Welcome Mauricio Pochettino

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Just now, Vesper said:

Probably can add

Oliver Glasner from Palace

Andoni Iraola from Bournemouth

Gary O'Neil from Wolves

He did as well a Poch did toward the end of the season, that should make people here happy since the last 6 games of the season that matters to them.

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Chelsea owner who never wanted Pochettino came “armed with data” to prove 2 failings of the coach

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/Chelsea-owner-who-never-wanted-pochettino-came-armed-with-data-to-prove-2-failings-of-the-coach/

Ben Jacobs is as well connected as they come at Chelsea, and we were expecting some really juicy information from him on the events at Chelsea tonight.

Mauricio Pochettino has been sacked, and information about the surprising move is coming from all over. Jacob’s angle focuses on how the ownership side came to this decision.

It was already previously reported that Behdad Eghbali, one of the “co-controlling owners” was not a fan of the Pochettino appointment in the first place. Reports were that he was “never fully convinced” by the decision to bring the former Spurs boss in.

Given that, he was never going to go easy on Pochettino, and it sounds like he led the charge on the club side to part ways. Jacobs reports that “especially” Eghbali “came armed with data” to the end of season meetings with Pochettino. A lot of the data this season was good and pointed towards the improvement we finally saw in the last two months, but they apparently focused on the team’s struggles with missing big chances, and at set pieces.

Big issues – but with more than one father

Both of those seem a little harsh, given the context. Pochettino was given basically one striker to work with, and he was as raw as they come. Nicolas Jackson missed a lot of chances, but he was improving as time went by.

On set pieces, while we would expect more from the team, there was also clearly a squad building issue. The players that Pochettino was expected to play every week included a lot of small players, or those simply not good in the air.

Certainly we would think the coach wouldn’t have taken kindly to those two failings being put squarely at his door rather than at the door of the sporting directors who built the team.

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Paul Merson offers furious Mauricio Pochettino verdict after Chelsea's 'madness'

Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea by mutual consent just a year into his spell as manager, prompting outrage from supporters and pundits following a strong end to the season

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/mauricio-pochettino-Chelsea-paul-merson-32863390

Chelsea’s decision to part company with Mauricio Pochettino is “madness”, according to Paul Merson, who has slammed the club for their shortsightedness.

The Blues announced on Tuesday evening that they had let Pochettino go by mutual agreement after a year. The move came two days after Chelsea had secured sixth place in the Premier League by winning a fifth match in a row.

Pochettino met with sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley and co-owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in an end-of-season review process. He expressed his desire to be more involved in transfers going forward, but the club’s hierarchy were unwilling to budge and therefore decided to end his tenure a year early.

Stewart and Winstanley have drawn up a shortlist of eight potential replacements, which contains Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna and Leicester’s Enzo Maresca, but Merson is convinced they have made a dreadful mistake. “I cannot believe he's gone,” he said on Sky Sports News. “Whoever's making this decision: how are you going to replace him? He’d just got the team going and got into Europe. He got them into sixth in the league. It's madness. I cannot believe what I'm hearing.”

Chelsea have now dispensed with Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter and Pochettino – as well as interim appointments Bruno Saltor and Frank Lampard – since Clearlake Capital took over in May 2022. Boehly and Eghbali have developed a reputation for being trigger happy, having seen little return on the £1billion they have spent on players over the past two years.

Pochettino had endured a difficult season in which Chelsea were mired in mid-table and suffered defeat against an injury-hit Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final in February. But he had turned things around impressively in the final month, winning five straight matches to secure European football with a young squad – an achievement that former Chelsea player Gus Poyet felt had earned him more time.

“My initial reaction was I know nothing about football. Nothing surprises me now,” he said on Sky. “The best moments of Pochettino were the last two months. We were expecting a great summer and the start of something important. But we don't know [what is going on] inside [the club]. I was shocked.

“I remember Pochettino saying, ‘I'm at Chelsea I need to win’ - but he had a group of players totally different to the type of players you need to win. If you want to win the Premier League with that Chelsea team, most of them are young… I would like the message from the top. What does the manager need to do next season?”

Chelsea are now understood to be seeking a young forward-thinking manager who will take the role of head coach, rather than a more traditional one who has influence on other matters. Cole Palmer was among the first Chelsea players to pay tribute to the departing Pochettino, writing on Instagram: "Gaffer, thank you for everything you have done for me & making my dreams come true. All the best."

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‘WAITING FOR BARCELONA’ – Hansi Flick

Chelsea REJECTED IN BID FOR NEW MANAGER

https://getfootballnewsspain.com/waiting-for-barcelona-Chelsea-rejected-in-bid-for-new-manager/

Premier League giants Chelsea have today been dealt something of a blow in their pursuit of a new manager.

This comes amid confirmation that one of the Blues’ leading targets to replace the departing Mauricio Pochettino has knocked back the advances of the club.

The tactician in question? Hansi Flick.

As per a report from Mundo Deportivo, the former Bayern Munich and Germany headmaster responded with a form ‘no’ upon being contacted by the Stamford Bridge brass.

Why? He is waiting for Barcelona.

The situation on the bench in Barcelona is of course considered to be completely up in the air with a view to next season.

As much comes with Joan Laporta and co. giving fresh consideration to parting ways with Xavi, just weeks on from confirming the Spaniard’s continuation beyond the summer.

Flick, for his part, has long been named as a leading contender to take up the reins in Catalunya’s capital, held in high regard by several leading members of the Blaugrana board.

In turn, he is ready to reject any and all other projects, in the hopes of at last being afforded his ‘dream’ job at the Camp Nou.

 

Edited May 22, 2024 by Vesper

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Just got done watching a video about De Zerbi’s tactics and continue to think he’d be ideal. He has that same sort of obsessive, maniacal approach to coaching that Pep does. This is what this squad needs: extreme tactical discipline and understanding EXACTLY where to be at all times. Like City, like Liverpool, like his Brighton side last season. The movements, the triangles, the positioning is masterful and it comes as effortless second nature to the players.

We need this sort of micromanaging coach badly. It just so happens that he’s now right there to be had without any trouble of dealing with his club.

He’s the only name that’s we’ve been linked to now that I’d be happy with at this point.Theres a reason his style caught the eye of these clubs that are renowned for playing beautiful, controlled football as a successor to legends like Guardiola.

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Chelsea owners could lose faith from players in unique dressing room disaster

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/Chelsea-owners-could-lose-faith-from-players-in-unique-dressing-room-disaster/

Chelsea have sacked Mauricio Pochettino, a move that has shocked a lot of people despite the hints in the last few weeks that it could be coming as the uncertainty about his future grew.

The surprise comes from the fact that the Blues were doing well at last in the league, and Pochettino’s departure comes just as he completed the best run of league results we’ve had under the new ownership.

More than in some past sackings, where the coach’s departure has seemed to come in part (or almost entirely) because they’ve lost the dressing room, this is quite the opposite situation. The players loved Pochettino, and made that really clear whenever he was under pressure.

He’s known for his ability to connect with players, and that was essential this year as the pressure rose. Plenty of other coaches would have cracked, but he was able to keep things pretty steady. In the end, it didn’t help him.

A potential new issue developing

All of this means we could see an interesting and unique situation develop where the players start to lose faith in the ownership because of their decisions. Some of these guys have only been here for two years and have seen 3 of their coaches sacked. What on earth must they think of the owners and sporting directors who are picking these guys and then sacking them? Have we ever seen ownership (rather than management) lose the dressing room? It’s not like the players can do much given the contracts they’re on, but it creates a nightmare for morale.

The reaction to the news has already started reaching their social media, and we expect plenty more in the days to come. The first reactions are coming out on social media, with players thanking Pochettino. Of course they’d do this with any manager, but just from listening to them this season you can tell they really mean it this time.

Edited May 22, 2024 by Vesper

[cosmicway 1,333]

I 've been watching football for centuries.
My first visit to a football stadium was in March 1959, when I kicked the radio man as I have told you.
His sister in law, the judge's wife, told me he was supporting a rival team so I kicked him.
Well, the occasions when I saw a manager making a team or breaking a team are rare and few between.
Typically if the squad is poor they can't buy a 100 million x 11 new squad, so the manager gets the blame.
Typically also if they actually do have the 100 million x 11, then any old chap they take as manager becomes a hero.
There are exceptions - managers who made history. The exception verifies the rule.
Ferenc Pushkas imo never became a great manager. 
But with the crop of players he had plus his name he became a hero for Panathinaikos in the seventies.
Stefan Bobek the other Panathinaikos great hero, unfairly sacked by the junta, upon his return in 1975 did n't
last for more than a couple of months - but the team was old and going no place.
Now with this Pochettino story I can buy it if the clownlakies already have something better in the oven.
Otherwise ?

Edited May 22, 2024 by cosmicway

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Todd Boehly was Poch IN, but Behdad Eghbali was Poch OUT, and we know who won — report

The real power

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2024/5/22/24162143/todd-boehly-was-poch-in-but-behdad-eghbali-was-poch-out-and-we-know-who-won-report

There’s been a power shift at the top of the Chelsea hierarchy, one that’s been going on slowly and steadily for well over a year. If it wasn’t obvious by now — and judging by some of the wider media reporting, it hasn’t been — it now very clearly should be.

The true power at Chelsea, at BlueCo, rests with Behdad Eghbali and, by extension, Clearlake Capital: i.e. the money.

Boehly was the public face, and to most and in some respect, has remained the public face. He’s got the gift of gab; he’s not afraid of the spotlight. And he is the Chairman as well — at least for the next few years still. But football decisions have been largely handled by the co-sporting directors, Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart since their appointments back in 2023, while the final say in anything and everything appears to be Eghbali’s.

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Boehly happy to remain face of New Chelsea, even if real power lies elsewhere — report

For some hard evidence, we don’t need to look any further than the decision to part with Mauricio Pochettino. According to ESPN, “Boehly was keen on retaining Pochettino but Eghbali wanted to replace him with a new coach”.

Boehly, making the recent sports business conference rounds, has been talking up progress under Pochettino of late, espousing the ownership group’s patience and vision, and claiming that all we wanted was some stability going forward to keep building on this momentum. Oops.

Pochettino confirmed after Sunday’s match that he had dinner with Boehly on Friday, but (reportedly) The Toddster wasn’t even present this week (at least physically) as the rest of the small council kindly ushered Pochettino out the door.

Chaos and Trophies, but still without the trophies then.

 

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2 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Todd Boehly was Poch IN, but Behdad Eghbali was Poch OUT, and we know who won — report

The real power

https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2024/5/22/24162143/todd-boehly-was-poch-in-but-behdad-eghbali-was-poch-out-and-we-know-who-won-report

There’s been a power shift at the top of the Chelsea hierarchy, one that’s been going on slowly and steadily for well over a year. If it wasn’t obvious by now — and judging by some of the wider media reporting, it hasn’t been — it now very clearly should be.

The true power at Chelsea, at BlueCo, rests with Behdad Eghbali and, by extension, Clearlake Capital: i.e. the money.

Boehly was the public face, and to most and in some respect, has remained the public face. He’s got the gift of gab; he’s not afraid of the spotlight. And he is the Chairman as well — at least for the next few years still. But football decisions have been largely handled by the co-sporting directors, Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart since their appointments back in 2023, while the final say in anything and everything appears to be Eghbali’s.

RELATED

Boehly happy to remain face of New Chelsea, even if real power lies elsewhere — report

For some hard evidence, we don’t need to look any further than the decision to part with Mauricio Pochettino. According to ESPN, “Boehly was keen on retaining Pochettino but Eghbali wanted to replace him with a new coach”.

Boehly, making the recent sports business conference rounds, has been talking up progress under Pochettino of late, espousing the ownership group’s patience and vision, and claiming that all we wanted was some stability going forward to keep building on this momentum. Oops.

Pochettino confirmed after Sunday’s match that he had dinner with Boehly on Friday, but (reportedly) The Toddster wasn’t even present this week (at least physically) as the rest of the small council kindly ushered Pochettino out the door.

Chaos and Trophies, but still without the trophies then.

 

Ok.
Let's have Eghbali then as long as he knows what he is doing (and I 'm not assuming either that he does or he does n't).
Let's wait for his choice.

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Current odds for next Chelsea manager via Sky Bet

Roberto De Zerbi- 15/8

Ruben Amorim- 5/1

Kieran McKenna- 6/1

Sebastian Hoeness- 6/1

Thomas Tuchel- 7/1

Jose Mourinho- 10/1

Antonio Conte- 16/1

Julian Nagelsmann- 16/1

[cosmicway 1,333]

Iraola is good.
Also Unai.

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1 hour ago, Vesper said:

Chelsea owner who never wanted Pochettino came “armed with data” to prove 2 failings of the coach

https://Chelsea.news/2024/05/Chelsea-owner-who-never-wanted-pochettino-came-armed-with-data-to-prove-2-failings-of-the-coach/

Ben Jacobs is as well connected as they come at Chelsea, and we were expecting some really juicy information from him on the events at Chelsea tonight.

Mauricio Pochettino has been sacked, and information about the surprising move is coming from all over. Jacob’s angle focuses on how the ownership side came to this decision.

It was already previously reported that Behdad Eghbali, one of the “co-controlling owners” was not a fan of the Pochettino appointment in the first place. Reports were that he was “never fully convinced” by the decision to bring the former Spurs boss in.

Given that, he was never going to go easy on Pochettino, and it sounds like he led the charge on the club side to part ways. Jacobs reports that “especially” Eghbali “came armed with data” to the end of season meetings with Pochettino. A lot of the data this season was good and pointed towards the improvement we finally saw in the last two months, but they apparently focused on the team’s struggles with missing big chances, and at set pieces.

I like data and empirical evidence to back up decisions as much as Boehly and co. But football is also about people and dressing rooms. The players will now be thinking here was a manager here who's getting things right. By all accounts, the manager market is weak and for that reason alone, this was an avoidable decision. 

 

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Next season we will start good regardless who is the coach mark my words. Because we always do good into the next season when we finish the season on a strong. 

The next manager will reap the rewards of the first season of poch. 

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5 hours ago, milka said:

Tuchel will never come back here he wait United . No one elite gaffer will go to Chelsea . We hunting McKenna and Justin Bieber .

Tuchel is hardly elite. His league record is pretty bad and I'd stay clear of him even if he were interested. I liked his leadership but for years, he just wasn't able to think of what to do with his attackers the last time he was here. His time in Bayern is also very unflattering. 

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6 hours ago, whats happening said:

give fabregas a chance.

The job will be available again in October. 

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I guess some can stop blaming TB now as he’s just the face doesn’t make decisions since that first window

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2 minutes ago, bluesman2610 said:

I guess some can stop blaming TB now as he’s just the face doesn’t make decisions since that first window

Was just about to say this. He's the face of the club, gets all the shit but clearly Eghbali is the guy. 

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You can see how much love he got from certain players who were performing for Poch. This doesn’t sit well with them. The board fucked up

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Poch's secret of latter day success is he dispensed with man to man marking.
The running off the ball was to find spaces and create attacking situations rather than "safety first" - hence we were able to score more goals.
The drawback was no clean sheets.
Another thing going for him was many of the opposition were tired. Spurs and Villa for example did not last the marathon.

I don't know, do you approve of this ?
Or are you looking forward to a Mou type of system ?
But the last Mou team had of course teeth up front. Eden - Diego - Cesc.

Anyway with the exception of the Arsenal match we were happy the last few weeks.
The big titles "Poch out" all but disappeared.
Overall he was better than Tuchel in his last two months - Potter - Lamps but now whether we like it or not some new adventure begins.

Edited May 22, 2024 by cosmicway