10 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Winstanley and Stewart would never agree to bring in an experienced coach with an experienced team, because the fraud they have perpetrated would be exposed. They will continue to sell Eghbali (because the rest of BlueCo are AWOL or busy touting seats) on the lie that an inexperienced coach is somehow better financial value and that coaches magically improve like young players in Football Manager.

However given PR comments about experience, they might settle on a compromise option - someone who gives the veneer of experience, but isn't big enough to expose the fraud, and would tolerate working under the idiot quintet.

It just so happens that three of those type of managers - de Zerbi, Nuno Espirito Santo and Daniel Farke - exist, and at least one will be readily available in a few weeks.

Why would either of these 3 definitely be available in a few weeks? If West Ham and Leeds stay up, I would assume Nuno/Farke stay put. And even if Spurs go down, I am not convinced they will want to get rid of De Zerbi so quickly.

Liam Delap has been the only player to post online to say thank you. Not one other player. Feels harsh but Silence says too much sometimes.

Edited April 23Apr 23 by JM7

5 minutes ago, JM7 said:

Liam Delap has been the only player to post online to say thank you. Not one other player. Feels harsh but Silence says too much sometimes.

I’m genuinely disappointed about that. Surely the players can see that Rosenior was forced in, then he was chewed up and spat out.

I don’t understand how they refuse to send farewell message to Rosenior but very happy to send huge praises on Maresca who have been talking to City behind their backs like a f*cking snake.

9 minutes ago, dansubrosa said:

I’m genuinely disappointed about that. Surely the players can see that Rosenior was forced in, then he was chewed up and spat out.

I don’t understand how they refuse to send farewell message to Rosenior but very happy to send huge praises on Maresca who have been talking to City behind their backs like a f*cking snake.

its surely not compulsory. if they didnt respect him should they be false.? If Delap did then that probably indicates that he gave Delap opportunities that he might not have got or get again.

Edited April 23Apr 23 by OTL

9 hours ago, Munkunku said:

“For when you need a moron to tackle a task
You call him a genius and he'll do what you ask”

Harsh but absolute truth!

The difference between Maresca and Rosenior is that no one ever even told the latter they were a genius...

Rosenior, more than a huge coach, will be remembered as the hug coach.

10 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

I’m genuinely disappointed about that. Surely the players can see that Rosenior was forced in, then he was chewed up and spat out.

I don’t understand how they refuse to send farewell message to Rosenior but very happy to send huge praises on Maresca who have been talking to City behind their backs like a f*cking snake.

This squad is filled with selfish little childish c**ts, thats why.

11 hours ago, forbzy said:

Why would either of these 3 definitely be available in a few weeks? If West Ham and Leeds stay up, I would assume Nuno/Farke stay put. And even if Spurs go down, I am not convinced they will want to get rid of De Zerbi so quickly.

It has been made clear that De Zerbi will remain regardless.

12 hours ago, El regreso said:

Interesting read and I would take it with a massive pinch of salt. These “sources “ close to senior players(whatever that means) seems to want lay blame at the Spanish speaking players.

I don’t believe these nonsense after Jose last spell where the press tried to get us to turn against Cesc and Hazard.

I think remember that woman with the sign that said Rat or some nonsense like that.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7221654/2026/04/23/liam-rosenior-sack-chelsea-why/?unlocked_article_code=1.dFA.g4_Q.GOs6ml-uiifs&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_reddit&smid=re-share-ta

Curious that not a whisper of this ever made it into the Straight Out Of Cobham podcast featuring Johnson and Twomey. Johnson is a waste of space anyway, Twomey usually more astute. Bandwagon, jumping on.

11 hours ago, dansubrosa said:

I’m genuinely disappointed about that. Surely the players can see that Rosenior was forced in, then he was chewed up and spat out.

I don’t understand how they refuse to send farewell message to Rosenior but very happy to send huge praises on Maresca who have been talking to City behind their backs like a f*cking snake.

I'd take that with a grain of salt to be honest. They can send personal messages, not everything has to be online. If anything, sending public online messages feels performative when they downed tools on him.

1 hour ago, Deino said:

I'd take that with a grain of salt to be honest. They can send personal messages, not everything has to be online. If anything, sending public online messages feels performative when they downed tools on him.

Agreed.

2 hours ago, Deino said:

I'd take that with a grain of salt to be honest. They can send personal messages, not everything has to be online. If anything, sending public online messages feels performative when they downed tools on him.

Every time our coach is sacked, there's this social media scrutiny as if it were rune-reading. Private communication is still in existence, no need to jump to conclusions.

WE/ME can forget any manager who has CHARISMA PANACHE FURNESS AND BEING DEBONAIRE and of course a winning mentality someone who's seen it done it and got the TSHIRT and medals to prove it, and I believe JT would of said NO because he's NOT A YES MAN, what top manager is gonna let them walk in dressing room NONE, managers speak to managers , we aint getting NO decent players either, (BUT WE WILL PROBABLY BUY JOHN STONES with sick note in pocket), because a clown knows he played for pep, and that is all they need to know, like they bought sterling who was a has been, but excellent at LPOOL OK at CITY, and sh*t for US, palmer completely different because he wanted to play NOW and had HUNGER he weren't waiting for pep, when a player especially youngsters like us at least give them someone to look UP TO FFS, a footballer has argument with another footballer, 1st question is what YOU WON, a manager has argument with manager 1st question what you won, all this crap about iriola won sweet fa, also he was aloud to do what he wanted at Bournemouth, this morning CHARLIE PATRICK SPOKE REALLY WELL FOR US ON TV, and when the question arose, about sticking with managers like Daniel farke, and iriola the German at Brighton, he answered well, I would of said what have they WON NISH got into europe once brighton( they might this year) they were in charge of championship teams, we are KIN CHELSEA WE WON IT ALL FFS( even though the last 2 trophies are not fit for purpose in my opinion) conference league is a WHU AND CP NOT US, so unfortunately I have NO HOPE, NOT WITH THOSE CXXTS CLOWNS in charge, and only way to get rid is UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE SHOW UP FOR A FEW WEEKS, LONDON IS PANICKING who saw that? think! arseoles spursy whu cp ffc and US, arsenal 9 point clear lol, relegation we hope lol, whu relegation lol cp losing manager and shakner could do them, Fulham silva mid table AGAIN no signing of contract, and people saying SILVA to us fxxk off, done nothing in football since he been here ffs, and us maybe without no Europe either I expect title WE ARE NOT MANCS 1 game a week won fxxk all, last time we weren't in Europe a certain geezer called ANTONIO CONTE we won PREM, I'll leave here I could carry on for days writing about us, P.S. i read on here rangers manager rhol lol really!

Has any first team player actually wished him Good Luck / Thanked him since the sacking was announced?

Maybe speaks to the dressing rooms attitude and why it all went south so quickly.

3 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Has any first team player actually wished him Good Luck / Thanked him since the sacking was announced?

Maybe speaks to the dressing rooms attitude and why it all went south so quickly.

Liam Delap, apparently.

The away supporters at Brighton certainly didn't.

18 minutes ago, dermott said:

Liam Delap, apparently.

I imagine the spelling and grammar in that was something to behold.

6 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

I imagine the spelling and grammar in that was something to behold.

And probably meant to send it to himself.

7 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

I imagine the spelling and grammar in that was something to behold.

To be fair to bad spellers due to lower education: in my job most of my colleagues are university-educated and they still don't know basic Dutch spelling and even the word 'grammar' is unknown to them.

Edited April 24Apr 24 by Valerie

8 minutes ago, Valerie said:

To be fair to bad spellers due to lower education: in my job most of my colleagues are university-educated and they still don't know basic Dutch spelling and even the word 'grammar' is unknown to them.

Pass this around the office:

2 minutes ago, dermott said:

Pass this around the office:

Wrong verb 😃

20 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Wrong verb 😃

It's all Dutch to me.

7 minutes ago, dermott said:

It's all Dutch to me.

You must be a natural!

2 hours ago, Valerie said:

You must be a natural!

My great-grandfather was Dutch. We hold regular seances.

14 hours ago, LEGSDIAMOND5 said:

WE/ME can forget any manager who has CHARISMA PANACHE FURNESS AND BEING DEBONAIRE and of course a winning mentality someone who's seen it done it and got the TSHIRT and medals to prove it, and I believe JT would of said NO because he's NOT A YES MAN, what top manager is gonna let them walk in dressing room NONE, managers speak to managers , we aint getting NO decent players either, (BUT WE WILL PROBABLY BUY JOHN STONES with sick note in pocket), because a clown knows he played for pep, and that is all they need to know, like they bought sterling who was a has been, but excellent at LPOOL OK at CITY, and sh*t for US, palmer completely different because he wanted to play NOW and had HUNGER he weren't waiting for pep, when a player especially youngsters like us at least give them someone to look UP TO FFS, a footballer has argument with another footballer, 1st question is what YOU WON, a manager has argument with manager 1st question what you won, all this crap about iriola won sweet fa, also he was aloud to do what he wanted at Bournemouth, this morning CHARLIE PATRICK SPOKE REALLY WELL FOR US ON TV, and when the question arose, about sticking with managers like Daniel farke, and iriola the German at Brighton, he answered well, I would of said what have they WON NISH got into europe once brighton( they might this year) they were in charge of championship teams, we are KIN CHELSEA WE WON IT ALL FFS( even though the last 2 trophies are not fit for purpose in my opinion) conference league is a WHU AND CP NOT US, so unfortunately I have NO HOPE, NOT WITH THOSE CXXTS CLOWNS in charge, and only way to get rid is UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE SHOW UP FOR A FEW WEEKS, LONDON IS PANICKING who saw that? think! arseoles spursy whu cp ffc and US, arsenal 9 point clear lol, relegation we hope lol, whu relegation lol cp losing manager and shakner could do them, Fulham silva mid table AGAIN no signing of contract, and people saying SILVA to us fxxk off, done nothing in football since he been here ffs, and us maybe without no Europe either I expect title WE ARE NOT MANCS 1 game a week won fxxk all, last time we weren't in Europe a certain geezer called ANTONIO CONTE we won PREM, I'll leave here I could carry on for days writing about us, P.S. i read on here rangers manager rhol lol really!

14 hours ago, LEGSDIAMOND5 said:

WE/ME can forget any manager who has CHARISMA PANACHE FURNESS AND BEING DEBONAIRE and of course a winning mentality someone who's seen it done it and got the TSHIRT and medals to prove it, and I believe JT would of said NO because he's NOT A YES MAN, what top manager is gonna let them walk in dressing room NONE, managers speak to managers , we aint getting NO decent players either, (BUT WE WILL PROBABLY BUY JOHN STONES with sick note in pocket), because a clown knows he played for pep, and that is all they need to know, like they bought sterling who was a has been, but excellent at LPOOL OK at CITY, and sh*t for US, palmer completely different because he wanted to play NOW and had HUNGER he weren't waiting for pep, when a player especially youngsters like us at least give them someone to look UP TO FFS, a footballer has argument with another footballer, 1st question is what YOU WON, a manager has argument with manager 1st question what you won, all this crap about iriola won sweet fa, also he was aloud to do what he wanted at Bournemouth, this morning CHARLIE PATRICK SPOKE REALLY WELL FOR US ON TV, and when the question arose, about sticking with managers like Daniel farke, and iriola the German at Brighton, he answered well, I would of said what have they WON NISH got into europe once brighton( they might this year) they were in charge of championship teams, we are KIN CHELSEA WE WON IT ALL FFS( even though the last 2 trophies are not fit for purpose in my opinion) conference league is a WHU AND CP NOT US, so unfortunately I have NO HOPE, NOT WITH THOSE CXXTS CLOWNS in charge, and only way to get rid is UNFORTUNATELY NO ONE SHOW UP FOR A FEW WEEKS, LONDON IS PANICKING who saw that? think! arseoles spursy whu cp ffc and US, arsenal 9 point clear lol, relegation we hope lol, whu relegation lol cp losing manager and shakner could do them, Fulham silva mid table AGAIN no signing of contract, and people saying SILVA to us fxxk off, done nothing in football since he been here ffs, and us maybe without no Europe either I expect title WE ARE NOT MANCS 1 game a week won fxxk all, last time we weren't in Europe a certain geezer called ANTONIO CONTE we won PREM, I'll leave here I could carry on for days writing about us, P.S. i read on here rangers manager rhol lol really!

and the award, for the longest sentence of all time, is surprisingly NOT @LEGSDIAMOND5 , who came close with this mammoth effort... but it goes to Chelsea fans in general, sentenced to life with Blueco.