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I hope at this stage the club are actively looking for whoever stooges to Law just to fire them.Jack Pitt Brooke has topped Matt Law....also Gary Jacob & Dave Hytner are good shouts for more reliable than Matt.
I hope at this stage the club are actively looking for whoever stooges to Law just to fire them.Jack Pitt Brooke has topped Matt Law....also Gary Jacob & Dave Hytner are good shouts for more reliable than Matt.
So naglesmann rejects chelsea as he wants to feel wanted. We dont want naglesmann because we want to feel wanted. Anybody else see the irony and think that we are really a match made in heaven?Probably on the basis of Alasdair Gold saying we want someone who sees us as first choice. JN talking to Chelsea suggests we weren’t/aren’t.
Gotta think Slot gets announced once the Eredivisie season ends
Could be that there is an element of truth to him having a huge ego, and wanting us to roll out the red carpet for him and hand him the keys to hotspur way, rather than being treated as an equal to other potential candidates.
Jack Pitt Brooke has topped Matt Law....also Gary Jacob & Dave Hytner are good shouts for more reliable than Matt.
Pitt-Brooke is good. He’s a bit hipster but I like him.Jack Pitt Brooke has topped Matt Law....also Gary Jacob & Dave Hytner are good shouts for more reliable than Matt.
Is Samuel a Chelsea fan? What's with that god forbid comment?Matin Samuel makes a good point here (which makes a change)
Of course Julian Nagelsmann wants no part in Chelsea beauty parade
Martin SamuelApril 21 2023, 4.30pm
The best managers need to know they are the one. They need to be courted, not required to impress or sell their wares. Maybe Chelsea had already taken against Julian Nagelsmann. Maybe he has heard a whisper about better prospects in Madrid or, God forbid, Tottenham. It really doesn’t matter. It is not a good look that managers on Chelsea’s shortlist are leaking their disinterest. What does that say to the players, or even to the other candidates?
Having rushed, rushed, rushed their player recruitment process, Chelsea are now in the slow lane on managers as their season stumbles to a close. They didn’t want Luis Enrique and fair enough. That much was obvious when he made it known that, unlike several other candidates, he was ready to take over mid-season, even before the Champions League tie with Real Madrid. The moment Chelsea did not jump at the chance of that, it meant they were unimpressed. Yet their season continues to drift and still no certainty.
It is one thing wishing to know a manager’s plans for the club but those talks can be conducted through intermediaries, not in a slew of headlines. This one’s had an interview, that one’s had an interview. An interview? Did Roman Abramovich ever do the rounds? Hardly. He targeted a candidate. Not always the right one, but Chelsea didn’t do badly out of it.
Manchester City the same. They didn’t interview Pep Guardiola, they love-bombed him. They brought in his allies from Barcelona. They even ensured his predecessor was a manager whose recruitment plans would not be dissimilar. Manuel Pellegrini was Pep Lite until the real thing became available. No further discussions were required.
Now there’s a link to Vincent Kompany at Chelsea. It’s all so random. This is a great job, even without European football next season. Chelsea have good players, the owner has spent money. It just needs a coach with a clear strategy who wants to mould it all into shape.
He needs to know the players he needs, who must leave to balance the finances. He needs to settle on a way of playing. Basic stuff.
Jürgen Klopp did it at Liverpool, so has Erik ten Hag with Manchester United, Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. All of those clubs have rebuilt from a low base because clubs in the elite can do that, and quickly. It can be done at Chelsea — but the management need a plan, too.
Who doesn’t know what Pochettino will bring to the party, what Nagelsmann would have brought, Luis Enrique, even Kompany? There are two directors of football at this club, and they need to interview to locate the information? Maybe that’s what made Nagelsmann’s mind up. Good managers don’t audition; and neither do smart clubs.
West Ham IIRCIs Samuel a Chelsea fan? What's with that god forbid comment?
What a truly poor article that despite its headline doesn’t actually acknowledge the real concerns for any prospective manager, ie Boehly’s seeming hands on nature and their scattergun recruitment structure.Is Samuel a Chelsea fan? What's with that god forbid comment?
Click bait heaven for journos at the mo
Click bait heaven for journos at the mo