The narrative that Levy don’t back managers really struggles when, with hindsight, if looks ever more like he backed Poch and his whims way too much. Tricky one.
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Manager Mauricio Pochettino
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Is that a self portrait Dan?
Isn't that his modus operandi since us?
Same for Conte and probably Jose.
His reputation as an “elite“ manager is based on what he did with us even though he/we won diddly squat! his days as Chelsea manager are now numbered now he’s had time with PSG on a Cv it’s not worth the paper it’s written on …..at Chelsea there is no excuses him and Potter are ruining their careers with these shmucks …..
He may not be screwing them up intentionally, but screwing them up he is. They have bought a fair amount of crap , have players on big wages on long contracts. Because of the scattergun transfer policy they are in a worse state than when Poch took over.
Deliberate? No
Wonderful ? Damn fucking right
Deliberate? No
Wonderful ? Damn fucking right
Said it many times, great head coach but lousy manager. Since being given a larger role, he has really struggled.
I don't think he's screwing them up.... He's simply failing to fix them; just like the last guy did.
(The rest of that paragraph pretty much supports that notion.)
Fair fucks to the bloke; he did a pretty good quick repair job on us within the course of 12 months..... Flushed out the bad apples and re-engaged the good players that were here and supplemented the gaps with Mason, Bentaleb, Carrol....
Levy allowed him to swing the axe heavily in Summer #2 and with the additional outbreak of Kane, Dele & later Son we were off to the races.
Unsurprisingly the Chavs are proving more toxic and to have less talent proven quality in the ranks to work with.
Meh. Tuchel also failed with this new era/new look Chelsea (excellent coach - CL with Chelsea, multiple finals, only coach to get PSG anywhere close to the CL) so I think the main criticism of Pochettino will be his lack of smarts in choosing his clubs. PSG was always a weird one as well.
He's a good coach who will get his career back on track when he finds his way to a more functional club.
He's a good coach who will get his career back on track when he finds his way to a more functional club.
No, he did not.
I reckon Brighton would be a good fit - as and when De Zerbi inevitably gets plucked away from them for a 'bigger club'
Tuchel wasn't really given the chance to pass/fail, he obviously wasn't wanted there by the owners, not sure if you can use him as case study because he's making a pigs ears of the Bayern job.
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I thought Brighton would have been a good move for him when Potter took the Chelsea job last season. I can see Liverpool making a move for De Zerbi in the summer so Brighton may well be shopping for another manager. The only thing I would say is that they tend to recruit from outside the Premier League so any replacement for De Zerbi is more likely to be someone we've never heard of. They'll pluck the latest hot talent out of nowhere just like they usually do and they'll see Pochettino as yesterday's man.
Because he is 2 points behind the top spot in Bundesliga with 14 games left?
It's Bayern Munich mate, they are normally cruising their league, they should win it by default every season.
They also got knocked out their domestic cup and they have been way off it in terms of performance if you've watched them this season.
It's coming...