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dansubrosa said:
Maybe we wanted to see how McKenna would do at Brighton… So I guess we’ll sack De Zerbi after one season and get McKenna from Brighton! I’m sure we will be keeping an eye on his replacement.
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That's what Man Utd are doing. He's their guy. Farm him out to Brighton, bring in a Poch or TT for a season to sort them out and then move McKenna in. Mckenna will have no interest in joining Chelsea when better alternatives are about.

 
timetowaste said:
If we want Osimhen he'll come, although there's better value for money out there in terms of strikers
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We will want to trade Lukaku for FFP and Napoli are the likeliest club, especially if Conte goes in there. The only way I can see them entertaining that is if Osimhen's release clause is met. Why would he want to come here for a manager playing bore to death ball and not using a striker properly 

 
Bob stark said:
It is just funny, the manager who I think suit what the board want is Graham Potter 
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Never should have sacked him. They got the appointment right the first time but lacked the balls to see it through. Now it’s just a circus. 

 
Remodez said:
Never should have sacked him. They got the appointment right the first time but lacked the balls to see it through. Now it’s just a circus. 
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I think they got spooked by our performamce and result and tbf it was horrific. 

But if the plan is to follow Brighton model, they should have stayed the course. 

 
WhiteWall said:
Don't like him for totally childish and irrational reasons.

Another ugly eater. Cannot chew gum with his mouth closed. Like watching a bloody camel on the sidelines.

And the tactic board. Please! Somebody tell him, its not an Under 11's match. We don't need you to show us you know what you're doing. We can all see you're average at best even in a counter attacking side.

Just saying.
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Now that you mention it the way he chews gum is rather annoying.

Tactically though I think he is very flexible and pragmatic, just been very unlucky this season with injuries. Normally gets a good result v the top teams. Doesn’t take ages to react and change things like a Poch does. His preferred 433 would suit us well. 

 
Bob stark said:
I think they got spooked by our performamce and result and tbf it was horrific. 

But if the plan is to follow Brighton model, they should have stayed the course. 
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It was only horrific cause we couldn’t score a goal to save our lives. We generally controlled games and were defensively better overall than we are now under Poch. If we had a Palmer under Potter it might have ended differently.

There’s just no way they buy all those young players and expect to win so the must want to follow that model.

 
I suspect that Clearlake could have bought Brighton outright with the money they have spent on transfers so far.

 
Peps rumoured to be leaving at the end of next season, Klopps gone.  There’s an opportunity there if we appoint the right man, but it looks like we’re going to screw it up by appointing a Championship manager.  

It’s starting to look like the angry little Italian is our best option which we all know is going to end in disaster.  
 

 
Sconnie Blue said:
We are the only club ever to survive an Ornstein bomb but I doubt if we’ll ever survive a second one. 
 

It may be Maresca. Phillips basically tapping in an Ornstein cross. 
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The only thing that can come good out of this is both SDs getting the sack when Marrakesh has us battling relegation. 

 
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petre ispirescu said:
All of De Zerbi's previous clubs have played beautiful football and for him this is the natural step - to now sign for a truly big club and challenge for the major trophies. 

How come people have so short memory and only judge him for his 2nd season at Brighton. How about his 1st one?

What am I missing, though? His first season at Brighton was so good and he improved so many players. Finished 6th, only a few points behind Klopp and qualified for Europa League. All this while playing fantastic football.

2nd season Colwill came back to Chelsea, Caicedo and Mac Allister were sold, March, Enciso and Mitoma were out for most of the season and Ferguson and Estupinan were in and out of the squad because of injuries, too. That's 8 starters. And they put no effort in replacing the departed ones with quality ones. Brighton's marquee signing was a player from Championship and apart from that a bunch of 18 and 19 year olds.

What did you expect in his 2nd season with such a squad and mid week matches? For the first time in Brighton's recent history, their board went backwards and set the club for failure. Of course De Zerbi fell out with Bloom. This was a club new to mid week matches, running on a packed schedule and a squad that cannot be compared to the one in De Zerbi's first season.

I mean we were hanging around 10-12th places for the most part of the season with a way better group of players and no mid week matches. I personally think it is stupid to judge De Zerbi on his 2nd season at Brighton w/o looking at the bigger picture. 

Give him the same squad for his 2nd season, too, and he'd have challenged for top four 100%.
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You could easily argue RDZ's first season was piggy backed off the foundations that Potter laid and his second season showed his true nature. The majority of the signings that he pushed for personally have either flopped or been hugely underwhelming. 

They put as much effort into replacing them as they did in signing them in the first place. Caicedo was a nobody, Macallister was a nobody. RDZ wanted Dahoud, how has he done since signing?

Regardless of squad he'd have had the same issues of not being able to adapt to the slightest tactical shift on game day. if plan A didn't work keep trying it until you go from 2-0 down to being 4-0 down. 

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El regreso said:
Poch not looking so bad now is he 🤣🤣

The match day threads next season is going to be a car crash just like our season.

You replace a manager the players absolutely love and appears they would go to war for him with the most uninspiring candidates I have ever seen for a Chelsea manager job in the last 25 years.

I will make my prediction now if we finish top 8 it will be a successful season, top 4 no chance.
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Maybe the board begs him to stay after all. It's f***ing ridiculous that they decide to sack the manager without having a proper replacement lined up. Klopp decides to leave and pool methodically go about choosing a replacement whereas we are chasing managers whose only qualification is "young and a yes man".

 
ozboy said:
I'd have preferred McKenna. Probably been wrong but i've always been one to back youth, and a guy thats studied for it all his life. Maresca gets negative comments on his style has already been sacked once, has only won with Leicester and many say because of their wages bill and hasn't even been managing all that long. Just doesn't come across as my cup of tea in the general reading but to be honest I have no f****** idea about him. Because there is an aussie playing at Ipswich and becoz McKenna has brought them up through two promotions in a row I did watch them a bit and I like the style. ah well.
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Mareseca is all about tactics, possession and build from back - the type of football I least enjoy.

De Zerbi is about production, build from back and more possession than opponent. I think this is pretty much what Pochettino did with us. Maybe RDZ is more disciplined. 

Frank is about staying compact and bring nasty pricks running around opponents which is why his style is probably least preferred by the club. Has a background in possession football in Denmark. He is the one that fits into our club hierarchy the best. 

McKenna is about new methods, deep learning of football and most flexible in terms of style. Learns about the opponent and writes a style according to it. He is the risky choice but imho the most interesting one. 

I learned this from London is blue podcast+my own views.

 
evissy said:
Mareseca is all about tactics, possession and build from back - the type of football I least enjoy.

De Zerbi is about production, build from back and more possession than opponent. I think this is pretty much what Pochettino did with us. Maybe RDZ is more disciplined. 

Frank is about staying compact and bring nasty pricks running around opponents which is why his style is probably least preferred by the club. Has a background in possession football in Denmark. He is the one that fits into our club hierarchy the best. 

McKenna is about new methods, deep learning of football and most flexible in terms of style. Learns about the opponent and writes a style according to it. He is the risky choice but imho the most interesting one. 

I learned this from London is blue podcast+my own views.
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I agree McKenna sounded by far the most interesting option, but he appears to now be the first one ruled out of the shortlist LOL

Big sigh ... 

 
Bob stark said:
I think they got spooked by our performamce and result and tbf it was horrific. 

But if the plan is to follow Brighton model, they should have stayed the course. 
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But they couldn't guys because regardless of the football, which was questionable enough, Potter just wasn't a big enough character at the time for a club of our size with a media circus baiting the club into slip and misquoted that they can jump on and exploit. Oh and idiot owners behind the scenes shooting their mouths off and setting us up constantly. 

If Potter had had that level of confidence and character in handling the press he may have fronted it out until things turned around which they were starting to do. Possibly the right concept at the time just not quite a strong enough character. Too nice.

 
Very uninspiring that it seems to be between maresca and de zerbi. Thomas frank even being in the running is a depressing thought. Might as well of got Sean dyche.

Maresca was hired twice by Man City makes me think he’s not a total fraud but unless he’s got a strong personality it could go the way of potter very soon. Similar for de zerbi although he does seem a spikey character which I think is beneficial.

 
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