Can't wait for the season to start. A new fresh approach will be great (but for gods sake keep Hazard)

Feels like one of the biggest managerial gambles of the Roman era. 

Sacked a proven serial winner and look set to hire a guy who hasn't won anything, has only 4 years experience of managing in top flight football, not managed outside of Italy and appears to be being hired predominantly to implement his "brand" of football on the club. 

Last time we did that we hired AVB. 

I'm hopeful but cautious with my expectations.  

That club statement is so terse. He must have really pissed people off behind the scenes.

6 minutes ago, ForeverCarefree said:

Feels like one of the biggest managerial gambles of the Roman era. 

Sacked a proven serial winner and look set to hire a guy who hasn't won anything, has only 4 years experience of managing in top flight football, not managed outside of Italy and appears to be being hired predominantly to implement his "brand" of football on the club. 

Last time we did that we hired AVB. 

I'm hopeful but cautious with my expectations.  

This is pretty much how I feel. I think if he wants to change the philosophy and a few players for next season he might not see the next one. Actually that is the most probable scenario to be completely honest. 

Just now, Kentonio said:

That club statement is so terse. He must have really pissed people off behind the scenes.

Or the main guy (at communications) is still on summer holiday. 

1 minute ago, evissy said:

Or the main guy (at communications) is still on summer holiday. 

I’m fairly sure their PR and media team is more than one person. That statement wasn’t written by someone who feels positively about the person they’re writing about. 

1 minute ago, Kentonio said:

I’m fairly sure their PR and media team is more than one person. That statement wasn’t written by someone who feels positively about the person they’re writing about. 

Chelsea Football Club and Antonio Conte have parted company.

During Antonio’s time at the club, we won our sixth league title and eighth FA Cup. In the title winning season, the club set a then-record 30 wins in a 38-game Premier League season, as well as a club-record 13 consecutive league victories.

We wish Antonio every success in his future career.

 

Not a single negative word here. 

2 minutes ago, evissy said:

This is pretty much how I feel. I think if he wants to change the philosophy and a few players for next season he might not see the next one. Actually that is the most probable scenario to be completely honest. 

I'm hopeful your wrong. With AVB he was trying to out the biggest personalities and our biggest players of the last 5 years, none of which was wanted. Now it's a different kettle of fish the players want the change, or at least I hope they do. You can tell certainly from Hazard he does not want to play defensive football. This may finally be the correct time to change the philosophy of the club. Also when mourninho first came and brought his style he brought his own players to help the transition and in Jorginho you could say we have the lynchpin of his Napoli style and their style if play.

However I am still rather cautious, I was excited by the appointment of AVB and look how that worked out.

1 minute ago, evissy said:

Chelsea Football Club and Antonio Conte have parted company.

During Antonio’s time at the club, we won our sixth league title and eighth FA Cup. In the title winning season, the club set a then-record 30 wins in a 38-game Premier League season, as well as a club-record 13 consecutive league victories.

We wish Antonio every success in his future career.

 

Not a single negative word here. 

Well, just my opinion but I’ve written a fair number of press releases in the past and the entire tone of that one speaks volumes to me.

3 minutes ago, DukesOfHazard said:

I'm hopeful your wrong. With AVB he was trying to out the biggest personalities and our biggest players of the last 5 years, none of which was wanted. Now it's a different kettle of fish the players want the change, or at least I hope they do. You can tell certainly from Hazard he does not want to play defensive football. This may finally be the correct time to change the philosophy of the club. Also when mourninho first came and brought his style he brought his own players to help the transition and in Jorginho you could say we have the lynchpin of his Napoli style and their style if play.

However I am still rather cautious, I was excited by the appointment of AVB and look how that worked out.

Sarri has life experience which is what he has much more than AVB. I don't think Sarri has a problem handling egos. At least he looks that way. 

7 minutes ago, evissy said:

This is pretty much how I feel. I think if he wants to change the philosophy and a few players for next season he might not see the next one. Actually that is the most probable scenario to be completely honest. 

It's such a big change from the normal appointments we at Chelsea. Typically the club are drawn to successful managers, even AVB was coming off of the back of a blinder at Porto. 

Appointing someone who has never won anything just strikes me as odd, why the change of mentality towards the manager's profile? 

The cynic in me wonders if Sarri's relatively low wages and short term contract having anything to do with the current rumours that the club is for sale. 

If a new owner came in and they're not left with an expensive compensation situation should they wish to replace Sarri. 

1 minute ago, DukesOfHazard said:

I'm hopeful your wrong. With AVB he was trying to out the biggest personalities and our biggest players of the last 5 years, none of which was wanted. Now it's a different kettle of fish the players want the change, or at least I hope they do. You can tell certainly from Hazard he does not want to play defensive football. This may finally be the correct time to change the philosophy of the club. Also when mourninho first came and brought his style he brought his own players to help the transition and in Jorginho you could say we have the lynchpin of his Napoli style and their style if play.

However I am still rather cautious, I was excited by the appointment of AVB and look how that worked out.

If you have Hazard Morata Kante and William you can just play defensively, to create space where those players can run and run.

Those players don't have the mind, the thought, to play attacking football, they like to keep the ball between theirown feet... Attacking football needs first touch passages and a great intelligence to move quickly on the field in a way your mate can easily pass you the ball immediatly.

 

We will see.

AVB was a football coach ? Really ?  This is new for me ! 

Here we talk about a perfectionist, a master of the defensive phase first.

Doing 259 points in three years with Napoli  is more than winning. It's to make a miracle.

 

If it’s Sarri then I’m slightly nervous. He has never won a trophy at a managerial level. And statistically has done worse than conte.

 

On 11/07/2018 at 12:28, Brutos said:

We have seen all these stories before I guarantee we will still have Conte come next month and come pre-season

 

Okay, we've sacked Conte. How many months till we appoint Sarri? 

10 minutes ago, Jezq8 said:

If it’s Sarri then I’m slightly nervous. He has never won a trophy at a managerial level. And statistically has done worse than conte.

 

Nor had RDM,

2 hours ago, Ballack & Blu said:

 

See this is what you should have went with...

7 minutes ago, TomCFC85 said:

Okay, we've sacked Conte. How many months till we appoint Sarri? 

48 hours

£85 million has been spent paying off managers in the Abramovich era.

4 minutes ago, dkw said:

See this is what you should have went with...

I'd only just woke up mate, point taken pay attention to the up to date details, #TheSarrisaga

2 hours ago, Gol15 said:

Anyone dares to put a number on how many games we'll win next season in the league? 

That's the spirit! In view of your consistently cheerful, positive posts, no doubt you'll put your money on a dazzlingly high number. Don't go overboard now!

Think of Sarri as a manager who will lift the club off the rails and place us on another set of rails heading in a different direction. Most of us are prepared to be patient whilst this happens, and look forward to seeing the green shoots of our new era as we progress. We have been serial winners for almost one and a half decades, 2-3 years of bare cabinets is a small price to pay in the big picture. Fourth place+ is the key to Sarri keeping things steady, but don't bank on it the first season, as long as those green shoots keep popping up. The club/Sarri/Roman will need several transfer windows to implement Sarris flavour into the club. 

The media is the problem, they will pile pressure on him from the get go. But with the club/fans backing him and singing his name it won't matter. I'm excited about our future again.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/13/former-banker-maurizio-sarri-reap-dividends-chelsea

This actually gets me excited. Smokes 5 packs of cigs a day? Obsessed with coffee? Switches training pitches as and when? Stubborn? Swears at rival fans from the team coach? Tells journalists to go f**k themselves?

Welcome to Sarri-Ball. 

Edited July 13, 20188 yr by Blueblur

So what are we waiting for now, the taxi from airport? My money is on nothing else happens today, already too much excitement for one day with the official sacking.