08 May 2026 20:38:03
Any of you lot going up to to Liverpool tomorrow? We need to get behind the boys and try and nick a win, can't see it but you never know. ED01, looks like Alonso is going to you lot, are you happy with that?
{Ed001's Note - we are in the same position as you to be honest, pretty much anyone is an improvement so it is difficult not to be happy!}
09 May 2026 06:57:28
If we beat Liverpool this afternoon, it ramps up the pressure on Slot. I don't think anything will be agreed between Liverpool and Alonso yet, as there is not enough smoke to be a genuine fire yet. But I also don't think Alonso will sign on the dotted line with us whilst there is still a chance of the Liverpool job being available this summer.
This afternoon feels like a game at the end of an NFL season. You want to win, but you also want the number 1 draft pick.
Overall, I fear our coach search could spiral into something that resembles the search Spurs had when they ended up appointing Nuno. How's that ended up for them? The spiral continued into the death spin they're in now.
09 May 2026 08:21:43
Could not agree more, J. I still think it's going to be Silva.
All the reviewing by the ownership/SD's, by the time they decide on a coach, Silva will be the only one left on the musical chairs.
09 May 2026 08:38:19
I know nothing about Silvia's abilities as a manager.
As far as I know, he might be a straight-talking, hard-working individual, tactically aware, and who demands a lot from his players, including high-intensity training.
09 May 2026 08:45:14
He'll have to be the second coming, Tom, because if we appoint him, the majority of fans will see it as more of the same - nothing changing and the ownership accepting we're a mid table club with a mid table coach.
It'll get a very negative response, and he won't just have to start off fantastically well to avoid a toxic atmosphere, he'll have to start that way to get out of what will remain a toxic atmosphere.
09 May 2026 09:06:45
J, I can't speak for the majority of fans. I can only say I know very little about the blokes abilities as a manager. He might well be over achieving as far as I know.
Maybe the Ed's have a view on his abilities but we could well be asking their opinions about a long list of potential managers we know very little about.
My guess is my long time first choice Hoeness would be little known by many Chelsea supporters but he strangely would be excepted and the atmosphere wouldn't be toxic?
If we get results fans will be ok no matter who the manager is and this was shown for last few games under Poch, a period under Maresca and even the start of LR's tenure.
Results dictate fans feelings.
It's the same at other clubs, even Ange was lauded by most spuds fans in his early days as their manager.
09 May 2026 09:15:56
Silva would be a disastrous appointment. Fulham play dreadful football; he has never achieved anything. He was sacked by Watford for being involved in a tapping-up affair with Everton. If he gets the gig, it will prove what we all fear, that we are destined for mid table mediocrity and not a serious football club.
09 May 2026 09:23:48
Tapping up, did he learn that from Klopp.
As I said, maybe the Ed's have a view on his management abilities?
{Ed001's Note - Silva? His teams tend to be disorganised and rely on flashes of good stuff, which is why they are very inconsistent.}
09 May 2026 09:32:56
Thanks, Ed, has he secretly been managing us for the last four seasons? ?
{Ed001's Note - hahaha. Could be,}