He only signed to play for Tuchel who was sacked a week later.
Yeah I don’t blame him for taking the Chelsea job as he may not have got an offer at a big club again. But it always felt like it was a big step too soon. He may still come good as he needs to be allowed to bring his own players in but it depends on how trigger happy the owners get. The sacking of Tuchel with an element of irrationality doesn’t bode well for Potter’s job security but we will have to see.
Yeah and I thought they had a bad transfer window. Reminded me a bit of some of ours under Woodward. No real plan, buying players for too much money, and the wrong players in positions they don’t need. Potter inheriting that team and has to deal with it.
Potter hasn't spent a penny of "that budget".
Right now, yes, they are. First and foremost they have people to play the actual positions they are supposed to. They aren’t asking their forward mids to replace Caicedo, or force Troussard to play wingback.
I've watched three of their games since Potter took over, and I have to say they look poorly coached. Surprising, since I actually rate Potter.
Same feeling. People may not remember it, but Moyes's stock was on the up because of his work at Everton before he blew it completely at United.
It's hard to tell these days that people are being sarcastic or not on here when it comes to Ronaldo, apologies about that.Surely you get that I was being sarcastic? Someone somewhere has to be dumb enough to take him, and Chelsea's attention seeking new owner might just be the fall guy to do just that!
What the actual feck ?
Exactly. Certain managers are only a good fit for certain teams. Some jobs are to big for some managers but it’s obviously going to be hard to reject a job offer from a big club when your at the likes of Brighton.
Surely he should be getting them to play a lot better then they are doing though? ETH hasn’t been with us that long but you can clearly see signs of improvement. I think your going down hill. Fancy leaving all your best players on the bench against Newcastle.
Ten Hag had a preseason and signed his own players. Different situations. Of course I wish it was better but I genuinely see zero point in judging him this harshly 10 games into the job. That’s just me though.
That is an extremely generous and lenient view. To suggest the Brighton players are currently better than the Chelsea players is an unacceptable excuse and in fact ridiculous.
Fair point. Be interesting to see if your new owners a lot more patient then the previous one. There’s no reason why potter shouldn’t work out if given the time and backing.
At one point we were missing 6 of the 11 they had penciled in as starters: Kante, Kovacic, James, Fofana, Koulibaliy, and Mendy all hurt at the same time at one point. Kepa came in and did well, now he’s hurt. Kova is trying to play without his fitness levels back and he’s in danger of muscle re-injury every time he goes out there.
Did those players you mentioned play?
They said when pressed on this point nearly a month ago that making top 4 had no bearing on Potters job, and that they had a long term plan in place. Considering they went through something like this with the Dodgers and stood by their manager selection through Rocky starts bodes well.
The guy you're quoting is something else. I think he's all the way into the rose-tinted part of the Chelsea spectrum.
He has proven himself in Brighton with limited budget. I hope the owner will look at Arteta in arsenal and give Potter the time he needs.
"But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
You bring up many valid points, but the back 4 just looks so much better whenever they're "forced" to transition to it. Even under Tuchel this season.
They are good players - but missing 3 players isn't the difference between midtable and fighting for the title. There is something seriously wrong at Chelsea right now
Yeah I think so too. This Boehly fellow seems the type that would bring in players he wants instead of who the manager wants.
No they didn’t play yesterday but they’ve all been part of some of the poor performances this season. You can make excuses all you want but to suggest Brighton have better players than Chelsea is quite frankly just nonsense.
Me too, the best manager Chelsea had in years. Long may he reign.
All three are injury prone and have played in some terrible Chelsea performances.
There were a few posters on here that wanted him over ten Hag.
Was it though? If we are being kind, he had plateaued at Everton long before coming to us and was no longer being mentioned when bigger jobs became available.
To be fair the man needs at least two summers to get his own players in, and replace the aging players in the squad.
I’ll go further, I don’t think his replacement will see out the season either.
Is that you accepting my bet?
