4 hours ago, just said:

Oh Jesus on a bike! Not this again already! He's not a defensive midfielder, he's not an offensive midfielder, he's not there to stop goals, he's not there to score goals, he's not there to make goals, what the f**king f**k is he there for? Please someone. Write it down for us. Draw a diagram. Penalties?

not penalties exactly, more like the little hippity hop he does before penalties. Enough to brighten anyones day...

And in my opinion he is the best 5yrd sideways passer in the world. 

 

If people thought the football was boring under Tuchel, I wonder how they'd have felt watching Brighton score 132 goals in the 120 PL games that Potter was in charge for 🙂 

 

In terms of football Potter is very similar to Tuchel. He has most of the principles in the game Tuchel has. In a very simplistic way anyway. What comes to him now is the pressure of winning. He basically has never had it. It is interesting to see how he handles it. He's always been the underdog. 

Tuchel for me is a person who never seems to buckle under pressure. He basically creates other problems for himself with his volatile personality. He basically fired himself from this job by not communicating with the owners. If the reports are accurate.

Potter seems like a man who is like a company coach who tries to get the best out of everyone with a very friendly manner. Progressive and always positive and polite. This is how he comes out in interviews anyway. 

 

10 hours ago, just said:

Oh Jesus on a bike! Not this again already! He's not a defensive midfielder, he's not an offensive midfielder, he's not there to stop goals, he's not there to score goals, he's not there to make goals, what the f**king f**k is he there for? Please someone. Write it down for us. Draw a diagram. Penalties?

 

Chelsea ‘interested in hiring’ PSG’s Luís Campos as sporting director - We Ain't Got No History (sbnation.com) 

14 hours ago, RMH said:

Why is it that when people want to defend Jorginho they come up with the stats? Don’t they watch the f* games? He’s lost the ball so many times by getting under pressure, gets bypassed by any attacker,

Potter must have been watching our games, lets see what he thinks about Jorginho before we commit ourselves to throwing him under the bus.

We cant back Potter if were going to disagree about who is playing on the pitch, if not it's going to be a short tenure..

I would've liked Tuchel to stay, but simultaneously approve the fact that we have given a chance to a highly rated english manager to prove himself at top level. The fact that the owners payed his release clause and signed Potter on a five year contract should mean that they are totally convinced by him and and hopefully back him even through periods of underperformance when they occur. Even if it isn't Tuchel, I still would like us to try a longterm manager approach and profilewise Potter should be suited for that and on paper his playing system should fit our squad too, so I'm quite positive with this appointment.

15 minutes ago, coco said:

Potter must have been watching our games, lets see what he thinks about Jorginho before we commit ourselves to throwing him under the bus.

We cant back Potter if were going to disagree about who is playing on the pitch, if not it's going to be a short tenure..

it's tricky though if Jorginho is driving that bus, he might just swerve and hit him anyway 

42 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Chelsea ‘interested in hiring’ PSG’s Luís Campos as sporting director - We Ain't Got No History (sbnation.com) 

he just joined PSG? would be a good signing but would require some millions to buy him out

1 minute ago, azpi28 said:

it's tricky though if Jorginho is driving that bus, he might just swerve and hit him anyway 

I meant before we throw Jorginho under the bus, although i am aware plenty have already done that. And don't forget Jorgino doesn't drive the bus, as you told us already he conducts it 

 

20 minutes ago, coco said:

Potter must have been watching our games, lets see what he thinks about Jorginho before we commit ourselves to throwing him under the bus.

We cant back Potter if were going to disagree about who is playing on the pitch, if not it's going to be a short tenure..

It will be funny if a 4th Chelsea manager in a row has Jorginho as a starter but people here will still claim he's crap.

Just now, coco said:

I meant before we throw Jorginho under the bus, although i am aware plenty have already done that. And don't forget Jorgino doesn't drive the bus, as you told us already he conducts it 

 

Drive the bus, conduct the bus, under the bus? I think he also has responsibility for parking the bus!

Perhaps we should just sell the bus?

1 minute ago, just said:

Drive the bus, conduct the bus, under the bus? I think he also has responsibility for parking the bus!

Perhaps we should just sell the bus?

Quality ! 

3 minutes ago, coco said:

I meant before we throw Jorginho under the bus, although i am aware plenty have already done that. And don't forget Jorgino doesn't drive the bus, as you told us already he conducts it 

 

he drives one of those

24 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

It will be funny if a 4th Chelsea manager in a row has Jorginho as a starter but people here will still claim he's crap.

For a possession based side Jorginho is very useful. He is good in a team that needs to defend with the ball. For Italy he was (European glory) essential sitting deep in a in a three man midfield in Mancini's 4-3-3 and Mancini's football isn't possession based.

With us he has been in that role and in two man midfield both with some success and problems as well. 

I bet Potter sees Jorginho's quality. As does every manager who likes the ball. Frank didn't want him as he has a different style. 

3 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

If people thought the football was boring under Tuchel, I wonder how they'd have felt watching Brighton score 132 goals in the 120 PL games that Potter was in charge for 🙂 

 

Sacking Tuchel was an absurd decision. Absolutely absurd before he even had a chance to prove himself with a settled squad again. Not once did he have that since November of last year.

Potter is a massive downgrade. I think everyone knows that. He's here now though so I intend to support him but I know full well that the usual complaints about Tuchel are going to be back in no time for Potter. Because they are way more similar than many care to admit. Both in terms of formation, style and dispositions.

Let's just hope some prove the be raging hypocrites so at least Potter gets some time to develop his back five formation and doesn't get his head chewed off when he puts players in "wrong" positions and struggles against parked buses.

I suspect all the people with pitch fork for Tuchel will have the same energy when we win 1 in 10 under Potter no?

Or they will be hypocrites!!!

If we win one in ten, I’m pretty sure everyone will be holding a pitch fork!

46 minutes ago, Mod said:

If we win one in ten, I’m pretty sure everyone will be holding a pitch fork!

One in ten wins a too much patience for some..

16 hours ago, Sindre said:

Of course not but he had to work through an insane amount of unfortunate events in that duration. First of all he never got the chance to work with a settled squad again after November 2021. To sack a manager before he's even been allowed to show he can get us back to that level when he got a settled squad again is absurd. Absolutely absurd and I liked what Boehly & Clearlake did this summer before this farce.

You are also not taking into consideration that during that 30 game period you are thinking of there was a period of two months where the club liquidating was a very real possibility. For a manager to work through that and get his players through it when they couldn't even be sure the club could afford to fulfill their contracts and secure Top 4 in the process was a great achievement no matter how crap the football may or may not have been.

It's disgusting that Tuchel got sacked. And it's perhaps even more disgusting how fast some fools who may call themselves "supporters" turned on him despite everything he did for the club during it's most difficult period in decades.
Supporters my arse as far as i' concerned.

 

All the extenuating circumstances in the world are no excuse for the sideways, backwards passing routines Tuchel employed. He allowed defences to reset too easily and the parked buses became a routine he didn’t have an answer for.

I used to go to the Bridge 40 years ago when only 10,000 of us showed up to support a team challenging for relegation to division 3 and even that footy was more exciting to watch! There is NO reason why more highly paid, supposedly more highly skilled professionals shouldn’t play a more progressive and expansive style of football. 

8 minutes ago, BS66 said:

 

I used to go to the Bridge 40 years ago when only 10,000 of us showed up to support a team challenging for relegation to division 3 and even that footy was more exciting to watch! There is NO reason why more highly paid, supposedly more highly skilled professionals shouldn’t play a more progressive and expansive style of football. 

That's too simplistic a thinking.

Yes we have better players nowadays, more highly skilled yes.

But so is the rest of the league, in fact it's way more competitive now, than it ever was back then. And i go back that far as well, so i remember plenty of boring games.

I'm on the opposite end. 

Think back then revolved more on individual ability whereas today has a focus on systems. 

I wonder when we will do his introducing press conference? Or will it be all lumped in with the RBS one on Monday or Tuesday?

1 hour ago, Sindre said:

Sacking Tuchel was an absurd decision. Absolutely absurd before he even had a chance to prove himself with a settled squad again. Not once did he have that since November of last year.

Potter is a massive downgrade. I think everyone knows that. He's here now though so I intend to support him but I know full well that the usual complaints about Tuchel are going to be back in no time for Potter. Because they are way more similar than many care to admit. Both in terms of formation, style and dispositions.

Let's just hope some prove the be raging hypocrites so at least Potter gets some time to develop his back five formation and doesn't get his head chewed off when he puts players in "wrong" positions and struggles against parked buses.

The reports or media speculations out there indicate that Tuchel wasn't sacked because of our performances on the pitch, definitely not solely, but because the owners assessed him deficiencies in corporate aspects of his job, which they seem to judged that unsuited to the way they want to run the club, that they decided to sack him and the fact that they hired in Potter a manager with a similar style of football, imo emphasizes that.

Of course that is speculation and it is a bold move to sack a top manager because of off pitch issues, but if they analyzed data which indicate that Potter can offer a similar system to Tuchel and an improvement on the current performances under Tuchel, plus they assess Potter to have more of a company man personality, thus is more suited to be in line with the way they want to run the club than I can understand why they made this decision, even if it's ungrateful and apaphetic towards Tuchel.

Just because Potter isn't proven at the top level yet doesn't mean that he is a massive downgrade on Tuchel either, if he turns out to be a good fit for us, the club should be fine and that's what matters.