Chelsea Thread - 2022/23 | Pochettino confirmed as new manager

[its grim up north]

That is extraordinary...

Good lord, what a weird time to be a Chelsea fan. On one had you see your club spending incredible amounts and snapping up every young talent left, right, and centre, so you've gotta be excited and hopeful for the future.

But at the same time you're seeing absolute dross on the pitch for several months running and no sign of it coming to an end. I wouldn't even know how to react, I don't think. I'd hate to have bought a season ticket though!

I have a little chuckle to myself everytime I see that long haired defender who we were interested in until we found out they wanted 60mill quid for and Chelsea paid 80 :-))

 

[mancityscot]

still makes me laugh how they conducted themselves in the january transfer window.

 

[Vialli98]

That is extraordinary...

Good lord, what a weird time to be a Chelsea fan. On one had you see your club spending incredible amounts and snapping up every young talent left, right, and centre, so you've gotta be excited and hopeful for the future.

But at the same time you're seeing absolute dross on the pitch for several months running and no sign of it coming to an end. I wouldn't even know how to react, I don't think. I'd hate to have bought a season ticket though!

For me, it is impossible to defend Potter. What could anyone possibly say in defence of him?

 

[Vialli98]

still makes me laugh how they conducted themselves in the january transfer window.

I like the January business a hell of a lot more than last summer's business.

 

[foggy1974]

I have a little chuckle to myself everytime I see that long haired defender who we were interested in until we found out they wanted 60mill quid for and Chelsea paid 80 :-))

& Koulibaly

 

[M16 citeh]

For me, it is impossible to defend Potter. What could anyone possibly say in defence of him?

He's English

 

[Vialli98]

I have a little chuckle to myself everytime I see that long haired defender who we were interested in until we found out they wanted 60mill quid for and Chelsea paid 80 :-))

I mean you do not have make up numbers in order to have a laugh at that transfer.

 

[Vialli98]

He's English

I meant a serious defence. Other than the fact that he comes across as extremely likeable and that he's shown himself to be a pretty excellent coach at a lower-mid-table club if given time, I don't see any other valid thing one could say in his defence. It's utterly atrocious and we've long since gone beyond of what is defensible.

 

[its grim up north]

I mean you do not have make up numbers in order to have a laugh at that transfer.

:-)))

 

[jimharri]

still makes me laugh how they conducted themselves in the january transfer window.

It's all well and good splashing the cash (we did something similar in the early post-takeover years, so we can't really knock them too much). But you have to spend it wisely. And I'm not sure they have, on the whole.

 

[ganganvince]

Chelsea agree deal with Man City man Thompson - sources

Football Insider can exclusively reveal that Chelsea have agreed a deal for Man City talent spotter Stewart Thompson in a major coup

www.footballinsider247.com

 

[RayCTID]

Who?

 

[FightLikeAGirl]

For me, it is impossible to defend Potter. What could anyone possibly say in defence of him?

He isn’t Nathan Jones.

I’d take him at Everton if Dyche gets shitcanned.

 

[halfcenturyup]

For me, it is impossible to defend Potter. What could anyone possibly say in defence of him?

You could say that he has been given a ridiculously large squad of talented players that he has to form into a coherent unit and keep happy whilst his chairman is out buying even more players like a kid in a sweet shop at Christmas. You can argue Potter is under-achieving, but I would imagine it's almost impossible to manage in those circumstances.

I don't hear any criticism of Boehly from Chelsea fans, he appointed Potter after all, presumably they like the idea of just hoovering up a load of good players. But apparently it's all on Potter.

 

[hammocity]

Chelsea agree deal with Man City man Thompson - sources

Football Insider can exclusively reveal that Chelsea have agreed a deal for Man City talent spotter Stewart Thompson in a major coup

www.footballinsider247.com

Major coup he says? Yeah right, we’ll survive, how much ego massaging and extra wonga do you think was needed to pry away an easily replaceable member of the Scouting Staff?

 

[aguero93:20]

We won titles with Mancini and with the engineer, I doubt we would bomb like Chelsea have unless we change owners and all the back room staff mate.

They won titles with Maureen, Ancelotti and Conte as well as the champions league under two other coaches. Never say never.

 

[mexico1970]

They won titles with Maureen, Ancelotti and Conte as well as the champions league under two other coaches. Never say never.

The chances of us bombing after spending that amount of money the way Chelsea have would be a very difficult thing to achieve mate, for that to happen the club must be run like a chimps tea party.

 

[Vialli98]

You could say that he has been given a ridiculously large squad of talented players that he has to form into a coherent unit and keep happy whilst his chairman is out buying even more players like a kid in a sweet shop at Christmas. You can argue Potter is under-achieving, but I would imagine it's almost impossible to manage in those circumstances.

I don't hear any criticism of Boehly from Chelsea fans, he appointed Potter after all, presumably they like the idea of just hoovering up a load of good players. But apparently it's all on Potter.

Yeah those were all things I was saying in this very thread but at some point those reasons start to become hollow excuses when the team keeps losing games. There's no reason for the team to have 3 wins in 16. We went nearly 2 months without a win in any competition before beating Leeds. We're barely scoring any goals. You've seen all the memes about Haaland scoring more that the whole of Chelsea, Real Madrid score more goals in England than Chelsea in 2023 and now a shit player like Fred has scored more goals than Chelsea since WC ended. This stuff is indefensible.

 

[Vialli98]

He isn’t Nathan Jones.

I’d take him at Everton if Dyche gets shitcanned.

Yeah I still really like him and I rate him as an excellent coach but I'm just at a point now where I no longer have a leg to stand on when I try to defend him.

 

[Vialli98]

Yesss! Get the feck in!!