The Next Manager?

[Mário César 1,005]

my hope in ucl is that second game is in london and not madrid

Play first leg at Bernabeu is very good for us 

[TheHulk 1,899]

9 minutes ago, lucio said:

Not our greatest or most liked manager but certainly doesn't deserve abuse to this day 

Agreed did a good job when he was here and right the ship but not surprised some here bash him, the same people were bashing Tuchel as well blaming him for everything a few months ago to cover up for Potter being shit.

[Blue Armour 4,323]

The worst thing Benitez did was throw away our first CWC cup, but aside from that, his team was solid, if not spectacular.

[Cosmin 2,484]

Benitez was not liked because of the things that he used to say when he was the manager of Liverpool. If Mourinho was to take over at Liverpool, he would've had the same treatment. Mind you, Mou never said anything bad about their fans, like Benitez said about Chelsea fans. 

Rafa came good in 2012-2013, after all, but remember that he was arguably a worse manager for Everton than Frank was. He is kind of finished as a manager.

[Mário César 1,005]

tbh, that after benitez came was so sad lost the world cup and I remember we could won carling cup that year and we lost semi final against swansea lol

besides that we did OK and was very important manage won europa league that year 

[Gundalf 804]

Are we really discussing that fat waiter now lol.

Even Scolari would be a better option. Some really love to moan about things using this forum as a weird self-help group.

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Gundalf

[ZAPHOD2319 4,531]

 

[Clockwork 1,794]

Lmao we only scored 29 goals in the PL, when you see it on paper it really hits you. 

[NikkiCFC 8,063]

5 hours ago, Hot Dawg said:

Mate you are the worse plastic/ armchair fan I've ever had the misfortune to read your a disgrace . I could imagine you saying that in a pub full of Chelsea fans you would get laughed at before being asked probably not politely to leave.

Can I laugh at this match going fans for obviously not knowing much about football? 

[Fulham Broadway 16,948]

6 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Can I laugh at this match going fans for obviously not knowing much about football? 

Bit of a sweeping generalisation there

[lucio 5,418]

1 hour ago, Clockwork said:

Lmao we only scored 29 goals in the PL, when you see it on paper it really hits you. 

Scored 11 less than the team in 19th

[Hot Dawg 17]

2 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

Can I laugh at this match going fans for obviously not knowing much about football? 

What's that got to do with anything they don't know a footballer cause they don't spend all their time on a laptop they actually spend money watching their team not watching an illegal stream bruv. If someone told me we were interested in some guy from PSG or AC. Milan I would have no idea who they are cause I have no interest in them I'm not from the FIFA nerd trainspotter type of football fan most English people aren't dude they support their local club everything else is irrelevant.

 

 

[OneMoSalah 8,797]

13 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Who would u want as intermin?

Lets get one thing clear, personally, for me, there was no point in having an interim from outside GP’s coaching staff because the seasons been dead rubber since it started so why give someone else the 10-12 games or whatever. The time to have sacked Potter was months and months ago - the top brass at the club knew it was clearly too. Or they would have just seen the season out for all thats left of it.

This is basically a publicity stunt, a ploy by Boehly to try restore some sort of faith/good publicity in him and Clearlakes strategy but it is ludicrous. And there will be the % of folk who thought Frank was unfortunate to get sacked the first time round now falling for it.

It really just slows down any chances of any manager coming in and evaluating the squad first hand (which again, seasons done in the league for us, it would be a perfect chance for a manager to lay some building blocks or experiment in the league with some minor ideas/systems/personnel/combinations prior to pre season). It could also put doubt/unnecessary pressure on the board and even the next guy in the door if somehow Frank does well and say wins the CL (surely not).

If they sacked Potter months ago, it would of been better and made more sense than appointing another manager for say 2 months. This club has been a laughing stock since the season started and Boehly is hugely culpable because more or less the way this season has unfolded, was because of decisions he has made - extremely poorly may I add.

Not pushing to keep Marina and Cech in place to he could properly identify and recruit others to take their roles on was the first big one as they had a good working relationship with Tuchel. It was clear Boehly didn’t in that role. I get Rome wasn't built in a day but you’d think that trying to retain some sort of structure to your better prepared to replace people would make sense. 

Sacking Tuchel & hiring Potter - I mean do we need to say anymore.

Then not sacking Potter months ago - again, needless to say anymore.

Now delaying any managerial appointment by appointing a caretaker manager to mainly save face or buy time because he acted hastily in ditching the original coach at the beginning of the season…. 

Edited April 7, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[YorkshireBlue 3,126]

48 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Lets get one thing clear, personally, for me, there was no point in having an interim from outside GP’s coaching staff because the seasons been dead rubber since it started so why give someone else the 10-12 games or whatever. The time to have sacked Potter was months and months ago - the top brass at the club knew it was clearly too. Or they would have just seen the season out for all thats left of it.

This is basically a publicity stunt, a ploy by Boehly to try restore some sort of faith/good publicity in him and Clearlakes strategy but it is ludicrous. And there will be the % of folk who thought Frank was unfortunate to get sacked the first time round now falling for it.

It really just slows down any chances of any manager coming in and evaluating the squad first hand (which again, seasons done in the league for us, it would be a perfect chance for a manager to lay some building blocks or experiment in the league with some minor ideas/systems/personnel/combinations prior to pre season). It could also put doubt/unnecessary pressure on the board and even the next guy in the door if somehow Frank does well and say wins the CL (surely not).

If they sacked Potter months ago, it would of been better and made more sense than appointing another manager for say 2 months. This club has been a laughing stock since the season started and Boehly is hugely culpable because more or less the way this season has unfolded, was because of decisions he has made - extremely poorly may I add.

Not pushing to keep Marina and Cech in place to he could properly identify and recruit others to take their roles on was the first big one as they had a good working relationship with Tuchel. It was clear Boehly didn’t in that role. I get Rome wasn't built in a day but you’d think that trying to retain some sort of structure to your better prepared to replace people would make sense. 

Sacking Tuchel & hiring Potter - I mean do we need to say anymore.

Then not sacking Potter months ago - again, needless to say anymore.

Now delaying any managerial appointment by appointing a caretaker manager to mainly save face or buy time because he acted hastily in ditching the original coach at the beginning of the season…. 

Wish ppl would stop with this TT crap he's the reason we are where we are, he got rid of Tammy giroud Werner Lukaku and bags, and shit now look no striker and we can't score for shit.

Edited April 7, 2023 by YorkshireBlue

[OneMoSalah 8,797]

2 hours ago, YorkshireBlue said:

Wish ppl would stop with this TT crap he's the reason we are where we are, he got rid of Tammy giroud Werner Lukaku and bags, and shit now look no striker and we can't score for shit.

Tammy, Lukaku, Werner and Bats all had to go. I thought that much was obvious - unless they wanted to be squad players, which they didn’t. Thats why Tammy went to Roma, Giroud went to AC Milan, Werner went to Leipzig and Lukaku, well he shot himself in the foot with that interview and he should never pull the jersey on again partly for that and partly because he is average. I mean basically saying you didn’t want to leave Inter 6 months down the line when things weren’t all rosy here after signing for the team you claimed to have supported as a kid is pretty stupid.

I mean its not like TT didn't try to get rid of Pulisic (again have Boehly to thank for that vetoing a potential loan to Newcastle because he thought with the WC coming up and the US going that Pulisic would somehow represent some value to the club) & Ziyech in the summer. He wanted Raphina to sign, then was a main driving force behind the Sterling & Aubamayang moves.

He wanted to completely overhaul the attack because it wasn’t good enough…. Yet he is the reason we are where we are? Behave yourself.

Potter & Boehly are the reason we are were we are. Poor management and poor judgement. I mean to sack a pretty good manager after 7 games at any level is ridiculous. Then hiring one with no real experience at a big club in transition is also pretty ridiculous. 

Edited April 8, 2023 by OneMoSalah

[NikkiCFC 8,063]

It's true that we have this tendency to sell best goalscorers. None of them was extraordinary for us but still... 

2 seasons ago 3 best goalscorers and only ones with doubt digits: Giroud, Abraham, Werner. All gone. 

Last season Lukaku was best goalscorer also gone. 

And now many want Havertz out who scored in 9 different games this season. After him is Sterling with 6 and Auba who scored in 3 different games all in first half of October. No one else scored in more than 2 games this season. Sure, Kai haven't been great, very frustrating with finishing but I can easily name more than 10 players in our squad who should leave before him. 

If we replaced these guys with upgrades it would be fine but we didn't. 

 

Edited April 8, 2023 by NikkiCFC

[lucio 5,418]

7 hours ago, Hot Dawg said:

What's that got to do with anything they don't know a footballer cause they don't spend all their time on a laptop they actually spend money watching their team not watching an illegal stream bruv. If someone told me we were interested in some guy from PSG or AC. Milan I would have no idea who they are cause I have no interest in them I'm not from the FIFA nerd trainspotter type of football fan most English people aren't dude they support their local club everything else is irrelevant.

 

 

Again, spending lots of money following football isn't a flex. A lot of fans have a wider knowledge and appreciation of the game. That's a good thing, it makes discussion more interesting. What would be the point of a forum if no one had heard of anyone outside of potter and mason mount. 

[Hot Dawg 17]

6 hours ago, lucio said:

Again, spending lots of money following football isn't a flex. A lot of fans have a wider knowledge and appreciation of the game. That's a good thing, it makes discussion more interesting. What would be the point of a forum if no one had heard of anyone outside of potter and mason mount. 

Firstly you know nowt about Chelsea if you want Benitez back but say we won the champions league how are you going to celebrate with mates you've known for years or on your own in your bedroom. Someone who knows about tactics and knows all the Bayer Laverkusen midfield needs to get out more. You don't understand what it's like to be a football fan people have passion and pride you have statistics and facts.