Rose tinted spectacles over Mourinho although maybe it is that type of manager or coach that suit them. I heard one Chelsea fan caller on TalkSport say that they are not a project team, they need players that are ready now. Sad but true. They have never been a project team.
So pleased to see them struggle like United. Just need Liverpool and Arsenal to come unstuck
Thiago is the one, their best player an absoloute leader and Poch refuses to give him the captaincy.I think one of the problems Poch has is at Spurs he had the likes of Lloris, Jan, Toby, players with experience who could help the younger members of the squad. With the exception of Thiago no one in the current Chelsea squad leaps out to me as a leader.
Interesting wording:
"Crucially, it means Chelsea have had the advantage of putting these players on long contracts..."
Their current problems stem in part from having so many underperforming players on long contracts. I don't see that as an advantage at all.
Yep. I remember Everton spending big on mostly young players. They sold very few at a profit and ended up stagnating.In the summer there were people in here saying Chris Farley’s Chelsea’s spending was ambitious. I said at the time that it wasn’t and that it was merely market speculation. They are buying young players and hoping they’ll be able to sell them on for bigger money in a few years.
All that money for this? They’re just a random collection of players many of whom they paid well over the odds for. They’re going to have a lot of expensive millstones around their neck for many years to come.
Poch was a moron for going there, it’s trashed what’s left of his reputation after the high profile failure at PSG. He’s proved he can’t hack it at the two big clubs now and he won’t be getting another chance at a serious club any time soon.
it'll be fine, Bobby Bonilla is still getting paid by the Mets and they have changed ownerhsip like twice, he retired in the early 2000s to put things in perspective, he was the first player to broker a deal like this, instead of ownership owing him like 10 mil and pay him in lump sum to cut him, he took like 2 mil every year for like 25 years lmao.And a lot of faith in the ownership still being around with enough resources to honour that further down the line!
Poch would surely be a good shout for Palace when Roy goes. Brighton would be ideal but they will be hoping that they won't be looking for a new coach too soon.That was fine when they had an owner that was an oligarch. Now they are just a rich PL club that needs to make money like everyone else (minus Man City) and they've gambled massively on players value over the next decade. Their fans need a heavy dose of realism.
I'm not sure Poch is the right guy for them though, they've got that feel of ManU after SAF left, they are lost with no captain to steer the ship. Long may it continue.
Poch would surely be a good shout for Palace when Roy goes. Brighton would be ideal but they will be hoping that they won't be looking for a new coach too soon.
"Merry Christmas, you Tottenham lemon. Here's your P45"
I don't think this is true.They are buying young players and hoping they’ll be able to sell them on for bigger money in a few years.