The Next Manager?

[Gundalf 805]

13 hours ago, lucio said:

Someone who passes quickly and efficiently especially under pressure. River doesn’t have the composure , skill or intelligence to be a number 6 at the highest level. Better of using him as a box to box charging around the pitch if anything 

I dont care about a passing DM. Thats literally Enzos job. We need someone that relieves pressure from the back 4. Someone that blocks attacks, intercepts balls before the opponent can run torwards them. Someone that just adds security for the attacking players to do their thing. How many years have we conceded goals now bc our midfield has been overrun time after time. We dont need another Jorginho, Kovacic, Enzo type of midfielder, we need a defensive minded DM that stays in position and breaks and absorbs the opponents attacks. And Rice is that. He is leading the PL statistic for interceptions by quite some margin. The first Chelsea player on that list is in P66 (Thiago), so our squad is massively lacking that skill and quality that Rice could add.  

Its also a myth that Rice only does backward and sideward passes. He is outperforming Caicedo in terms on forward passes and created chances btw.

I would be fine with Caicedo also but name me a DM that offers the needed defensive stability and adds more passing creativity that is actually a realistic transfer target.  

[Gundalf 805]

14 hours ago, lucio said:

Someone who passes quickly and efficiently especially under pressure. 

So you basically want Jorgi back 😂

[Jype 6,398]

On 15/05/2023 at 12:49, Vegetable said:

Can Rice do what Kante can't though?

He can stay fit, yes.

[Gundalf 805]

A fact that we should also consider is experience. We have so many players with little to no PL experience in our squad that need more experienced players to guide them. Thiago will go into his last season, a lot of the more experienced players will leave the club in the summer. Not a lot of players will be over 23.

And Rice, even tho hes still quite young, has a lot of PL experience - over 200 PL games, 41 games for England, compared to the 27 of Lavia and 31 of Caicedo. I think we should search for more experience in certain areas (especially midfield), a succesfull team is a team with a good mixture.

Rice has more PL games than Lavia, Caicedo, Colwill, Chalobah, Mudryk, Madueke, Felix, Badiashile, Enzo, Chukwuemeka and D. Fofana have COMBINED😂

 

14 minutes ago, Jype said:

He can stay fit, yes.

Damn yes:

Edited May 16, 2023 by Gundalf

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

Our players won't like him. 

 

[LAM09 7,043]

2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said:

Our players won't like him. 

 

Same thing came to my mind after watching this video. If Boehly doesn't put an end to player power at this club, we might be looking for another manager before Christmas.

[NikkiCFC 8,286]

26 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

Same thing came to my mind after watching this video. If Boehly doesn't put an end to player power at this club, we might be looking for another manager before Christmas.

Yep, especially considering Potter was giving them 2 days off after defeat. 

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

 

[Pizy 18,852]

Where is this announcement? Everyone briefed that it was done last Friday and said it would be announced early the next week.

Well?

[OneMoSalah 8,883]

Be 2024 by the time they announce Poch. 

[chelsea_4_eva 1,180]

Well some of our players need a kick up the backside. I think the players won't have a problem with the training regime, as long as results are going our way. If not, then they might feel like "what is the point".

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

Signing today

 

[Tomo 21,751]

22 hours ago, Pizy said:

Where is this announcement? Everyone briefed that it was done last Friday and said it would be announced early the next week.

Well?

Am I the only one who really doesn't care?

When something is so clearly happening given all the smoke that's enough for me, I reserve my stress for deals with genuine jeopardy attached like Enzo's saga.

Edited May 19, 2023 by Tomo

[Pizy 18,852]

14 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Am I the only one who really doesn't care?

When something is so clearly happening given all the smoke that's enough for me, I reserve my stress for deals with genuine jeopardy attached like Enzo's saga.

Oh, I’m not stressed or worried. Just puzzled as to what’s taking so long to announce it. I was expecting it Tuesday at the latest.

[ZAPHOD2319 4,801]

6 minutes ago, Pizy said:

Oh, I’m not stressed or worried. Just puzzled as to what’s taking so long to announce it. I was expecting it Tuesday at the latest.

If they can drag it out far enough you will not have fans clamoring for Poch to take over before July 1st. I really do not want to see him take over before they trim the squad.