The Next Manager?

[MoroccanBlue 5,296]

36 minutes ago, lucio said:

Back 3 / 5 might be way to go with our current resources , let’s say we bought Antonio silva from benfica 
 

I think James would do well there and be less injury prone , Colwill would also improve there I feel and we have 2 ready made wing backs if Maatsen can stay and it solves problem of having a fit gusto and James at the same time 

 

         James   Silva    Colwill 

gusto                                 Maatsen 

Palmer/Nkunku/Paez as inside forwards. 

Just leaves Mudryk and Madueke kind of pointless but against certain sides they could be used as wingbacks. 

[NikkiCFC 7,942]

2 hours ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Palmer/Nkunku/Paez as inside forwards. 

Just leaves Mudryk and Madueke kind of pointless but against certain sides they could be used as wingbacks. 

Tbh on yesterday's position map Mudryk was next to Badiashile as CB with Cucu more offensive. Poch doesn't like to have LW it seems. 

[robsblubot 3,502]

15 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Tbh on yesterday's position map Mudryk was next to Badiashile as CB with Cucu more offensive. Poch doesn't like to have LW it seems. 

Don't think Mudryk's inability to play football has much to do with Poch. Palmer seems unaffected by Poch's poor game management, for ex.
Mudryk is one of the worst players I've seen playing for Chelsea FC. I like hyperboles to make a point, but this isn't one.

Tabloids reporting another yes-man from Brighton... make it stop please.

Edited April 24 by robsblubot

[Mhsc 876]

I do wonder if we are just setting up whoever the next manager is for failure. The squad situation is shocking and unbelievable, maybe even unprecedented - so many very, very expensive players who have long term fitness problems that may never go away. We have burnt all of the money. We don't have a squad designed to play in a particular way or suit some style. Honestly, is there a manager in the world that can take this situation and turn it around in short order? Maybe we can get someone who is a bit less controversial, which you could maybe argue has been Potter and Poch's weakness: they both strongly stuck to their own ideas, doing (seemingly) odd things that frustrated us fans. Results did not follow, and we ended up being sick of both of them. But in truth a manager could go with team selections we prefer, make subs more to our liking, and whatever, and the results could be the same or worse. Maybe the only thing that would be different is we'd blame the owners and the directors more and the manager less.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

On 24/04/2024 at 10:22, lucio said:

Feel like Xavi would be a good upgrade but would need new players , couldn’t have Gallagher , mudruk Jackson and caicedo chasing first touches. We’ve built a team of passion merchants which no Classy manager would want 

Xavi 🤣

I mean half the Barca fanbase and media outlets weren’t happy with him after winning the league last season, never mind now considering how they’ve done this season. He’s just confirmed he’s staying another season at Barcelona also.

We need a very good coach, not somebody who was virtually keen on leaving Barcelona because his own fanbase and the media were chasing him out.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,476]

The more that I see what is being said by the owners and people at the club such as the sporting directors, we will start the season with Poch.

[lucio 5,418]

11 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Xavi 🤣

I mean half the Barca fanbase and media outlets weren’t happy with him after winning the league last season, never mind now considering how they’ve done this season. He’s just confirmed he’s staying another season at Barcelona also.

We need a very good coach, not somebody who was virtually keen on leaving Barcelona because his own fanbase and the media were chasing him out.

How does him wanting to leave Barcelona make him a bad coach ? He said at the time that he was treated badly.

If he was that bad he would have been sacked 

Edited April 25 by lucio

[lucio 5,418]

4 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

The more that I see what is being said by the owners and people at the club such as the sporting directors, we will start the season with Poch.

Write the season off then

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

2 minutes ago, lucio said:

How does him wanting to leave Barcelona make him a bad coach ? He said at the time that he was treated badly.

If he was that bad he would have been sacked 

Is he a good coach though? Is he really? 

He was going to leave mainly because the media and fanbase were turning against him because they felt he could only take Barcelona so far. And it put “too much pressure” and “media attention” on him. Is that really the sort of manager you want managing our team? Somebody who after what 18 months announces he is resigning because he can’t handle the heat?

His team have been solely reliant on the brilliance of a 16 year old attacker and a 17 year old central defender this season, I mean if that makes him a good coach I don’t know. 

And he’s staying at Barca to June 2025 now anyway - before undoubtedly leaving and going to coach at no other top team again because he is another guy who because he was a great player, was given a top job at Barcelona when things were going difficult for them despite being an average coach. Sound familiar? Lampard 2.0

[lucio 5,418]

51 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

Is he a good coach though? Is he really? 

He was going to leave mainly because the media and fanbase were turning against him because they felt he could only take Barcelona so far. And it put “too much pressure” and “media attention” on him. Is that really the sort of manager you want managing our team? Somebody who after what 18 months announces he is resigning because he can’t handle the heat?

His team have been solely reliant on the brilliance of a 16 year old attacker and a 17 year old central defender this season, I mean if that makes him a good coach I don’t know. 

And he’s staying at Barca to June 2025 now anyway - before undoubtedly leaving and going to coach at no other top team again because he is another guy who because he was a great player, was given a top job at Barcelona when things were going difficult for them despite being an average coach. Sound familiar? Lampard 2.0

Yes, he’s pretty good , he’s a la Liga champion and a good tactician

he isn’t remotely comparable to lampard ,who is yet to prove himself serviceable at championship level

but yeh I just saw he extended and he wouldn’t have been my first choice anyway 

[Vytis33 1,144]

 

[Vesper 28,768]

If we hire De Zerbi and it plays out like I fear it will, I may well end up walking away from the club until the monstrous scum yanks sell off.

I cannot express adequately how worried I am about our future under their ruinous ownership.

For the first time in my life I legitimately don't want to watch our games on far too many occasions, as it is a shit watch and bad for my mental health, as I am so emotionally invested in CFC since I was a child growing up in a Blue west London household. 

[Strike 7,217]

27 minutes ago, Vesper said:

If we hire De Zerbi and it plays out like I fear it will, I may well end up walking away from the club until the monstrous scum yanks sell off.

I cannot express adequately how worried I am about our future under their ruinous ownership.

For the first time in my life I legitimately don't want to watch our games on far too many occasions, as it is a shit watch and bad for my mental health, as I am so emotionally invested in CFC since I was a child growing up in a Blue west London household. 

Hearing more and more noises of club wanting to stick with Poch for another season. Stability and all that. 

[Vesper 28,768]

2 minutes ago, Strike said:

Hearing more and more noises of club wanting to stick with Poch for another season. Stability and all that. 

I will likely walk for a spell.

Will not waste my time on a failed ownership-produced shitpot.

[Vesper 28,768]

14 hours ago, lucio said:

Write the season off then

It is scary but you and I agree more and more each month.

Eeeeeeek!

🤪

[bigbluewillie 1,859]

5 hours ago, Vesper said:

If we hire De Zerbi and it plays out like I fear it will, I may well end up walking away from the club until the monstrous scum yanks sell off.

I cannot express adequately how worried I am about our future under their ruinous ownership.

For the first time in my life I legitimately don't want to watch our games on far too many occasions, as it is a shit watch and bad for my mental health, as I am so emotionally invested in CFC since I was a child growing up in a Blue west London household. 

My sentiments exactly on all points.

[Reddish-Blue 2,345]

19 hours ago, OneMoSalah said:

before undoubtedly leaving and going to coach at no other top team again because he is another guy who because he was a great player, was given a top job at Barcelona when things were going difficult for them despite being an average coach. Sound familiar? Lampard 2.0

Disagree with that, he'll get other jobs after Barcelona (unless he somehow gets worse next season and there is a 30 point gap between them and Real Madrid in the league) 

Lampard's issue is that it was too much too soon for him and I never really saw him as being a great tactician from his playing days.   It's not like Pep, Arteta, Alonso at Leverkusen, you could see from their playing days that they would eventually coach at some point in their careers.  The same can probably be said about JT, Thiago Silva....I just see them as coaches at some point in the future (whether they want to be the first team manager is a whole different question but both of them could walk into assistant coach roles). 

[Vesper 28,768]

33 minutes ago, bigbluewillie said:

My sentiments exactly on all points.

I so miss (fucking Putin fucked us so hard)