“Understand Pochettino's departure followed candid and amicable conversations. 

It was mutually agreed by Chelsea and Pochettino there were strategic mismatches.

Pochettino was appreciated for his bond with the players and laying football foundations that make it easier for his replacement to succeed. 

An enhanced role in recruitment was not the sticking point. 

Chelsea want a young manager. Not expected to go back to Thomas Tuchel.”

Ben Jacobs

Ah come on you lot. Tuchel? Jose? List of youth workers?

Font be suckered in. A few days ago RDZ leaves by "mutal consent", despite rumours a club paid his release clause but don't want that public.

Now Poch leaves,and we love all things Brighton.

I joked the other day about ETH but come on,you have to know it will be RDZ.

Just now, axman2526 said:

Did he quit? Think we know why if he did.

he didn’t officialy but all his latest tv talk points in this direction. 

it’s a sad day

Looks like we have a 4 year transition plan because whoever we hire will get fired after a season. 

 

First of all. Why in the world do we have 2 sporting directors. Management is a joke

Chelsea have no plans to go back for Thomas Tuchel, Conte or Mourinho. (@Matt_Law_DT) #CFC

Well... 

Despite being tentatively poch in, I'm not that sorry to see him go. Nice man though. 

Not hugely confident the leadership will get it right.

I know the the reasons why people don't want him or think it wouldn't work but I'd absolutely love tuchel to return. I'd love it! 

1 minute ago, Drogba1 said:

Didn't he have Mason Mount in the form of his life? And he brought Trevor through.

 

He's brought Pavlovic through at Bayern as well. Musiala's had another good season under him too.

 

Where's this narrative coming from? Billy Gilmour?

Levi Colwill?

Headlines incoming over the next few weeks.

“Chelsea’s new manager plans Lukaku talks”

“Chelsea manager a big fan of Kepa.”

😜

 

1 minute ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

Thats the biggest mistake Poch made. He had opportunities to bond with the fans, but weirdly never chose to take them

Did he though ? Fans only want to bond when results are going well which they weren’t for large parts of the season. I actually agree with him that any attempts at badge kissing or fist pumping etc would of been fake.

Matt Law suggesting the directors weren't satisfied with Poch's brand of football. No control and no defensive stability.

Also live scenes from @dkwhouse:

So what happens if the new manager struggles and we are in 10 at Christmas 15 points off the top?

Also didn’t Cole said the players back Poch and love him??

I can see the players downing tools if the next manager struggles.

They continued to play for Poch even during the worst moments.

1 minute ago, The Don Antonio said:

First of all. Why in the world do we have 2 sporting directors. Management is a joke

Sod's law that both of them are complete crap too LOL

f**king hell, only at Chelsea. Just as he's starting to bring this ragtag bunch of random signings into something resembling a coherent team. Let's just throw that progress down the drain and start again, shall we?

 

Fabrizio Romano: "Chelsea and Pochettino decided to part ways. They were not on the same page in terms of future projects, summer transfer window, involvement of the manager in the summer signings and also the owners of Chelsea were not convinced about going on with Mauricio Pochettino as the manager."

1 minute ago, JM7 said:

Chelsea have no plans to go back for Thomas Tuchel, Conte or Mourinho. (@Matt_Law_DT) #CFC

Of course we don't, we paid RDZ release clause.

Internal meeting decided it. Players are disappointed Pochettino has left. (@SamC_reports) #CFC

This thread took me through a lot of emotions.

Called him a clown a couple months ago and was advocating for De Zerbi for so long.

End of the season got me on Pochettino should 100% stay camp and his switch to the 3-2-4-1, inverted full back, Pep ball won me over.

Guess he never connected with the Chelsea fan base and the rumours of him wanting to be involved in the transfer strategy were true.

Now that he is gone, I go back to my main guy. I believe De Zerbi is the right one to take us to the next level.

10 minutes ago, Drogba1 said:

Leicester have a gigantic wage bill compared to the rest of the league, it really isn't much of an accomplishment. And they nearly bottled promotion after being 10 points clear. 

 

In fairness Ipswich getting double promoted is an amazing achievement, but lower league success doesn't always translate upwards. 

Yeah it’s nothing special but probably shows he’s not a dummy.

Great achievement by mckenna but I’d be very wary of someone who hasn’t managed in a top flight (same for Maresca) The last guy to do It about 10 years ago is now managing in league 2 after bouncing around league 1 & championship before that.

 

Here we go. It’s started  

“Paul winstanley is pushing for Roberto De zerbi“

3 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Internal meeting decided it. Players are disappointed Pochettino has left. (@SamC_reports) #CFC

They players will down tools at some point for the next guy. This is the first manager in a long time where we had the players not chuck the manager under the bus and we let him go.

Edited May 21, 20242 yr by El regreso

Just now, JM7 said:

Here we go. It’s started  

“Paul winstanley is pushing for Roberto De zerbi“

f**k no 🤬

No big loss.

1 minute ago, JM7 said:

Here we go. It’s started  

“Paul winstanley is pushing for Roberto De zerbi“

Winstanley is the biggest fking know nothing, done nothing, moron in the club.