I actually feel bad for Frankie-daddy. Just looking at his frowning face should melt most hearts. Also Chelsea isn't even doing poorly, they're 5 points from champions league qualification, 11 from the top and it's such a weird season that anything can happen there. They didn't lose a game in champions league and are through in the FA cup, like what are the realistic expectations?

Also afaik it's not exactly his fault that the club are burning money as if it was the 1920's in Weimar Republic. He got less than six months after the first transfer window where he was allowed to make signings, of course the squad is rough and there'll be questions of who fits where. Thumbs down from me.

sneirac

Germany3464 Posts

January 25 2021 12:36 GMT

#1323

Hahahhahaha. If Frank fell out with Marina and the players, there is no fucking way Tuchel of all people makes it work.

Good news for me tho I guess, I always enjoyed the manager carousel days of Chelsea and lets be honest, so should most plastics like Pande,t least they won a title every other year that way.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

January 25 2021 14:08 GMT

#1324

Harris1st

Germany6972 Posts

January 25 2021 14:24 GMT

#1325

Weird enough, my gut says this will work O.o at least for a year or two before tension between Tuchel and players and management will explode like it always does with Tuchel

RKC

2848 Posts

January 25 2021 15:21 GMT

#1326

The problem was hiring Lampard in the first place. Both Klopp and Mourinho spent over 5+ years with B teams before hitting big with Porto and Dortmund. And then another 2-3 years before coming to EPL.

Guardiola is truly a maverick (or lucky star). Even then, he proved his mettle twice in Barca and Bayern.

It's silly to expect the Lampards, Solkjaers, and Artetas to lead the big English teams to glory. They may nick a minor trophy or two. But they don't have the staying power. Out of the three, only Solkjaer has truly made 'his bones' with the lower leagues to gain experience. Even so, he's barely hanging on as well.

The next maverick won't be rushing into the hot seat. The likes of Nagelsmann are smart enough to bid their time and work their way up according to their pace. By the time they hit the big leagues, they'll also earn more confidence and patience from the management even if they make a rocky start.

GTR

51486 Posts

January 26 2021 01:08 GMT

#1327

DropBear

Australia4371 Posts

January 26 2021 05:30 GMT

#1328

That spreadsheet is hilarious. Stealing and sending to friends

Bacillus

Finland1973 Posts

January 26 2021 07:22 GMT

#1329

As far as I can tell, most of the recent transfers were decided by the board (Marina mostly, I guess) rather than Lampard and Lampard never quite managed to fit the pieces together. It's interesting to see how Tuchel plans to set up the same set of players.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

January 26 2021 20:48 GMT

#1330

Wonder what caused this, be surprised if fines were being issued.

plasmidghost

Belgium16168 Posts

January 26 2021 22:10 GMT

#1331

God I hope we can keep up this momentum for the rest of the season

sharkie

Austria18481 Posts

January 26 2021 22:11 GMT

#1332

saka so great

RKC

2848 Posts

January 27 2021 01:59 GMT

#1333

On January 27 2021 05:48 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Wonder what caused this, be surprised if fines were being issued.

https://twitter.com/ThomasClay3/status/1354166129757999104

Now, that's an MMA match I'd paid to watch.

Bacillus

Finland1973 Posts

January 27 2021 08:26 GMT

#1334

On January 27 2021 05:48 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Wonder what caused this, be surprised if fines were being issued.

Apparently Zlatan made some remarks about the Voodoo rumors Lukaku had during his Everton days.

Reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/l5p6ms/romelu_lukaku_lost_his_cool_when_ibra_told_him_go/

edit: Not sure how much is confirmed and all that, it's the usual mess going on there.

Oukka

Finland1683 Posts

January 27 2021 20:43 GMT

#1335

When do teams learn that ManU only gets stronger if you score against them early? :D

Also Tuchel really off to a great start

and I don't actually have anything against him personally, just more against the culture of premature managerial sackings.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 27 2021 21:20 GMT

#1336

We broke a record for most passes in a half of football in the premier league, seems we hired the German Pep after 1 league game, interesting to say the least.

Tuchel seemed happy after the game though with what he saw, and we have a quick turn around before playing Burnley on the weekend so hopefully can get a win there before going into a stupidly tough February for us that will define our season.