24 Mar 2025 20:52:21
Watching the England game and got me thinking about our previous managers since Roman was booted out of the club by the Tory government. TT was my idol, won us the cup with the big ears, carried us through the sanctions, brilliant. Potter? terrible appointment, Poch? the serial loser should of not been allowed anywhere near our great club, a chelsea hater at Spurs! what were the SD's thinking of. Enzo? Brilliant start and got us upto 2nd and earning rave reviews, match going fans singing "we have our Chelsea back", then we fall off the cliff so jury out till the end of the season.
25 Mar 2025 08:46:25
Anna
Good post.
Unlike you though, although I will always get grateful for winning g the champions league, I really did not like the football TT played. I remembered sitting in a pub in Cyprus watch us play Leeds and they muller us 3-0.
I agree with the rest of your assessment and as you know I don't like LeicesterMaresca.
That been said, picking a new coach is always a gamble as it does not mean he/ she is going to succeed.
25 Mar 2025 09:20:55
Bill, why do keep referring to EM as “Leicester Meresca? ”
Is this some sort of new fad that we put the name of the managers old club before the managers name?
25 Mar 2025 09:33:22
Was great to win under Tuchel, Football wasn't that exciting.
I thought Potter was a good appointment but the owners didn't have the balls to see it through.
Reece a quality right back who knew, hope Enzo ends the midfield experiment.
25 Mar 2025 10:33:12
Tom
He has earned the name as is being as consistent with us as he was at Leicester.
25 Mar 2025 11:04:20
But the won there division. Surely that’s a good thing and I didn’t think you liked him as a manager?
25 Mar 2025 11:58:22
He was running away with the league then crawled over the line, maybe similar this season with CL qualification.
25 Mar 2025 12:56:07
I will be very happy if we “crawl over the line” or if we are lucky to win a pot or two!
I don’t seem to recall Utd winning the Champions League in Moscow against us and having the trophy engraved “lucky winners. ”
If you win you win in my book.
25 Mar 2025 15:01:19
Well Tom
We definitely will not win the CWC so that only leaves the third tier ECL.
25 Mar 2025 16:04:02
Tuchel seemed to be a good tactician in knock out contests particularly and will be ever grateful to him for guiding an unfenced CFC team to the Champions League win. In fact I can never dislike Havertz because of THAT goal even if I have both wanted him to do benefit Arsenal too much by going there.
But yes very many of our league games under him saw pretty dull stiff if especially against ' lowere' opposition. but his teams always competitive against top opposition if my memory serves me ok.
26 Mar 2025 10:45:07
Bill, I have already given my opinion on the WCC and that this year the timing of the competition favours South American teams. I will be happy with the conference cup. Again, as I’ve said before I think it will be good for our young team to win a trophy and I would like us to be the UK that can say “we’ve won it all. ”
I will be grateful to TT for the final he won for the club and us fans and I think he was excellent in knockout competitions but generally his football wasn’t easy on the eye!
26 Mar 2025 11:01:10
Tom
I only mentioned the CWC as you said "a pot or two" that would have to include the CWC if you are saying two.
26 Mar 2025 11:22:55
Is any football in the premier league easy on the eye Tom? It is so boring with all these low blocks and poncing around at the back and keeping the ball. Players are now over coached and told to keep in position. I like watching Real Madrid as Carlo still gives his players freedom to express themselves.
26 Mar 2025 11:47:14
Anna, you raise a very interesting point. I was talking to a decent coach about a year ago and he said that each club should generally expect about 4 games per year to be good quality games. That’s about 20% of home games.
Your Real Madrid comment is valid particularly about Carlo. In my opinion he is a manager that just try’s to make the game simple. I was in Spain last week and managed to pick up the Barcelona v AM. It was a fantastic game and I was very impressed with Barcelona who not only kept possession well but moved the ball forward quickly.