The Next Manager?

[DDA 10,235]

47 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Marco Silva is a great coach but I’m skeptical that he’d be a good fit at this moment

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He will NEVER be the required level to manage Chelsea. What are we doing here ? Have we really allowed our mentality to drop to even considering this guy?

[mkh 759]

🔵💥BREAKING: Chelsea to make checks on Iraola, Silva and Xabi Alonso as search for new coach continues.

(@Matt_Law_DT)

[Pizy 19,279]

13 minutes ago, DDA said:

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He will NEVER be the required level to manage Chelsea. What are we doing here ? Have we really allowed our mentality to drop to even considering this guy?

Did I say I wanted him? lol

I’m just saying he’s a very good coach. He maximizes what he can get at a small club with super limited resources. 

Of the names we’ve heard linked thus far I think I’d put Xabi Alonso at the top of the pile followed by Iraola. 

[DDA 10,235]

7 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Did I say I wanted him? lol

I’m just saying he’s a very good coach. He maximizes what he can get at a small club with super limited resources. 

Of the names we’ve heard linked thus far I think I’d put Xabi Alonso at the top of the pile followed by Iraola. 

I’m straight up ignoring that name lol. 
 

If we are truly considering Marco Silva.. there are no words left to describe this nightmare. 
 

I like Alonso but too many last minute wins in that Bundesliga run for me to feel super safe in his management style. Then he flopped hard at Madrid. 
 

none of the names are wowing me at all.
 

 

 

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[Pizy 19,279]

9 minutes ago, DDA said:

I’m straight up ignoring that name lol. 
 

If we are truly considering Marco Silva.. there are no words left to describe this nightmare. 
 

I like Alonso but too many last minute wins in that Bundesliga run for me to feel super safe in his management style. Then he flopped hard at Madrid. 
 

none of the names are wowing me at all.
 

 

 

None of the names are wowing me either. As for Alonso failing at Madrid, wasn’t that more due to him clashing with the likes of Vini for being a spoiled brat than about anything tactical? I don’t even remember. 

Our problem is that due to how awfully we’ve been run I don’t think there’s any possible “wow” appointment out there. Or even one that may not blow us away but who we could at least say “even though I’m not excited I’m 100% confident he’ll make us a serious team.”

All we’re really left with is gambles on overachieving small club managers of which multiple have already failed under this ownership. 

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23 minutes ago, Pizy said:

None of the names are wowing me either. As for Alonso failing at Madrid, wasn’t that more due to him clashing with the likes of Vini for being a spoiled brat than about anything tactical? I don’t even remember. 

Our problem is that due to how awfully we’ve been run I don’t think there’s any possible “wow” appointment out there. Or even one that may not blow us away but who we could at least say “even though I’m not excited I’m 100% confident he’ll make us a serious team.”

All we’re really left with is gambles on overachieving small club managers of which multiple have already failed under this ownership. 

What's the manager that would be a wow signing? Enrique is at PSG till 2027 and might extend. Emery is tied down at Villa. Kompany will not leave Bayern. Can't see a lot of managers who are doing a good job at their current clubs looking to move. Doesn't seem feasible for us to wait for a World Cup bound coach to finish his international assignment either. 

[whats happening 1,665]

wouldnt hold it against anyone, that madrid team seems like a hell to manage

[Pizy 19,279]

4 minutes ago, Strike said:

What's the manager that would be a wow signing? Enrique is at PSG till 2027 and might extend. Emery is tied down at Villa. Kompany will not leave Bayern. Can't see a lot of managers who are doing a good job at their current clubs looking to move. Doesn't seem feasible for us to wait for a World Cup bound coach to finish his international assignment either. 

Yeah, there isn’t one. Some people might have said Alonso would’ve been had he jumped straight from Leverkusen to here. But the Madrid spell may have knocked him down a peg.

Although, the mention of his name seems to have loads of our fans badly wanting him on social media. That may be more down to the quality of the other names, though. 

 

[mkh 759]

🚨🔵Chelsea are planning talks with a trio of managers who have been added to their shortlist:

▪︎ Xabi Alonso

▪︎ Marco Silva

▪︎ Andoni Iraola

Chelsea are in no rush to make a snap decision.

(@JackRosser_) 

[TheHulk 2,646]

1 hour ago, mkh said:

🚨🔵Chelsea are planning talks with a trio of managers who have been added to their shortlist:

▪︎ Xabi Alonso

▪︎ Marco Silva

▪︎ Andoni Iraola

Chelsea are in no rush to make a snap decision.

(@JackRosser_) 

Please no Silva.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,948]

This may not be a popular thought, but I think Frank Lampard has grown as a manager. If his man management has got better, I would welcome FL 3.0.

[xPetrCechx 13,598]

7 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

This may not be a popular thought, but I think Frank Lampard has grown as a manager. If his man management has got better, I would welcome FL 3.0.

You don't want to ruin his managerial career again...
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[Vesper 31,099]

7 hours ago, whats happening said:

this is all true, but with right players and system can be good and produce great football. and since we are in for an overhaul in the summer why not let him buy the players he wants for the system. i know this will never happen with this board, but that should be the norm for all new managers imo.

 

actually my first wish is simeone but he's not available i bet.

I would LOVE Simeone to come here

and yes I know he is a 180 degree change in direction in terms of play, tactics, style, mentality, and philosphy, etc

but we NEED THAT

shame the BlueCo cunts' egos will NEVER allow him here for all those reasons

same for their fucking puppet twat directors

they can ALL fuck the fuck off

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38 minutes ago, Vesper said:

I would LOVE Simeone to come here

and yes I know he is a 180 degree change in direction in terms of play, tactics, style, mentality, and philosphy, etc

but we NEED THAT

shame the BlueCo cunts' egos will NEVER allow him here for all those reasons

same for their fucking puppet twat directors

they can ALL fuck the fuck off

I agree the directors are idiots but by all accounts does not speak fluent English, and other than being known as a disciplinarian, I don't see a huge reason from his tactical ideas to make him a contender. 

[Pizy 19,279]

Lamps would be the absolute desperation play from the owners. It would essentially be them saying “here is your all time favorite son, please stop hating us!”

We’d probably have a nice start to next season where everyone around the club is nice and happy and then collapse again soon because Frank simply isn’t a top manager yet.

[OneMoSalah 9,104]

2 hours ago, Pizy said:

Lamps would be the absolute desperation play from the owners. It would essentially be them saying “here is your all time favorite son, please stop hating us!”

We’d probably have a nice start to next season where everyone around the club is nice and happy and then collapse again soon because Frank simply isn’t a top manager yet.

They already did that after sacking Potter, despite it being at the point in the season where they should’ve let him finish the campaign (they should’ve sacked him well before April). Frank being appointed then was a PR stunt appointment.

The scrutiny on them now is a lot more than it was then, the owners and sporting directors are clinging on in all reality given the majority of the fanbase now coming to the glaringly obvious realisation they are muppets. I mean I don’t know why it took so long really, seen this coming a long long time ago when they sacked Tuchel.

But I wouldn’t be surprised if they try and go down that sentimental route one more time thinking it may give them some reprieve. The best way to describe them is that they are abhorrently arrogant. What they say and what they do are two different things. Don’t be fooled into thinking they won’t continue doing what they have already been doing for the last 3.5 years. Why wait so long to fix something thats already glaringly broken? They cannot be so oblivious to the fact that scraping into the CL and winning a Conference League & a glorified reformatted pre-season tournament version of the CWC isn’t exactly brilliant achievements for a squad that cost over £2 bn? For a squad they even went on record a d stated themselves they believed was a CL quality squad. 

If they were going to change their approach, the likes of Frank, Silva, McKenna and perhaps even Iraola wouldn’t be prominent names on the apparent managerial shortlist 😴 

Edited 8 hours ago by OneMoSalah

[mkh 759]

🚨👀 Chelsea believe there will be a bigger pool of high-calibre managers available this summer than there were last time they appointed a manager between seasons.

(@SkyKaveh)

[Reddish-Blue 2,672]

13 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Please no Silva.

 

16 hours ago, DDA said:

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He will NEVER be the required level to manage Chelsea. What are we doing here ? Have we really allowed our mentality to drop to even considering this guy?

The funny thing, Silva's name is only on the list because his contract expires in June and he hasn't committed to a new deal at Fulham. 

16 hours ago, Strike said:

 

 

So the three names on the list are effectively free agents/available as of June 2026...

 

[Special Juan 28,763]

Iraola for me, I think he would be a great choice.