32 minutes ago, drjonesy1994 said:

I know it’s hypothetical at the moment but appointing Simeone would be a massive step in the wrong direction. If he was to come here it should’ve happened in the 16/17 season when his stock was at its highest. 

Football in England has moved past ultra defensive coaches. The game has evolved beyond defence first type football. Same thing happened to Jose, and same thing has happened to Simeone. If Potter is sacked in the summer I really hope Simeone is nowhere near the job. 

I'll second that. In fact would go as far to say that if we appointed Simeone as Manager / Coach, my 50+ year allegiance to the club would come to an end.

it's not just the most dull and boring "death of football" tactics. The bloke is a cheat and will bend the rules as far as he can to get a result. Would rather lose games (and we will) under Potter or anyone than win games with Simeone.

 

Zidane sadly I just don't think anyone could convince him to coach for them unless its the French FA. He wants to be national coach, any job other than that for him I suppose is a downgrade from Madrid. 

For him and this is just guess work, after working with the superstars of Madrid his next project needs to not only appeal to him from a sporting sense, but also have sentimental value too. I thought he would be Juve coach one day, especially when Cr7 went there, but nope.

He rejected USA, Brazil and Portugal, and since France gave Deschamps a 4 year extension ZZ is available for now. I suspect the French FA president is on the way out however, after questionable behaviour. Therefore, the possibility Dechamps isn't in place for the whole duration of his new deal remain a possibility. 

I'm not sure Zidane even wants to coach in the epl, I personally question his drive after winning 3 ucls on the bounce. The epl should be the ultimate challenge of his career yet he's never seemed interested.

It's not the money that's motivating him, I do think if anyone could have convinced him to coach here though it would be Roman. Alas RA's gone and I believe Zidane probably won't coach in the epl during his career. However, he's still a relatively new coach when you think about it so there's always a chance.

Edited January 10, 20233 yr by LongtimerLurker

48 minutes ago, Mod said:

Said this before GP put pen to paper! It 100% would be Romans!

....but its not that Chelsea anymore! We can look forward to Gerrard or Rooney after Potter!

Two of Roman's last three appointments were managers who previously won nothing.

1 hour ago, drjonesy1994 said:

I know it’s hypothetical at the moment but appointing Simeone would be a massive step in the wrong direction. If he was to come here it should’ve happened in the 16/17 season when his stock was at its highest. 

Football in England has moved past ultra defensive coaches. The game has evolved beyond defence first type football. Same thing happened to Jose, and same thing has happened to Simeone. If Potter is sacked in the summer I really hope Simeone is nowhere near the job. 

Not to mention his record in the market (especially with forwards) is abysmal.

As I said earlier if it gets to the point of no return with Potter I hope we sound out the Milan manager, there's (severe) doubts on if he will come but he's the best fit out of who's out there.

13 minutes ago, Argo said:

Two of Roman's last three appointments were managers who previously won nothing.

There is no way on God's Earth that Roman would've been signing Potter!

4 minutes ago, Mod said:

There is no way on God's Earth that Roman would've been signing Potter!

Maybe not but he certainly was evolving from the days of just looking at the manager's CV's, as the Sarri and Lamps appointments demonstrated.

Potter unfortunately has form on going on bad runs. At Brighton, he went 14 games without a win, one win in 2020 at the AmEx. 3 months without a win, 3 months without scoring at home. 
 

That is not a good look at all. He surely won’t get away with that at Chelsea. 

2 hours ago, RMH said:

I’m not very sure I’d be able to endure Simeone’s brand of football to be honest, but he’d surely kick some bollocks in the dressing room and players would not dare to be so soft on the pitch.

Anathema to football. One of a thankfully reducing number of toxic ar$eholes still associated with the game. Can honestly say if he came here I would have to check out until he inevitably failed and was bombed. Poisonous lady pocket!

Edited January 10, 20233 yr by WhiteWall

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

Potter unfortunately has form on going on bad runs. At Brighton, he went 14 games without a win, one win in 2020 at the AmEx. 3 months without a win, 3 months without scoring at home. 
 

That is not a good look at all. He surely won’t get away with that at Chelsea. 

I'm surprised he was rated so highly given those statistics. 3 months without scoring at home is appalling, even for a mid table side. He's never been an attacking manager.

18 hours ago, coco said:

He better be a Potter idea, and all the other accusations we get this window, the fans will label all new players as Potters players, so he better make sure these are the right players. 

Or are we just going to amass a bunch of players without his input and guidance i just do not see the point in backing him.

We can certainly use Felix although I am not sure where he is going to play. But if he is just going to be here for 6 months then what is the point. 

1 hour ago, Bob stark said:

We can certainly use Felix although I am not sure where he is going to play. But if he is just going to be here for 6 months then what is the point. 

Rumours Pulisic is out for months so could be that.

It could also be a substitute for failing to get Nkunku in early.

2 hours ago, Argo said:

Rumours Pulisic is out for months so could be that.

It could also be a substitute for failing to get Nkunku in early.

If puli is out for the season then it make sense to bring Felix in. 

 

 

 

For those of us missing a manager with that something special

How well can our new recruiting work if we are buying players left and right? We are buying top young talents and players to fix our injury problems in short term. 

These new guys just came in...

Just think how chaotic it must be for Potter. He has to make the football work under extraordinary circumstances with 11 key players injured with a new recruitment team under owner who is buying young talents left and right...must be an absolute chaos. 

I bet Tuchel saw what was coming. He wanted to just concentrate on football but he was dragged into everything. I am 100% Potter isn't too satisfied with the surroundings he is working in. 

With all this, new owners and new staff, we need to give Potter some slack.

There is one blatantly obvious name waiting in the wings to replace Potter, and he is someone with a decent pedigree and CV. Currently available so no exit terms to be agreed with any current club. I for one would take him now in a heartbeat. Step forward Poch.

49 minutes ago, Tubbs Tattsyrup said:

There is one blatantly obvious name waiting in the wings to replace Potter, and he is someone with a decent pedigree and CV. Currently available so no exit terms to be agreed with any current club. I for one would take him now in a heartbeat. Step forward Poch.

f**k no Zidane or bust

10 hours ago, LongtimerLurker said:

Zidane sadly I just don't think anyone could convince him to coach for them unless its the French FA. He wants to be national coach, any job other than that for him I suppose is a downgrade from Madrid. 

For him and this is just guess work, after working with the superstars of Madrid his next project needs to not only appeal to him from a sporting sense, but also have sentimental value too. I thought he would be Juve coach one day, especially when Cr7 went there, but nope.

He rejected USA, Brazil and Portugal, and since France gave Deschamps a 4 year extension ZZ is available for now. I suspect the French FA president is on the way out however, after questionable behaviour. Therefore, the possibility Dechamps isn't in place for the whole duration of his new deal remain a possibility. 

I'm not sure Zidane even wants to coach in the epl, I personally question his drive after winning 3 ucls on the bounce. The epl should be the ultimate challenge of his career yet he's never seemed interested.

It's not the money that's motivating him, I do think if anyone could have convinced him to coach here though it would be Roman. Alas RA's gone and I believe Zidane probably won't coach in the epl during his career. However, he's still a relatively new coach when you think about it so there's always a chance.

He probably doesn't really care at all but if he were to come his ego would kick in as he really wouldn't like to embarass himself and then you know our whole lockerroom will be tidy. The reputation that man has, every player would be running extra just cause it's him and suddenly we might be feared once again, even if he doesn't win us anything his mere presence would be a win-win for us.

10 hours ago, Argo said:

Maybe not but he certainly was evolving from the days of just looking at the manager's CV's, as the Sarri and Lamps appointments demonstrated.

The next name in line was John Terry.

20 minutes ago, Gol15 said:

f**k no Zidane or bust

Zidane is a coach for a team with massive egos and talent. He would be perfect for Team France (lost that chance now) or Real Madrid. For our young squad probably not.

The last manager we need in if Potter goes is Simeone, he has no interest in winning by football, just wants to outc**t everyone. Horrible snidey little prick.

I also have no idea why anyone thinks Pochetino is a good idea either, he failed to win a league title with PSG in one of his season, I mean that should be virtually impossible.

Edited January 11, 20233 yr by dkw

Bit out of left field but if Potter goes i'd consider JT as an interim to finish the season. Then take the time to interview and process multiple candidates before we decide.

JT is credited with a lot of the work at Villa when he was there with Smith. They fell apart when JT stepped down. He'd at least make sure we'd look like a team with some fight and spirit, that I am convinced of and at this point I would take that over whatever it is we are seeing on the pitch right now.

I don't think Potter is sacked anytime soon. I think this conversation is fuelled by media and Roman-era thinking. 

As soon as our squad health is better we will start collecting wins.

39 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

Bit out of left field but if Potter goes i'd consider JT as an interim to finish the season. Then take the time to interview and process multiple candidates before we decide.

JT is credited with a lot of the work at Villa when he was there with Smith. They fell apart when JT stepped down. He'd at least make sure we'd look like a team with some fight and spirit, that I am convinced of and at this point I would take that over whatever it is we are seeing on the pitch right now.

I'd love to be wrong but i think Terry would make an awful manager (big difference to being an assistant, it's closer to being a captain than a manager so no surprise he was in his element).

I think he's a bit too petty. As funny as we found it when he was calling out the likes of Benitez and Savage that type of pettiness doesn't usually translate well to management. Another problem would be if he did actually get a new manager bounce the average fan will get too over emotional, insist on his full time appointment and I wouldn't put it past Boehly to actually do it, ala United and OGS, so it's a lose lose.

Plus after how Lampard divided the fanbase at the end i think we should stay clear of club legend appointments from now on.

And in regards to the bolded bit, as great a leader as he was he oversaw the 15/16 season so his mere presence hasn't always had the desired effect.

Edited January 11, 20233 yr by Argo

1 hour ago, Tubbs Tattsyrup said:

There is one blatantly obvious name waiting in the wings to replace Potter, and he is someone with a decent pedigree and CV. Currently available so no exit terms to be agreed with any current club. I for one would take him now in a heartbeat. Step forward Poch.

We've been taking Arsenal rejects now we want spuds reject ffs what's wrong with us ?

2 hours ago, Tubbs Tattsyrup said:

There is one blatantly obvious name waiting in the wings to replace Potter, and he is someone with a decent pedigree and CV. Currently available so no exit terms to be agreed with any current club. I for one would take him now in a heartbeat. Step forward Poch.

I was just waiting for you to finish with Step forward Dean Smith!!

1 hour ago, dkw said:

I also have no idea why anyone thinks Pochetino is a good idea either, he failed to win a league title with PSG in one of his season, I mean that should be virtually impossible.

I think he's a good coach the problem for me is his football isn't great (highly reliant on forcing opposition mistakes) and his record in the transfer market is very bad. Part of the reason Spurs' squad is in such a state is down to him.