I’d bite a hand off for Carlo but if that’s not an option the Big Ang is next in my choices.

He has his own style of football which would suit the players we have. Yes the standard up here isn’t great but it’s still quite easy to pick a player or manager that could succeed in the EPL. Most fans up here could see that Van Dyke was a top defender yet only Southampton came in for him from down south. Big Ang is the same. He’s got by far and away the best squad up here and he had this the day he joined Celtic but he’s vastly improved it from when Rodgers was there.

He always plays wingers too which looking at our squad is a necessity seeing as we have about 10 of them. He always plays with wing backs too which suits James and Chilwell.

We would probably concede more often under him but he’d definitely get us scoring goals too.

If it hadn’t been such a failure under Potter I’d be all for him getting the job as my first choice but I think we’ll end up with Pochettino as a safer pair of hands.

23 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

The Athletic today reported that Nagelsmann was the one who told us on Thursday that he was out.

I'll give the board credit for one thing and that is that they were good at controlling the narrative for most of the season. That's also unraveled a bit now but they clearly got a bunch of journos on speed-dial to get things out there like those "Potter is still backed" articles that came out after every game we lost for a long while.
But where it perhaps unraveled a bit was when it was reported that Nagelsmann & Enrique were our main two candidates and they have both now rejected us as they had no faith in the structure. That's a hard one to spin for someone as invested in our structure as we are but they are at least trying.

No one can convince me that going from Nagelsmann, Enrique and Zidane on the shortlist to Pochettino, Kompany & Ange is a positive development. 

I think media speculation played the biggest role in all of this. Nagelsmann was "Preferred" because of his Red Bull ties and Enrique because of the timing of his interview. Pochettino was the third to be interviewed, hence why he wasn't among the "Favorites". 

 

From the Athletic:

"Chelsea never regarded Nagelsmann as their first choice. There is a possibility Nagelsmann had the wrong impression that the club were going to make a swift appointment, and that he maybe read too much into being part of the interview process from the outset. While his achievements in management are respected, Chelsea questioned why Bayern chose to dismiss him at such a key time in the season, less than three weeks before a Champions League quarter final against Man City and with a tough title race against Dortmund. Chelsea are exploring each candidate's leadership ability, how they would work within the current setup at the club, and assessing their ability as tacticians. There were concerns on all of these fronts with Nagelsmann. Chelsea actually ranked Pochettino above Nagelsmann from the get-go. Cynics will understandably question that as rather convenient now the German has ruled himself out of contention, but this is now the third time Pochettino has come under consideration at Stamford Bridge. Enrique did talk to Chelsea and made a positive impression, but there were concerns he had not managed a club since leaving Barcelona and is sued to his teams playing a particular style of football perhaps better suited to La Liga than the Premier League". 

8 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

think media speculation played the biggest role in all of this. Nagelsmann was "Preferred" because of his Red Bull ties and Enrique because of the timing of his interview. Pochettino was the third to be interviewed, hence why he wasn't among the "Favorites". 

 

I don't buy it but we can disagree. Less than a year ago we rejected Pochettino in favour of Graham Potter and now he was supposedly our prefered candidate with a Champions League winner and Nagelsmann on the market? Don't buy it for a second tbh.

4 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

I don't buy it but we can disagree. Less than a year ago we rejected Pochettino in favour of Graham Potter and now he was supposedly our prefered candidate with a Champions League winner and Nagelsmann on the market? Don't buy it for a second tbh.

This was large speculation Pochetinno didn't want to manage at the time. And If by 'we' you mean Boehly and Eghabli, then yes. They were sold on the Potter hype. This was well before Vivell, Winstanley, Stewart, and Shields were brought in. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

This was large speculation Pochetinno didn't want to manage at the time. And If by 'we' you mean Boehly and Eghabli, then yes. They were sold on the Potter hype. This was well before Vivell, Winstanley, Stewart, and Shields were brought in. 

They still make the final decisions btw.

If the director identified a clear favorite we should hire but that candidate told Boehly & the owners that they would under no circumstances have free access to the dressing room anymore we would not hire that manager even if he otherwise was the best fit by a distance.

11 hours ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Guess we might have a new manager by next week

This read managers are saying actually we don’t want to be a yes man to your American ego so thanks but no thanks

2 minutes ago, OriginalS said:

They still make the final decisions btw.

If the director identified a clear favorite we should hire but that candidate told Boehly & the owners that they would under no circumstances have free access to the dressing room anymore we would not hire that manager even if he otherwise was the best fit by a distance.

And the final decision is based on the recommendations of Winstanley and Stewart who are running this thorough manager search. 

When every discussion always falls back to 'insert Boehly joke here' it does tend to become rather tedious. His made some ludacris decisions last summer but from all extensive purposes he's doing the right thing here.

Just reeks of agenda as this point. 

 

 

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

It is Sunday league though!

Biggest Thing I'm disappointed about is that this little beauty didn't get a bite from @ozboy, @ChumpX, or @19seventyone. This whole season seems to have been one big disappointment 

7 hours ago, Zeta said:

My heart says Mourinho, of the available options. But let's be honest, it won't happen. Boehley et al want a manager who will let them do what they want - suggest tactics, take tour groups around the changing room at HT. Mourinho would not stand for any of it, so he won't be the man for the job. Sooner these twats sell the club to someone competent, the better. 

I heard the other day a tour of the US this summer with a match over there against Wrexham owned by US actor Ryan Reynolds, a showbiz bonanza beckons.

 

I’ve voted for Gallardo. I understand that we don’t want some risky unknown coach, so from the list left Pochettino would be the best option. But having read about how Gallardo has River Plate playing, I think that it is exciting. I know that River Plate and the Argentinian and South American competitions are different from Europe and the PL, but it is competitive and he’s won quite a few trophies over there.

For the people who think we were better with Thomas Tuchel.  With better players then Chelsea overal  squad. 2 win - 2 draw - 3 loss. It’s time we go with someone with a plan for our attackers.

1 hour ago, strider6004 said:

I heard the other day a tour of the US this summer with a match over there against Wrexham owned by US actor Ryan Reynolds, a showbiz bonanza beckons.

 

I think we got the wrong US owners. Who’d have thought we’d be envious of Wrexham?!

1 hour ago, Gcgoal2012 said:

For the people who think we were better with Thomas Tuchel.  With better players then Chelsea overal  squad. 2 win - 2 draw - 3 loss. It’s time we go with someone with a plan for our attackers.

It's not going very well for him so far. Will he last as long as Potter?

Ah the reaction of the YouTube fans like Younes to our list being Pochettino, Kompany and the mad Aussie is priceless.

Many just cannot accept we are a very different club now 

1 hour ago, Gcgoal2012 said:

For the people who think we were better with Thomas Tuchel.  With better players then Chelsea overal  squad. 2 win - 2 draw - 3 loss. It’s time we go with someone with a plan for our attackers.

Hard to judge over just 3 weeks, though he did transform us pretty much instantly

 

If anything, it just makes the job Nagelsmann did at Bayern look even better

Edited April 22, 20233 yr by Drogba1

1 minute ago, Drogba1 said:

Hard to judge over just 3 weeks, though he did transform us pretty much instantly

 

If anything, it just makes the job Nagelsmann did at Bayern look even better

Sounds like the Tuchel love affair might be over for you Drogba? 

6 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Ah the reaction of the YouTube fans like Younes to our list being Pochettino, Kompany and the mad Aussie is priceless.

Many just cannot accept we are a very different club now 

No. Try to keep the optimism going axman. You have come so far. Don't surrender now 

I voted 'other' but want to change my vote to Pochettino after further thought. It'll probably be best if we go with a safe choice of manager after this season and he is probably the safest option with his experience in the league already. Whether he will get us challenging for the title is one thing but he will for sure help us get back to CL which is what our main priority should be next season. I'd say give him a 2-year contract with the goal of whipping the squad into shape and getting us back to Europe and then after the 2 years, they can renegotiate with the higher goal of challenging for the title. 

For those still arguing about Tuchel, could it just be that for most, even all managers that they just happen to get the right job at the right moment, but more often, the wrong job at the wrong moment? And even when it’s the right job at the right moment, the moment is rarely right for very long?

Jose mk3.. Let him build a team again look at what hes done to roma

 

Am 50/50 on Pochettino but a safe choice

Kompany no thanks not enough experience

I preferred nagelsmann as his record was very good but I guess the board didn't want him

46 minutes ago, Snedger said:

For those still arguing about Tuchel, could it just be that for most, even all managers that they just happen to get the right job at the right moment, but more often, the wrong job at the wrong moment? And even when it’s the right job at the right moment, the moment is rarely right for very long?

5 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

 

Time will tell.

We are at the mercy of the footballing brains now running our club. When Stewart, who fully understands the RB model, feels there are red flags with Nagelsmann, I think we should feel a little more secured as opposed to them outright picking Nagelsmann because of nepotism (RB ties). 

De Zerbi may be too early. I like what he's doing at Brighton and hope he stays there. 

Better for us if he leaves Brighton, I don’t think we will deal with that club again. If he was the coach of ANY other PL club doing what he is doing we’d be all over it. The only mark against him is lack of elite club pressure but he’s dealt with ego’s incredibly well, as we saw with Trossard & Caicedo.

5 hours ago, nonotnowjim said:

cos he is a pug nosed gimp - who admittedly has done well to build on potters foundation - but unfortunately the foundation here didn't have time to be laid

Bloom has done an excellent job there, Potter did alright with the outstanding squad building from the scouts, tactically De Zerbi has been a massive upgrade. De Zerbi has expertly managed to implement a similar setup to Pep & Arteta, especially the latter, in regards to structure, press style and setup. We have a great history with Italian managers and he knows precisely how to utilise Mudryk.

Excellent read on De Zerbi’s strengths here from a tactical aspect:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1608750809910743040.html

 

Just another day and linked with another manager. I would think by now at least we should have 2-3 finalists to pick from, instead of going through the list of possible options. Tomorrow it maybe Emery ( again not a bad manager) , each day go by without the manager confirmed just making the panic bit real. Just line up Jose or Conte with a promise of 300M budget ( post fire sale), they may just bite it.

3 hours ago, just said:

No. Try to keep the optimism going axman. You have come so far. Don't surrender now 

Our owners could all be abducted by aliens and Roman comes back having received a full pardon?

Paul Heckingbottom.