7 minutes ago, Amputechture said:

Sauce?

 

 

21 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

 

 

You really think this is a credible source ?

Twitter really is the gift that keeps on giving ... with any luck Musk will drive it into the ground soon, permanently !

 

11 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

You really think this is a credible source ?

Twitter really is the gift that keeps on giving ... with any luck Musk will drive it into the ground soon, permanently !

 

I don't know mate. Is believable based on what I have seen from our play.

6 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Palmer is actually listed at 189cm which is pretty tall ! Much taller than Madueke (182). Jota is even shorter at 178 LOL (same height as Enzo and Caicedo)

Jota jump to win header. Palmer duck to avoid header. 😂😂😂

I have a really horrible but growing feeling that Poch IS starting to lose the dressing room. We can all see that good players are being played out of position and then being castigated for poor performances. They will not be happy with that and will talk amongst themselves or to friends in the media. I have strong doubts about Pochettino's tactical nouse and to be persisting with playing players out of position to continue with a woeful and losing style of play and no Plan B, just makes no sense, other than to him. He WILL be given to the end of the Season, but may not survive the Summer.

6 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Jota jump to win header. Palmer duck to avoid header. 😂😂😂

I wonder if the recently well publicised links between heading the ball and dementia have anything to do with a modern player's propensity to compete for headers ?

 

1 hour ago, coombsie said:

I have a really horrible but growing feeling that Poch IS starting to lose the dressing room. We can all see that good players are being played out of position and then being castigated for poor performances. They will not be happy with that and will talk amongst themselves or to friends in the media. I have strong doubts about Pochettino's tactical nouse and to be persisting with playing players out of position to continue with a woeful and losing style of play and no Plan B, just makes no sense, other than to him. He WILL be given to the end of the Season, but may not survive the Summer.

Surprised he hasn't had more questions about it during press conferences. He's not an idiot so there must be some rhyme or reason behind it. Probably to do with injuries and what he is seeing on the training pitch from the various solutions being tried, but it would be nice to hear what it is straight from the horse's mouth !

10 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Players turning on Poch? 

 

Apparently several players havr expressed their concerns at Pochettino not being up to it tactically and not using some players correctly.

3 in particular (said to be Enzo, Colwill and Caicedo) are said to have told the higher ups Poch is not using them to their strengths and harming the team because of it.

 

10 hours ago, axman2526 said:

 

 

My friend, there’s nothing on that tweet to grant your take that “Enzo, Colwill and Caicedo have told the higher ups that they’re not being played to their strengths”. If anything, that tweet says that there’s a close discussion on tactics between the coaching staff (Poch et al.) and the players, nothing to suggest that players are going behind Poch’s back to Boehly and co.

My belief in Pochettino has began to wane, I always try to give our managers time and after Potter I was willing to welcome Poch with open arms. Now I've come to see as bad as Potter was he wasn't the problem it's the owners and the sporting directors they set everyone (players, coaches and fans) up for failure.

I don't blame Potter for the mess the club was, he's not the most dominant of men so I can see him being a pushover. Pochettino on the other hand I thought was firery and passionate so wouldn't be silenced. I've began to see this is not the case, as he too has been pushed around and accepted what he's given. I think he's a good coach, but he's clearly a pushover. The only reason he got the job is because he's so agreeable. We were told the owners were more interested in coaches who get along with the board than anything else. So rather than have someone challenge their poor decision making they want someone to accept what they're given. 

So explain to me then why in modern football you would choose a so called "elite level" coach if you're not going to give him the same level of tools as his peers to compete. Or even more relevant how are they expected to play their football with just any old signing coming through the door under the guise of club signing. Yes we know in the past we can have too many coach signings and end up with a mismatched squad. Yet very few managers these days can play their style of football without their style of players. 

Neither Guardiola or Klopp two of the best in the world would have had the level of success they've had in this league without the club listening to their profile of player when squad building.

Even worse with the huge outlay, but very little spent on current elite proven level talent & experience. The players and coach are under huge outside pressure to succeed even if internally they try to play it down. You don't spend £1bn and expect 12th, 10th.

If we don't sign experience this window then Pochettino must get us into Europe otherwise its a sackable offence. He's spent all season saying we're Chelsea this and Chelsea that. So prove it then lad! If you're so called holding the current players to the standards of past Chelsea players and they're failing. We then hold you to the standards of past Chelsea managers and guess what you're failing too!

13 hours ago, Amputechture said:

Sauce?

 Tomato please

Whether it happens in the next few weeks or at the end of the season it feels like the writing is on the wall for Poch. The owners will surely be seeing that their big investments are being used terribly, and Poch is already coming out with his Spursisms about how he doesn't thing winning trophies is a necessity he just wants everyone to have a lovely time.

17 hours ago, Bob stark said:

I don't think we are a short team but aerially we are so bad 😭😭

I saw jota beating Saliba in the air yet jota is shorter than Madueke n Palmer. 

Jota's leap and hang time in the air is freakish. 

17 minutes ago, dermott said:

Jota's leap and hang time in the air is freakish. 

Liverpool old front three of firmino, mane and Salah were all short and all of them were very good in the air. 

I remembered I saw Salah challenging Maguire in the air. 

5 hours ago, coombsie said:

I have a really horrible but growing feeling that Poch IS starting to lose the dressing room. We can all see that good players are being played out of position and then being castigated for poor performances. They will not be happy with that and will talk amongst themselves or to friends in the media. I have strong doubts about Pochettino's tactical nouse and to be persisting with playing players out of position to continue with a woeful and losing style of play and no Plan B, just makes no sense, other than to him. He WILL be given to the end of the Season, but may not survive the Summer.

No way he is losing the dressing room. 

You lose the dressing room if you are losing and you don't play some players. That is not the case with us, everyone get either good playing time or they are injured.

You have to have sympathy with Poch on Nkunku. His only other potential consistent attacker to Palmer is constantly injured

Edited January 12, 20242 yr by rtwelch

13 minutes ago, rtwelch said:

You have to have sympathy with Poch on Nkunku. His only other potential consistent attacker to Palmer is constantly injured

Send a thank you card to Pep. 

5 hours ago, RMH said:

 

My friend, there’s nothing on that tweet to grant your take that “Enzo, Colwill and Caicedo have told the higher ups that they’re not being played to their strengths”. If anything, that tweet says that there’s a close discussion on tactics between the coaching staff (Poch et al.) and the players, nothing to suggest that players are going behind Poch’s back to Boehly and co.

Same person had a few other tweets about it mate, I did not quote them all. I saw them on Miz's "other side of the coin" YouTube show, and later one Younes YTF where they quoted his tweets, and their common belief was Enzo, Colwill and Caicedo were the three. 

Are they and the poster on X right? I don't know, but I shared because I believe, in general, our fans on here are concerned and want to know what might be going on. 

I understand that tempers are probably a bit fraught right now, but I think personal attacks against other posters is a bit over the line personally. If someone genuinely thinks another member of this forum is just trying to upset others / troll then the right course of action is probably to talk to a mod, isn't it?

I haven't been here that long, but the few interactions I've had with @axman2526 have always been great - haven't always agreed on everything but they've respected my opinions as I've tried to respect theirs.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1fhQ3kNNQj/?igsh=b3huMjI0a3ByOTVl

 

in a nut shell...🙂 

3 hours ago, timetowaste said:

Whether it happens in the next few weeks or at the end of the season it feels like the writing is on the wall for Poch. The owners will surely be seeing that their big investments are being used terribly, and Poch is already coming out with his Spursisms about how he doesn't thing winning trophies is a necessity he just wants everyone to have a lovely time.

I don't think so. And I hope we don't repeat what we were under Roman. Especially now that we just replaced the entire squad with young players. 

How can you expect to win even as many points as we have with new squad where 33% of them are injured all the time...? 

Let one coaching team create the culture and bring in one philosophy. Let it be Poch's. Why not.

Have patience.

12 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1fhQ3kNNQj/?igsh=b3huMjI0a3ByOTVl

 

in a nut shell...🙂 

That's like watching most games this season! And not just from Sterling!

6 minutes ago, evissy said:

I don't think so. And I hope we don't repeat what we were under Roman. Especially now that we just replaced the entire squad with young players.

There is nothing I want more out of Chelsea now than what we were under Roman!

Remember too, the hire and fire thing isn't just a Roman thing, Todd and co have gone through a fair amount in a few years with big payoffs!

So when is someone going to make our next "should the manager be sacked" poll, followed by "who should our next manager be"

Come on @RIP Mourinhoand @Sexyfootballone of you guys must feel the urge by now.

I don't mind doing one to lighten the mood around here 👀

4 minutes ago, Munkunku said:

I also have Munk, great guy and handsome as George Clooney.

Love ya Munk ❤