I'd happily see every other area stay the same (yes including Ivan at right back) if Conte can fix those two areas once and for all.

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Antonio Conte is edging closer to clinching a deal at Chelsea and is set to meet with Roman Abramovich in Monaco next week.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3478519/Chelsea-target-Antonio-Conte-heads-talks-Roman-Abramovich-Italy-boss-edges-closer-Stamford-Bridge-move.html
 

[Milan 17,853]

Chelsea’s shock move to tempt Pochettino

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/sport/football/Premiership/article1675574.ece

[Tomo 21,733]

I'm not convinced Poch would be the right man, he's doing great this season but so did Brendan two years ago.

His youth integration would make him appealing but tactically I'm not sold on him tbh, he seems another manager with a great plan A but no plan B, even this season Spurs have looked clueless vs teams that sit deep.

He's certainly not worth getting into war with Levy when Conte (who has form recovering teams in a bit of shit) is openly available, put it that way.

[chelseafan26 293]

41 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I'm not convinced Poch would be the right man, he's doing great this season but so did Brendan two years ago.

His youth integration would make him appealing but tactically I'm not sold on him tbh, he seems another manager with a great plan A but no plan B, even this season Spurs have looked clueless vs teams that sit deep.

He's certainly not worth getting into war with Levy when Conte (who has form recovering teams in a bit of shit) is openly available, put it that way.

Brendan had a World class striker in his team along with another brilliant striker who when not injured, definitely has the ability to reach that level.

Spurs on the other hand, have no one near to a marquee player. They have a very young team with the likes of Dier, ali, kane, Son, bentalab, mason, eriksen. 

Except for Vorm, not a single player in their 30s. Dembele, chadli, vertonghen, toby the only players on the wrong side of 25. This spurs squad should not be anywhere close to a title race.

Also, the same can be said of Jose and pep, that they have a brilliant plan A and no plan B. Jose's PLan B for us this season was to sub our best defender (azpi), go to a back 3 and throw in falcao in the mix. 

I do agree with the last part of your post though. No need to deal with the baldy until its a last resort.

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[xPetrCechx 13,563]

41 minutes ago, Chelsea4 said:

 

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[manpe 10,861]

8 hours ago, xPetrCechx said:

Weren't they supposed to announce it last weekend if those twitters are to be believed?

[Pizy 18,368]

Truth is, no one has a clue when he'll be announced. Some are saying next week, some were saying next week last week, some are saying July.

Hell, knowing how shit these journalists are Conte may not even be a target. 

[bethos1 802]

I just hope Conte gets rid of Cahill, Iva, Mikel and Oscar.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

Big challenge here. Huge odds to fail.

[chelseafan26 293]

1 minute ago, bethos1 said:

I just hope Conte gets rid of Cahill, Iva, Mikel and Oscar.

Each one of them has done 10 times better than the twat in your picture.