Gus Hiddink. Just until the end of the season.

3 hours ago, Valerie said:

Hopefully for Rosenior there's a substantial pay off fee in his contract. He's an inept coach, it may be a while before he finds a new club, probably in a lower league with lower wages.

All in all I don't envy him. Practically bullied into accepting the Chelsea offer, only to show himself completely inadequate for the eyes of the footballing community. Try to recover from that. And please don't splutter about his high wages, even people on high wages have feelings.

Yes, I have moments of empathy and mildness, sue me.

Yeah, at some point you see them struggle with it and its not a comfortable watch. He’s a joke to the footballing world now and on some level he knows it.

Even if my belief in the club to get a good manager next is close to zero, I hope he is sacked as quickly as possible - for everyones sake

51 minutes ago, mez said:

Tell me there's a get-out clause !

There is some sort of get out/break clause if I remember correctly.

48 minutes ago, AndyDowsleftflank said:

Yeah, at some point you see them struggle with it and its not a comfortable watch. He’s a joke to the footballing world now and on some level he knows it.

Even if my belief in the club to get a good manager next is close to zero, I hope he is sacked as quickly as possible - for everyones sake

I think they will let him finish the season, as tough a watch as that may be. Then probably they will send him on his way with a payout.

5 hours ago, Valerie said:

Hopefully for Rosenior there's a substantial pay off fee in his contract. He's an inept coach, it may be a while before he finds a new club, probably in a lower league with lower wages.

All in all I don't envy him. Practically bullied into accepting the Chelsea offer, only to show himself completely inadequate for the eyes of the footballing community. Try to recover from that. And please don't splutter about his high wages, even people on high wages have feelings.

Yes, I have moments of empathy and mildness, sue me.

Definitely, he should go as soon as possible but his rights as an employee of the Club should be respected.

3 hours ago, OTL said:

Punditry might suit him.

You think so? I'd take his management any day over listening to him talk!

The next two games are going to be painful - Brighton and Leeds in the cup. We will be completely mauled by both of them.

I have zero faith that we will get anything from the two games. Plus, do we really want to play City in the final? It will just be embarrassing

The rumours are floating. Cesc Fabregas is being lined up (apparently).

1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

The rumours are floating. Cesc Fabregas is being lined up (apparently).

They need the fans back on their side and some energy in the club. Would love Cesc back but even his magic hat will struggle with this sorry lot!

1 hour ago, TheCeleryKing said:

The rumours are floating. Cesc Fabregas is being lined up (apparently).

This reeks of the Fermin Lopez briefings right before getting Garnacho.

Zero chance Cesc ruins his managerial career by coming to CFC LDN.

When Rosenior finally f**ks off, the only person taking over will be Gary O'Neil.

17 minutes ago, PhilH930 said:

They need the fans back on their side and some energy in the club. Would love Cesc back but even his magic hat will struggle with this sorry lot!

Same as with Lamps. Stay away Cesc you deserve much better.

Rosenior is the perfect yes man for BlueCo. Just stick with him until they sell up.

On 19/04/2026 at 11:14, Scott said:

Liam is a masculine given name, often a short form of the Germanic name William.

Bloody hell he's just a Willie.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam

@Liam this true?

6 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Same as with Lamps. Stay away Cesc you deserve much better.

Rosenior is the perfect yes man for BlueCo. Just stick with him until they sell up.

Beside my opinion that Fabregas needs a few more years in coaching, I don't want him to either be a Blueco puppet or be sacked because he isn't. Don't do it, Cesc!

But keeping Rosenior in a "better the devil you know".... can't we at least find a yes man (or yes person) who is a bit tactically astute?

Edited April 20Apr 20 by Valerie

22 minutes ago, Valerie said:

Beside my opinion that Fabregas needs a few more years in coaching, I don't want him to either be a Blueco puppet or be sacked because he isn't. Don't do it, Cesc!

But keeping Rosenior in a "better the devil you know".... can't we at least find a yes man (or yes person) who is a bit tactically astute?

I love the idea of Fabregas, BUT only on the basis that he says "I do things my way with NO interference from the board or the SD's" (and better still, the SD's go).

Let Cesc come in, give him full control on team matters plus the few players he needs and let's avoid being next season's Spurs.

17 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Let Cesc come in, give him full control on team matters plus the few players he needs and let's avoid being next season's Spurs.

Based on what we have seen so far from this ownership, there's a negligible to zero chance that this is ever going to happen. We are never going to have a manager until BlueCo is in charge... only a first team coach. So long as the SDs have all the power in the club that ideally a manager should have, we are not going to be seeing much success on the field in the near future either.

At this point, Chelsea is being run like a club on football manager.

I'd back Fabregas, but another inexperienced manager isn't what we need, he's someone the board would hire to appease the fanbase. Emery or Simeone would be my top choices.

1 hour ago, Valerie said:

Beside my opinion that Fabregas needs a few more years in coaching, I don't want him to either be a Blueco puppet or be sacked because he isn't. Don't do it, Cesc!

But keeping Rosenior in a "better the devil you know".... can't we at least find a yes man (or yes person) who is a bit tactically astute?

Fabregas is managing the richest club in Italy. Richer than all the supposed big guns. Why on earth would he walk away from that? Besides, he remains, relatively speaking, a novice.

11 hours ago, yaz said:

You think so? I'd take his management any day over listening to him talk!

sorry i typed incorrectly ...i think puppetry might suit him.😂

If they're going to change and go for more experienced players, just go for Alonso. Worked wonders at Leverkusen. Probably not enough of a yes-man though.

Why the hell would Fabregas join us.

5 minutes ago, Zeta said:

If they're going to change and go for more experienced players, just go for Alonso. Worked wonders at Leverkusen. Probably not enough of a yes-man though.

Failed miserably with the egos at Madrid, wouldn't work unless we ship out the likes of Enzo and Lomba.

l would love it if the Diego Simeone rumours came true.❤️ 15 years at Atletico, not too shabby.

di EGO sime ONE in Rosenior speak😂

Edited April 20Apr 20 by OTL

2 hours ago, Girish said:

So long as the SDs have all the power in the club that ideally a manager should have, we are not going to be seeing much success on the field in the near future either.

I don't agree with this because I don't think this has been true of any club for over 20 years. The last manager to have that sort of role was Arsene Wenger and he tragically developed an allergy to success after Wayne Bridge's goal at Highbury in 2004.

The issue is more that our SDs aren't very good. They had no credentials to speak of when they were hired. We then sacked the one (Christopher Vivell) who had some credentials.

4 minutes ago, SydneyChelsea said:

I don't agree with this because I don't think this has been true of any club for over 20 years. The last manager to have that sort of role was Arsene Wenger and he tragically developed an allergy to success after Wayne Bridge's goal at Highbury in 2004.

The issue is more that our SDs aren't very good. They had no credentials to speak of when they were hired. We then sacked the one (Christopher Vivell) who had some credentials.

Eddie Howe and Unai Emery of the current mob spring to mind. Eddie, through circumstances, and he has tripped up. Emery because it's his way or the highway.

And Winstanley's reputation was based entirely on Bloom's recruiting system.

Edited April 20Apr 20 by dermott

2 hours ago, dermott said:

Fabregas is managing the richest club in Italy. Richer than all the supposed big guns. Why on earth would he walk away from that? Besides, he remains, relatively speaking, a novice.

He's also a co-owner of said club.