I'm not lying, but you are allowed to change your mind. I'd keep Chalobah and Cucurella for cover and fire everyone else to the sun if you found a way to spend another fortune this summer.
Xabi Alonso | Chelsea manager
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I am happy about this because it means that Slot likely stays at Liverpool and their squad worries me far more than Chelsea’s does.
Also, and this is based on nothing but vibes, I can’t help but feel like he’s not going to do well there
Also, and this is based on nothing but vibes, I can’t help but feel like he’s not going to do well there
That guy who said excellent defence isn't a Chelsea fan to my knowledge. I didn't say excellent. I said a good unit and pretty good defence at a time when that defence was performing decently. You said excellent defence as if Chelsea fans were out here saying that and the only evidence you managed to pull was me saying pretty good defence 8 months ago.
My point to you is you can make your point without embellishing. There are absolutely Chelsea fans who say Caicedo is the best DM in the world, that James is among the best midfielders in the world etc.
Chalobah yes, good cover. Cucurella, unless he pushes for a move, will remain a starter. Colwill, back healthy again, will remain a starter. Hato, good cover, potential starter in the future. Everyone else, yeah.
Maybe he's scarred from last time? He already did 5 years in Liverpool. That's enough to change a man. Suarez only did 3 years, and he became a racist and started biting people. And he still hasn't recovered.
I thought we knew for a few days that this was going to happen so I was confused
Getting sacked from Real and picking Chelsea as his next spot.
I thought he was supposed to be smart?
I thought he was supposed to be smart?
Or even better, Carragher.
Someone can be smart and still into masochism where it is allowed - Van Gaal
Hopefully he’ll turn things around for Garnacho and we get a nice sell on fee for him.
Alonso is a good coach and maybe he'll do well or even great there but for now I'm just laughing at Pool. I can see why the job appeals to him. Money's obviously good. No Europe next season will help him in the league and he probably thinks he can mould the young players to do well in his preferred style without much fuss. Basically the opposite of Real.
He lost the dressing room and there where turmoil, it was epic failure actually and it gives massive red flags.
That doesn't mean he will fail at Chelsea too.
Peps squad is never finalised.
Such a bad take. Calling winning a domestic double unbeaten, a point off a record total, against bayern, while being one game off a treble, one golden patch. He was actually doing fine at Madrid. We have literally hired someone who failed at a midtable championship side and has had a 15 game golden patch as you would put it. People trying to downplay him is just pure copium, plenty done the same when klopp went to pool.
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Stunned that Liverpool haven’t gone after him.
Not sure that it will work out at Chelsea.
Not sure that it will work out at Chelsea.
I think it's a good move, they have some good players.
Also strikes me that he might not be blamed that much if it doesn't go well. Bit of a messy club and expectations aren't that high for them these days
it is hilarious that Liverpool didn't sack Slot and get him in though
Yea I would imagine you are right, he will get time.
Chelsea have some of the best prospects in the world, and a lot of very good players and prospects on loan and in the academy (albeit they keep losing some of their crown jewels)
The other side is that the dressing room seems quite rigid and less teachable than normal for such a young age, seemingly due to ego.
And they currently have very little money and can expect further punishments for non-compliance with financial regulations if not careful so big transfer windows may be difficult going forward, however their accountants are very 'creative ' so who knows
The other side is that the dressing room seems quite rigid and less teachable than normal for such a young age, seemingly due to ego.
And they currently have very little money and can expect further punishments for non-compliance with financial regulations if not careful so big transfer windows may be difficult going forward, however their accountants are very 'creative ' so who knows
Plus they know it’s an easy pay out if it doesn’t work out and they just get millions of pounds richer
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Who do you think of when you say this?
Wonder what they promised him to throe st him to get his signature? 3-400m? Full control of transfers?
Are people overlooking that Chelsea are known for getting managers sacked and it has transcended generations/squads. If he can they rid of the bad apples he’s going to be in bother.
Never dull being a Chelsea fan I suppose
Are people overlooking that Chelsea are known for getting managers sacked and it has transcended generations/squads. If he can they rid of the bad apples he’s going to be in bother.
Never dull being a Chelsea fan I suppose
Estevao, Quenda, Penders at least surely fall in this category.
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Also I think Chelsea have let go better talents from their academy than Quenda.
Yes. I don't think I'm ready to strike him off the list just yet.
Recently? Who?
This Rio kid that joined Liverpool comes to mind
That was years ago and we didn't let him go. He rejected a contract.
Either way, I don't get why him being a "better talent" than Quenda means that Quenda himself isn't still top talent.
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If they went to him hat in hand after a genuine period of self-reflection and are willing to put football decisions at the forefront of their approach and give him a lot of control, then it's actually a really enticing job for him I think.
Can't help but think that somewhere inside that absolute quagmire of a 'roster' there is a really good football team. He just needs free reigns to sell the players that need to go for footballing reasons and not profitability reasons and to bring players in along the same lines.
Can't help but think that somewhere inside that absolute quagmire of a 'roster' there is a really good football team. He just needs free reigns to sell the players that need to go for footballing reasons and not profitability reasons and to bring players in along the same lines.
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I don’t think Quenda is bad at all, in fact he’ll probably be one of the biggest beneficiaries of an Alonso led Chelsea IMO.
Weird that he's coming in to play as a WB after supposedly not wanting to join United and do that though
The ones in bold left years ago and were not "let go", they rejected contract extensions.
George hasn't been left go at all. He's a Chelsea player so you can add him to the list of "talents" that Alonso will have to work with.
Weird that you know what position he's going to play for us, given we've changed managers about 13 times since we actually signed him.
Xabi will stabilize them - Personally, I think he'll be a success.
Even at Real, his ideas were visible. Probably this group of players will be more open to his ideas.
Collective beats individual quality on the pitch...
Even at Real, his ideas were visible. Probably this group of players will be more open to his ideas.
Collective beats individual quality on the pitch...
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Ok, you couldn’t convince top talent to stay.
My prediction is George will be sold and the loan is just a means of raising his value for an academy sale by the idiotic ownership who constantly want to buy a new player.
I think George will be sold but that's because he's not good enough IMO for what Chelsea want to be.
If you think he's a bigger talent than Quenda then fair enough but I don't think the footballing world agrees with you.
Sensible move by Chelsea. Looks like the owners have finally realized their mistake, realizing the cost of making these cheap managerial appointments. Alonso will not be a push over like Potter, Rosenoir etc and will very likely push back interference. Whether that works for or against them remains to be seen.
Offically done.
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/xabi-alonso-appointed-chelsea-manager?deeplink=chelsea://articles/news/7vp68JCLuFeub9V0szZyva&title=Xabi Alonso appointed Chelsea manager
As speculated, he's been given the "manager" title (we've had head-coaches for a long, long time). Remains to be seen if that means anything.
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/xabi-alonso-appointed-chelsea-manager?deeplink=chelsea://articles/news/7vp68JCLuFeub9V0szZyva&title=Xabi Alonso appointed Chelsea manager
As speculated, he's been given the "manager" title (we've had head-coaches for a long, long time). Remains to be seen if that means anything.
I predict an article from a local Scouse journalist in the coming days claiming that Xabi did actually reach out to Liverpool first before signing for Chelsea.