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I think we are just showing Frank some respect. I expect the announcement after next weekend's end of season.

At the risk of boring you all to death, Who do you think that Pochettino will establish or sign as our "Leader" on the pitch? We continue to miss a tough, uncompromising player who will fight for everything, all of the time. Can Rice be that man ??

Have always followed Portsmouth as my Nan had a pub a stones throw from the Ground and Alloa Athletic in the Scottish League. My brother @Nibs follows Brechin City and we have had loads of banter over the years

Pochettino, "Hold my beer"

No way will Arsenal pay in excess of £100 million. They have a ceiling they wont break, think of Mudryk, Caicedo. They will offer something like £40m plus add ons

So we are soon to be getting into the "Silly Season" of who we are signing and who we are selling. I am fairly sure that most of us will be pretty similar in who should be shown the exit door, but to create some dialogue/banter, I have listed my own "GET RIDS" below; Kepa - Keep Mendy - Get rid Betinelli - Get rid Gabriel Slonina - Keep Azpi Get rid (so sorry 😞) James - Keep Gusto - Keep Chilwell - Keep Cucurella - Get Rid Silva - Keep Fofana - Keep Badiashile - Keep Chalobah - Get Rid Colwill - Keep I. Maatsen - Keep Enzo - Keep Kovacic - Keep Kante - Keep Gallagher - Keep RLC - Get Rid Zakaria - Keep Santos - Keep N. Madueke - Keep Chukwuemeka - Keep Casadei - Keep Ziyech - Get Rid Pulisic - Get Rid Mudryk - Keep Sterling - Get Rid CHO - Get Rid Felix - Keep (only if a further loan) Mount - Keep Havertz - Get Rid Auba - Get Rid Lukaku - Get Rid DD Fofana - Keep Broja - Keep This would give us a (manageable squad) of 24, so if we are going to sign a GK, DM and striker, three more probably need to go from my above "Keeps". I presume that they might be Zakaria, Kovacic and Gallagher, But I would try and keep Conor if at all possible. Some other obvious "GET RIDS" that I had completely forgotten about, so haven't included above, B.Rahman, T.Bakayoko, M.Sarr, E.Ampadu, This totals an astounding SEVENTEEN to be shed.

----------------------Slonina-------------------------- ---------Fofana------Silva--------Badiashile-------- Madueke--------Enzo---------Kante-----------Chilwell ---------------------Gallagher--------------------------- ----------DD Fofana-------Mudryk----------------- All I want is a team that puts a shift in, sweats blood for the badge and has a future at Chelsea. I think this 11 encapsulates all that 🙏🙏🙏

Whilst this is a bit blunt, it is actually not far from the truth. I have posted on here that the players are "voting with their feet" I surmise that they are sick of the Managerial sackings and appointments, lack of consistency, poor coaching, huge squad, lack of game time etc etc

No, he isn't the problem, but he was never the solution either. Legend of a player, car crash of a Manager

He might just about be able to do that one 🙄

FINALLY this morning, something that has made me smile 😊

After watching that sh*te last night, he has probably changed his mind about the job anyway 🙄

Yet another shocking defeat. We are not fools, there is something badly wrong at our Club. Are these defeats, deliberate acts on the part of the players, who are voting with their feet? Sorry but Todd Boehly, the Board and Clearlake, this is on you. I have NEVER seen a top level, top quality football club fall from grace (implode) so quickly and so totally. I pray that Chelsea FC Management and employees do read this forum and talk openly about the comments of life long fans, like me, who have spent thousands of £ pounds, watching, following and travelling round the Globe for this Club. I will go as far as to say, we will not take another single point this season. Something toxic has taken over this Squad and we are probably going to avoid relegation, only because of the points Tuchel and to be fair Potter gained early on as well as there being so many other very poor sides in the Premier League this season.

That simply has to be Sterling !!!

Seriously?? I thought he was excellent for us, probably only remember the good times and what followed. Its my age you know 🙄

Hoddle was a superb manager, who started the positive changes at Chelsea in '93, if England hadn't come calling, he would probably have gone on to win the lot with us !!

Now you put it like that.............😉

WTF is happening to our Club? What an utter shambles we have become. Even Palace, West Ham and Fulham fans are laughing at us. I admit to being "Potter out" and genuinely believed that Frank would get a tune out of this mish mash of a squad. But I admit I couldn't have been more wrong. Frank clearly hasn't got a clue about Management. The current sh*te performances are MUCH worse than Potter's and that is saying something. Twelve months ago, whether playing for Chelsea or playing for their previous clubs, some, so well that we were lured into paying £ many millions for them, ALL of these guys were very good professional footballers. The classic cliche, "you don't become a bad player overnight" has proven to be incorrect, as we have 31 players who have become terrible overnight. So, looking more deeply, what has caused this? Roman's exit? Boehly's arrival and complete lack of any idea of how to run a successful football club, Tuchel's exit, Potter's arrival with a backroom staff who again did not have a clue, and their inevitable & prompt exit and finally "Failure" Frank returning to take things down to a complete new level of poor !!! I know that most on here are probably saying "these are professional players, earning millions, they should still deliver", but if, in your work place, you were unhappy, sad even, there was no leadership, structure or methodology in anything that you were asked to do, good people were replaced with hopeless people and the whole company was just drifting from one disaster to the next, would you stick around? Probably not. The one phrase that I do not apologise for continually repeating is LACK OF LEADERSHIP !! All of the above is a direct result of this, on and off the pitch, the players confidence is shot, the backroom staff have no idea how to get the players performing and we have yet another new Manager/Coach incoming, so I just pray that Pochettino and his "Brains Trust" can deliver the Leadership to turn this sorry Club away from disaster.

No sure why, do you really think he has delivered for us this Season?

Anyone just a bit nervous now that Spuds have sacked their interim?? Could they make a late push for Pochettino? Although they have shown no interest in taking him back up until now. Their players, staff and fans all wanted him back, which is a bonus for us, as coming to Chelsea, he will really piss them off 🤭

----------------------Kepa-------------------------- ---------Fofana------Silva--------Badiashile-------- James--------Enzo---------Kante-----------Chilwell ---------------------Mount--------------------------- ----------DD Fofana-------Mudryk----------------- This is presuming that Reece and Chilly are fit. I don't want to see RLC, KK, Cucurella, Havertz or Kovacic anywhere near our starting line-up on Wednesday !!

As the Don has said he won't be returning to Chelsea, it is "Other" for me, Postecoglu from Celtic. He is impressive.

Thiago Silva MUST have a role at the Club after he finishes playing, although he will not have endeared himself to the Owners with that interview, even though he is 100% spot on !!

So, I don't mind admitting, I think we face several weeks of "squeaky bum" time. I am truly concerned about the League position and although I know we already have 39 points and 40 is the Holy Grail for (sh*te club) survival, will we actually make it? I probably need some reassurance, and hope I get some in your responses. I list below the remaining games, with my expectations of results, so let me know your thoughts; United Away postponed) Loss Arsenal Away Loss Brentford Home Draw Bournemouth Away Loss Forest Home Win 🙏🙏🙏 City Away Loss Newcastle Home Loss So 4 points from 7 games, but that should be enough 🙄

Scott, its because they collectively do not really give a f*ck. The body language and obvious lack of passion is so evident. Unfortunately, we now have a bad (not technically - just in attitude) bunch, who all think the grass is greener in Spain, Italy, France etc