rbcuk Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 43 minutes ago, Genie said: Fofana & Mudryk are £170m of forwards. Mudryk is more of a winger and that fofana is never in the squad, they brought him for next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 minute ago, rbcuk said: Mudryk is more of a winger and that fofana is never in the squad, they brought him for next season You did say forwards, and they are both forwards… and extremely expensive ones at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 24 minutes ago, duke313 said: They’ve pulled the trigger because of the CL. The league is basically over for them, but they still have the CL. Didn’t they do that before? Sack Villas Boas > Hire Di Matteo and win CL Sack Lampard > Hire Tuchel and win CL Sack Potter > Hire ???? Steven Gerrard - Born Winner! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhint Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Interesting, so many clubs want managers but only so few to go round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Potter deserved his shot and was right to move on when the opportunity arose. As with Carney Chuk, the questionable part is the Chelsea bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2023 Strange timing to get rid of him. Ultimately it's probably the correct thing to do. Can only assume they have someone lined up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xela Posted April 2, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Genie said: Fofana & Mudryk are £170m of forwards. Fofana the striker was about £10m Fofana the defender was about £70m 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Why would you go chelsea over spurs though? Chelsea will win things. Spurs won't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Why would you go chelsea over spurs though? Why would you go to Spurs over Chelsea? Chelsea have far more money to throw around, and have a pedigree of winning things. Spurs are a bad summer away from being "that club Harry Kane used to play for". 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Why would you go chelsea over spurs though? Is that even a real question. One is one of the biggest teams in Europe the other is Spurs 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Genie said: Fofana & Mudryk are £170m of forwards. Expensive Fofana is a centre back, the striker cost less than Duran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Boehly is a clown, genuinely makes Lerner seem competent 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 I'm not surprised by this decision, but I don't think it's the right one. From the perspective of the fans, I suppose it makes sense they would be happy, they've been keen for him to get the sack for a while and his football really does seem to often end up with little to no end product, at least for long runs of games. However, if you take the broader view, this may be a 'logical' decision that creates bigger problems down the line. Firstly, I've seen a number of people in the thread talking about how they're now going to get a manager more 'deserving of their station' as it were, but this may be a little complicated. Truly elite managers are probably not going to be enthused by Chelsea's hodge-podge of players, and may want a substantial transfer budget to bring in better ones. But Chelsea may be somewhat cornered by their 'cheat-code' solution of paying huge fees and spreading them over absurdly long contracts. While there are some players who will move on over the summer (from Azpilicueta to Ziyech), it will only create a few spaces and the squad is already stuffed beyond bursting. The newer players are likely to prove impossible to shift at anything other than very heavy FFP losses, and limits on the number of overage players being loaned out are coming in. Therefore, a canny manager might look at the situation and think that whatever they're told about the transfer pot, they may have to mostly make do with what's there, which isn't all that great. Even if they do get an 'elite' manager, this situation will still cause problems. If they go for players who are good enough for top 4 right now, that will cost lots of money, and if they go for shorter contracts that will also start having a rapid impact on their balance sheet. Chelsea are not a commercial juggernaut like Man Utd; they don't even have a massive ground. They have basically sustained themselves on easy money from Abramovic and sales of academy players. Times are going to get a lot harder, and now a new man is going to have to come in and work out how to get a coherent team out of an incoherent squad, *and* keep the financial show on the road. My prediction is this sacking will lead to short-term uptick in form but a longer-term worsening of an already degrading situation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 This rightfully makes Boehly look like a giant idiot and I hope he keeps meddling and overspending. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaParkAvenue Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 (edited) Potter wasn’t a good fit but the new manager won’t have it easy either. I trust Boehly to quickly make another choice based on something he read on Twitter last week, and sounded good at the time. Absolute moron. Edited April 2, 2023 by VillaParkAvenue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 funnily Emery signed him twice as a player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted April 2, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2023 Please be Gerrard. Please be Gerrard. Please be Gerrard. Please be Gerrard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewieGriffin Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 40 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: How long has he been interrimming? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheAuthority Posted April 2, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 36 minutes ago, StewieGriffin said: How long has he been interrimming? 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catanzaro Posted April 3, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted April 3, 2023 So Rodgers leaves by mutual consent.. and Chelsea then sack Potter.. so…. Brendan becomes Chelsea manager? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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