Maybe it's not too late to bring in the next manager, now. Think of it as an extended pre-season lol

Benfica’s Roger Schmidt anyone? Unlikely, but I wonder why no one has mentioned him.

51 minutes ago, Zeta said:

Whoever it is needs to come in and lay down some f**king authority.

Tell the board these are the 23-24 players I want. Get rid of the rest. Get me a striker who can score goals. And don't expect me to respond to your messages at 3 in the morning to explain my formation or ideas on pressing from the front.

You need a disciplinarian as the next coach someone who is a my way or highway guy players have had it soft last few months.

3 hours ago, Amputechture said:

@Term_X

Has been advocating for him for a long time now.

 

Already come to terms with us not dealing with Brighton again.

If he was anywhere else we’d be all over him, there is no way Brighton keep hold of him though and we can monitor his progress in the coming years.

1 hour ago, Term_X said:

Already come to terms with us not dealing with Brighton again.

If he was anywhere else we’d be all over him, there is no way Brighton keep hold of him though and we can monitor his progress in the coming years.

Could see Juventus coming in for him this summer 

I’d seriously be happy if we make only one signing this summer if it meant the bulk of this current lot get sold.
 

Give the next manager a competent squad to work with. 

Some experienced head who can handle pressure. No experimentation please.. love to see a CA but i dont think that is possible so any coach who has experience with top teams. Just no more potter, avb type coaches, and hence by extension i am not in the Nagelsmann in brigade.

Nagelsmann is waiting for the Real Madrid job. We’ve already pissed off Enrique. I expect we’ll be trawling for our third and fourth choices by the summer. 

1 hour ago, Dr. Socrates said:

Nagelsmann is waiting for the Real Madrid job. We’ve already pissed off Enrique. I expect we’ll be trawling for our third and fourth choices by the summer. 

Hey, Todd can always go back to Brighton for the next manager.

I just want a manager that can drill the team into playing a certain way to the extent that it won't matter who gets slotted into a particular position. Similar to our days with Conte and the early days with Tuchel. Right now we are just a group of individuals that look like we haven't trained together before.

 

 

3 hours ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

I just want a manager that can drill the team into playing a certain way to the extent that it won't matter who gets slotted into a particular position. Similar to our days with Conte and the early days with Tuchel. Right now we are just a group of individuals that look like we haven't trained together before.

Have to agree, unfortunately we don’t have the players to make a decent team atm. To many dinky f**king ball players who do a nice wee touch and swan about as if that’s their job. The likes of Pulisic, Ziyech, Sterling and don’t get me started about Felix. 
These guys need to work and show some grit. I don’t expect them to put in massive crunching tackles but they need to move into space, lay off, move, close down, try to get blocks in. The whole lot are missing a work conviction and more and more players are get sucked in. What the f**k is James at this pass couple of games, too cool to work hard looks like.

No matter the skill levels they need to be prepared to work hard. Look at Messi and Ronaldo, they didn’t get where they got too without the hard hours. Messi strolls now but still very determined when it’s required.

please please Chelsea do not offer to buy Felix, was so close to booting TV yesterday watching him faft about. 

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On 15/04/2023 at 20:09, El regreso said:

You need a disciplinarian as the next coach someone who is a my way or highway guy players have had it soft last few months.

An elite coach like Mou, Conte or Ancelotti, Maybe Enrique. Coaches who have seen it and done it and can rant and rage at the player but will still command their respect

Need a manager with proven record that commands respect from players, able to manage the dressing room, get results reasonably quickly ( dare I say stay above mid table via  Christmas and then push on ), and most importantly entertain ideas from Boehly about 443 or other revolutionary ideas. If Real let Carlo goes, we should go all in, although Real be really mad to let him go. I reckon Jose's third homecoming is a real possibility, he has done a good job at Roma and won't go much further unless he get a huge transfer window.

Supposedly we've added Vincent Kompany to the list too. Relatively new to management but he has done a phenomenal job with Burnley. He always struck me as a leader when he was a player and he knows English football very well. What are thoughts here about him?

10 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Supposedly we've added Vincent Kompany to the list too. Relatively new to management but he has done a phenomenal job with Burnley. He always struck me as a leader when he was a player and he knows English football very well. What are thoughts here about him?

Be a good way to destroy a very promising managerial career.

I would expect he would want to wait for Pep to leave City if he proves he is good enough to manage at the top 

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Be a good way to destroy a very promising managerial career.

I would expect he would want to wait for Pep to leave City if he proves he is good enough to manage at the top 

Possibly. Although following on from Pep at City would be a pretty daunting task. Taking the Chelsea job currently it would be a very different challenge

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

Possibly. Although following on from Pep at City would be a pretty daunting task. Taking the Chelsea job currently it would be a very different challenge

It is a hiding to nothing. All these players, no striker bar Lukaku, two poor keepers and us needing to sell to survive FFP.

@Zetahave you had your interview yet?

With all due respect to Kompany, if he's a serious candidate, why dont we go after Emery? He got the second best points tally in the league since he took over. The point is we are being linked just about every available manager out there, and allegedly interviewing a number of them. It will become another cricus soon.

8 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

With all due respect to Kompany, if he's a serious candidate, why dont we go after Emery? He got the second best points tally in the league since he took over. The point is we are being linked just about every available manager out there, and allegedly interviewing a number of them. It will become another cricus soon.

Yeah I mean we have heard Todd and the Eggman are smart people, that they love the models Red Bull and City follow.

A big part of those models is having the right people at the top before really dealing with the football side as in manager and players.

Instead of doing that they sacked tuchel, appointed Potter with no due process, and then became surprised he did not work out quickly in months what it took him years to build at Brighton.

Now it just seems to be a given that in the summer qe get to flog many players for good fees and save ourselves from FFP trouble, all the while the new manager turns whoever is left in to lean, mean top 4 machines.

What happens if the new manager decides he does not want to use Mudryk, Sterling and Nkunku?

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Yeah I mean we have heard Todd and the Eggman are smart people, that they love the models Red Bull and City follow.

A big part of those models is having the right people at the top before really dealing with the football side as in manager and players.

Instead of doing that they sacked tuchel, appointed Potter with no due process, and then became surprised he did not work out quickly in months what it took him years to build at Brighton.

Now it just seems to be a given that in the summer qe get to flog many players for good fees and save ourselves from FFP trouble, all the while the new manager turns whoever is left in to lean, mean top 4 machines.

What happens if the new manager decides he does not want to use Mudryk, Sterling and Nkunku?

Assuming Vivell and team are responsible for selecting the new manager, then Naglesmann must be a clear favorite with his connections to Red Bull Leipzig. However all the press coverage suggests that Boehly and Egbali are very much involved in the decision making process. Obviously they have a vested interest as owners, but that worries me nevertheless as they clearly know nothing about football.

1 hour ago, forbzy said:

Assuming Vivell and team are responsible for selecting the new manager, then Naglesmann must be a clear favorite with his connections to Red Bull Leipzig. However all the press coverage suggests that Boehly and Egbali are very much involved in the decision making process. Obviously they have a vested interest as owners, but that worries me nevertheless as they clearly know nothing about football.

Aye. Just look at Roman did. Another rich person who had no involvement in football. He kept on Ken and Trevor Birch to help him that first year, learned the ins and outs, then upgraded Birch and Claudio with Kenyon and Jose.

He did not come in believing he knew everything, boasting about other sports we could learn from and make calls without anyone of experience to help him.

Roman was humble and built a dynasty, this lot are arrogant and pushing us off a cliff.

10 hours ago, Drogba1 said:

 

 

While De Zerbi is clearly a good manager and doing good work, but basically they are just building with a back 6 instead of a back 5 (not including the goal keeper). It's clever and makes sense but the idea of a possession based team dropping another extra player back to outnumber during build up isn't exactly reinventing the wheel.

5 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

With all due respect to Kompany, if he's a serious candidate, why dont we go after Emery? He got the second best points tally in the league since he took over. The point is we are being linked just about every available manager out there, and allegedly interviewing a number of them. It will become another cricus soon.

Good shout.

He's been in charge of Villa for 18 league games, and in that time he only has 3 less points than Pep has had at Manchester City. Not bad for a mid-season appointment with no pre-season, coming in to take over a team that was in 16th, and one point above the relegation places.

It's hugely impressive (albeit third best, not second 🙂 ).