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10 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Potter to Chelsea has failure written all over it, doesn't it?  I really rate Potter.  What he has done with Brighton has been amazing.  But it's been built over time with a complete investment from everyone at the club.  

 

I've skim read pieces saying how his tactics are insanely complex and he needs certain types of players to suit.  Will the egos at Chelsea fully buy into his methods, or their styles even suit?  He's not a big name and seems like they downed tools for Tuchel.  Plus they get rid of their manager every 18 months or so.  So it doesn't really fit with a longer term build.  

 

I think it would be a bad move for him.  But in saying that, he has proven he deserves a top job and will get paid a fortune whether he is a success there or not. 

 

Very well put. Potter should be getting a top job like Chelsea to win the league or CL etc. - but Chelsea don't give their managers time. Potter would need at least 2 years to properly change things to his way, don't really suspect they will accept not being up there immediately. 

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2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Is this sacking in any way reasonable? I know they’ve had a bad start like, but they’ve just backed him with billions. Like, last week. 

 

SSN reckon signing were by 'the recruitment team' not necessarily all Tuchel's targets. So they were probably signing them anyway, regardless of manager.

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I just wonder how much say Tuchel has had over all the wild spending that Chelsea have been doing. There have been so many changes in that club over the last few months, and the owners haven't given the team a long enough chance to settle.

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Chelsea have new owners, saying he’ll be gone in a year or two is like blaming Stavely for Ashley’s faults.  With the speed they’ve gone for Potter, it feels more like Boehly wanted to make his own appointment and had already decided on Potter. 
 

As for Potter taking it, you’d imagine he would be confident enough in his own abilities that he would be successful.  

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Urgh. Was really hoping that would drag on and Tuchel would completely poison the place.

 

1 hour ago, Kid Icarus said:

Potter would be out of his fucking mind to go somewhere with the short-term trigger happy set up that Chelsea has. 

 


I’m not so sure. Boehly hasn’t been there that long and it’s clear that Tuchel and he (and maybe humanity in general) are wildly incompatible. We have enough evidence to see that Boehly et al are happy to throw money at a problem, but I think there’s still a chance that they stick with a manager. Just not Tuchel. Because, you know, he’s a weirdo.

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1 minute ago, Troll said:

Chelsea have new owners, saying he’ll be gone in a year or two is like blaming Stavely for Ashley’s faults.  With the speed they’ve gone for Potter, it feels more like Boehly wanted to make his own appointment and had already decided on Potter. 
 

As for Potter taking it, you’d imagine he would be confident enough in his own abilities that he would be successful.  

 

Their new owner looks like he's bringing in a more extreme version of the Chelsea model based on what he's done so far: choosing players himself, paying way over the odds, attempting to sign players with little rhyme or reason, sacking Tuchel early on.

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I had a funny feeling when they were 0-1 down to West Ham at the weekend that if Tuchel doesn't string some results soon, never know how their new American owner would react, especially with the amount of money they splashed for new signings.

 

They're a mess and losing to Zagreb was proof of it. Missing a Russian billionaire Chleski fans?

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13 minutes ago, TK-421 said:

 

SSN reckon signing were by 'the recruitment team' not necessarily all Tuchel's targets. So they were probably signing them anyway, regardless of manager.


Fair enough I suppose, but doesn’t necessarily bode well for continuity. Unless they believe Potter is more suitable to the players they already have. 
 

Interesting anyway, big blow to Brighton which is good in the short term. 

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Just now, Troll said:

Potter doesn’t seem like the kind of manager you’d bring in for a short term fix.  I think he’ll get time, like Arteta has.  

It’s nice to see a manager who has worked his way up the leagues, learned his craft rather than been equipped to play real life fantasy football, get a chance at the highest level. He might also help with their PR/appalling public image. 

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