They're only making plans, for Nigelsmann
They only want what's best for him
Nigelsmann just needs that helping hand
Graham Potter | turns down Ajax job
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
They only want what's best for him
Nigelsmann just needs that helping hand
He'll leave a huge hole in the club
Since last summer I have been baffled by two things. The purchases don't seem to make any sense and why so many players accepted to join Chelsea when it made no Football sense. It's not entirely linked to Potter because he wasn't around for the majority of it but I think that it played a big role in his demise.
It think that any manager would have struggled unless they had the courage to make tough decisions and isolate a number of players in favor of a smaller and more sensible group.
It think that any manager would have struggled unless they had the courage to make tough decisions and isolate a number of players in favor of a smaller and more sensible group.
I maintain my opinion that he's a fraud and was managing at a level way higher than his ability.
This experiment just proved he's a midtable manager who has no business managing top club with a lot of big personality.
This experiment just proved he's a midtable manager who has no business managing top club with a lot of big personality.
For the same reason we got Kante and peak Conte after finishing 10th.
One swallow doesn't make a summer.
FFS.
Chelsea have always been a top club under Roman's stewardship. Give it a few years out of the CL and see what happens.
The writing was on the wall the moment he signed up for Chelsea.
No pre-season with the team and with the outgoing manager's signings.
It was a car crash in slow-mo.
No pre-season with the team and with the outgoing manager's signings.
It was a car crash in slow-mo.
You missed the point, I'm not questioning why good players would join you but why that many players join any team where there is clearly an issue with fitting them. This is a permanent problem.
Boehly is 49yo ffs… he just seems 60+!
Put some respect on di Matteos name!
I actually thought they would stick with him.
Owners have made a huge statement here. After buying all those players? Next manager will need a season just to work out the squad. Absolutely crazy, and just to think how their actions completely derailed the transfer market during this season...
Owners have made a huge statement here. After buying all those players? Next manager will need a season just to work out the squad. Absolutely crazy, and just to think how their actions completely derailed the transfer market during this season...
Not a surprise - deserved sacking. The few Chelsea games I saw they were very poor, no structure or plan with 11 individuals on the pitch. Good coach, just the wrong club for him.
I see what you did there.
If he decided to decline the job at Chelsea, his ultimate ambition would have still been to manage a club at the top levels in England. Given what we know today, odds are that he would have done a similarly shit job at a club with higher and more instant expectations of success than Brighton on his first run. So this outcome was inevitable, unless he decided to "know his place" and stay at Brighton.
With that in mind, i don't think he needs a miraculous run at his next club. He just needs to do well. Club chairmen aren't overreacting like us fans, plus, Chelsea and Boehly are valid mitigating factors that can be explained away in any interview.
Tottenham could do worse than him. They won't, but then again, who was their last successful managerial appointment?
Wouldn't surprise me at all if the next manager actually makes the team look coherent, and Potter looking stupid.
Emery walked into a Villa team with a bunch of new signings and got them playing immediately.
I'm a bit surprised tbh. I assumed they had already written off the league and thought they'd stick with him until they went out of CL. Must be due to a major managerial target being available (probably Nagelsmann). If Nagelsmann was wise he'd steer clear.
Potter to Leicester would be a good fit.
bloody nigelsmann is still wet from the boat and they want to put him up in a plush knightsbridge hotel whilst the rest of us god fearing englishmen are stuck toiling fields and sleeping with are sisters.
He'll be at Leicester i'm guessing?
At the Chelsea fans who were insistent he wasn't going anywhere."All part of Bohely's long term plan! He'll be here for years!".
7 months later, gone.
Yes I agree. Bring back Frank
Tottenham or Leicester. I get the feeling Tottenham will miss out on Nagelsmann and go for Potter instead.
Who's this Nigel fella then?
Man, the first few pages of this thread make for great reading.
Farage. He will make sure they stay out of Europe.
I don't think they ever believed that, they were just parroting Boehly.
"All part of Bohely's long term plan! He'll be here for years!".
7 months later, gone.
I’ll admit that I was one of those Chelsea supporters who thought there was no way in hell they‘d sack him this season.
"All part of Bohely's long term plan! He'll be here for years!".
7 months later, gone.
But that was because I figured the embarrassment to Boehly would be so great that Potter was safe at least through his first season. The entire club has essentially been shaped around Potter. Coaching staff, scouts, etc. For the owner to do all that I thought they’d stick with him no matter how awful things got.
Nigel's "man", or owner, is Monty Don
Should have happened long ago.
What do you reckon? Time for some Pochettino redemption?
That is one expensive mistake. Not the first from Boehly, certainly not the last
There is an obvious candidate but another I worry would be good for them is Amorim
treated him like the second coming of Pep and Arteta. Roman must be rolling in his grave.Could take over from Southgate for England eventually..
But that's an insane way to run any business - "I refuse to make a decision because it my ego can't handle it".
Potter has been absolutely terrible, he's up there with the worst top 4 manager appointments ever. Whether or not that's entirely his fault we don't know, but we can't argue that despite Chelsea buying about 40 players this year, he can't seem to get a tune out of at least 5 of those players, which is a huge concern for any team.
He had to go, there's no two ways about it. It's completely common for a manager to come in and bring his own team with him, Moyes, LVG, Mourinho, Ten Hag all did it with us, Moyes brought half of Everton with him for fecks sake.
Anyway, I'm of the opinion Potter was an absolute chancer. He lacks the mentality to manage at this level, he'll find his place as a mid table manager now.