The Next Manager?

[Superblue 6,372]

52 minutes ago, Reddish-Blue said:

The biggest question will be, what does the squad look like next season? 

Let's say Gallagher, Kovacic & Mount were to depart, your left with Enzo & Kante as first XI midfielders, with the likes of Carney as squad rotation. 

Defense will be the same next season with the addition of Colwill and possibly the sale of Chalobah. 

GK is a massive call for the club as Kepa isn't good enough to be first choice if we are planning on returning to the UCL spots.

Attack is borderline pathetic.   So many individuals but none of them seem to be able to play together.   We really went from Mata, Hazard, Willian & Costa to Ziyech, Pulisic, Havertz and Auba...talk about drop off in quality. 

I do think signing so many players in a short space and then not having a manager prepared to focus on finding a settled starting team from that has contributed on the attacking front. Easier said than done, but I do think bigger and more experienced managers than Potter would have recognised trying to keep 30 players happy was impossible and as a result some would need to be simply left out.

I don't think our wide options are too bad, particularly if a goal scorer can be added who can take that burden off the team, and some of these younger players like Mudryk and Madueke need the chance to simply grow and develop under a better coach in a settled and structured environment. 

[Rick94 2]

I just read they wanna Sign Zaha as a free transfer ...

[Special Juan 28,147]

We were linked with Zaha when he was in the womb 

[Vytis33 1,276]

 

[DDA 9,945]

As much as I don't want to see that Donkey back in a Chelsea shirt... for all his faults he actually would be an improvement on what we currently have... thats how bad it is.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

There are twitter accounts, Chelsea Transfers and Pys that have re-tweets that the owners have reached agreement with Poch and the first thing Poch has asked for is to reach out to Lukaku. Waiting for some of the bigger sources to pick up on it because I do not recognize any source that is saying the agreement is done. Perhaps there is movement today?

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

2 hours ago, Vytis33 said:

 

Maybe we need to sign a New manager first???

[TheHulk 2,483]

2 hours ago, Vytis33 said:

 

I'm already losing respect for Pochettino if true.

[lucio 5,418]

Iukaku is wank and about to turn 30. Just give him to inter for free and move on 

[Superblue 6,372]

1 hour ago, DDA said:

As much as I don't want to see that Donkey back in a Chelsea shirt... for all his faults he actually would be an improvement on what we currently have... thats how bad it is.

We are in a catch-22 with Lukaku because it's clear if he's on the pitch some areas of our all round game will potentially suffer as he won't press like other players and his hold-up/technical game is limited at best. However he is a goal scorer, if we're looking for someone who can score goals specifically then there are very few currently better than him that would be available on the current market. 

As frustrating as it is, anyone who thinks we wouldn't be at least a few points better off than we currently are, if we had kept him here they are kidding themselves.

We will have to wait and see. He isn't Drogba, he needs players close to him to get the best out of him, like Conte did at Inter having Martinez playing up top with him. Perhaps if someone like Nkunku is coming in and playing as a genuine number 10, close to him, it could potentially work pretty well and make us significantly more dangerous in attack.

He would actually be a really good 'alternative' striking option at the club regardless, if his ego didn't prevent him from embracing a role within the squad instead of assuming he should be treated like one of the world's best players. That is ultimately my biggest concern with him if things don't start that well, Poch could suddenly find himself with a difficult presence within the squad. It is a risk he's going to have to weigh up.

[Clockwork 1,794]

For whatever it is worth, Gab Marcotti doesn’t think this is a done deal like many think it is.

[Superblue 6,372]

1 minute ago, Clockwork said:

For whatever it is worth, Gab Marcotti doesn’t think this is a done deal like many think it is.

Certainly the longer this drags on, we leave ourselves open to someone else coming in for him.

If Spurs suddenly came in for him, his connection there would likely make it an extremely difficult decision for him.

As we seem to have completely dismissed Luis Enrique and Nagelsmann, if we lost out on Poch, we're almost certainly back in a similar position to Potter where we'd be taking a punt on a manager unproven at the top level which just seems needlessly risky in our current situation.

I'm just hoping that the deal is that far advanced that it might just be perhaps waiting to make mathematically sure we're not getting relegated, or an announcement is being held out until the end of the season.

[chelsea_4_eva 1,182]

Personally I don't want him back in the team. His huge ego and whining compared to what he brings on the pitch, it's not worth it for me. Also that interview he did, professionally was unforgiveable.

[Vegetable 830]

15 hours ago, Superblue said:

However he is a goal scorer, if we're looking for someone who can score goals specifically

Problem is, he is sorta good at tap ins when he has a lot of space and this situation rarely occurs in PL since a good decade. Don't want to say "waste of space", but having such a limited player, that needs to be additionally serviced by other players is unaffordable luxury nowadays in this league. We've seen what happened when Tuchel tried to incorporate him in the tactic. Such striker type is just obsolete, Lewandowski for example realized it like 6 or so years ago and started to press and do buildup. 

He may do well in Italy, Germany or wherever. Meanwhile I don't have much doubts Havertz, Noni or whoever really will tap into open goal when unmarked, actually they are more mobile than Rom, problem is, they hardly have an opportunity to do it outside Cobham.

[Reddish-Blue 2,512]

4 hours ago, Vegetable said:

Problem is, he is sorta good at tap ins when he has a lot of space and this situation rarely occurs in PL since a good decade. Don't want to say "waste of space", but having such a limited player, that needs to be additionally serviced by other players is unaffordable luxury nowadays in this league. We've seen what happened when Tuchel tried to incorporate him in the tactic. Such striker type is just obsolete, Lewandowski for example realized it like 6 or so years ago and started to press and do buildup. 

He may do well in Italy, Germany or wherever. Meanwhile I don't have much doubts Havertz, Noni or whoever really will tap into open goal when unmarked, actually they are more mobile than Rom, problem is, they hardly have an opportunity to do it outside Cobham.

I don't recall him trying to incorporate Lukaku at all.  If Tuchel watched Lukaku at Inter, he would know that he doesn't play with his back to goal and he prefers to get the ball in space.  

The sad part is, even a washed up Lukaku is a better finisher than any other attacker we have at Chelsea at the moment.   That's how far we've fallen from challenging for titles, to becoming a top 10 side in the premier league. 

[xPetrCechx 13,573]

So quiet...

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

10 hours ago, chelsea_4_eva said:

Personally I don't want him back in the team. His huge ego and whining compared to what he brings on the pitch, it's not worth it for me. Also that interview he did, professionally was unforgiveable.

The pointing...it makes me cringe!!!

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

36 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

So quiet...

yeah, it kind of has me a bit concerned.

[milka 3,393]

Will we push Lukaku another season with a different manager?

He clearly showed that he does not want to return, why again?

[ZAPHOD2319 4,819]

It looks like the first offer has been made.