2 hours ago, bluehaze said:

You've come back more times than a squash ball mate 🤣.

Never heard that used, usually a boomerang orFrank Sinatra. 

15 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Well, not many Chelsea coaches have been able to find a top goalscorer in recent years. If Potter doesnt, he will be upholding a Chelsea tradition. Anyway, Brighton's recruitment team had peanuts to spend compared to us. That Japanese guy cos about £5 million.

the whole team cost less than our last transfer window splurge.

and Brighton just walloped us 4-1 , asking why Potter didn't get a goalscorer for Brighton ? The better question is why hadn't WE been able to buy one ?.

Another one who believes we just have to throw Potter loads of cash and he will get us the players we need. I wish i could be that confident, he thought Cucurella was a good player, and we've yet to see that.

 

1 hour ago, coco said:

Another one who believes we just have to throw Potter loads of cash and he will get us the players we need. I wish i could be that confident, he thought Cucurella was a good player, and we've yet to see that.

 

A lot of people are putting too much on the 1.5 good seasons Brighton have had. Sean Dyche took Burnley into Europe, Nuno had Wolves constantly in the top half, Brendan Rodgers almost got Leicester into the Champions League. I doubt any of us would be happy handing them hundreds of millions in the hope that they could have us competing with Man City.

11 hours ago, coco said:

 he thought Cucurella was a good player, and we've yet to see that.

 

So did Tuchel.

15 minutes ago, dkw said:

So did Tuchel.

Who we sacked.

 

1 minute ago, coco said:

Who we sacked.

 

And since then Potter has used Cucurella as second choice. Correctly.

1 minute ago, dkw said:

And since then Potter has used Cucurella as second choice. Correctly.

As a center back  yes a center back.

47 minutes ago, coco said:

Who we sacked.

 

So did Pep. 

11 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

A lot of people are putting too much on the 1.5 good seasons Brighton have had. Sean Dyche took Burnley into Europe, Nuno had Wolves constantly in the top half, Brendan Rodgers almost got Leicester into the Champions League. I doubt any of us would be happy handing them hundreds of millions in the hope that they could have us competing with Man City.

I mean we handed Lampard millions and look at what we got for it. I give credit to Lampard for helping the younger players, especially Tammy, but he spent a lot and we are no better off. Lampard had done very little as a coach at the time. Sarri hadn't won anything and we bought Pulisic and Jorginho under his watch. I don't know how much of those were board signings though. Lampard for sure had a say in Havertz, Ziyech, Werner. A lot of money spent to not improve us. 

Edited November 17, 20223 yr by enigma

Chelsea have just recruited a number of senior staff including Vivell, Shields, and Winstanley being appointed to be the club’s global recruitment team. Neil Bath, one of the mainstays of our academy reaching the heights, has also been promoted to director of operations. 

Surely these will help Potter though maybe not immediately.

Annoying how we bottled it last year: 

 

30 minutes ago, enigma said:

Annoying how we bottled it last year: 

 

I can answer that: three of the teams in the 2021 table have been replaced by three other teams in the 2022 table. 

On 16/11/2022 at 10:59, Pottery said:

Never realised we have also taken Brightons head of recruitment. Where do we stop.  They cant have many senior staff left

We stop when we become Brighton. That's how much Boehly fancies them. f**ker bought the wrong club and now trying to turn us into them. 

1 hour ago, abister1 said:

We stop when we become Brighton. That's how much Boehly fancies them. f**ker bought the wrong club and now trying to turn us into them. 

Meanwhile Boehly:

Edited November 17, 20223 yr by Gol15

19 hours ago, coco said:

Another one who believes we just have to throw Potter loads of cash and he will get us the players we need. I wish i could be that confident, he thought Cucurella was a good player, and we've yet to see that.

 

I don't believe that at all.

You have a gift for responding to comments that you create in your head instead of what is actually written

5 hours ago, enigma said:

Annoying how we bottled it last year: 

 

One of those clubs had the owner removed and  the club sold under order of the UK government.

two centre backs left.

both wing backs are injured.

the manager was sacked by the new owners after buying him expensive players. He was replaced by someone trying to manage a top.team for the first time in his life.

er, that's it really

On 16/11/2022 at 14:33, WhiteWall said:

Think they took Danny Welbeck on a free!!!!!

We took Lukaku for £90 million !

6 hours ago, strider6004 said:

Chelsea have just recruited a number of senior staff including Vivell, Shields, and Winstanley being appointed to be the club’s global recruitment team. Neil Bath, one of the mainstays of our academy reaching the heights, has also been promoted to director of operations. 

Surely these will help Potter though maybe not immediately.

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6 hours ago, enigma said:

Annoying how we bottled it last year: 

 

This just shows under Tuchel we would've been easily able to compete with Liverpool and Man City, provided he had the right players. The problem was the recruitment not the tactics, we should've got a good director of football instad of firing the manager.

25 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

This just shows under Tuchel we would've been easily able to compete with Liverpool and Man City, provided he had the right players. The problem was the recruitment not the tactics, we should've got a good director of football instad of firing the manager.

But doesn't the manager have a say in transfers along with recruitment team ?. 

21 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

A lot of people are putting too much on the 1.5 good seasons Brighton have had. Sean Dyche took Burnley into Europe, Nuno had Wolves constantly in the top half, Brendan Rodgers almost got Leicester into the Champions League. I doubt any of us would be happy handing them hundreds of millions in the hope that they could have us competing with Man City.

What about the ex Bournemouth manager, no one would give him millions either would they ?

I can't even remember his name, ...true !

2 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

But doesn't the manager have a say in transfers along with recruitment team ?. 

Did we even have a recruitment team this summer?

3 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

Did we even have a recruitment team this summer?

Back then it was the Tory Government!

I think people are a bit confused. Brighton staff aren't coming because Todd wants to turn us into Brighton, they are coming because Potter is the manager, and he is obviously having a say in the senior staff decisions. If we hired Simone, no doubt there probably would have been a few Atletico staff coming here. 

16 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

Did we even have a recruitment team this summer?

I'm not sure. From reports Boehly went after Tuchel's list of targets.