Managerial Thread - 23/24 Season - Chelolsea

[les Habs]

Not as shocking as it might have been if you listened to Pochettino’s recent remarks. Also, Chelsea really shouldn’t be able to surprise us much anymore. As much as I think Pochettino would have only taken Chelase so far in the end, the turnaround this year was still telling and a sign of progression.

Curious if United go in on Pochettino now.

I think this also means Gallagher is a goner....

Very likely. Apparently that was something they were in disagreement about.

Michel?

Former Madrid player Michel?

LOL

 

[ItsFineImFine]

Happy with the move to sack Poch tbh, my memory extends beyond 2 months unlike other Chelsea fans. This man struggled to have the team beat minnow candidates. He's not going to get us Champions League football cos his side's inconsistent and we wouldn't make Europa League if not for other sides being so shit either.

When you watch us play, there is one thing which leads to wins.....individual talent. Palmer's been the MVP but even guys like Sterling etc will chip in with individual goals which help us beat teams we should be beating anyways. Chalobah looked like the only competent defender this year cos the defense was so disorganized. He'd still be playing Enzo-Caicedo as a midfieild double pivot if Enzo wasn't injured and clearly that doesn't work well.

Not saying everything he did was bad but I don't think he's a Premier League manager, he can't adapt tactically at all especially in the 2nd half. Team can do better. Tuchel is imo....and I hope it's not De Zerbi either cos this team needs some good defensive structure.

 

[ItsFineImFine]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793018719808926139

Firing the manager because the players bottled a bunch of big chances is certainly a choice.

Worse defensive record for Chelsea in decades.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Being mad that Poch has been sacked isn’t just short term memory. Even when results were bad in the Fall there was clearly something building. The tail end of the season was chickens coming to roost, it wasn’t out of nowhere.

Worse defensive record for Chelsea in decades.

I haven’t done an active comparison of GPG vs other Chelsea seasons, but it bears mentioning that this was BY FAR the highest scoring season in England since the mid-1960s. A pretty important caveat on records like this.

 

[Savant]

Worse defensive record for Chelsea in decades.

I guarantee you, that even if they say that it was, that this had nothing to do with it

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Nico Jackson just posted a story of him and Poch with facepalm emojis... suffice to say the players were not on board here

 

[luiginb]

I love Todd Boehly.

Boehly is karma for Abramovic

 

[Savant]

Pochettino on the Utd list now

 

[luiginb]

Pochettino on the Utd list now

Poor guy, can't catch a break

 

[Chimaera]

Whether he was the guy or not, and I’m on the fence, changing again, after all the turmoil is not really a solution to seeing progress. Who are they logically going to get with any stability

 

[les Habs]

Nico Jackson just posted a story of him and Poch with facepalm emojis... suffice to say the players were not on board here

Not necessarily. Jackson’s post tells you Jackson wasn’t on board. I’m sure other players weren’t either, but some might not miss him.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Not necessarily. Jackson’s post tells you Jackson wasn’t on board. I’m sure other players weren’t either, but some might not miss him.

Jackson is one of multiple player posts that have had clear subtext. It was just the most explicit.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Poch had too much hair to lead a rich PL club anyways. It's for the best.

 

[les Habs]

Jackson is one of multiple player posts that have had clear subtext. It was just the most explicit.

And as I said, I’m sure other players felt the same. The point is that Jackson doesn’t speak for them all and that despite a likely majority not being happy with the decision, other players who weren’t getting regular minutes who felt they should have been might well feel otherwise.

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

I guarantee you, that even if they say that it was, that this had nothing to do with it

I'm trying to see the logic of canning an attack-minded coach who took this amalgam of signings (he had no real role in helping put together) into a 6th place finish because the defensive play was deficient.

Poch to Bayern to coach Harry Kane and Eric Dier to the CL title at the Allianz next season incoming.

 

[Peen]

And as I said, I’m sure other players felt the same. The point is that Jackson doesn’t speak for them all and that despite a likely majority not being happy with the decision, other players who weren’t getting regular minutes who felt they should have been might well feel otherwise.

But the thing is that even a guy like Madueke who was essentially unused for a majority of the season and was publicly gone at by Poch multiple times was voicing displeasure

I just don’t see the obvious upside here. Who’s this coaching dynamo?

Boy they better hope they get this right. I genuinely think their path forward for this summer was very obvious but now.. yeesh.

Feels like it has to be RDZ.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Chelsea WhatsApp groups ‘in meltdown’ as players left shocked by Mauricio Pochettino exit

Several players paid tribute to Pochettino after not being informed of his departure before Chelsea’s announcement

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Juve]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793043497206825195

https://x.com/i/web/status/1793208868597628967

 

[Jussi]

Kaveh Solhekol's key points:
Poch has one year left on his deal and terms of his contract will be honoured.
One issue was that Chelsea are in the Club World Cup next June (2025) and that is when Poch’s contract ends.
So, Chelsea and Poch both had to decide whether to agree a new deal now or go their separate ways.
Chelsea couldn’t go into next season with a manager whose contract was going to run out during the Club World Cup.
Chelsea leadership group respect the job Poch has done.
Departure is amicable and a mutual decision.
He will always be welcome back.
Neither side wanted to drag it out or for things to get messy.
Departure is not because Poch is unhappy with lack of control over transfers.
Poch well aware that manager needs help with transfers at a club the size of Chelsea.

 

[Chimaera]

It's just a clown show. I don't buy the he left amicable stuff. Of course they'd say that. He might have been willing to go (right now is a good time to be a free agent manager), but I don't think either side is great with having to start over again with a new manager.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

It's just a clown show. I don't buy the he left amicable stuff. Of course they'd say that. He might have been willing to go (right now is a good time to be a free agent manager), but I don't think either side is great with having to start over again with a new manager.

It seems pretty clear with the whole 'Not the end of the world if I'm not here' shit he was saying with a couple of games to go that the man seemed done. Or at least more than willing to entertain the idea of being done.

 

[luiginb]

How can Poch's English be so bad after so many years living there? I'd sack him just for that haha

 

[Savant]

It's just a clown show. I don't buy the he left amicable stuff. Of course they'd say that. He might have been willing to go (right now is a good time to be a free agent manager), but I don't think either side is great with having to start over again with a new manager.

I mean you look at all these candidates for the Chelsea position; and they all play completely differently. They have no idea what they are looking for. They just want a figurehead yes-man. They want the shiny new toy, and they’ll throw them away when they get bored. But they’ll probably fall up eventually because they spend a ton of money. It’s what Chelsea does

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Bo Svensson is supposedly going to Union Berlin.

 

[Chimaera]

I mean you look at all these candidates for the Chelsea position; and they all play completely differently. They have no idea what they are looking for. They just want a figurehead yes-man. They want the shiny new toy, and they’ll throw them away when they get bored. But they’ll probably fall up eventually because they spend a ton of money. It’s what Chelsea does

What would be even more hilarious is if they pay a mint to Brighton again