Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - The Slotification of Liverpool is nearly complete

[J Money]

Mike Dean still waiting to give out that 100th red card

I bet he referees Man Utd v Liverpool

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Damn @SCORCH. Sorry breh.

 

[Uchiha God]

hazard has to be the least consistent player for someone that's supposed to be "elite"

when your star player does shyt like this you know you in big trouble.

son prolly went to airbnb straight after the match to find a spot in madrid not knowing them handkerchief merchants don't care about slalom runs with no end product

 

[TobiOT]

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Agree with everything except Azpilicueta. He’s been a legend but his best days are past. Got styled on today.

The only reason for keeping Dave is for leadership and having a player with proper experience of the club. You need those type of players at your club, even if he is washed.

Otherwise the most experienced players of the club are RLC and CHO and their Chelsea playing careers equals a cup of coffee.

 

[SmarkMero]

That's an insult to Nolan.

Yep!

 

[THEREALBRAND]

@∆y-f-∆’s little cousin is heated

 

[African_brehda]

Sack Sarri, sell Hazard, Jorginho, Willian and 40,000 players you have on loan, and start the rebuild around Kepa, Azpi, Rudiger, RLC, Hudson-Odoi, and Pulisic. Destroy and rebuild.

I think they don't want to go through the phase of mediocrity rebuilding teams go through. They'll just keep hazard and be filling plugs hoping it works out

 

[TobiOT]

Yep!

Dudes got a smiley for everyone

 

[MikeyC]

Napoleon's a Chelsea fan? @∆y = f(∆x) where u at.

 

[The ADD]

Y’all cold as shyt for that Nap involvement

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Dudes got a smiley for everyone

Something about paybacks and female dogs.

 

[nyknick]

Mike Dean

 

[Jean toomer]

The only reason for keeping Dave is for leadership and having a player with proper experience of the club. You need those type of players at your club, even if he is washed.

Otherwise the most experienced players of the club are RLC and CHO and their Chelsea playing careers equals a cup of coffee.

fair point

 

[Roid Jones]

This is something I posted about a month ago elsewhere about Chelsea's problems.

Long and short, this comes down to the years of mismanagement by the board. While they have gotten the swapping coaches in and out right, more often than not, the communication between board and coach has failed, on plenty of occasions. And this goes all the way back to when Roman first bought the club. The board have given out so many mix messages over the years of what they want, that they have become a parody of themselves. Must be self sufficient, want to develop players from our academy, wants winning football, but needs to be with style. Still find ways to win and finally gets the style, but abandoned it within 18months. Wants fresh approach with youngsters being developed,doesn't click with the old guards, discarded. And then the rinse of repeat, of buying players the coaches do not want or need. Signing players either for or to tempt Sven. Signing Sheva and Ballack when Mourinho wanted other players in and then the next summer, no money to spend like they had done, but on Bosmans or cheap transfers.

Then the Ancelotti era, won the title in spectacular style with an already aging squad that had been together for a while. He wanted to bring in his own players and freshen things up, given limited funds in the summer window, as the squad was already good enough. Gets Torres last min in Winter window when Ancelotti wanted someone entirely different in a different position and the team fails season in both league and Europe.

Brings in AVB, told he has a blank canvas to do whatever and between his arrogance and the board not supporting him, failed. Di Matteo comes in, pulls off the Miracle of Munich, get transfer funds, the squad get overhauled and experience players leave, but the players fail to gel, they get knocked out of the CL before the group stages end and Di Matteo sacked. Back to Mourinho again, comes back, gets backing to win the title, but the slide in the teams form second half of the season is a concern, Mourinho wants more players in, doesnt get those players and the team falls apart.

Brings in Conte, he wins the title, thinks that gives him credit to bring in his players, to change things, but only a 1 or 2 of his players are bought in and he then goes into a running verbal battle with the board in the media. Then not only do they keep Conte in charge of the team when everything seems to be broken down on all levels, he is waiting to be sacked, the club don't sack him, he is still taking pre season 3-4 week before the season starts, along with the new transfer window shutting early rules coming in. Sarri gets half a pre season to implement his philosophy. And now Pulisic gets bought without the current coaches knowledge.

All in all, it is pretty amazing how Chelsea have continued to win, given the circumstances of the bipolar nature of the board. Yes, their way has been successful, even more so then it should of done, but the long term effects are slowly creeping showing themselves now.

Facts

Chelsea needs to decide what the fukk they want and who they want to be. All I've ever heard is Roman wants a specific type of football with specific type of players. It's very simple you hire a manager that shares your vision, then give him time and the resources to bring that vision to fruition. The way the club has been run despite all the success is not sustainable.