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

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Maybe they should've sounded a new manager out before sacking Potter. These last 10 or so games would've been great for the new coach to gauge the team out and plan for the next window. Poor planning from the club.

Nothing against Lampard though. I get when his beloved team asks for his help, he can't say no.
 
Vialli98 said:
I don't understand this post, sorry. I'm asking you what depths does Potter have to fall with Chelsea before you agree that it is okay to fire him? Clearly you don't think sitting in the bottom half in April is enough, so I'm asking you where you draw the line with Potter?
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I am just confused by it all. The only way it makes sense to me is if it's a hail Mary for the CL, but then why appoint Lampard? I guess you would agree Potter is a better coach then Lampard and his dismal coaching record. If Potter couldn't do it, why will Lampard be able to?

I suppose he is respected in the organisation for his playing career, but how many players there know anything good about working with him? If they couldn't work for Potter, why will they with Lampard?

Just seems to me it's all a bit of a panic.

But what do I know? CL favourites for me now :)
 
Vialli98 said:
I don't understand this post, sorry. I'm asking you what depths does Potter have to fall with Chelsea before you agree that it is okay to fire him? Clearly you don't think sitting in the bottom half in April is enough, so I'm asking you where you draw the line with Potter?
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I’m saying, sort out the behaviour of the club and the size of the squad instead of doing anything with the management

It doesn’t matter who’s in the seat if Boehly keeps dousing it in petrol and lighting it. Yes, results were obviously an issue, but the solution isn’t always “sack the manager” when it’s decisions taken out of management’s hands that have lead to this.
 
Akira said:
Maybe they should've sounded a new manager out before sacking Potter. These last 10 or so games would've been great for the new coach to gauge the team out and plan for the next window. Poor planning from the club.

Nothing against Lampard though. I get when his beloved team asks for his help, he can't say no.
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I prefer doing it this way. Go through the process of interviewing the main candidates, do the due diligence and find the right fit. There is no point in rushing the decision and just picking a guy because he happens to be available.
 
Vialli98 said:
Bruno Saltor did not want to be the caretaker beyond that one game, presumably because he is extremely close with Potter and wants to follow Potter to where he goes next. I can't think of an in house caretaker unless you pick one out of the U21/18 youth teams. We've hired external interims before (Hiddink x2 and Rafa) so it's not that weird to do it again. People are just laughing because it's Lampard.
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Anthony Barry would be the Kidd/Mason equivalent
 
halfcenturyup said:
I am just confused by it all. The only way it makes sense to me is if it's a hail Mary for the CL, but then why appoint Lampard? I guess you would agree Potter is a better coach then Lampard and his dismal coaching record. If Potter couldn't do it, why will Lampard be able to?

I suppose he is respected in the organisation for his playing career, but how many players there know anything good about working with him? If they couldn't work for Potter, why will they with Lampard?

Just seems to me it's all a bit of a panic.

But what do I know? CL favourites for me now :)
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I suppose to stop it becoming toxic. The fans were almost unanimously against Potter. There were boos in like the 20th minute against Villa. Potter was a dead man walking for weeks.

If they were going to sack him in the summer anyway, I don't see the point in dragging it out. Rip the bandaid off and let's be clear about what the reality it.

From the reporting I've read, the sporting directors recommended the sacking a while ago but Boehly and Eghbali were trying as much as they could to give him time.
 
manimanc said:
Different set of players from last time.
We might be laughing on the other side of our face after a few weeks, he might get a tune out of this squad, he'll give the place a lift as the neanderthals they have in the stands will have already forgot his previous stint.
Be interesting from afar to see how it unfolds.
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And if it really goes South, they can always reappoint Potter as interrim, interim manager, just like the rags did.
 
paska said:
I’m saying, sort out the behaviour of the club and the size of the squad instead of doing anything with the management

It doesn’t matter who’s in the seat if Boehly keeps dousing it in petrol and lighting it. Yes, results were obviously an issue, but the solution isn’t always “sack the manager” when it’s decisions taken out of management’s hands that have lead to this.
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That can't be sorted until the summer. We had a situation on our hands now where the team was losing every week and the fans were vehemently Potter Out. There likely will be a firesale in the summer and the squad will be trimmed but for now, you have to deal with the situation in front of you and for Potter, he just wasn't deserving of keeping his job.
 
paska said:
Anthony Barry would be the Kidd/Mason equivalent
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He is staying away from the club at the moment because he is in the process of trying to team up with Tuchel again at Bayern. He hasn't been involved with training ever since Tuchel name dropped him in his press conference.
 
halfcenturyup said:
Without wishing to flog a dead horse, do you think this is a Boehly appointment, or have your two sporting directors done this?

Whatever happens, don't give up on the CL yet. Would be typical football if you guys win it and get back in that way. Because if you don't, you lose the money, have trouble with FFP and don't get the shiniest of new managers. All imho, of course.
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As things stand they aren't going to have any issues with UEFA FFP next season.
 
Vialli98 said:
That can't be sorted until the summer. We had a situation on our hands now where the team was losing every week and the fans were vehemently Potter Out. There likely will be a firesale in the summer and the squad will be trimmed but for now, you have to deal with the situation in front of you and for Potter, he just wasn't deserving of keeping his job.
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I can somewhat buy into that argument, but I don’t think he’s at all accountable for this mess, and for that reason I would have stuck with him whilst righting those wrongs.

It’s just the wrong antidote for the problem and it doesn’t solve the here and now either, other than the positivity towards club legend Frank. I suppose that makes FL the best choice for what the purpose of his hiring, but it doesn’t make any of this a good idea
 
paska said:
I can somewhat buy into that argument, but I don’t think he’s at all accountable for this mess, and for that reason I would have stuck with him whilst righting those wrongs.

It’s just the wrong antidote for the problem and it doesn’t solve the here and now either, other than the positivity towards club legend Frank. I suppose that makes FL the best choice for what the purpose of his hiring, but it doesn’t make any of this a good idea
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I don’t think he is either. I said a few pages back that he had been dealt a rough hand and that I felt sorry for him but still, given the situation, he still fell well below the already low expectations and I don’t see any way anyone could make a logical argument for why he deserved to stay in the job.


What comes in the future, we’ll cross that bridge when we get there. There’s so much work to be done but for now, Potter is gone and we can just enjoy the last 10 games with no pressure or stress.
 
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