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About half hour though it, he speaks so well, and is so introspective and detailed about everything he does. You can tell just how much that year off has influence him, and how he needed that time to refine and rediscover his process, I'm so glad he's our manager :love:

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Emery decided not to come here because he couldn't have handled relegation and at that time there was a good chance of it happening. Everything happens for a reason and the reward was that we got Eddie Howe.  Like many others I wasn't excited at the time by Howes appointment but he has proved to be the perfect fit for our club. Just as Rafa was in the days before Bruce

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Aston Villa have some exciting young players, will be interesting to see if they can make the leap to top 8, then top 6. Who's on their way down long-term? Tottenham if they don't manage to get fourth this season? Man U probably have enough finances to withstand a run of very poor years and bounce back. Feel like Chelsea could fall apart if they don't get Champions League football too

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Man City are probably very glad they lost that bidding war. He was very good last season and I am sure he will find form again but christ that Chelsea squad seems mad to me, packed full of talent and yet even on paper looks a mess. Absolute definition of less than the sum of it's parts

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16 minutes ago, Tiresias said:

Man City are probably very glad they lost that bidding war. He was very good last season and I am sure he will find form again but christ that Chelsea squad seems mad to me, packed full of talent and yet even on paper looks a mess. Absolute definition of less than the sum of it's parts

Potter isn’t the answer either.

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With patience and time he could be but doubt he'll get that at Chelsea. The Tuchel sacking was brutal, but also feel a bit like if he wasn't their guy and they weren't going to be patient they should have just sacked him immediately rather than let him start the season. Problem is now, Potter might be the guy to do a root and branch clear out of the squad and rebuild, but unless he rebounds and has them top 4 end of season (entirely possible) does he really have the authority to do so or will the board be not sure they want this guy spending their money. Arsenal did that, stuck it out and are getting their reward now but I doubt Boehly will be the same. At a certain point Pochettino will look an attractive option and the cycle will continue. 

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12 hours ago, 54 said:

Out of interest, given Emery only started on Thursday atleast officially, how much influence did he have today? Or do you reckon it was just a general tactical idea, with not much able to be done on the training ground?

 

 

Seems like he had a good amount of influence.

 

I remember being excited back when we were being linked to Emery, really rate him as a manager, similar to Eddie in that he can make a squad perform better than the sum of its parts.

 

Still very very glad that Emery bottled it and we ended up with wor Eddie instead :D

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Chelsea are currently 14th in the xPTS table with Brighton 3rd. I can see why he took the job but taking it mid-season is a risk when I doubt he will be given the time to succeed. 

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1 minute ago, MrRaspberryJam said:

Apologies if already posted. No idea if this is a snippet from a previously released podcast, or a snippet of a one due to be released soon:

 

 

 

It's a snippet of Jake Humphrey's podcast episode with Eddie. The full episode will be released today, if it hasn't been released already (I haven't checked yet as at work).

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4 minutes ago, Joey47 said:

 

It's a snippet of Jake Humphrey's podcast episode with Eddie. The full episode will be released today, if it hasn't been released already (I haven't checked yet as at work).


Audio version is out now but not the video yet

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4 minutes ago, Conjo said:

"The double pivot of LD & DL outnumbered DVDB" eh....? :lol:

 

I'm guessing Dendoncker and Luiz outnumbering Van de Beek, who was playing as the 10.  But that just seems ridiculous typing it out like that.  Character limit, or not :lol: 

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