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Bob stark said:
Let's say we hire manager A. He want to play a style. He said I don't think Enzo, mudryk and Caicedo can play my football. 

What next? 
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Almost zero chance of that. The club have a vision with these players, and the managers role is to get a tune out of them, and build a system that suits them.

It is far cheaper to change a manager than it is a squad full of players.  So the manager adjusts.

 
dermott said:
Doesn't speak a word of English and, more importantly, he's waiting for the France job after Deschamps goes.
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What does speaking English have to do with it?  Any signs of speaking English and the pure profit Gestapo chuck you in the back of a van and sell you to the highest bidder.

 
cfr95 said:
Which is why they probably should've done more to ensure he was happy to stick with us next season.

My position on Poch was always that I liked him, and that he was the best we could do considering the wider context. Keeping him in place until a) the squad was ready to take the next step, and b) a top candidate was available to help us take that step, was crucial.

The list of candidates doesn't fill me with hope, it's a lot of "can they step up and manage a big club" and "will they get time to implement their style", two questions I don't think anyone can confidently answer.

Tactically Poch kept things pretty vanilla, the focus was on getting our young, hastily assembled squad to play like a team. Honestly I think we'd be best served with someone who will do more of the same, and slowly introduce tactical tweaks/wrinkles as the team grows in confidence, trust, and ability. Who that candidate is I couldn't say though.
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BOL LOCKS

If any manager doesnt want to be here, then they can jog on. We are CHELSEA. Dont forget that. 

After a season where he failed to establish an identity, failed to coach the team to be able to defend a corner, and failed to get us out of the slow and stagnant backwards football - HE was the one who needed to convince the owners he deserved a 2nd chance.

Personally, I would have kept him - but not because of his performance. Only due to there being an underwhelming list of replacements.  But that doesnt mean the club should bend over backwards to "make him happy".   Jeez.....again, WE ARE CHELSEA. He was lucky to be here, and should be privileged for the chance to manage us.

 
Mudryk I can agree with, but if there is any manager that says he can't work with Enzo or Caicedo is the telling of a very outdated/poor manager. 

 
Can't say I am loving this situation what with how much - it appears - is and will be dictated to the manager.

But at the same time I feel it's being a little over-dramatised. Managers having to mostly play the players they were given is more common than not - either due to who they inherit or, in some cases, with recruitment being decided by the board. Overhauls are rare.

Sure, one hopes they get a little freedom to (a) buy a couple of their own players and (b) not play a couple of unsuitable players - but overall, they play what they have. And this squad is not - overall - that bad. I can't imagine managers out there are looking at this squad and going "f**king hell, I'd need to completely overhaul this mess - this is unplayable".

So yeah, there might be some odd cases such as - reportedly - Mudryk, who the board are invested in, but a given manager might not want. Or cases where the board will force a sale of a wanted player (Gallagher). But overall - it's not that unreasonable  that a manager would be able to come in and get these players to play.

 
As much as I don’t want him, I’m pretty sure it will be De Zerbi. I dont want him but Hes certainly better than the championship managers that’s being rumoured. 

 
Ben Jacobs update:

”Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley will lead Chelsea's search for a new manager.

Prior to Mauricio Pochettino's departure, succession planning had already begun. Clubs do this even if they don't make a change when there is uncertainty (or potential demand in other cases), or a manager is simply on a short-term contract.

Expected to be a fast appointment. Kieran McKenna, Michel, Enzo Maresca and Thomas Frank all discussed. 

Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to stay at Stuggart (as @FabrizioRomano called), but another name spoken of.

Eddie Howe appreciated, but no approach to date.

Roberto De Zerbi and Ruben Amorim not viewed as likely at this stage. 

Volume of names shows #CFC have done their diligence allowing to them move quickly. 

Thomas Tuchel won't be offered a return. Nor will Jose Mourinho, who is currently in Saudi Arabia.

As for Pochettino, understand he's happy to go straight back into work. His departure is described as amicable. 

Chelsea's strong end to the season, and form since Boxing Day, plus the young squad he was working with, mean he leaves with plenty of plaudits within the industry”

 
JM7 said:
Ben Jacobs update:

”Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley will lead Chelsea's search for a new manager.

Prior to Mauricio Pochettino's departure, succession planning had already begun. Clubs do this even if they don't make a change when there is uncertainty (or potential demand in other cases), or a manager is simply on a short-term contract.

Expected to be a fast appointment. Kieran McKenna, Michel, Enzo Maresca and Thomas Frank all discussed. 

Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to stay at Stuggart (as @FabrizioRomano called), but another name spoken of.

Eddie Howe appreciated, but no approach to date.

Roberto De Zerbi and Ruben Amorim not viewed as likely at this stage. 

Volume of names shows #CFC have done their diligence allowing to them move quickly. 

Thomas Tuchel won't be offered a return. Nor will Jose Mourinho, who is currently in Saudi Arabia.

As for Pochettino, understand he's happy to go straight back into work. His departure is described as amicable. 

Chelsea's strong end to the season, and form since Boxing Day, plus the young squad he was working with, mean he leaves with plenty of plaudits within the industry”
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Smacks of Eghbali and his DoFs desperately trying to spin their way out of a self-inflicted clusterf**k to me ... 

 
DarkMata said:
What does speaking English have to do with it?  Any signs of speaking English and the pure profit Gestapo chuck you in the back of a van and sell you to the highest bidder.
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It was directed at several morons in one of the Poch threads who were bagging Poch because his English isn't fluent. He who speaks more languages than they do.

 
JM7 said:
Ben Jacobs update:

”Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley will lead Chelsea's search for a new manager.

Prior to Mauricio Pochettino's departure, succession planning had already begun. Clubs do this even if they don't make a change when there is uncertainty (or potential demand in other cases), or a manager is simply on a short-term contract.

Expected to be a fast appointment. Kieran McKenna, Michel, Enzo Maresca and Thomas Frank all discussed. 

Sebastian Hoeneß is expected to stay at Stuggart (as @FabrizioRomano called), but another name spoken of.

Eddie Howe appreciated, but no approach to date.

Roberto De Zerbi and Ruben Amorim not viewed as likely at this stage. 

Volume of names shows #CFC have done their diligence allowing to them move quickly. 

Thomas Tuchel won't be offered a return. Nor will Jose Mourinho, who is currently in Saudi Arabia.

As for Pochettino, understand he's happy to go straight back into work. His departure is described as amicable. 

Chelsea's strong end to the season, and form since Boxing Day, plus the young squad he was working with, mean he leaves with plenty of plaudits within the industry”
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Paul Winstanley leading this, a big fan of RDZ, whom he appointed at Brighton.

 
I just went with Tommy T.

I've no f**king clue who to go with right now, I just went with the safe and unrealistic option.

Not fussed on RDZ at all, but it's clearly going to be him so it is what it is. Anorim is a decent gaffer but again like most of the managers on that list, very risky, no experience outside of the Portuguese league. 

There's no manager on that list who I have high confidence in taking this team to the next level with immediate effect. Besides Tuchel, but that's not going to happen. 

I'm not expecting us to challenge for the league, but we can't be doing this back to square one sh*t again, this team needs to be sitting around the top 4. I think with the majority of these managers we'll be back in reset mode, sitting at midtable, losing the same games, needing time to adjust. A very sh*tty situation, but hopefully I'm wrong. 

 
axman2526 said:
Paul Winstanley leading this, a big fan of RDZ, whom he appointed at Brighton.
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RDZ who fell out with Brighton over their "model" which isn't a million miles away from Chelsea's. Love affairs have their use-by dates. I'm told.

 
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