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Yepan unstoppable finisher that turns up when it matters?
get him in
Yepan unstoppable finisher that turns up when it matters?
get him in
Of course you areI might be biased because he's Irish, but he looks like the real deal, think we should be looking to get him in the summer before he has another season and everyone starts circling him.
He should've told that CBs were his priority then. He was given plenty of funding to improve the squad, if he didn't improve the right areas that's down to him and Paratici.Buying him some new central defenders that he wants so that Lenglet and Dier are nowhere near first choice starters?
Insisted? We don’t knowMaybe he shouldn't have insisted on a £60M back up striker and a £25M midfielder he didn't play, or a £45M RWB when he already had 3?
He could have spent £100M on CB over summer, or £45M on a CB in January, but he insisted on other players ..
Ferguson is outstanding
I’d love him as kanes replacement
He is Kane crossed with Rooney for me
United away easy? they won, and united were garbage at the start of the season
West ham away? We drew there relegation candidate
They drew with Saudi Sportswashing Machine
Beat Leeds and Lestah and lost to Fulham away relegation candidates
The new guy came in and didn’t win until his 6th game
De Zerbi is a great coach by the way
Was doing great things before Brighton. So was potter
Chelsea is a car crash. Any club that’s spend £600m and doesn’t buy a goal scorers is mental
Would it?like for like in games this season and last would be a better indicator imo
Oklike for like in games this season and last would be a better indicator imo
Would it?
When people are comparing potter to his replacement?
Surely the use of the same squad would be a better measure
Ok
Last season they lost to united away 2 nil
They drew with West Ham away
They drew with Leeds
Best Leicester at home 2-1
For Fulham I wouldn’t knowing who to swap in but that’s the game they lost
So they were 7 points better off after 6 games
Trying to convince myself it isn't my mind in self preservation mode, but (think gutterboy called it) the AVB vibes are a bit strong.
Glad Chelsea pulled the plug, let them get their manager, it removes some of the idiot speculation.
By the way, people really think Levy "isn't a football man", let me show you what that looks like
- Chelsea buy Tuchel £200M+ worth of players
- Chelsea fire Tuchel in two months, payoff of £13M
- Chelsea pay Brighton £21M to get Potter
- Chelsea sign Potter on 5 years deal
- Chelsea spend another £200M+ on players
- Chelsea sack Potter, payout could be up to £50M
- If Chelsea get Nagelsmann before end of season, they will have to pay Bayern comp
And with all of that, are in 11th
We are a circus, but I really don't know wtf to say ...
First of all, we don't know what is happening behind the scenes. For all we know, we may have a manager already tied down, but of course it won't be announced until the summer.There are some decent managers out there, but it is starting to look exactly the same as our previous farce of a manager's search that took months and ended up with the guy no one else wanted in Nuno.
These managers will be snapped up or tied down elsewhere while we dither.
Remember how the search started in 2021. We basically did nothing until the end of the season, losing two months. Then we half heartedly tried to pursue Conte post his departure from Inter, but he wanted to take a break. Then we tried for Poch, but he wanted to stay at PSG. Then we tried for that rando fresh off being sacked, Paulo Fonseca - appointed Paratici, who immediately dumped that target and tried for Gattuso, which fell through because of his past comments. In the meantime, Graham Potter rejected us for being too unstable. In the end we were stuck with Nuno.
We risk exactly the same happening now. Nagelsmann is waiting for a better offer, de Zerbi will probably stay at Brighton, ditto Frank - fine, dump them and swiftly move on, and identify guys that actually want to be here and build something.
To my mind, there are only two managers that fit that criteria and that I want to see here - Poch, and Gallardo. Neither will treat us as beneath them, both are in their own ways perfect for where we're going to sink after this season.
Except for the unlikely eventuality of Stellini winning every game and getting the job permanently, we should be rushing to lock one of those two down ASAP, imo.
Simeone. He had managed 4 months at Catania, then moved back to manage in Argentina, and a year or two later Atletico hired him. Now if you count 4 months at a relegation team as experience in Europe, I guess Simeone doesn't count either.Just dont see Levy appointing someone who has never managed in Europe before.
To highlight how unusual that would be, can you think of any manager who has moved from Latam to Europe where their first job has either been at a meaningful team in the PL or frankly any team in the top few in Spain/Italy/Ger?
Doesn't seem like a risk that Levy would take
He does, albeit passable. But he has been taking English lessons since October.I think I read that Gallardo doesn’t speak English? Wouldn’t seem the most sensible of moves to put someone in charge of a situation which needs quite a bit of sorting out if they don’t speak the language.
Meanwhile, in other news…
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/spurs-tottenham-pochettino-manager-exclusive-29604452
Sp Potter better than de zerbiuh people maybe need to look at the results Brighton had this season with potter in charge though…
6 league games
1 defeat
5 wins
11 goals for (1.8 per game)
5 goals against (0.8 per game)
That’s a pretty decent return with the squad that de zerbi came in and took on
They didn’t sign more starters in January
since then they have scored 38 more goals over 20 Games (1.9)
But conceded 29 (1.45)
So they are scoring more but conceding more with the same players
Conte wasn't backed?? What would be backing a manager then?
The options should be Poch, Nagelsmann, De Zerbi and Gallardo.
The first three might not be attainable so I hope we are making positive contacts to Gallardo and his people.
The options should be Poch, Nagelsmann, De Zerbi and Gallardo.
The first three might not be attainable so I hope we are making positive contacts to Gallardo and his people.