As I said in the other thread, I can’t wait for all the videos of them burning their Alonso 14 shirts.
Carrrnt buhleeve it liech la!
Carrrnt buhleeve it liech la!
Xabi Alonso | Chelsea manager
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Fantastic news. It’s a shame we can’t access the RAWK to see the scouse meltdown
Will either be a great appointment or a disaster depending on how much control BlueCo gives him. If they continue with their current transfer policy it's going to be a disaster.
Next season is shaping up nicely with United and Chelsea getting their sh*t together, Pep might give City 1 more season with his new squad finalised. Liverpool the only one looking a shambles now.
Next season is shaping up nicely with United and Chelsea getting their sh*t together, Pep might give City 1 more season with his new squad finalised. Liverpool the only one looking a shambles now.
You don't sit on the fence do you
Gone from one dressing room full of egotistical babies to another
Didn’t see this coming. Thought he’d be nailed on for Liverpool. Surprised he didn’t wait to see what they do with slot.
He won't last 2 years working under BlueCo
Just seen this. Lovely. Scousers in meltdown surely.
Yeah, not like I wrote a bunch of other things rationalising that.
At least Liverpool aren't getting him.
Brendan Rodgers was once asked about taking the Chelsea job. He answered something along the lines of wanting to build his career, not ruin it. Think he could well have done with some Brendo wisdom here. But we'll see. It's extremely surprising
That's a crazy fumble from Liverpool. Should make next season pretty funny
Can't lie, I misread that as bumming for a second!
Wondered how we'll you'd need to do to bum a shirt!
appreciate the “sack watch” in the title before he’s appointed
I'll give it until January before Hiddink returns.
I couldn't give a feck that he's managing Chelsea, I just love that it'll piss off the scousers and compound their misery
Will like to see how he does in the PL. I have a feeling Chelsea will need another rebuild. Some of the current players aren't good enough.
This tells me he would of come to United.
They probably were bumming them 15-20 years ago. Probably still got some stains on them
Chelsea might be suited to a back 3 with Cucurella and Gutso playing as WBs and Caicedo + Fernandes as the holding mids with Joao and Palmer as the 10s, he'll need a new top striker and couple of good cbs
We will regret this so much. This is absolutely awful news.
Can't see your tag line..who is "we?"
Chelsea, Pool or Utd?!
Surely a bad decision? Deserves an instant Sack Watch.
Us, United of course. And Pool for that matter.
This can go either way for him, but Chelsea should be patient with him, as i think he could do great there. But they are trigger happy, so he needs to do well quick enough.
That’s like one of those weird feelings of football, where he would just magic out of nowhere and just take Chelsea half a season and then resume being the manager of St Kitts & Nevis national team or whatever
Think he's theoretically a good choice and I would've liked him here.
Only if they stop interferring and stop with the ridiculous transfer strategy though. No one's gonna succeed the way they've been run lately.
Only if they stop interferring and stop with the ridiculous transfer strategy though. No one's gonna succeed the way they've been run lately.
Maybe they didn't want to break their current structure for him.
Never made sense that he'd turn down rival big clubs just because he played for Liverpool at some point off the heels of getting sacked
So many people claimed the opposite when we were discussing his viability for the United job.
I would've waited for the Scouser job over Chelsea though if I were him tbf
Thought he was stick on Liverpool manager next season. If he takes the Chelsea job, then it’s not impossible for him to take the Liverpool job one day.
I think he will suit Chelsea’s players well. I think Alonso’s positional football ideology won’t be hugely different to what Maresca was implementing at Chelsea before so the players will adapt quickly.
I think he will suit Chelsea’s players well. I think Alonso’s positional football ideology won’t be hugely different to what Maresca was implementing at Chelsea before so the players will adapt quickly.
Rumour is we never made an attempt to contact Alonso. I mean he did turn us down when Klopp was going two years ago. Might be part of why the club didn’t try now.
Really curious to see what happens with us now, because Slot’s position looks untenable.
Tbf. There's a galaxy of difference between us and you guys as far as Liverpool are concerned.Never made sense that he'd turn down rival big clubs just because he played for Liverpool at some point off the heels of getting sacked
So many people claimed the opposite when we were discussing his viability for the United job.
I would've waited for the Scouser job over Chelsea though if I were him tbf
I know Busby did, but contrasting eras and all that.
Gerard around October time hopefully
He will regret going there.
Having witnessed Xabi as a player and a manager - wow! Chelsea are getting a top class guy. Whatever happened at Madrid was in my opinion no fault of Xabis - entirely on Vini Jr + other rebels + Club (Perez) choosing to protect assets rather than backing the manager thus pissing away what could have been a historical season.
I haven't watched more than the odd match of Chelsea recently but the team seems young enough and filled to the brim with talent, just perhaps directionless. Also seems like they are currently out of any European football. Honestly couldn't say whether the best thing for them would be to finish 9th and have a season of no European football or try to climb a few spots and play in the Europa League. I would not be surprised at all if they managed to win the Europa League in Alonsos first season + a top 4 placing in PL but a season of solely focusing on EPL + FA Cup is not bad either in terms of build up.
And if that Mbappé situation doesn't get resolved soon I bet Chelsea is as good of a new club as any. London, play under Alonso again, EPL, big club where he'd become undisputed #1, head to head vs Haaland, usually always a great chance of going deep in UCL.
I haven't watched more than the odd match of Chelsea recently but the team seems young enough and filled to the brim with talent, just perhaps directionless. Also seems like they are currently out of any European football. Honestly couldn't say whether the best thing for them would be to finish 9th and have a season of no European football or try to climb a few spots and play in the Europa League. I would not be surprised at all if they managed to win the Europa League in Alonsos first season + a top 4 placing in PL but a season of solely focusing on EPL + FA Cup is not bad either in terms of build up.
And if that Mbappé situation doesn't get resolved soon I bet Chelsea is as good of a new club as any. London, play under Alonso again, EPL, big club where he'd become undisputed #1, head to head vs Haaland, usually always a great chance of going deep in UCL.
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Premier league will be a bloodbath next season. I expect Spurs, Chelsea, and yes, even Liverpool, to improve substantially
Hopefully I'm wrong and they all get relegated
Hopefully I'm wrong and they all get relegated