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Season Expectations for the new manager

Top four minimum.  Improve players.  Make football enjoyable to watch.  Build a fortress at home again.

 
ForeverChels said:
A better product on the field than what was served to us at the end of TT’s reign. A man manager, the ability to connect and fire up the team, despite the occasion - be it CL group game, or an away match on a cold and rainy November evening. Grit. Determination. Flexibility and fluidity. Top 4 is a pipe dream if we don’t get our **** together and play as one committed unit. 
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Spot on. I'd add adaptability. To be able to recognise when something isn't working and the sense to change it. To play players in thier best positions. To support any inexperienced youngsters YOU decided to put into the team by having enough self-control that you don't throw a touchline tantrum when the kid doesn't play a pass you feel he should.

Top 6 does it for me if we see team spirit, effort and more adventurous football.

 
Just last 12 months, the rest will take care itself if he's still around September 2023.

 
Not so much expectations, but after the sh*tfest of a year I would love to see Chelsea get back to playing some beautiful football.

 
Good attacking football that actually ends in scoring some goals

Playing players in their best positions and use tactics that bring them all together in a cohesive unit

Finding or recruiting a REAL leader on and off the pitch

Bring his Scouting team with him (it will save us a fortune)

Identify and eject the players with negative attitudes or a wish to be somewhere else (WE all know who they are)

If we do most or all of the above, success will follow 💙💙💙

 
In short: avoid relegation and improve key areas like defence, attack and shot conversion. 

 
I expect a Champions League final appearance and probably a win. That's what we do with mid season manager changes.

But seriously, my expectation is simply that I can actually enjoy watching us play reasonably entertaining football.

 
Top Four finish in Prem. & minimum quarter final Champions League, one domestic cup final.

Incidentals:

Find/develop/create  a 20+ goal per season striker

make Stamford Bridge a fortress ( in terms of defeats max 1 for rest of the league season)

 
In the past we have done quite well with new managers coming in during a season. Conte in particular, Di Matteo to some extent, and of course Tuchel. I feel in these instances the football coached was very one dimensional, seemed to work well at first and take quick effect, but then when other teams figured us out it all started to become quite labored and ultimately fell apart. Don't get me wrong, would love to see some trophies this year, but not back on the manager merry go round in two years. I'd far sooner see something more sustainable coached into the team, even if it does take a bit longer to see results, that is providing we get top 4, anything higher or anything decent in the cups is a bonus. 

 
Jackbuchanan said:
In the past we have done quite well with new managers coming in during a season. Conte in particular, Di Matteo to some extent, and of course Tuchel.
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Conte didn't come in during the season.

He was announced as our new coach in April 2016 when Hiddink was our interim, but he was still coaching Italy at the time. His first match as head coach was at the start of the 2016/17 season.

 
Realistically, top 6 and either FA or league cup final appearance. For me this season is a rebuild for next year already.

 
I'm struggling to grasp what this season even is. 

A write off?

A transition?

A rebuild?

You don't win the Champions League, CWC, spend 250m and then try and claim this season's failures is pinned on one of those categories. 

My thoughts haven't changed. Top 4 and a trophy. 

 
RIP Mourinho said:
Realistically, top 6 and either FA or league cup final appearance. For me this season is a rebuild for next year already.
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Anything outside Top 4 is a complete disaster in my opinion. Especially with an inexperienced coach like Potter at the helm I think that could lead to a very extended period out of the Champions League.

Not to mention that Tuchel had this team as a very real challenger for the CL trophy in both seasons. Top 4 should be the absolute minimum in my opinion. And if he can't progress from the group that's a big black mark on him already despite the poor start in Zagreb.

 
Sconnie Blue said:
I'm struggling to grasp what this season even is. 

A write off?

A transition?

A rebuild?

You don't win the Champions League, CWC, spend 250m and then try and claim this season's failures is pinned on one of those categories. 

My thoughts haven't changed. Top 4 and a trophy. 
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We're always in transition, as long as I can remember. It's the T word being dusted off when our results disappoint, together with the dreaded WUC (wake-up call). I personally would like an even keel once in a while, but it's Chelsea, and Chelsea don't do even keel. So I aim for a maximum heart rate (at my age) of 170 during any match this season.

 
I think 6th will be a good position and best we can realistically hope for. There are 5 managers that are proven to be better than him and maybe 2 or 3 of them we can compete with their squads. 

I won't be surprised if we end up in the 7th to 9th position though. We may have the players, though questionable, but at the moment I'm backing the ability of players more than that of the manager to see us through. 

I'm really happy the pool game got cancelled and his next fixture should be against an easier opposition. Palace I think. Nothing would be more damaging than the draw followed up with a loss to start his tenure. 

The mentality of our players is such that if they're not in the top 4 conversation come the world cup or Christmas time, then it's over. 

 
Unfortunately I still believe our manager is in over his head...he will come good if given time, hes smart enough to adapt, learn and overcome but definitely in over his head at this moment in time.

 
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