The Next Manager?

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

11 minutes ago, TheHulk said:

 

Not disputing there's a crisis, but ''Multiple reliable, well-connected sources'' - so reliable and connected that they remain anonymous usually means 'we made up this shit'

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

It's going to be Poch isn't it?

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

5 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

It's going to be Poch isn't it?

Can you let us know the sources you were reading claiming the team is disinterested in Potter's meetings and training sessions.

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

19 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Can you let us know the sources you were reading claiming the team is disinterested in Potter's meetings and training sessions.

Hulk posted it. 

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

3 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Hulk posted it. 

Oh the tweet saying there were reliable sources but are anonymous -probably bullshit then

[MoroccanBlue 5,385]

Just now, Fulham Broadway said:

Oh the tweet saying there were reliable sources but are anonymous -probably bullshit then

What's bull shit is confidently saying we aren't interested in Mudryk, only to make a embarrassing Uturn the moment Ornstein reported we were infact interested. 

What's bull shit is for years claiming Declan Rice is our number one CM, even go as far as saying it hasn't changed with the new regime, only for Ornstein to report Enzo was always the preferred target and that the others included Lavia and Caicedo. 

Mate, I'm done listening to Matt Law. 

 

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

4 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

What's bull shit is confidently saying we aren't interested in Mudryk, only to make a embarrassing Uturn the moment Ornstein reported we were infact interested. 

What's bull shit is for years claiming Declan Rice is our number one CM, even go as far as saying it hasn't changed with the new regime, only for Ornstein to report Enzo was always the preferred target and that the others included Lavia and Caicedo. 

Mate, I'm done listening to Matt Law. 

 

Never listen to Matt Law, or people claiming 'reliable sources' about team disharmony, but cant cite them. It's usually shithousery.

[Vesper 30,231]

16 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Never listen to Matt Law, or people claiming 'reliable sources' about team disharmony, but cant cite them. It's usually shithousery.

Chelsea Dodgers 🧢
@TheBlueDodger

is a proven shit source

[Gundalf 806]

3 hours ago, TheHulk said:

 

If thats true they players should get fired immediately. Not interested? You fucker, u get paid millions, its part of your professionalism to be interested in team meetings even if the coach is Mr. Beans. 

This fucking generation has no pride, no passion, no thrive. Spoilt little brats. I want JT to kick their asses. 

But if a coach does like Tuchel did in pre season, they let him fall bc they feel triggered. Soft little wankers. 

Edited February 21, 2023 by Gundalf

[Superblue 6,372]

On 19/02/2023 at 19:26, Vesper said:

Zidane doesn't speak English, and has said so many times he has zero desire to ever learn it and even less desire to live in England and manage a football team here.

He is not a viable option, regardless of what you think of him as a manager. 

Not sure to what degree, it could well just be basic, but Frank Lebouef recently commented that he once spoke to Zidane and asked him why he'd never learnt to speak English and Zidane apparently replied back to him in English so he could well have some form of grasp of the language a little more than he lets on.

[Superblue 6,372]

13 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Building means to implement a playing style, a system that can last longer than just 3 years before it needs to be changed, having the same manager for more than 6 years.

Continuity is key to success in modern football. Hire and fire on the other hand turned out to be outdated. 

And yes, there was a slow but steady decline in the last few years, we literally have become Wengers Arsenal. When was the last time we were really challenging for the title over the season? We transformed from a club that is challenging for the title every year to challenging for Top4 every year, even with Tuchel. We became a P4 team. 

Managers like Mou or Conte just cant build bc after 2-3 years, they completely lose the dressing room with their training methods and approach. Same goes for Tuchel, who is also a short term manager wherever he has been. And it was clear at the end of last season and start of this season that he has clearly lost the dressing room again. 

What a club needs in modern football is stability, constant changes give u setbacks all the time preventing the club to reach for the highest goals. 

That is why I dont want a caretaker, if Potter is replaced, but someone who can build a legacy.  

The irony with Jose and Conte is that the teams they built and tactics they instilled helped towards success beyond their tenures here. 

In the case of Potter, he was always going to be a risk regarding where his 'level' could be and to what point he could take this club. I always hoped that even if he wasn't equipped to be the person to challenge for trophies, he'd at least facilitate the rebuild over the next year or two by mapping out a blueprint for a top class manager to take over from and take it further (i.e. Lampard to Tuchel) but unfortunately it's just not happening that way.

If Potter is staying in the job for now, the first thing he needs to sort out is the team's pressing out of possession. It was initially excellent under Tuchel, progressively dropped off through last season and has been non existent this year. I wouldn't even label players in our squad lazy either, there's just no unified press, everything is individual efforts rather than collective and leaves so many gaps all the time to be played through. 

[Vesper 30,231]

Timo Werner slams Thomas Tuchel and says Romelu Lukaku was main reason for Chelsea failure

Former Chelsea striker Timo Werner has opened up on his time at the club.

https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1737283/Chelsea-news-Timo-Werner-Thomas-Tuchel-Romelu-Lukaku

[Blue Armour 4,448]

2 hours ago, Superblue said:

Not sure to what degree, it could well just be basic, but Frank Lebouef recently commented that he once spoke to Zidane and asked him why he'd never learnt to speak English and Zidane apparently replied back to him in English so he could well have some form of grasp of the language a little more than he lets on.

He was allegedly taking English lessons towards the end of his Madrid career.

Could mean nothing, since this was when he was linked with the United job. The press could've been on overdrive 

[cosmicway 1,333]

8 hours ago, Superblue said:

The irony with Jose and Conte is that the teams they built and tactics they instilled helped towards success beyond their tenures here. 

In the case of Potter, he was always going to be a risk regarding where his 'level' could be and to what point he could take this club. I always hoped that even if he wasn't equipped to be the person to challenge for trophies, he'd at least facilitate the rebuild over the next year or two by mapping out a blueprint for a top class manager to take over from and take it further (i.e. Lampard to Tuchel) but unfortunately it's just not happening that way.

If Potter is staying in the job for now, the first thing he needs to sort out is the team's pressing out of possession. It was initially excellent under Tuchel, progressively dropped off through last season and has been non existent this year. I wouldn't even label players in our squad lazy either, there's just no unified press, everything is individual efforts rather than collective and leaves so many gaps all the time to be played through. 

Potter had some excuses before January.
There were the injuries, the new players not arrived yet.
I was not impressed because it's more about the team's style of play than the individuals.
But what's his excuse now ?
Every time the same pathetic stuff.
Guus 2016 was miles better.

Edited February 21, 2023 by cosmicway

[Superblue 6,372]

7 hours ago, cosmicway said:

Potter had some excuses before January.
There were the injuries, the new players not arrived yet.
I was not impressed because it's more about the team's style of play than the individuals.
But what's his excuse now ?
Every time the same pathetic stuff.
Guus 2016 was miles better.

In recent games there had at least been a couple of promising signs in areas. We started looking a lot more solid defensively and keeping clean sheets, but the last 3 games we've conceded extremely sloppy goals again.

The West Ham and Dortmund games showed some moments of encouragement in our attacking play, albeit not consistent enough to sustain for lengthy periods of the game.

But the Southampton game was such a monumental backward step. He's clearly not got much support amongst the fans as it is and it did feel the weekend was a result which even people willing and prepared to give him some time and patience, me included, started to just get completely fed up with the situation. Rotating a few players in at home to Southampton shouldn't cause such a limp and pitiful performance. 

Ironically for Potter, he couldn't ask for a better game for Chelsea to play to be honest right now than Spurs. There's more than enough players at the club fully aware of what this game means to the fans, and getting a win against that rabble might be the catalyst he needs if he's to have any hope of still doing something here. 

[milka 3,393]

 

[Special Juan 28,148]

The piece can be questioned but the fact we are looking says a lot.

[lucio 5,418]

20 minutes ago, milka said:

 

There have been numerous reports that he was open to the job so I'd be sceptical we approached him.

[Superblue 6,372]

13 minutes ago, lucio said:

There have been numerous reports that he was open to the job so I'd be sceptical we approached him.

I would tend to agree, but there are quite a few rumours doing the rounds that Spurs aren't renewing Conte's contract this summer and have already contacted and laid the groundwork for Poch to return. With this in mind, it's very possible he already has something lined up.

The other possibility is he's been approached but in more of an interim capacity, i.e. until end of the season and take things from there which is something he's not attracted to.

In conclusion, I don't want him here anyway.

[Tomo 21,751]

16 hours ago, cfccrost said:

Let Mou come back for the 3rd time.

Our game plan can be sit in front of Kepa and request Enzo to find Mudryk with his passes.

With only that gameplan im assure will have more wins than with this fraud

Oh please stop it. Have we learned nothing from not only his last time here but United and Spurs?

I can already picture him fighting with Enzo and Mudryk, selling Colwill, overplaying an ageing Kante and an already knackered Mount while shoehorning Gallagher into the lineup as his token "look I play youth" card (like he did with McTominay and Tanganga).