Our best football under the current ownership was Poch's second half of the seaon. We are a much better team when playing more direct and I honestly think it would benefit so much of the team.

I've never enjoyed watching possession for the sake of it and I think Iraloa fits the bill to take us forward. I really liked Poch and felt we were moving forward under him once he found his feet, but that Spursy aroma made it hard to believe he was one of us.

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1 hour ago, SydneyChelsea said:

No coach has developed more Ballon D'or winners!

Carlo gave several young uns debuts in his time at Chelsea, Bruma, McEachran, Kakuta, the young Dutch full back (cant remember his name) and others, he absolutely does like to develop young players.

2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

I actually thought that defensively wewere almost as leaky as under Rosenior. If I remember correctly we needed to score three goals in a game to get a draw, that was what it felt like. He has done well with Coventry but I still think it's too early to tell. McKenna's Ipswich looked top quality when they came up and they look it now, but he also struggled in the PL

Ipswich struggled because the squad wasn't up to it. They had players who had been with them from lower league days. McKenna also cost them by stubbornly sticking with a plainly incompetent GK for far too long. Cost them dearly. They're likely to come back up again but, again, the squad isn't good enough. Nor, for that matter, is Coventry's. They are going to have to spend, and very wisely. Sunderland have shown it's possible.

I'd be all over Steve holland.... would he want to be number 1? I would be finding a way to bring him back to the club, I would be looking for a "management team" with him in it either as manager or number 2. Has the pedigree from his time with us and England. Guy is a winner. Certainly he has helped Carrick along and United are top 4.

Never going to happen.

16 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

I’d be more than happy with Iraola if we can’t snag Simeone, but if we could just get Simeone even for a season. I beg.

Simeone has signed a contract extension to stay next season at Atletico, so that one is gone. I don't like his antics and football but he's what this lot would need right now.

11 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Yeah there were some rumors he wanted to go back. Other said he wants a PL stay.

That was just a pipe dream for some Athletic supporters, never seen as a real possibility. Rumour among Athleticzales was that he wanted to stay in the PL.

If Jorge Mendes wants to push his client on us (Marco Silva) then Jorge Mendes will get his way, like he did with Neto and Felix.

f**k this club man.

Ancelotti is 66 now, and by accepting the Brazil role is in semi retirement.

Personally think he’d been crazy to swap a part time job with perks, such as eyeing up ladies on Copa Cabana beach, to the pissing rain of London and a chronically run club.

9 minutes ago, Timmy Elms said:

Ancelotti is 66 now, and by accepting the Brazil role is in semi retirement.

Personally think he’d been crazy to swap a part time job with perks, such as eyeing up ladies on Copa Cabana beach, to the pissing rain of London and a chronically run club.

I bet that eyebrow goes into over time on the beach although in all honesty I doubt he spends much time in Brazil.

Carlo doesn’t need the money so retirement is a choice he could have made years ago.

I’d give him the SD job a bit like Klopp has at red bull head of global football or whatever they call it, hardly a 9-5 and what a font of knowledge for a younger manager to draw from and a football man upstairs telling those clowns how it’s done.

20 minutes ago, C3blue said:

I bet that eyebrow goes into over time on the beach although in all honesty I doubt he spends much time in Brazil.

Carlo doesn’t need the money so retirement is a choice he could have made years ago.

I’d give him the SD job a bit like Klopp has at red bull head of global football or whatever they call it, hardly a 9-5 and what a font of knowledge for a younger manager to draw from and a football man upstairs telling those clowns how it’s done.

Do we need six SDs?

20 minutes ago, C3blue said:

I bet that eyebrow goes into over time on the beach although in all honesty I doubt he spends much time in Brazil.

Carlo doesn’t need the money so retirement is a choice he could have made years ago.

I’d give him the SD job a bit like Klopp has at red bull head of global football or whatever they call it, hardly a 9-5 and what a font of knowledge for a younger manager to draw from and a football man upstairs telling those clowns how it’s done.

Why would they employ someone with all that knowledge and experience to show them up to be the incompetent morons they are? I honestly miss the ruthlessness of Roman. These Sporting Directors (god knows how many we have now) would have been out the door after a season. All that money without even a title race is not good enough, particularly with the drop in quality this season. Ancelotti got the boot for a lot less. It seems like the more we fail the more sporting directors we collect. How about we throw a few out the window?

So the latest news is that all the Sporting Directors vouch for Marco Silva.

What a farce this is.

They also vouched for all the other managers and players in the current squad.

This bunch of nobodies surely must have something on Eghbali, Feliciano and Boehly, otherwise I can't understand how they can still be trusted with anything at this club. I know that if I was in charge of a business and people like these w**kers would fail time after time and waste my money, they'd be gone in a second.

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Appointing Liam Rosenior as Chelsea managa- I mean HEAD COACH was already a sackable offense.

Get these w**kers out ASAP how many f**k ups can you possibly make and get away with???

Long may the protests continue.

If Silva is our coach next season it shows our ambition....zilch. To be honest I am not expecting a big name in charge of us whilst BlueCo have this stupid project. We know that a proper manager needs a lot of control/say, the antithesis of BlueCo. With SD's who have shown nothing but incompetency, what top class manager would say yes. The Henry Winter podcast is always a good listen. The days of a new manager coming into the club and that feeling of onwards and upwards are for me, in the rear view mirror. If the owners ambition is the top 5, anyone taking the job will reflect the ambition of the club. Like our playing purchases, our " coach " will be tier 2 at best.

3 hours ago, dermott said:

Do we need six SDs?

No just one who knows what their doing would be nice!

Marco Silva blimey he gets the juices flowing for next season.

Another jorge mendes client.🙄

Suckers.

I refuse to believe that we go for Silva. We just can’t. Please don’t.

The DEFINITION of uninspiring, boring and mid-table

44 minutes ago, C3blue said:

No just one who knows what their doing would be nice!

You're new here. Welcome.

After our last champions league win, I thought who can take the club forward, I wrote the names on the back of a fag packet in the pub and Marco Silva wasnt even on it, neither was Graham Potter, Poch, Didnt think theyd get rid of tuchel, have Maresca or appoint rosinor...

Appointing Marco Silva see's me relegate chelsea to an afterthought for the duration of his stay. It isnt even a safe appointment.

I can only hope that Marco Silva is being dangled to make the supporters be grateful for the also car crash choice that is Iraola

Either way it's becoming very apparent we need to prepare for an inevitable relegation battle. Ultimately I think we are going to be relegated and sold and we are just going to have to prepare for 5 years of hell and hope our next owners know what they are doing.

54 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

I can only hope that Marco Silva is being dangled to make the supporters be grateful for the also car crash choice that is Iraola

I mean they did the same thing with McKenna and Maresca.

I imagine this was a quick phone call...

I can't see Silva happening, even the idiots in charge only pick managers that have (in their view) potential. Marco Silva has already proven he can't hack it even at Everton. He may have been an option for them years ago because of his perceived potential at the time but not now. Think it's just the usual "in the knobs" connecting the dots to managers who are available in the summer, nothing else.

My guess is Iraola or Alonso unless they both reject us, but even then I think Silva is far down the list.

24 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I mean they did the same thing with McKenna and Maresca.

I imagine this was a quick phone call...

Depends how long he laughed for.

3 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

I mean they did the same thing with McKenna and Maresca.

I imagine this was a quick phone call...

Xabi agent: Who’s is this?

One of the 5 clowns : SD from Chelsea

Xabi agent: how did you get this number…….