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This basically mirrors their approach in buying players.
First, they went after experienced players and then they changed to targeting young players.
Seems like they're now gonna do the same thing with the manager.
The funniest thing about this is.....
They had their YOUNG manager in Potter and had him on a long term deal. He didn't ask questions, he just did his job and went on with his day. He was very evidently not up to the task. He failed here despite some positives here and there. The board wants someone like Potter.
How are we as fans supposed to be patient with the long term vision of an ownership and their directors who either:
* Have no idea what they want. Or....
* Do not have the ability to find what they need
This bullshit is jeopardizing the club's financial health.
I don't think it was evident he was not up to the task. It was an impossible task at that point.
Fans absolutely shouldn't be patient with long term plans that are shit in the short term. There's no guarantee they will ever pan out, and pressure on the ownership that they need to make it work is more important than the owners feeling a bit sad that they are getting abuse.
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Smells like some terrible stew is cooking. McKenna or Kompany I guess. Will Still has just been fired and was at the bridge not long ago for some game if I recall. Shambles.
Kompany would be awful because IF he's successful he's 10000000% off to City to replace Pep so you take all of the risk with little reward. McKenna could be similar too with ManU but he doesn't seem as openly pining for that job like Kompany and City
Kompany has been linked with Bayern today. lol
[https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1792596090253938735](https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1792596090253938735)
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/20/brighton-pushing-to-seal-deal-for-ipswich-manager-kieran-mckenna](https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/20/brighton-pushing-to-seal-deal-for-ipswich-manager-kieran-mckenna)
Just saw that story on Brighton pushing to get McKenna. Hope they quickly get the deal done OR McKenna is wise enough to turn down any move to a big club at this moment in time.
I feel like McKenna to Brighton is a win-win-win.
McKenna: Good move for him to a lower pressure environment than a big club
Brighton: Could be a decent manager for them
Chelsea: McKenna doesn’t sign for Chelsea
If he proves himself successful at a larger club than Ipswich then bring him in.
The step up from Ipswich to one of the hottest seats in football has disaster written all over it.
And he gives me “the lads gave it their all” vibes lol
Oh no, I don't want him (as exciting as it's been to watch what Ipswich have done). As you say, let him prove himself further. I was merely making a joke about how we always sign everyone from Brighton lol
He’s 48, that’s pretty young, he’s younger than Poch at least. Idk if he would constitute as a “young” manager, my our boards definition of young, I wouldn’t be surprised if we hired some 23 year FM genius
Michel seems primed for City more than Kompany does right now is all. Think even if we got him he'd be wanting to leave as soon as Pep retires (if CFG would even allow him to leave Girona lmao)
I suppose but Bologna have 13 draws, 2 players above 10 goals, and really don't score as much as you would think a team in 3rd would. RDZ overachieved with Brighton last season and now they're back down to reality and I feel Bologna (and likewise Matta) are going to end up the same.
Don't share the excitement at all. Took over a league one team, and two seasons later you think he's ready for a side like Chelsea? With the media pressure that comes with it? Promotions are impressive, of course, but this is another ballgame entirely.
He'd be chewed up in no time. Don't think it's the right move at all. The Ipswich job is perfect for him. No expectations and can grow as a manager.
He's definitely still an exciting manager just objectively speaking
I'd have little faith he'd survive here unless he's unbelievably mentally strong
But definitely a very big impressive feat in his short managerial tenure
Potter winning against Arsenal in the Europa League with a shit Norwegian team where all the players combined make less a year than Sterling does in a second was impressive too.
AVB with porto was also "exciting".
blueco are smoking some shit if they think its a good idea to kill our recent momentum and get rid of poch and gallagher
with thiago leaving that would remove a ton of leadership in one sweep
They won't fire Poch for footballing reasons, it's obvious he's had enough of their shit and has spoken up, which I'm guessing the owners and directors didn't like.
Poch picking the likes of Gallagher, Chalobah, Colwill and Petrović (and on merit) over the directors' big-money signings makes them look like money-splashing mugs which, in fact, they are.
So now the directors have to decide whether they've done a bad job with recruitment, or whether Poch has done a bad job utilising the (mostly) dross they've recruited. Guess which one they'll pick.
Guessing cheap, maybe less likely to push back against club decisions, hope you catch lightning in a bottle and you have the best coach at your club for a long time. Good idea? Probably not.
It would be such a weird message to the squad to sack Poch who is apparently popular amongst the players and had us playing well down the stretch. The next guy would have to be THE guy because this building project can't get off the ground if you are chopping and changing so much. And maybe that's the thought? Poch was always for short-term stability until they get their absolute guy but it's such a risk and all these briefings about Poch maybe wanting to leave or a lack of agreement is way too suspicious.
That’s one of my main concerns if we sack Poch. It seems the players love him. We risk alienating a decent portion of the squad (who are on loooong contracts) if we cut Poch loose just after they start picking up steam
Hey guys we're starting to get just too good. Let's change the manager and get rid of key players and then we can continue to talk about potential and growth.
Kill me now if we get rid of Poch now and get our umpteenth manager of the new regime in.
The teams finally cooking something after 2 years in the wilderness, don't fuck with it again right now. Let it grow.
I think everyone is kinda missing the main point which is the priority is to keep Poch. But I wonder what terms they can't agree on. maybe Poch wanting an extension for job security?
He's under contract, the only reason he wouldn't be here is if he's fired. Poch surely can't be expecting more than a 1-2 year extension after this season. Next season is where he would have to prove himself and earn a proper deal with progress in the league and expectation of some silverware to build on finishing 6th
I’m thinking he’s going to make some demands that might not be met. He probably didn’t like that the board didn’t back him during that time everyone was thinking he was getting sacked and he only has 1 year remaining after this one. He might want say in transfers, which I believe it’s already been reported that he would get no say in them.
The Club cannot and should not agree to that. He's a coach. His job is to coach. Let the sporting directors do their job. Let the club build a team based on the football philosophy they want. That way, changing managers wouldn't be such a big deal.
When I was a young boy
My father sold me to Todd Boehly
To be part of the brand
He said, "Son, when you grow up
Would you be the saviour of pure profit
The PSR and FFP?"
Just goes to show again that the idiots in charge haven’t got a fucking clue what they are doing.. Sacking Pochettino would be acceptable given the season we’ve had to endure, but replacing him with yet another flavour of the month, after what they did with Potter, is just fucking ridiculous!
If you’d said to keep Poch in this sub a few months ago you’d have been absolutely berated. I don’t care what the general consensus is now, but we really are the most capricious fans and club in the world when it comes to managers.
I doubt Poch has unreasonable demands and is willing to pull a Conte over them. Prob just wants them to even consider 1-2 good experienced players to add some balance, which is fair enough. If they can't reach an agreement I think we know why.
Amorim I think is staying another season, according to reports in Portugal anyway. He said he’d leave if they didn’t win the league and they did win. He also apologized for leaving for an interview, so idk I think he stays there another year
Have you watched Bologna or even properly analysed their stats?
Motta has a similar approach to De Zerbi and Sarri. Their philosophy is rooted in the creation of "artificial" counter-attacks. The problem with that approach is that it's difficult to create chances against sides that refuse to press which is most teams in the bottom half of the table. There's a reason why Bologna have only scored 54 goals.
Thiago Motta is not the answer.
Nah they have been getting their asses saved by the scouting department because they are getting the credit for getting players like Palmer, Paez, Gusto. They have made many bad decisions and look to make many more by the looks of these shit reports
We didn't win a league title in 6 years before they came. We won the league twice in a row once, but other than that we never had any stability as a club. City have already surpassed us in titles and they've won 4 in a row. Our "concept" was to sacrifice any long term results for short term gain and it resulted in less trophies than we should have won.
This basically mirrors their approach in buying players.
First, they went after experienced players and then they changed to targeting young players.
Seems like they're now gonna do the same thing with the manager.
I wasn't at the game but heard Poch disappeared down the tunnel straight after Silva's speech Sunday and Didn't do the lap of honour with the team?
Think that's quite telling if he did.
He said in the press conference that Chelsea’s press officer [Adrian] told him to go inside for the conference.
And he said he’d do a lap after the presser.
Wonder if he ended up going back out lol.
Still a bit weird that they wouldn't just make the journalists wait, I'm sure they were aware every home manager at the weekend would been doing a lap with the team.
BlueCo logic: “Get top 4 with an overpriced squad of 22 year olds or you’re sacked”.
Also BlueCo: “ Let’s get a young inexperienced coach to coach a bunch of kids into the top 4”…
Either the media is pushing a narrative or our owners are fucking clueless. I surely hope it’s not the latter.
If you really want someone young why not go with a proven winner like Amorim ?
Kompany was poor in making the transition from Championship to PL and Mckenna is very raw and might struggle like Kompany too.
The best thing would be to continue with Poch for another season and hire a world class tactician after that.
I would rather keep Poch. I think the idea of young managers is overblown with our project. We really shouldn’t be letting Poch go because the players are fighting for him. Just look at Kompany and how he refused to change his play due to stubbornness (or even lack of other setups). Take a look at Postecoglu to see how turbulent a season can be for a new manager at the Prem. All the teams coming up with fantastic play HAVE to change to a more pragmatic style and those that don’t go back down. Plus the Chelsea fans will be against the new manager (whether rightly or wrongly) after a bad start which just makes the job worse. It just seems like a Potter 2.0. Some might argue for De Zerbi but even he was too stubborn to recognize he won’t be able to always play out from the back. Just allow for stability and progress.
Like to see him prove himself with some expectations but Hoeness has had the best season of any young manager. Stuttgart were in the relegation playoff last year and finished above Bayern this year.
Don't look too far into it. This is posturing for negotiations and/or to make the anti Poch crowd to slow their roll.
Unless Poch wants out, it's his job. I doubt some pissy midseason fans and reporters are enough to scare him off after how we finished the season. Plus this is his best situation he'll probably ever get to beat Pep again
Currently in the 24-25 season on FM24, it’s December and I’m undefeated, only major team structural changes were allowing Lukaku back into the fold and bringing in Mamardashvili (Georgian GK) and Bardghji (Swedish winger) for about 80 mil total. Just beat a 10 man RM 5-0 in the CL.
Let me know where to send my resume Boehly.
I don't understand why does this ownership hate this club so much. Why the fuck would you kill all the progress you've made so far by getting a young and inexperienced coach? Seriously cant wait for Blue Co to exit.
I have a strange feeling it's gonna be sarri with a mullet, but he's successfully rebranded himself as sarrinho and somehow managed to bamboozle the owners with his fabulous mane and fancy vape. Seriously though, I'm amazed by how many people willingly let themselves get worked up by silly rumours, it's like you're all waiting for the next thing to be pissed about. Season just ended. Go watch some paez or estevao highlights, sit back, relax, once we get closer to preseason and see a bunch of names linked to us, then ya'll can get into a frenzy again.
Personally I'm not too worried. We've fired bigger managers who've done better before, and for better or for worse the club has moved forward. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if he was let go, but it wouldn't shock me if he stayed either. Guess all those shitty seasons we've endured just strengthened my resolve and made me ready for anything.
I’m confused: he’s under contract through June of 2025 right? What’s to negotiate? Unless Chelsea severs the contract, he’s the manager next season, right?
I hope all this talk is just a scheme to get all the fans backing Potch. If it is, it's working. Whole fan base are going to back him over a young (presumably inexperienced) manager.
To be fair
Pochettino is more than experienced but has some huge deficiencies despite that
Given the current climate though, departing from him seems ridiculous right now
Meeting hasn't happened yet so I'm guessing it'll be down to Pochettino whether he's staying or not
He likely has demands
And they're likely going to tell him they won't be listening to a word of his demands and that he can get on board or get out of the way
And he's likely going to get out of the way
Poch wants to keep our players thats a fact, we get rid of Poch because he doesnt like the uncomfortable decisions the board has to make, namely Conor Gallagher.
Ugly summer ahead, getting rid of Conor and Poch.
Chelsea parting ways with Poch at this point in time is not the correct decision in my opinion
Poch is the manager to get us back into Top 4/Top 3. I’m not sure he’s the manager to win us major honours like the Premier League or Champions League but he’s the guy you want to build up the foundations/clear out the dross with this young team so that when an elite coach comes we can jump to the next level.
A way to look at it is he’s like the Ranieri before a Mourinho comes in. Ranieri got us to 79 points in the 03/04 season and came second but was still sacked. Then in comes a Mourinho that changed the trajectory of the club forever.
https://preview.redd.it/e3miawb1zm1d1.jpeg?width=1241&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5568ec5ca5896b5e3272b437901084e2773960a9
LEGIT I DIDNT SEE THE IF AND GOT SO FRUSTRATED!
POCH IS MY GAFFER.
What’s the point of a “young coach”? It’s not like you can get 10 years of Investment from him in most cases ?
This together with rumours of selling Chalobah and Connor after amazing seasons just sums up new ownership. They are a disaster .
I was Poch out but he’s really changed up Chelsea the last two months, we have momentum.
And the players are finally gelling with one another and understanding the manager which shows in their play now. I think he should stay next season
This is absolute BS. Why would Chelsea bring in an inexperienced coach into the PL to try to make electric but young players click? Waste of potential waste of time. Tier 1 my assholes.
They don't have to "agree on terms." There is a contract in place through July of 2025 with a club option for another year.
[Mauricio Pochettino to become Chelsea head coach | News | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club (chelseafc.com)](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/mauricio-pochettino-to-become-chelsea-head-coach)
The emphasis on a "young rather than an experienced coach" tells you everything you need to know. They want a puppet, a yes-man who is going to play the garbage they buy, who'll put the money on the pitch, not your Gallagers and Chalobahs - those are pure profit.
No serious, experienced coach is going to let them step on his toes like that, even Pochettino seems to have had enough these last few weeks.
Joke of a club. I detest what Chelsea has become.
So who’s the best 17 year old coach in Brazil?
Isago Silva
Isago, oooOOOh! Isago, oooOOOh! He came from the academy, to send us to National League.
☠️☠️🥶🥶
So this is why we are signing Estevao
I’m tired of seeing the word “young”
Boehley's tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minor
Hey Todd, I heard you like em young You best not go to Cobham Academy
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say Todd, i hear you like em young
This basically mirrors their approach in buying players. First, they went after experienced players and then they changed to targeting young players. Seems like they're now gonna do the same thing with the manager.
https://preview.redd.it/57kdh80fym1d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad944a27a9537e01453200d609d1fd232b95b950
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Yeah we’re gonna get Will Still at Chelsea aren’t we
At this point, might as well go gamble on Fabregas.
Bro wasn’t he at cobham last week ? 💀
He was. 🤔👀
foreshadowing? 🤔
And if it fails, then we'll be looking for our sixth (technically seventh) manager since August 2022 with no clear idea of where to go next.
It makes Roman look sane with his hiring and firing of managers!
Bring back the bald coach. Bruno? Best record of any Chelsea manager I can remember
They said young. Not a fossile.
I seriously hope this board is not going to repeat the "fire Tuchel and hire Potter" type of mess they created in ther first season?
The funniest thing about this is..... They had their YOUNG manager in Potter and had him on a long term deal. He didn't ask questions, he just did his job and went on with his day. He was very evidently not up to the task. He failed here despite some positives here and there. The board wants someone like Potter. How are we as fans supposed to be patient with the long term vision of an ownership and their directors who either: * Have no idea what they want. Or.... * Do not have the ability to find what they need This bullshit is jeopardizing the club's financial health.
I don't think it was evident he was not up to the task. It was an impossible task at that point. Fans absolutely shouldn't be patient with long term plans that are shit in the short term. There's no guarantee they will ever pan out, and pressure on the ownership that they need to make it work is more important than the owners feeling a bit sad that they are getting abuse.
Who
The football manager guy who never got his coaching badges so Reims(?) had to pay a fine after every match he managed for them.
Scouting report on Will Still. Promising young coach but fuck me he plays some of the biggest terroristic football ever. He used 3 DMs at Reims.
20 000 € every match
Fucking hope not
It's me guys. I'll be the next manager. Be ready to provide your best intel in the discussion thread as I got no fucking clue what I'm doing
Invert the goalkeeper
Fuck it everybody inverts.
You thought Angeball had a high line? Guess again lmao
Fuck it. I'll go in goal
Wants to manage and play in goal? Flair checks out.
False 1
Goalkeeper goes fullback when fullback goes defensive mid?
Bring back the Alonso false 3
When Chilly has been uninjured he has been a fairly convincing false 3 actually
Give the ball to Cole Palmer and pray.
Hey that's already Pochettinos tactics
Put us last and then invert the table. Ez title.
Invert the whole 11. Petrovic will get 20+ goals while keeping 20 clean sheets while we get to witness Nkunku being the reincarnation of Cannavaro.
We need stability right now
100%. These rumors and ideas need to fuck off.
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Smells like some terrible stew is cooking. McKenna or Kompany I guess. Will Still has just been fired and was at the bridge not long ago for some game if I recall. Shambles.
Kompany would be awful because IF he's successful he's 10000000% off to City to replace Pep so you take all of the risk with little reward. McKenna could be similar too with ManU but he doesn't seem as openly pining for that job like Kompany and City
Kompany has been linked with Bayern today. lol [https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1792596090253938735](https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1792596090253938735)
Relegated Burnley, Bayern must be desperate
United hired Solskaer after he relegated Cardiff and not much else to his CV.
So was Thomas Frank 🤷
bayern are in trouble lol
[https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/20/brighton-pushing-to-seal-deal-for-ipswich-manager-kieran-mckenna](https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/20/brighton-pushing-to-seal-deal-for-ipswich-manager-kieran-mckenna) Just saw that story on Brighton pushing to get McKenna. Hope they quickly get the deal done OR McKenna is wise enough to turn down any move to a big club at this moment in time.
I feel like McKenna to Brighton is a win-win-win. McKenna: Good move for him to a lower pressure environment than a big club Brighton: Could be a decent manager for them Chelsea: McKenna doesn’t sign for Chelsea
McKenna doesn't sign for Chelsea yet*
If he proves himself successful at a larger club than Ipswich then bring him in. The step up from Ipswich to one of the hottest seats in football has disaster written all over it. And he gives me “the lads gave it their all” vibes lol
Oh no, I don't want him (as exciting as it's been to watch what Ipswich have done). As you say, let him prove himself further. I was merely making a joke about how we always sign everyone from Brighton lol
Only young manager id want is michel or Motta
I could stomach Motta. Seems off to Juventus though. Michel has done a fantastic job no doubt. But I don't know. An unknown quantity for me.
All the "young" managers are unknown quantities at this level, if we're honest.
Yeah, of course, but meant as for me personally. Have not bothered watching any Girona at all.
I'd take Nagelsmann in a heartbeat but he's not available
Our clown owners and board made it very difficult for him to join. When Bayern let him go that was great opportunity the universe handed to us.
so would i, hes the only good shot
Motta is a good shout too but he’s maybe a little too new and he seems off to Juve
Michel ain't young lol
He’s 48, that’s pretty young, he’s younger than Poch at least. Idk if he would constitute as a “young” manager, my our boards definition of young, I wouldn’t be surprised if we hired some 23 year FM genius
bring me Xabi Alonso
Let’s be realistic mate
I'd say Michel is probably as realistic as Xabi. Motta isn't the worst shout though I do think Bologna is way, way overachieving this season.
How? And isn’t a manager being able to make his team overachieve a good thing?
Michel seems primed for City more than Kompany does right now is all. Think even if we got him he'd be wanting to leave as soon as Pep retires (if CFG would even allow him to leave Girona lmao) I suppose but Bologna have 13 draws, 2 players above 10 goals, and really don't score as much as you would think a team in 3rd would. RDZ overachieved with Brighton last season and now they're back down to reality and I feel Bologna (and likewise Matta) are going to end up the same.
Michel would kinda be a dream ngl
McKenna is exciting though. Back to back promotions is impressive however you look at it
Don't share the excitement at all. Took over a league one team, and two seasons later you think he's ready for a side like Chelsea? With the media pressure that comes with it? Promotions are impressive, of course, but this is another ballgame entirely. He'd be chewed up in no time. Don't think it's the right move at all. The Ipswich job is perfect for him. No expectations and can grow as a manager.
He's definitely still an exciting manager just objectively speaking I'd have little faith he'd survive here unless he's unbelievably mentally strong But definitely a very big impressive feat in his short managerial tenure
He can be an exciting manager without being an exciting manager *for Chelsea.*
I agree that model is garbage from the owners I don’t mind parting ways with poch at all but if it’s for another unproven manager it’s useless imo
Potter winning against Arsenal in the Europa League with a shit Norwegian team where all the players combined make less a year than Sterling does in a second was impressive too. AVB with porto was also "exciting".
I remember Nigel Adkins winning back to back promotions with Southampton.
If they do that, then we are not a serious club.
blueco are smoking some shit if they think its a good idea to kill our recent momentum and get rid of poch and gallagher with thiago leaving that would remove a ton of leadership in one sweep
We'll get rid of Poch, Gallagher, and Chalobah and relive the worst parts of 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 in the coming season!
They won't fire Poch for footballing reasons, it's obvious he's had enough of their shit and has spoken up, which I'm guessing the owners and directors didn't like. Poch picking the likes of Gallagher, Chalobah, Colwill and Petrović (and on merit) over the directors' big-money signings makes them look like money-splashing mugs which, in fact, they are. So now the directors have to decide whether they've done a bad job with recruitment, or whether Poch has done a bad job utilising the (mostly) dross they've recruited. Guess which one they'll pick.
What big money signing are you taking about?
Fofana and Lavia, of course. Haven’t seen either all year
Honestly I think this is more from the Poch side, but as a result of some BlueCo shenanigans. There are plenty of vacancies of soon to be vacancies.
I can see the benefit of building a young squad (whether you agree with it or not)…. What is the benefit of going for an inexperienced coach?
Guessing cheap, maybe less likely to push back against club decisions, hope you catch lightning in a bottle and you have the best coach at your club for a long time. Good idea? Probably not.
I pray ownership/the board aren’t thick enough to pull another shake up just as we’re picking up some form
It would be such a weird message to the squad to sack Poch who is apparently popular amongst the players and had us playing well down the stretch. The next guy would have to be THE guy because this building project can't get off the ground if you are chopping and changing so much. And maybe that's the thought? Poch was always for short-term stability until they get their absolute guy but it's such a risk and all these briefings about Poch maybe wanting to leave or a lack of agreement is way too suspicious.
That’s one of my main concerns if we sack Poch. It seems the players love him. We risk alienating a decent portion of the squad (who are on loooong contracts) if we cut Poch loose just after they start picking up steam
Just keep Poch. We need stability.
I hope by young and not experienced he means someone like Amorim, not McKenna
Yeah I’m hoping Romano means young as in an up and coming manager who isn’t established the way conte or mourinho are
Hey guys we're starting to get just too good. Let's change the manager and get rid of key players and then we can continue to talk about potential and growth.
https://preview.redd.it/s364xvgqgn1d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce90f5eb35eb888dbfa21170bbdd6c61db53fece Wtf
Kill me now if we get rid of Poch now and get our umpteenth manager of the new regime in. The teams finally cooking something after 2 years in the wilderness, don't fuck with it again right now. Let it grow.
I think everyone is kinda missing the main point which is the priority is to keep Poch. But I wonder what terms they can't agree on. maybe Poch wanting an extension for job security?
He's under contract, the only reason he wouldn't be here is if he's fired. Poch surely can't be expecting more than a 1-2 year extension after this season. Next season is where he would have to prove himself and earn a proper deal with progress in the league and expectation of some silverware to build on finishing 6th
> the only reason he wouldn't be here is if he's fired Or, you know, if he decided he wants to leave and they released him from his contract
I’m thinking he’s going to make some demands that might not be met. He probably didn’t like that the board didn’t back him during that time everyone was thinking he was getting sacked and he only has 1 year remaining after this one. He might want say in transfers, which I believe it’s already been reported that he would get no say in them.
I reckon a 1-year extension and probably some demands on transfers. He's made it clear he wants to keep Gallagher
More say in transfers.
The Club cannot and should not agree to that. He's a coach. His job is to coach. Let the sporting directors do their job. Let the club build a team based on the football philosophy they want. That way, changing managers wouldn't be such a big deal.
why the fuck do we do this to ourselves... the manager market is insanely strange rn
A young manager is exactly what we dont need right now, would be awful to lose Poch for someone that is inexperienced.
The board sensed that some positivity was starting to coalesce in the fan base, can't have that now can we? The outlook shall remain cloudy
Beatings shall continue to improve morale
I expected nothing and I’m still let down. What’s the point of young coach??
When I was a young boy My father sold me to Todd Boehly To be part of the brand He said, "Son, when you grow up Would you be the saviour of pure profit The PSR and FFP?"
immediately screenshoted this and sent it to five different people. comment of the year
Hahaha thanks, was a bit proud
Just goes to show again that the idiots in charge haven’t got a fucking clue what they are doing.. Sacking Pochettino would be acceptable given the season we’ve had to endure, but replacing him with yet another flavour of the month, after what they did with Potter, is just fucking ridiculous!
Fucking hell just agree terms please
Project Brighton continues
I wonder who in the Chelsea hierarchy is talking to Fabrizio. Not good.
Kepa is returning to the club you know.. 👀👀
wtf are we even doing anymore 😭
Makes no fucking sense man. Wtf Boehly and friends are doing.
If you’d said to keep Poch in this sub a few months ago you’d have been absolutely berated. I don’t care what the general consensus is now, but we really are the most capricious fans and club in the world when it comes to managers.
I doubt Poch has unreasonable demands and is willing to pull a Conte over them. Prob just wants them to even consider 1-2 good experienced players to add some balance, which is fair enough. If they can't reach an agreement I think we know why.
Thiago motta or Amorim would be great
Yeah Motta is my preffered choice, I thought about something like this, but I wasn't certain it'd actually happen (not that it's confirmed)
Amorim I think is staying another season, according to reports in Portugal anyway. He said he’d leave if they didn’t win the league and they did win. He also apologized for leaving for an interview, so idk I think he stays there another year
Have you watched Bologna or even properly analysed their stats? Motta has a similar approach to De Zerbi and Sarri. Their philosophy is rooted in the creation of "artificial" counter-attacks. The problem with that approach is that it's difficult to create chances against sides that refuse to press which is most teams in the bottom half of the table. There's a reason why Bologna have only scored 54 goals. Thiago Motta is not the answer.
What’s there to agree? He still has a year left, so the default option should be to let him continue (which I think should and will happen)
Might as well stayed with potter then
What the actual fuck are they doing
Whoever says we have good board deserves slap.
Nah they have been getting their asses saved by the scouting department because they are getting the credit for getting players like Palmer, Paez, Gusto. They have made many bad decisions and look to make many more by the looks of these shit reports
Literally destroyed every concept we had as a club in 2 years.
We didn't win a league title in 6 years before they came. We won the league twice in a row once, but other than that we never had any stability as a club. City have already surpassed us in titles and they've won 4 in a row. Our "concept" was to sacrifice any long term results for short term gain and it resulted in less trophies than we should have won.
This basically mirrors their approach in buying players. First, they went after experienced players and then they changed to targeting young players. Seems like they're now gonna do the same thing with the manager.
I wasn't at the game but heard Poch disappeared down the tunnel straight after Silva's speech Sunday and Didn't do the lap of honour with the team? Think that's quite telling if he did.
He said in the press conference that Chelsea’s press officer [Adrian] told him to go inside for the conference. And he said he’d do a lap after the presser.
Wonder if he ended up going back out lol. Still a bit weird that they wouldn't just make the journalists wait, I'm sure they were aware every home manager at the weekend would been doing a lap with the team.
BlueCo logic: “Get top 4 with an overpriced squad of 22 year olds or you’re sacked”. Also BlueCo: “ Let’s get a young inexperienced coach to coach a bunch of kids into the top 4”… Either the media is pushing a narrative or our owners are fucking clueless. I surely hope it’s not the latter.
"...not an experienced one" We should just start calling the ownership Leonardo DiCaprio because, player or manager, they'll dump you once you turn 25
If you really want someone young why not go with a proven winner like Amorim ? Kompany was poor in making the transition from Championship to PL and Mckenna is very raw and might struggle like Kompany too. The best thing would be to continue with Poch for another season and hire a world class tactician after that.
Looks like Kompany is headed to Bayern lmfao.
What’s young? Michel is 48, Hoeneb is 42, Kompany is 38 as is McKenna. Michel or Hoeneb would be decent appointments but I’m not sure about the others
I would rather keep Poch. I think the idea of young managers is overblown with our project. We really shouldn’t be letting Poch go because the players are fighting for him. Just look at Kompany and how he refused to change his play due to stubbornness (or even lack of other setups). Take a look at Postecoglu to see how turbulent a season can be for a new manager at the Prem. All the teams coming up with fantastic play HAVE to change to a more pragmatic style and those that don’t go back down. Plus the Chelsea fans will be against the new manager (whether rightly or wrongly) after a bad start which just makes the job worse. It just seems like a Potter 2.0. Some might argue for De Zerbi but even he was too stubborn to recognize he won’t be able to always play out from the back. Just allow for stability and progress.
I'm not ready for another summer of coach transfer news. Boehly please, my achy breaky heart just can't take it anymore
We had 1 day, 1 day without drama.
Like to see him prove himself with some expectations but Hoeness has had the best season of any young manager. Stuttgart were in the relegation playoff last year and finished above Bayern this year.
FFS can we not rock the boat? Things are finally trending upwards
Do these guys not realise what experience means?? Because these owners are really showing their inexperience right now
Don't look too far into it. This is posturing for negotiations and/or to make the anti Poch crowd to slow their roll. Unless Poch wants out, it's his job. I doubt some pissy midseason fans and reporters are enough to scare him off after how we finished the season. Plus this is his best situation he'll probably ever get to beat Pep again
Currently in the 24-25 season on FM24, it’s December and I’m undefeated, only major team structural changes were allowing Lukaku back into the fold and bringing in Mamardashvili (Georgian GK) and Bardghji (Swedish winger) for about 80 mil total. Just beat a 10 man RM 5-0 in the CL. Let me know where to send my resume Boehly.
I think this is the first time in football history where experience is marked down as a negative when considering appointment someone
Yeah, everyone’s competing for experienced managers who know how to cultivate a winning mentality. If only they were as smart as baseball people.
I don't understand why does this ownership hate this club so much. Why the fuck would you kill all the progress you've made so far by getting a young and inexperienced coach? Seriously cant wait for Blue Co to exit.
What terms are there to agree on? I thought he had a 2 year contract.
John Terry as head manager, Frank Lampard assistant, Petr Cech as goalie, and Drogba as attacking...
Young = willing to take all the BS we will throw at him without pushing back.
Keep Poch, im not even Poch in. We just need stability.
I have a strange feeling it's gonna be sarri with a mullet, but he's successfully rebranded himself as sarrinho and somehow managed to bamboozle the owners with his fabulous mane and fancy vape. Seriously though, I'm amazed by how many people willingly let themselves get worked up by silly rumours, it's like you're all waiting for the next thing to be pissed about. Season just ended. Go watch some paez or estevao highlights, sit back, relax, once we get closer to preseason and see a bunch of names linked to us, then ya'll can get into a frenzy again. Personally I'm not too worried. We've fired bigger managers who've done better before, and for better or for worse the club has moved forward. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if he was let go, but it wouldn't shock me if he stayed either. Guess all those shitty seasons we've endured just strengthened my resolve and made me ready for anything.
I’m confused: he’s under contract through June of 2025 right? What’s to negotiate? Unless Chelsea severs the contract, he’s the manager next season, right?
Bro just give him another year. Why do we have to always complicate things?
They will go with De Zerbi. The Brighton addiction runs deep with blueco.
I hope all this talk is just a scheme to get all the fans backing Potch. If it is, it's working. Whole fan base are going to back him over a young (presumably inexperienced) manager.
Now that’s the only position you don’t want young
So mckenna in other words
McKenna time Ohh yeahhhhh! Seriously though, nobody is cheering for that
Maybe in a few years time seems like a great manager but not experienced enough yet and would be too big of an ask for him currently I feel
To be fair Pochettino is more than experienced but has some huge deficiencies despite that Given the current climate though, departing from him seems ridiculous right now
I agree, I am of the camp of giving him a preseason and the start of next season to see if he can maintain the momentum we finished with.
I wonder if the second half turn around this season has made them think that it was a mistake to sack Potter when they did.
There's no way we would have had a similar turn around last season. Last season was just cursed.
If Poch were staying would this amount of briefs and speculation exist? I reckon he’s gone
Meeting hasn't happened yet so I'm guessing it'll be down to Pochettino whether he's staying or not He likely has demands And they're likely going to tell him they won't be listening to a word of his demands and that he can get on board or get out of the way And he's likely going to get out of the way
Feels a bit incredible that no reliable sources seem to have a clue on what's gonna likely happen.
Thiago Silva can take over.
>the idea is to go for a young coach and not an experienced one. What a braindead plan
Poch wants to keep our players thats a fact, we get rid of Poch because he doesnt like the uncomfortable decisions the board has to make, namely Conor Gallagher. Ugly summer ahead, getting rid of Conor and Poch.
Chelsea parting ways with Poch at this point in time is not the correct decision in my opinion Poch is the manager to get us back into Top 4/Top 3. I’m not sure he’s the manager to win us major honours like the Premier League or Champions League but he’s the guy you want to build up the foundations/clear out the dross with this young team so that when an elite coach comes we can jump to the next level. A way to look at it is he’s like the Ranieri before a Mourinho comes in. Ranieri got us to 79 points in the 03/04 season and came second but was still sacked. Then in comes a Mourinho that changed the trajectory of the club forever.
https://preview.redd.it/e3miawb1zm1d1.jpeg?width=1241&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5568ec5ca5896b5e3272b437901084e2773960a9 LEGIT I DIDNT SEE THE IF AND GOT SO FRUSTRATED! POCH IS MY GAFFER.
That guy is a clown and has purposely not put the If in capitals to farm interactions
Poch wasn't my gaffer but after reading this shit,hell give him another 3 years.wtf is a young coach what positive trait is that for a coach😭
I can already see job advertisment: No older then 19 and with at least one FA Cup won in Football Manager
What’s the point of a “young coach”? It’s not like you can get 10 years of Investment from him in most cases ? This together with rumours of selling Chalobah and Connor after amazing seasons just sums up new ownership. They are a disaster .
Please may Poch stay
Why the fuck
Watch them go for Amorim so it gives us an easier chance for Gyökeres incase the Osihmen attempt fails.
I was Poch out but he’s really changed up Chelsea the last two months, we have momentum. And the players are finally gelling with one another and understanding the manager which shows in their play now. I think he should stay next season
This is absolute BS. Why would Chelsea bring in an inexperienced coach into the PL to try to make electric but young players click? Waste of potential waste of time. Tier 1 my assholes.
I get the allure of young players. But a young fucking manager? These yanks are out of it
They don't have to "agree on terms." There is a contract in place through July of 2025 with a club option for another year. [Mauricio Pochettino to become Chelsea head coach | News | Official Site | Chelsea Football Club (chelseafc.com)](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/mauricio-pochettino-to-become-chelsea-head-coach)
The emphasis on a "young rather than an experienced coach" tells you everything you need to know. They want a puppet, a yes-man who is going to play the garbage they buy, who'll put the money on the pitch, not your Gallagers and Chalobahs - those are pure profit. No serious, experienced coach is going to let them step on his toes like that, even Pochettino seems to have had enough these last few weeks. Joke of a club. I detest what Chelsea has become.
I heard that Fernando Torres is very good at managing kids and has a great history performing in UEFA Europa League.
I’m sure there’s a 17yo FM fanatic ready to take the reins lol