Chelsea 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 2

[Ham]

We've been far worse under Frank than either TT or GP.

[Box of Tricks]

Dead.

[paulw66]

So Gallagher's deflected strike is April's goal of the month so far. 

[JABS-CFC]

I believe that what we are witnessing cannot be fixed by a couple of marquee signings or a proven manager, as our form on the pitch since the takeover can only be the result of a structural change within the club the players and staff are not responding well to.

Let us not forget that players and staff are in the end company employees and major changes at ownership or CEO level can have a huge impact on how an organization is managed. Especially if the new owners have no experience in football and are attempting to replicate a business model applied on a different country and sport.

Even on a player mindset level, for 20 years we were ran by an owner who’d have no problem on taking a huge loss to get rid of critically underperforming players. Said players are now being tied to eight-year contracts it’ll cost the club millions of pounds to get out of.

We are now being run by cowboys and consultants who think they know better.

Edited April 15, 2023 by JABS-CFC

[Holymoly]

3 minutes ago, Flinkers said:

The optimist in me thinks we’ll get 4 more

Bear in mind we will be playing the clubs below us in relegation 6 pointers.

[Blue Kratos]

God I miss Roman.

[ROTG]

10 minutes ago, Bison said:

We need such a huge clear out. We'd literally be left with about 8 players if I had my way. 

What make me laugh. Is those on here slaughtered Marina, McLachlan & Co for player and management recruitment. In two transfer windows and 3 managers TB and his sports department have set this club back 5 - 10 years as their vanity overcame the reality of if it is not broken so not touch it. 

Edited April 15, 2023 by ROTG

[Ham]

Spurs slightly lifting my mood 

[Blue Kratos]

Just now, Ham said:

Spurs slightly lifting my mood 

Not really Ham. Them and Wolves are coming up behind us.

[paulw66]

2 minutes ago, Blue Kratos said:

God I miss Roman.

The ownwer(s) are not the ones running around like headless chickens 

 

Virtually all of today's team and subs are full internationals. 

[Original 21]

Why did we sack that chap who managed us for that one game? Thought he did a decent enough job. What was the point in bringing back Lampard who can’t manage his way out of a paper bag? 

[Mark Kelly]

Something is deeply wrong at this club, 

It has to be the change in owners. 

They were playing better under Potter. 

Everything of "Chelsea" has been erased, from the medical team to the management team to the coaching team and the players cannot cope. 

We have to get Mourinho in with Terry as his assistant and make them believe in themselves again 

I dont care whether we win anything but at least those two will ensure standards are kept high. 

This is beyond needing a DM and CF , Boehly has got the Midas touch in reverse, everything he touches turns to shit. 

He need to appoint and f*ck off to America. 

[ROTG]

2 minutes ago, paulw66 said:

So Gallagher's deflected strike is April's goal of the month so far. 

No it was scored by chelsea 12th man Mr Dunk.  
At least he can tell his grandkids. I never played for the team I support, but managed to score a goal for them. 

[Brin]

At          least          we          scored          a           goal.    (cannot find an emoji for a deep sigh)

[Ham]

1 minute ago, Original 21 said:

Why did we sack that chap who managed us for that one game? Thought he did a decent enough job. What was the point in bringing back Lampard who can’t manage his way out of a paper bag? 

I honestly don't think he wanted the job. 

[kev61]

1 minute ago, Ham said:

Spurs slightly lifting my mood 

Never mind about that.Who's going to win the national?

Oops looks like it may not happen

[chara]

The bottom 4 clubs have to win at least 4 -6 games before overtaking or on a par with Chelsea (inexact but you get the point),

I shudder to think where Chelsea would be now without that increasingly threadbare cushion from TT.

I don't blame Frank...I doubt anyone could make a difference in such a short time and he has inherited or adopted a "damaged" unbalanced squad.

Captain America and Sterling are like  Delboy market doll purchases...over priced rip off, looks but no stuffing ,,, and a group of leaderless kids out there today...wrong decisions almost every time.

[paulw66]

[Ham]

1 minute ago, kev61 said:

Never mind about that.Who's going to win the national?

Oops looks like it may not happen

Delta Work. 

[My Blood Is Blue]

I don’t know what the issue is, I think so much is currently wrong at our club and I am genuinely concerned how long it will take the current owners to fix it and if they even can.

[thevelourfog]

9 minutes ago, Ham said:

We've been far worse under Frank than either TT or GP.

I was really surprised that even a few people expected even a modest uplift from Frank. He's a dreadful coach, it's as plain as anything. He's only here because no one else would agree to be.

A clueless performance against a really good team. But for Kepa that is the 4 or 5-1 defeat that it on balance should have been.

I don't want to see Felix or Zakaria again this season. Ideally Pulisic, either.

The end of this season can't come soon enough, these players need a break from losing. It's become routine. 

But for Tuchel, we'd be relegated. 

[Ham]

2 minutes ago, paulw66 said:

That's appalling.

[Box of Tricks]

3 minutes ago, kev61 said:

Never mind about that.Who's going to win the national?

 

Any Second Now.

[RDCW]

2 minutes ago, Holymoly said:

You could argue we're fortunate to have a club to follow after HM Govt trying to put us out of business so I'm not going to criticise the owners. I would totally agree however that it will be years before we see the CL again. If we get a top manager in nest season I can see us being more successful but at the same time remaining fragile. I fear we will never see the likes again of the kind of squad Jose oversaw though.

Sorry mate, this is all on the owners. We were always going to be acquired by someone, so any gratitude towards Clearlake (who are only interested in profit) and Boehly (who is too ignorant to understand his own ignorance) is misplaced. Every decision they have made and every policy they have implemented has been wrong, from sacking Tuchel, to appointing Potter, to pissing money away on players, to keeping Potter on too long, to dismantling the internal workings of the club before taking time to understand the culture properly. They are destroying the soul and fabric of this club and any return to being serious contenders is not a realistic  proposition in my remaining lifetime.

I'm furious with Boehly and his septic cronies. This is the worst time I have ever had as a Chelsea fan; worse even than the Bridgebuilder years, relegation and ignominy, because at least we had our unique culture and a purpose then. 

[martin1905]

And there you have it.

The damage that Potter was doing, that was clear to see months ago, really has come to fruition.

Two players I would say are the perfect examples. 

Reece James who is an absolute shadow of his former, pre Potter, self and Felix who looked brilliant, albeit without the final product, for his first handful of games. He's also been Pottered and absolutely useless.

The only positive is if we go back to when Tuchel first took over, we were shambolic and he turned it on its head almost instantly so it shouldn't be too hard to do the same again. 

I don't know if whatever manager we want doesn't want to come until the summer or the board made that decision but it's probably for the best.

Nobody, not Pep or a prime Mourinho would be able to change this right now. Get through the season, reset and go again with a proper manager. The absolute priority now MUST be to get whoever the new man is as soon as this season has ended.