I'd try to start Fofana and see what he can do. Can't get any worse. I don't think Havertz is a bad player but he's lost at Chelsea, doesn't fit you at all and anything decent you did yesterday was lost when he got the ball or it got near him.
Utd when they had an injury crisis did well with an 18 yr old Rashford. Maybe give the lad a chance.
He's barely a footballer
Can they not take a look at their Leverkusen recordings to find out where he was deployed that earned him the 70m move?
I would too, but it seems a bit unfair on him to throw him into this highly dysfunctional set up. I feel like managing the situation and stacking the odds in his favour as much as possible would be the prudent thing to do because if he doesn't do well, the pressure will only grow.
Yes, in an ideal world that would be great. Rashford is a wonderful example to follow, not just for Fofana but Mount too. I just think throwing him in the deep end won't always work out well for the player, especially when the club is going through a crisis on the pitch.
While fair I think it's a risk Potter needs to take. I know both of us rate Potter and think he has the ability to turn it around but each game now is really one game away from being sacked rather than one game away from starting a run as sad as it is to say and see. I know I wish Lampard near the end just took the plunge and started Simms/a few others around the squad to try and give a lift. It's worth the risk.
I don't even disagree that Fofana should start but I'm also a bit apprehensive about just throwing him in because while I want him to get his chance, I also want it in the right circumstances and not as some kind of saviour of a team struggling to score. He's such a talented kid, from what I've seen, and I just think it needs to be managed properly.
He built his reputation off of scoring goals. There were points in his final season with Leverkusen where he wasn't scoring and people were wondering what he actually brings to a match. Short answer: Nothing
Havertz can play, no doubt about that... but in that Chelsea team and set up, I'm not sure if you will see the best in any of those players.
The thing is though, whenever I've heard we should play a player because he "can't be worse" than the current placeholder he usually is.
In this case Havertz is not a striker at all whereas Fofana actually is.
He came from Germany with a huge reputation and has failed to make an impression under three successive managers. I accept that Lampard and Potter probably haven't cultivated the best environment for their players to thrive in but Havertz has been at Chelsea for 3 years and I'm yet to see anything to convince me he's anything special. Even if Havertz hadn't produced at a consistent level, you would've expected to see some flashes of brilliance if he was really that good. He looks extremely ordinary to me.
They may realize they made a ridiculous mistake and start re-evaluating their transfer strategy, so hopefully not.
They scored against West Ham four games ago?
We're doing shit enough without you making up bollocks like that!
They scored against West Ham four games ago?
Reading through it they've scored 4 in all competitions in 2023. I knew they'd return to mediocrity when Roman left but I didn't expect this
sorry folks, meant 14 out of of the 17 games I mentioned.
Try Felix up front.
At least that is where I think he was at his best for Leverkusen. I know he already played striker on occasion for them but never really convinced me he was all that good at it. The problem is Chelsea now has 3 players who are all best in the middle behind the striker and have no leading striker, so squeezing them all into one team doesn't seem to work at all for Chelsea.
Because he wasn't willing to let the new board control the signings, instead of the management team. Potter on the other hand, is a yes man.
Quoting for the record.
Bad results, clash of personalities and Clearlake wanted someone on the same page for the long term.
They've dropped so far they've gone into the irrelevant/"Aston Villa" zone of the league tqble where there is no real reason to care or report on any of their results.
Please let them get Enrique over Poch, that's got disaster written all over it.
An insane decision made by someone who doesn't know football.
You clearly haven't done your homework on Tuchel then because solely focusing on coaching while the higher ups deal with all the other stuff would literally be his dream job.
More likely he didn't have time to waste talking about the owners 443 formation and was blunt enough to say so.
I should clarify. If they get Enrique and let him work, it can be great for them. But I think he is too fiercely independent to work with their ownership. In which case it will be a disaster.
How come they sacked him?
Not an expert but they wanted a partnership and close working relationship with their manager and to be involved in every level of the club. He wanted to be left alone to manage the team and ignore the other stuff.
