Jump to content
IGNORED

Thomas Tuchel

phantom

By phantom
in Football Chat

 Share

Recommended Posts

Silvio Dante

Silvio Dante

Posted
Posted

Woah.

In fairness, the club looks to be very directionless at the moment. You’d imagine Tuchel wasn’t the choice of the new owners, and the signings seem fairly random as opposed to fitting into a real plan. I wonder how many purchases were “put” on him (happens at all prem clubs but maybe the extent was greater here).

Still, if they are a mess, it’s bloody hilarious.

  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Sir Geoff

Sir Geoff

Posted
Posted

Thought they would wait until the International break in September. Can't help but thinking that the team only needed a few tweaks and bit of tinkering but he has made massive changes (Aubameyang....really) in personnel this summer. I'd be worried if I was a Brighton fan, Potter definitely ready for a top 4 club imo.

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
deadredfred

deadredfred

Posted
Posted
2 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

Wouldn't surprise me. I'd really like one of the bigger clubs to give Graham Potter a shot though.

Get the impression this is the new owners calling the shots. Less so the Tuchel sacking, but more the recruitment. Aubameyang? £60m on Cucurella?! Seems scattergun at best. I get the impression new owners are looking for 'names they know' as opposed to considering someone like Potter (who, given time, would likely do a very good job).

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites
And Its Smith

And Its Smith

Posted
Posted
8 minutes ago, deadredfred said:

Get the impression this is the new owners calling the shots. Less so the Tuchel sacking, but more the recruitment. Aubameyang? £60m on Cucurella?! Seems scattergun at best. I get the impression new owners are looking for 'names they know' as opposed to considering someone like Potter (who, given time, would likely do a very good job).

Don’t think you can class Cucurella as a big name signing.  The problem they have now is that although their first XI and bench is very strong indeed, the squad is far too big.  

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bristol Rob

Bristol Rob

Posted
Posted
24 minutes ago, Silvio Dante said:

Woah.

In fairness, the club looks to be very directionless at the moment. You’d imagine Tuchel wasn’t the choice of the new owners, and the signings seem fairly random as opposed to fitting into a real plan. I wonder how many purchases were “put” on him (happens at all prem clubs but maybe the extent was greater here).

Still, if they are a mess, it’s bloody hilarious.

If he wasn't the choice of the new owners then they should have binned him before the window shut.

  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
CodeRed

CodeRed

Posted
Posted
47 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

No surprise really.

Never got a team promoted from the Championship. Not a proper manager.

Exactly, only one-man for this job... proper manager. Got a team into the PL, entertaining football

Step forward Danny Wilson - and he's available too !

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Barrs Court Red

Barrs Court Red

Posted
Posted (edited)

Mentioned to someone the other week (after the Leeds game) that I wonder if he’d reached the “players downed tools” stage of the Chelsea manager lifecycle. 
 

Abysmal against Leeds, poor against West Ham and beyond hopeless last night. 
 

 

Edited by Barrs Court Red
Link to comment
Share on other sites
RedRock

RedRock

Posted
Posted

Watched a bit of the game last night. 

The attitude of the players indicated to me something was up. A lot of hit and hope, and just a shrug of the shoulders to errors, with little to no team effort or support.

This is the outcome when you don’t work on building a team and a ‘we’re all in it together’ mentality.

Fortunately for us, Pearson appears to place a great deal of weight on ‘team’ both on and off the pitch. Probably, on reflection, why he was so upset with JLs comments about progression last year which, while an accurate analysis of where we were, was not helpful to building this team ethos.

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Robbored

Robbored

Posted
Posted (edited)
16 minutes ago, Sweeneys Penalties said:

So I read. Thought they'd have gone for a bigger "name" tbh

So did I but the reality is that there aren’t many top quality managers around. 

Problem for any new Chelsea manager is how long they’ll get in the job. It’s not a long term project similar to Nige at City. They’ll need to start winning almost immediately.

Edited by Robbored
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SecretSam

SecretSam

Posted
Posted
3 hours ago, Northern Red said:

Wouldn't surprise me. I'd really like one of the bigger clubs to give Graham Potter a shot though.

Potter would be nuts to leave Brighton for that horror show. A dressing room full of egos and a boss who doesn't understand the game?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TonyTonyTony

TonyTonyTony

Posted
Posted
5 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

Potter would be nuts to leave Brighton for that horror show. A dressing room full of egos and a boss who doesn't understand the game?

Comments like this make me chuckle.

If someone offered you a job earning x5 what you are earning now - are you turning it down?

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
LondonBristolian

LondonBristolian

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Summed up perfectly by Tom Rostance though:

 

I suppose the other question for Potter is how far he feels he can take Brighton and at what point he has "finished what he is building".

If you look at Rodgers at Leicester, for example, it seems like he probably reached a peak point with Leicester, stayed too long and is on a downward trajectory. 

Potter is in his fourth season at Brighton and will ultimately need to judge a point where he has reached the peak of what he can achieve and where he is unlikely to achieve any more by staying than damaging his reputation. Arguably Howe (at Bournemouth), Wilder (at Sheff Utd) and Dyche (at Burnley) missed the point where they could walk away with the maximum credibility and only Howe has recovered from that so far career-wise. Potter could might feel he can get Brighton into Europe and winning the Conference or Europa League or might feel he is at the peak of what he can get from the available resources. Certainly he'd realistically face a major challenge turning them into a consistent top four or five side given the budgets he is competing against. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
×
×
  • Create New...