The Next Manager?

[Tomo 21,751]

1 hour ago, LAM09 said:

Is there any chance of that happening, though?

Everything points to a yes-man coming in without any real success behind them.

I hope i'm wrong but can see a Jose/Conte panic appointment if the 'project' is taking longer than anticipated. Even more so if it's true they factor fan opinion as shockingly a significant portion of the fanbase seem to think rehiring either is a good idea.

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

Who is winning the most managers this season? Us or Spurs?

 

 

[Laylabelle 9,536]

3 hours ago, Tomo said:

What will everyone's expectations be next season then?

For me it almost solely depends on who we appoint and how they manage the job. For example, under Pochettino or a manager of that ilk I would consider top 4 a good result IF it coincides with the implementing of a sustainable looking system and the young players we have looking well developed and coached. 

However if we appoint a win now f**k everything after coach like Mou, Alegri or Conte I will expect the title and no excuses.

Top 4. Solid top 4 not just scraping through the last minute. Maybe a actual cup win if we get to the final that be nice..and seeing something developing rather then just general chaos of this season. Less despair.. 

[LAM09 7,062]

55 minutes ago, Superblue said:

It's an easy and understandable stick to beat the ownership with at present that they want a 'yes' man. In fairness though, what are the other options?

We've been there with the likes of Conte and Jose and although it's great at the time, they consistently leave a club in a worse position needing to be built back up again.

When we're looking at what were the original fancied names for this post, all have some form of question marks hanging over them. Luis Enrique will always have the "can he win without that Barca team" thrown at him until he proves he can, and Poch and Nagelsmann's successes I would argue are pretty comparable. 

I've said a few times over the months and years I wouldn't want Poch here, but I have warmed to the idea in the here and now to feel he's the right fit and I do think in the current situation he's probably the safest and most sensible option we could opt for, which hopefully will bode well for this ownership to start taking a more mindful and measured approach to their decision making moving forward. 

I guess someone who is known for being outspoken to some extent has something about them. Poch could be further from that, from what I've heard. 

These are managers I necessarily want at the club, but Simeone or Zidane are names that would go against that notion and certainly not be accommodating to HT meet and greets. 

2 minutes ago, Tomo said:

I hope i'm wrong but can see a Jose/Conte panic appointment if the 'project' is taking longer than anticipated. Even more so if it's true they factor fan opinion as shockingly a significant portion of the fanbase seem to think rehiring either is a good idea.

 

If that were to actually transpire, it would be this "project" they're trying to build out of the window and drastically decrease the say Boehly currently seems to have.

[Cosmin 2,484]

18 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Who is winning the most managers this season? Us or Spurs?

 

 

Let’s pray Levy doesn’t bring the Poch card out of his sleeve just to win the contest.

Edited April 24, 2023 by Cosmin

[Strike 7,500]

40 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Who is winning the most managers this season? Us or Spurs?

 

 

Budget Lampard

[gdlk 286]

If we wanted a serious coach we would have got him till now and announce him, even if he start working in the summer. 

Its just owners are looking for a clown- a yes man! 

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[Strike 7,500]

I don’t trust Matt Law as a source since the regime change 

[Gundalf 806]

Its happening

[TheHulk 2,482]

2 minutes ago, Gundalf said:

Its happening

Let's hope he stabilitiezes our situation, would instantly make him a legend at the club.

[Gundalf 806]

Just now, TheHulk said:

Let's hope he stabilitiezes our situation, would instantly make him a legend at the club.

I would take a scrappy Carabao Cup win against Spurs in his first season with Chelsea.

[TheHulk 2,482]

They are coming to save our club.

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[Gundalf 806]

1 minute ago, TheHulk said:

 

Anything else would be shocking 😂

[Superblue 6,372]

40 minutes ago, Strike said:

I don’t trust Matt Law as a source since the regime change 

Not sure, he was probably the first to really push the Boehly consortium as serious contenders to buy the club and I'm pretty sure was in contact throughout with someone as a mouthpiece (Jonathan Goldstein I think). Probably doesn't quite have the same contacts as he did before, but I'd still rank him as highly reliable over most.

Irrespective of this, he also reports on Spurs and reportedly has built up a strong relationship with Poch over the years as a result, so in this instance I would expect him to be very reliable. He was the first one to really break just how much of a contender Poch was last week before the likes of Romano, etc did their usual thing.

[Superblue 6,372]

Let's have it right, us Chelsea fans love a bit of passion.

If Poch gets a big win early on next season and is jumping around chest thumping and fist pumping the crowd, any Spurs history reservations will evaporate very quickly.

[milka 3,393]

 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

17 minutes ago, Superblue said:

Not sure, he was probably the first to really push the Boehly consortium as serious contenders to buy the club and I'm pretty sure was in contact throughout with someone as a mouthpiece (Jonathan Goldstein I think). Probably doesn't quite have the same contacts as he did before, but I'd still rank him as highly reliable over most.

Irrespective of this, he also reports on Spurs and reportedly has built up a strong relationship with Poch over the years as a result, so in this instance I would expect him to be very reliable. He was the first one to really break just how much of a contender Poch was last week before the likes of Romano, etc did their usual thing.

Ben Jacobs was the one getting information directly from Boehly and is still connected to him. I agree about Law, he was a bit outspoken about the new owners at first, but that has stopped and he is getting information again. As you said, he has a source in Poch.

[milka 3,393]

Chelsea currently need stability  after the chaos of the last 12 months and Pochettino would bring that stability. Hardly anyone will expect titles from him in the first months.

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Tottenham's circumstances were completely different from what you expect to find at a club like Tottenham today. They were a team with 33 players, was a team trying to create an identity, to change the period that they were building until then."

Mauricio Pochettino's verdict on what he walked into at White Hart Lane in 2013 has some eerie similarities to the setting that he could be coming into at Chelsea should he be made the club's next head coach. From the bloated squad to wasted transfer funds and a lack of identity, this is something he believes he has already done before.

Speaking as an out of work boss in 2020, Pochettino's words about Spurs at the time will ring true in the minds of Chelsea fans currently.It is already the type of stance on a club, working within a heirarchy and joined up way of thinking that would attract Boehly and Co, that's without his track record of success on a budget in England. Chelsea are searching not just for an elite tactician - otherwise Julian Nagelsmann may well already be sitting in the dugout and Thomas Tuchel wouldn't have been sacked.It is, like many things, easier to say than to do and talking a good talk is only the start of the process but given Pochettino's connected vision for any club it's not hard to see why Chelsea are so attracted to him as a manager.

 

Edited April 24, 2023 by milka