6 minutes ago, Remodez said:

Yes, this is called a tactic. You give a player freedom and build the rest of the team to compensate/support. Jose did the same with Hazard. 

Not sure what support there was when Caicedo spent the first 3/4 of the season stood by himself trying to build out from the back while Enzo and Gallagher were told to go stand next to Jackson.

Poch didn't even want Palmer, yet you think he built this team around him? Palmer kept him in a job in spite of his 'tactics'.

2 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

I'm not pro McKenna but he's not a "project" manager. He joined Ipswich and made them great quickly. 

Just because a manager is young and inexperienced doesn't mean he needs 3 seasons and the exact right players to be successful. 

He's a fresh/young manager that hardly has any management experience, let alone top flight/European football experience, with zero honors to his name coming in to take over a young team that is very much a work in progress much like himself. 

I don't know what your definition of a "project" manager is, but for me he is. 

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He's a fresh/young manager that hardly has any management experience, let alone top flight/European football experience, with zero honors to his name coming in to take over a young team that is very much a work in progress much like himself. 

I don't know what your definition of a "project" manager is, but for me he is. 

Project manager for me is someone who needs time to implement his ideas and build a squad around it. 

I don't mind the inexperience angle because unlike Potter, this guy has worked at big clubs as a coach. 

But I still think this is all smoke and mirrors before we announce RDZ

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

He's a fresh/young manager that hardly has any management experience, let alone top flight/European football experience, with zero honors to his name coming in to take over a young team that is very much a work in progress much like himself. 

I don't know what your definition of a "project" manager is, but for me he is. 

aren't most we're linked to a project manager then? 

Even RDZ only has a year and a half top flight experience where we all witnessed the team get progressively worse. 

40 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

Please let it be McKenna not De Zerbi. The bloke is up his own arse.

Didn't Nigel Adtkins and Paul Lambert also get back to back promotions from League 1 and Championship?

How did their PL runs pan out?

5 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Project manager for me is someone who needs time to implement his ideas and build a squad around it. 

I don't mind the inexperience angle because unlike Potter, this guy has worked at big clubs as a coach. 

But I still think this is all smoke and mirrors before we announce RDZ

I hope you're right and I hope he makes an immediate impact. 

I'm just worried as we've seen this before. 

5 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

aren't most we're linked to a project manager then? 

Even RDZ only has a year and a half top flight experience where we all witnessed the team get progressively worse. 

I think RDZ is far more risk than reward, but even he ad 4-6 years of top flight football depending on how you rate the Ukrainian League. 

Chelsea will appoint a new head coach by the end of next week 🚨

Kaveh Solhekol reports that the leading candidates are Thomas Frank, Enzo Maresca, Kieran McKenna along with a 'high-profile mystery name' 🔵

Just now, JM7 said:

Chelsea will appoint a new head coach by the end of next week 🚨

Kaveh Solhekol reports that the leading candidates are Thomas Frank, Enzo Maresca, Kieran McKenna along with a 'high-profile mystery name' 🔵

7 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Chelsea will appoint a new head coach by the end of next week 🚨

Kaveh Solhekol reports that the leading candidates are Thomas Frank, Enzo Maresca, Kieran McKenna along with a 'high-profile mystery name' 🔵

7 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Chelsea will appoint a new head coach by the end of next week 🚨

Kaveh Solhekol reports that the leading candidates are Thomas Frank, Enzo Maresca, Kieran McKenna along with a 'high-profile mystery name' 🔵

Why on earth Thomas frank is under consideration is beyond me, we don't have the players at all for his style of play

17 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I hope you're right and I hope he makes an immediate impact. 

I'm just worried as we've seen this before. 

I think RDZ is far more risk than reward, but even he ad 4-6 years of top flight football depending on how you rate the Ukrainian League. 

About on par with The Isthmian League. Even easier if you're managing Shakhtar.

14 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Chelsea will appoint a new head coach by the end of next week 🚨

Kaveh Solhekol reports that the leading candidates are Thomas Frank, Enzo Maresca, Kieran McKenna along with a 'high-profile mystery name' 🔵

Welcome Klopp

It’s going to be Maresca.

McKenna to Brighton which allows us to pay £20 million to take him from Brighton in December 😀

Edited May 23, 20242 yr by 19seventyone

"You can stick your Championship manager up your arse"

“High profile mystery name…….”

Cesc Fabregas.

The club are mad taking a massive risk on this. 

8 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

“High profile mystery name…….”

Cesc Fabregas.

Does he even have his coaching badges?

8 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

“High profile mystery name…….”

Cesc Fabregas.

Kim Kardashian?

9 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

“High profile mystery name…….”

Cesc Fabregas.

I mean it has to be de zerbi surely. 

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Liverpool missed more big chances than us and league champions city missed the same amount as us. 

Are you making this up as you type?

I think you are misunderstanding my point. I'm well aware Pool created more than us. 

I said we missed more in comparison to what we created. So Pool created 102 big chances and missed 79. We created 87 and missed 73. So our percentage is higher (Don't make me do the actual maths) than Pool and City.

So to answer your original question, a large part of the reason we didn't outscore our opponents in the first half of the season was because we missed a higher percentage of our overall chances created. 

1 minute ago, bisright1 said:

I mean it has to be de zerbi surely. 

High profile though?

Thinking Amorim. 

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Not sure what support there was when Caicedo spent the first 3/4 of the season stood by himself trying to build out from the back while Enzo and Gallagher were told to go stand next to Jackson.

Poch didn't even want Palmer, yet you think he built this team around him? Palmer kept him in a job in spite of his 'tactics'.

This is all irrelevant to the original conversation. Whether you agree or liked the tactics or not, the point is we missed too many chances. 

1 minute ago, Remodez said:

I think you are misunderstanding my point. I'm well aware Pool created more than us. 

I said we missed more in comparison to what we created. So Pool created 102 big chances and missed 79. We created 87 and missed 73. So our percentage is higher (Don't make me do the actual maths) than Pool and City.

So to answer your original question, a large part of the reason we didn't outscore our opponents in the first half of the season was because we missed a higher percentage of our overall chances created. 

Because Jackson missed 300 sitters .🙂 

My guess is this: Brighton will get McKenna because they are already in discussions with him. Then we will say we hired RDZ because we lost our first choice. Convenient

12 minutes ago, guddy69 said:

Because Jackson missed 300 sitters .🙂 

It was a team wide problem to be honest(Not including Palmer), Connor has had some shockers from memory, but yes Jackson was the worse offender. 

Edited May 23, 20242 yr by Remodez