5 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

The thing is, what exactly are we ripping up?

The thing is we're in desperate need of a rebuild. Much more of a rebuild than we've ever needed at any point in the last 40 years.

I don't think it's about the manager, we need to move on at least 15 first team players and bring in a similar amount this summer but it simply isn't financially feasible.

We lose nothing getting rid of Poch but nothing improves given the squad has so much deadwood and so little quality.

2 hours ago, evissy said:

Klopp was also considered a serial loser before Liverpool. He totally changed the face of their club. I don't know if Pochettino will achieve that, time will tell, but we have to change the tune of the club from Roman era's hire and fire mentality. 

Klopp was considered a serial loser before Liverpool? Seriously? For getting Dortmund to a whisker of Champions league glory over the club side that completely and totally dominated their league. This after back to back league titles. Let's not forget that Bayern side under Heynkes were the equivalent of Man City playing in the Championship ( I mean this Man City team, not the Shaun Goater, Paul Dickov and Nicky Weaver team that were actually there). The structure, finances, players, their pull for other players domestically.

I get the point about giving the right man the right length of time to develop something and despite the inauspicious start, Klopp was incrementally improving them even then, but serial loser before Liverpool is a bit of a stretch isn't it.

And isn't the message about finding the right man to start with. My question is how do you find the right man. This guy is on a two year contract. To warrant demonstrative progress where should we be by now?

4 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Klopp was considered a serial loser before Liverpool? Seriously? For getting Dortmund to a whisker of Champions league glory over the club side that completely and totally dominated their league. This after back to back league titles. Let's not forget that Bayern side under Heynkes were the equivalent of Man City playing in the Championship ( I mean this Man City team, not the Shaun Goater, Paul Dickov and Nicky Weaver team that were actually there). The structure, finances, players, their pull for other players domestically.

I get the point about giving the right man the right length of time to develop something and despite the inauspicious start, Klopp was incrementally improving them even then, but serial loser before Liverpool is a bit of a stretch isn't it.

And isn't the message about finding the right man to start with. My question is how do you find the right man. This guy is on a two year contract. To warrant demonstrative progress where should we be by now?

Klopp is free in the summer, why dont you go and jerk off into a hankie and pray he becomes our manager. 

The Klopp comparisons are always the talk of a dead man walking. It's simply incomparable and to try and make some sort of parallels is f**king daft. 

Lampard did the same foolishly. 

2 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

The Klopp comparisons are always the talk of a dead man walking. It's simply incomparable and to try and make some sort of parallels is f**king daft. 

Lampard did the same foolishly. 

Yep, I think Arteta is literally the only case (in modern football) of blind faith based on next to nothing actually paying off and even that's only to an extent (ultimately hasn't achieved more than the version of Wenger Arsenal fans wanted sacked).

5 minutes ago, olderschoolcfc said:

Klopp is free in the summer, why dont you go and jerk off into a hankie and pray he becomes our manager. 

Adult.

Older school hey?

Well done you. 

Slept on it and I’m even more angry. What a weak thing to do, playing for penalties. It doesn’t matter if it was Poch’s idea or the squad, it still reflects on Poch badly.

After last night I have absolutely no faith he would deliver us trophies or even finish top 4. When it comes to the crunch he folds and goes into hiding.

Say next season we are doing much better and competing for top 4. There is only 5 games left and Tottenham/Man United are on our heels, do you really have faith in Poch to ensure we get the results we need to stay top 4? I certainly don’t.

Sack the loser.

10 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Slept on it and I’m even more angry. What a weak thing to do, playing for penalties. It doesn’t matter if it was Poch’s idea or the squad, it still reflects on Poch badly.

 

Its worse if it wasnt his idea, a proper manager would have told them to sort themselves out and play to win, no excuses, no pandering to the poor tired little things. It also reeks of mismanaging his subs if they go to that point tired, its basically a clusterf**k. the useless git.

1 hour ago, dkw said:

Its worse if it wasnt his idea, a proper manager would have told them to sort themselves out and play to win, no excuses, no pandering to the poor tired little things. It also reeks of mismanaging his subs if they go to that point tired, its basically a clusterf**k. the useless git.

The main thing is why are they so tired. They haven't played for a week.

I posted this in the Poch out thread but I will post it here also.

 

 

Am not a fan of Matt Law but I can’t really argue with this at all. No pay wall and short read.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/02/26/mauricio-pochettino-chelsea-job-todd-boehly-behdad-eghbali/

 

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2 hours ago, dkw said:

Its worse if it wasnt his idea, a proper manager would have told them to sort themselves out and play to win, no excuses, no pandering to the poor tired little things. It also reeks of mismanaging his subs if they go to that point tired, its basically a clusterf**k. the useless git.

I remember the other day pointing out how much I didn't like seeing Gusto asking to be subbed because he was tired against City. What happened to pushing through it? The guy is 20 years old, not 35, having a good game and he couldn't push through and potentially push the team on to grab a win? This is weak and Pochettino allows it to happen. Could you imagine somebody like Salah asking to be subbed off because he was tired with 15 minutes to go against City? That's never going to happen. We had players in the past like Terry, Cole and Ivanovic that would play with bloody ankles if it meant they could help the team win.

2 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

I remember the other day pointing out how much I didn't like seeing Gusto asking to be subbed because he was tired against City. What happened to pushing through it? The guy is 20 years old, not 35, having a good game and he couldn't push through and potentially push the team on to grab a win? This is weak and Pochettino allows it to happen. Could you imagine somebody like Salah asking to be subbed off because he was tired with 15 minutes to go against City? That's never going to happen. We had players in the past like Terry, Cole and Ivanovic that would play with bloody ankles if it meant they could help the team win.

It's says to me they know poch is weak and easily manipulated, so poor.

13 minutes ago, El regreso said:

I posted this in the Poch out thread but I will post it here also.

 

 

 

Am not a fan of Matt Law but I can’t really argue with this at all. No pay wall and short read.

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/02/26/mauricio-pochettino-chelsea-job-todd-boehly-behdad-eghbali/

 

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It's behind a paywall so I can't see it, but the title is complete rubbish, it's clear to see that we've made a mistake appointing Pochettino. The project is to sign some of Europe's best emerging talents and have a manager/coaching staff that can improve them and turn them into world class players. Pochettino and his staff have failed miserably at doing that, without competent management the project is doomed to fail.

11 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

It's behind a paywall so I can't see it, but the title is complete rubbish, it's clear to see that we've made a mistake appointing Pochettino. The project is to sign some of Europe's best emerging talents and have a manager/coaching staff that can improve them and turn them into world class players. Pochettino and his staff have failed miserably at doing that, without competent management the project is doomed to fail.

Not for me and I don’t have a subscription 

Also the article point is that we are no longer the pull we used to be and sacking him now we will not have a queue of managers lining up. In the Roman era even if managers knew they would be sacked they will also know they are getting a team of winners who would help enhance their CV, but this is something completely different. Looking at us now how can you enhance your CV in this mess even for a couple of years?

Edited February 26, 20242 yr by El regreso

This paragraph jumped off the page at me ... 

An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.” 

 

There was a time when the Chelsea job was one of the most attractive in Europe. Managers would queue up to take charge of a squad full of talent and know-how, with the promise of millions to spend and a big pay-out whenever former owner Roman Abramovich had decided he’d had enough.

Nobody had to kid themselves about projects or patience. The rules of engagement were clear and supporters could be confident that with each sacking would come another high-profile appointment. Life in the fast lane was exhilarating and guaranteed thrills and spills…and, of course, trophies.

It may be that those years of success under Abramovich become tainted if Chelsea are found to have broken rules and punished, but nobody can honestly argue that they did not know what they were getting into and supporters still demonstrate they have no regrets by singing the Russian’s name.

 

The fact Mauricio Pochettino, having lost the Carabao Cup final, is now facing a make-or-break run to the end of the season to keep hold of his job as head coach is pure Abramovich – but stripped of the trophies and the fun for the fans along the way.

Whether or not it was expressly said to him when he was appointed, the minimum target for Pochettino this season was to qualify for Europe, which adds significance to Wednesday night’s FA Cup tie against Leeds United and means Chelsea, currently 11th in the table, need to finish their Premier League season strongly.

Pochettino knows that he will face pressure if Chelsea fall short and can have no complaints that supporters, some of whom cannot get over his old Tottenham Hotspur allegiance, would find a mid-table finish deeply uninspiring.

But if co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly, advised by sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, sack their third manager since taking over, then all talk of projects, patience and philosophies may as well be chucked out of the window. All that will have changed since the Abramovich hire‘em, fire‘em days will be that there are no trophies to show for all the changes and the queue for the Chelsea job will be an awful lot shorter.

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Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly (left) and Behdad Eghbali have spent over £1 billion on new signings since buying the club CREDIT: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images

Liverpool and Bayern Munich are already far more attractive propositions than Chelsea would be, while Barcelona, for all their problems, should at least be able to offer Champions League football. They could pay the compensation fee to take yet another member of staff from Brighton, but it is unlikely Pochettino’s old friend Unai Emery would give up the control he enjoys at Aston Villa to put his neck on the line for Eghbali and Boehly.

An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.”

 

Add the fact that just about everybody in football believes Chelsea are in danger of running into trouble over profit and sustainability rules, and the threat of punishment and a possible points deduction from the Abramovich era, then the prospect of succeeding Pochettino may not seem too good to turn down.

Eghbali and Boehly have spent over £1 billion on new signings since buying the club, but Chelsea will have tough choices to make in the future if the money tap is to keep running, as it did in the Abramovich days when financial fair play was much easier to circumnavigate.

Questionable judgement in the transfer market

Good luck to whoever the head coach is to send out a team in what could be a toxic Stamford Bridge if Conor Gallagher or even Reece James have to be sold to allow Chelsea to keep trading.

And who will pick the next big signing? The head coach? Unlikely. None of the players who disappeared in extra-time of the Carabao Cup final at Wembley were actually signed by Pochettino. It was back in the Potter days that Eghbali and Winstanley hopped on a private jet to clinch the £80 million signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, whose only contribution from the substitutes’ bench on Sunday was to allow Virgil van Dijk to head Liverpool’s winner.

Some Chelsea insiders had been predicting that Mudryk could be one of the players of the year when Pochettino arrived last summer, which raises questions over their judgement.

There have been good signings such as goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto, while it seems unfeasible that Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez will not improve. Whether Caicedo and Fernandez are suited to playing together is an entirely different question.

Nicolas Jackson is a threat and should develop, but which top coach wants to trust the guys who spent £1bn and failed to sign a recognised goalscorer with their reputation and future?

Managers were happy to be the fall-guy for Abramovich, knowing they would more than likely pick up a trophy or two to enhance their CVs along the way. His hired-gun approach also left no ambiguity over what needed to be achieved.

But which top coaches would want to have to ask the fans to trust the process on behalf of Eghbali and Boehly if they prove there really is no Chelsea project by sacking Pochettino? The answer is probably not as many as they might like to think.

3 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

This paragraph jumped off the page at me ... 

An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.” 

 

There was a time when the Chelsea job was one of the most attractive in Europe. Managers would queue up to take charge of a squad full of talent and know-how, with the promise of millions to spend and a big pay-out whenever former owner Roman Abramovich had decided he’d had enough.

Nobody had to kid themselves about projects or patience. The rules of engagement were clear and supporters could be confident that with each sacking would come another high-profile appointment. Life in the fast lane was exhilarating and guaranteed thrills and spills…and, of course, trophies.

It may be that those years of success under Abramovich become tainted if Chelsea are found to have broken rules and punished, but nobody can honestly argue that they did not know what they were getting into and supporters still demonstrate they have no regrets by singing the Russian’s name.

 

The fact Mauricio Pochettino, having lost the Carabao Cup final, is now facing a make-or-break run to the end of the season to keep hold of his job as head coach is pure Abramovich – but stripped of the trophies and the fun for the fans along the way.

Whether or not it was expressly said to him when he was appointed, the minimum target for Pochettino this season was to qualify for Europe, which adds significance to Wednesday night’s FA Cup tie against Leeds United and means Chelsea, currently 11th in the table, need to finish their Premier League season strongly.

Pochettino knows that he will face pressure if Chelsea fall short and can have no complaints that supporters, some of whom cannot get over his old Tottenham Hotspur allegiance, would find a mid-table finish deeply uninspiring.

But if co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly, advised by sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, sack their third manager since taking over, then all talk of projects, patience and philosophies may as well be chucked out of the window. All that will have changed since the Abramovich hire‘em, fire‘em days will be that there are no trophies to show for all the changes and the queue for the Chelsea job will be an awful lot shorter.

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Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly (left) and Behdad Eghbali have spent over £1 billion on new signings since buying the club CREDIT: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images

Liverpool and Bayern Munich are already far more attractive propositions than Chelsea would be, while Barcelona, for all their problems, should at least be able to offer Champions League football. They could pay the compensation fee to take yet another member of staff from Brighton, but it is unlikely Pochettino’s old friend Unai Emery would give up the control he enjoys at Aston Villa to put his neck on the line for Eghbali and Boehly.

An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.”

 

Add the fact that just about everybody in football believes Chelsea are in danger of running into trouble over profit and sustainability rules, and the threat of punishment and a possible points deduction from the Abramovich era, then the prospect of succeeding Pochettino may not seem too good to turn down.

Eghbali and Boehly have spent over £1 billion on new signings since buying the club, but Chelsea will have tough choices to make in the future if the money tap is to keep running, as it did in the Abramovich days when financial fair play was much easier to circumnavigate.

Questionable judgement in the transfer market

Good luck to whoever the head coach is to send out a team in what could be a toxic Stamford Bridge if Conor Gallagher or even Reece James have to be sold to allow Chelsea to keep trading.

And who will pick the next big signing? The head coach? Unlikely. None of the players who disappeared in extra-time of the Carabao Cup final at Wembley were actually signed by Pochettino. It was back in the Potter days that Eghbali and Winstanley hopped on a private jet to clinch the £80 million signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, whose only contribution from the substitutes’ bench on Sunday was to allow Virgil van Dijk to head Liverpool’s winner.

Some Chelsea insiders had been predicting that Mudryk could be one of the players of the year when Pochettino arrived last summer, which raises questions over their judgement.

There have been good signings such as goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto, while it seems unfeasible that Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez will not improve. Whether Caicedo and Fernandez are suited to playing together is an entirely different question.

Nicolas Jackson is a threat and should develop, but which top coach wants to trust the guys who spent £1bn and failed to sign a recognised goalscorer with their reputation and future?

Managers were happy to be the fall-guy for Abramovich, knowing they would more than likely pick up a trophy or two to enhance their CVs along the way. His hired-gun approach also left no ambiguity over what needed to be achieved.

But which top coaches would want to have to ask the fans to trust the process on behalf of Eghbali and Boehly if they prove there really is no Chelsea project by sacking Pochettino? The answer is probably not as many as they might like to think.

That as the paragraph that was most concerning and immediately stood out to me also.

5 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

This paragraph jumped off the page at me ... 

An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.” 

 

There was a time when the Chelsea job was one of the most attractive in Europe. Managers would queue up to take charge of a squad full of talent and know-how, with the promise of millions to spend and a big pay-out whenever former owner Roman Abramovich had decided he’d had enough.

Nobody had to kid themselves about projects or patience. The rules of engagement were clear and supporters could be confident that with each sacking would come another high-profile appointment. Life in the fast lane was exhilarating and guaranteed thrills and spills…and, of course, trophies.

It may be that those years of success under Abramovich become tainted if Chelsea are found to have broken rules and punished, but nobody can honestly argue that they did not know what they were getting into and supporters still demonstrate they have no regrets by singing the Russian’s name.

 

The fact Mauricio Pochettino, having lost the Carabao Cup final, is now facing a make-or-break run to the end of the season to keep hold of his job as head coach is pure Abramovich – but stripped of the trophies and the fun for the fans along the way.

Whether or not it was expressly said to him when he was appointed, the minimum target for Pochettino this season was to qualify for Europe, which adds significance to Wednesday night’s FA Cup tie against Leeds United and means Chelsea, currently 11th in the table, need to finish their Premier League season strongly.

Pochettino knows that he will face pressure if Chelsea fall short and can have no complaints that supporters, some of whom cannot get over his old Tottenham Hotspur allegiance, would find a mid-table finish deeply uninspiring.

But if co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly, advised by sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart, sack their third manager since taking over, then all talk of projects, patience and philosophies may as well be chucked out of the window. All that will have changed since the Abramovich hire‘em, fire‘em days will be that there are no trophies to show for all the changes and the queue for the Chelsea job will be an awful lot shorter.

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Chelsea co-owners Todd Boehly (left) and Behdad Eghbali have spent over £1 billion on new signings since buying the club CREDIT: Chris Brunskill/Getty Images

Liverpool and Bayern Munich are already far more attractive propositions than Chelsea would be, while Barcelona, for all their problems, should at least be able to offer Champions League football. They could pay the compensation fee to take yet another member of staff from Brighton, but it is unlikely Pochettino’s old friend Unai Emery would give up the control he enjoys at Aston Villa to put his neck on the line for Eghbali and Boehly.

An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.”

 

Add the fact that just about everybody in football believes Chelsea are in danger of running into trouble over profit and sustainability rules, and the threat of punishment and a possible points deduction from the Abramovich era, then the prospect of succeeding Pochettino may not seem too good to turn down.

Eghbali and Boehly have spent over £1 billion on new signings since buying the club, but Chelsea will have tough choices to make in the future if the money tap is to keep running, as it did in the Abramovich days when financial fair play was much easier to circumnavigate.

Questionable judgement in the transfer market

Good luck to whoever the head coach is to send out a team in what could be a toxic Stamford Bridge if Conor Gallagher or even Reece James have to be sold to allow Chelsea to keep trading.

And who will pick the next big signing? The head coach? Unlikely. None of the players who disappeared in extra-time of the Carabao Cup final at Wembley were actually signed by Pochettino. It was back in the Potter days that Eghbali and Winstanley hopped on a private jet to clinch the £80 million signing of Mykhailo Mudryk, whose only contribution from the substitutes’ bench on Sunday was to allow Virgil van Dijk to head Liverpool’s winner.

Some Chelsea insiders had been predicting that Mudryk could be one of the players of the year when Pochettino arrived last summer, which raises questions over their judgement.

There have been good signings such as goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic, Cole Palmer and Malo Gusto, while it seems unfeasible that Moises Caicedo and Enzo Fernandez will not improve. Whether Caicedo and Fernandez are suited to playing together is an entirely different question.

Nicolas Jackson is a threat and should develop, but which top coach wants to trust the guys who spent £1bn and failed to sign a recognised goalscorer with their reputation and future?

Managers were happy to be the fall-guy for Abramovich, knowing they would more than likely pick up a trophy or two to enhance their CVs along the way. His hired-gun approach also left no ambiguity over what needed to be achieved.

But which top coaches would want to have to ask the fans to trust the process on behalf of Eghbali and Boehly if they prove there really is no Chelsea project by sacking Pochettino? The answer is probably not as many as they might like to think.

Its a decent enough piece, except for the standard monetary misrepresentation in order to support the narrative. Mudryk was signed for 62m. 88m if we win the PL or the CL. Not a hope in hell anytime soon. 62m for what we have got from Mudryk is painful enough, there is no need to misrepresent with inaccuracies as well.

Nkunku, Enzo, Caicedo, Colwill, Gusto, James, Chilwell, Disasi, Sterling, Lavia, Badiashile, Gallagher

"Every manager will be in trouble with this team."

Yeah sorry.  What ever 'candidate' said that, shouldn't of been considered. There are talented players at this football club. 

1 minute ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Nkunku, Enzo, Caicedo, Colwill, Gusto, James, Chilwell, Disasi, Sterling, Lavia, Badiashile, Gallagher

"Every manager will be in trouble with this team."

Yeah sorry.  What ever 'candidate' said that, shouldn't of been considered. There are talented players at this football club. 

Probably Jorge Mendes on behalf of Mourinho LOL

It's very simple these data analysis w**k*** we employ believe that we should be 5th not 10th or 11th based on the underlying statistics and metrics they judge football matches and league positions on. That by defention (keep in mind this factors in injuries) means Pochettino is underperforming even considering the extraneous factors.

He is not good enough, just like Potter how can everyone else be the problem at the club except the owners and the sporting directors. They chose to run the club this way and all they want is a yes man. Potter and Pochettino are yes men, the latter famously. People used his PSG tenure as a stick to beat him and based on the evidence they were right. I can see now how he lost Ligue 1 with Messi, Neymar & Mbappe in his squad. He couldn't get more than 80 points with prime Son, Kane, Eriksen & Deli Ali to win the league vs Leicester. 

He bottled the UCL by starting a Harry Kane who hadn't played for 3-4 months. When it really counts he just doesn't know what to do. He's missprofiled Nkunku in my opinion since he's joined, why are you playing him as a lone striker? The only players that have improved are Gallagher and Palmer (who would probably look good in any team). 

Another false dawn with this hiring and another false prophet from this ownership. I hear Brighton's current coach being linked to the job and despite his obvious tactical astuteness I wouldn't want another Brighton employee I can't understand why these owners didn't just buy Brighton they're so obsessed it's ridiculous. Hire from world class clubs not clubs that are midtable and pushing to be in the top 8.

I can’t believe that this is a Chelsea forum.. instead of supporting the lads who I am sure are hurting is this how we support them!! I have been a cfc supporter for 24 years and we have lost plenty of finals in that time..

the media and rivals are revelling that we lost .. klopp had nothing to lose and our boys everything.. it’s easy to say should have done this and that but seriously common..

this is the time we need to stick together and support our boys if we have dreams of returning to the top .. I am sorry but I expected better from Chelsea fans.. it seems we are leading the charge.. what right does an arsenal / spurs/ Utd fan have to question us ?? They have won zilch this season.. let them not fool you .. if it wasn’t the first trophy for this team we would have smashed pool.. 

common you blues .. KTBFFH.. don’t care if we end up relegated.. I will support and defend this club!!

those f**king defensive subs like he learns nothing when we go defencive sh*t we crack. every f**king time. 

he had it on a plate but I’ll start beleiveing he is a looser. we need sone F balls.

"An associate of a top coach who would almost certainly be linked with succeeding Pochettino were he to go the way of Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter remarked: “Every manager will be in trouble with this team.” 

 

What a complete load of made up sh*te, amazing that people keep believing this kind of nonsense.

 

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Nkunku, Enzo, Caicedo, Colwill, Gusto, James, Chilwell, Disasi, Sterling, Lavia, Badiashile, Gallagher

"Every manager will be in trouble with this team."

Yeah sorry.  What ever 'candidate' said that, shouldn't of been considered. There are talented players at this football club. 

I'm honestly sick of the "this team is sh*t narrative" as an excuse for managers, considering how well we've played against some of the top teams this season, there is no excuse for this team to be where they are other than injuries. Sure we are young and in experienced, but many of the teams around us just have one or two top players on their squad with an average team.