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

[Tolmie scores]

Agree. We love him for his time as a player at Chelsea, and tbf to him he did a good job bringing through the youth in his first managerial stint.

But as a manager I'm extremely skeptical he has what it takes.

fair point re trf embargo...technical coaching role maybe?

 

[ASHCFC]

Kepa

James
T. Silva
Badiashile
Chilwell

Kante
Kovacic
Fernandez

Mount
Sterling
Lukaku

Chelsea have a very good starting 11 on paper, if the right team is selected, and it's criminal that they can't buy a win. I know they can't select the above due to Lukaku being at Inter still, and injuries, but for me that would be something like their strongest side without more additions.

They have so much deadwood to get rid of this summer. Aubameyang, Ziyech, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Koulibaly, Azpilicueta, Mendy... But put someone like Osimhen in the above starting 11, and perhaps someone creative to replace Mount, like Maddison, and they would look a strong side if Pochettino got them playing.

I think the squad has far more potential than is evident at this moment.

 

[handsofstone]

Absolutely shocking business this summer, they're absolutely awful and are in all sorts of trouble

£88mil on Mudryk..... even if he's better than he's shown that was always going to be an awful deal

£60mil on Cucurella....yes Brighton player of the year but the guy cost £15mil the summer before, what were they thinking

£40mil on Koulibaly....Napoli are historically awful at negotiating but they were quite accommodating, that's because this guy is past his best and they snapped Chelsea hand off

£70mil on Fofana....a good player but cmon....

They've now got a over inflated squad with loads of expensive contracts that they'll struggle to shift

All that and they don't even have someone to put the ball in the back of the net!!!

 

[iTyler]

I think the squad has far more potential than is evident at this moment.

Without doubt. Stopping playing Havertz as an out and out striker at times and getting more creativity in the middle of the park will definitely help further.

 

[WestGorton]

That's a really good point. Me and mine have been saying for the last few years that we've got a ton of 7s, but not many 8, 9-10s (out of ten, that is).

Agreed. They all seem a bit the same to me. Lukaku just needs to be employed again with Sterling up front as he is on the books.

 

[ASHCFC]

Agreed. They all seem a bit the same to me. Lukaku just needs to be employed again with Sterling up front as he is on the books.

Sterling has looked better last couple.

Lukaku I'm really unsure about, and not least because he was whining about preferring Inter even when he was with us. I don't think we need that.

 

[WestGorton]

Sterling has looked better last couple.

Lukaku I'm really unsure about, and not least because he was whining about preferring Inter even when he was with us. I don't think we need that.

Depends on whether Chelsea are prepared to loan him and write off the transfer fee.

 

[ASHCFC]

Depends on whether Chelsea are prepared to loan him and write off the transfer fee.

I don't know what the financials look like in relation to how we deal with Lukaku, but from a purely football perspective I think we should steer clear. The guy has an ego comparable to Ronaldo!

 

[KS55]

However, we've built a few very good teams over the last twenty years, including one that outplayed your team consecutively over a number of games in 2021, most notably in Porto.

Correct, but can the new regime do the same?

 

[CPPSC]

Kepa

James
T. Silva
Badiashile
Chilwell

Kante
Kovacic
Fernandez

Mount
Sterling
Lukaku

Chelsea have a very good starting 11 on paper, if the right team is selected, and it's criminal that they can't buy a win. I know they can't select the above due to Lukaku being at Inter still, and injuries, but for me that would be something like their strongest side without more additions.

They have so much deadwood to get rid of this summer. Aubameyang, Ziyech, Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek, Koulibaly, Azpilicueta, Mendy... But put someone like Osimhen in the above starting 11, and perhaps someone creative to replace Mount, like Maddison, and they would look a strong side if Pochettino got them playing.

That team looks bang average to me.

 

[ASHCFC]

Correct, but can the new regime do the same?

That's the big question.

Our new ownership seem to have decided to cut ties with pretty much everything and everyone that have come before, and as such many of us barely recognise our club at this moment.

I think that, based upon the strategy the new owners have dictated so far, its going to continue to be a difficult road.

 

[iTyler]

That team looks bang average to me.

It's a good team if the likes of Mount, Sterling and James come back into the sort of form they are capable of. And while I've never been a big fan of Lukaku, just having a proper striker up top would make a huge difference for them.

 

[CPPSC]

It's a good team if the likes of Mount, Sterling and James come back into the sort of form they are capable of. And while I've never been a big fan of Lukaku, just having a proper striker up top would make a huge difference for them.

Kepa-ha
Silva-passed it
Kante- passed it
Kovacic-leaving on free
That forward line is absolutely bang average.
None of them would get in City’s squad (apart from Kovacic on a free)

 

[iTyler]

Kepa-ha
Silva-passed it
Kante- passed it
Kovacic-leaving on free
That forward line is absolutely bang average.
None of them would get in City’s squad (apart from Kovacic on a free)

I never compared them with us or said that any of them would. But it's not the sort of side that should be in the bottom half of the table is the point I'm making. They have plenty of good players.

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

Gosh. I really hope they flop out 80 million on Vlahovic. That's good business, for sure.

 

[Ste68]

Just can't see how they turn things around quickly at Chelsea. Have a mishmash of a squad and require some real managerial leadership to ruthlessly trim the squad of the dead weight. None of the new signings have been consistently impressive but as a player having seen Tuchal replaced by potter replaced by lampard you must be wondering about the competency of the board and what you've got yourself into. Looked completely blunt up front and would imagine there are a few chelsea fans tearing there hair out watching Sterlings one on ones (really wanted him to do well at chelsea but looks devoid of confidence).

Can see Pochettino needing at least next season to sort the playing staff out before they seriously challenge but he does not come across as a guy who will immediately pick the mood up. Think Chelsea coped with the old managerial changes because they had some strong characters in the team but only see Silva as a proper leader.

Hopefully wrong and they can keep one of Liverpool or United out of the top 5 next year but can't see it happening.

 

[lust overlord]

I never compared them with us or said that any of them would. But it's not the sort of side that should be in the bottom half of the table is the point I'm making. They have plenty of good players.

They've massively underperformed this season.

 

[iTyler]

They've massively underperformed this season.

Definitely. That's the only point I'm making. They have some good players and are capable of putting out a very competent team. They should be nowhere near 12th place.

 

[lust overlord]

Definitely. That's the only point I'm making. They have some good players and are capable of putting out a very competent team. They should be nowhere near 12th place.

Yep, Boehly interfering probably hasn't helped either.

 

[Dinas]

Just can't see how they turn things around quickly at Chelsea. Have a mishmash of a squad and require some real managerial leadership to ruthlessly trim the squad of the dead weight. None of the new signings have been consistently impressive but as a player having seen Tuchal replaced by potter replaced by lampard you must be wondering about the competency of the board and what you've got yourself into. Looked completely blunt up front and would imagine there are a few chelsea fans tearing there hair out watching Sterlings one on ones (really wanted him to do well at chelsea but looks devoid of confidence).

Can see Pochettino needing at least next season to sort the playing staff out before they seriously challenge but he does not come across as a guy who will immediately pick the mood up. Think Chelsea coped with the old managerial changes because they had some strong characters in the team but only see Silva as a proper leader.

Hopefully wrong and they can keep one of Liverpool or United out of the top 5 next year but can't see it happening.

I agree - it's a big mess to sort out. It amazes me how people like Boehly can make a series of such catastrophic management decisions. From the outside it looks like he can't delegate, interferes in the coaching domain and gives the manager a huge squad which he has not selected. How do you find your best team from so many players. Few get a chance to impress or become consistent. I know he's not a football person but I'm talking about basic transferable management and executive decisions which he should be good at. How do people like that make so much money?