Personally speaking, I think Potter is a bit overhyped, so if it is him I’m not too worried.
He’s a Jose Mourinho on speed - not a 3 year cycle, but an 18 month cycle.
Tuchel is the sort of person that grates. His emotional intelligence is very low. You put up with it, for a while, if you are winning trophies. But as most on here predicted, he wouldn’t last there.
The speed is a bit surprising, but on second thoughts, just listening to him and watching him, it’s not such a surprise after all.
The whole set up is geared toward a big name to come in, stamp their authority in it, win a couple of trophies, then get sacked as it starts to falter. That’s what they have been doing for 20 years. If they carry on that way then Zidane and Pochettino are the stand out names.
If they go for Potter it is a departure from their norm, and also it is a big risk for Potter. At some point he will make the step up to a top job, but there’s a big question mark over whether or not Chelsea is the right job for him.
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They did appoint Lampard but that was when they had a transfer ban, wonder if this is the future. Approaching Edwards suggested they want to be more selective. I did wonder if we would see a richer version of FSG and possibly after this initial splurge that’s where they will go.
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They have praised FSG’s Liverpool model since they took over, so that is my assumption in terms of direction, especially while they rebuild the club structure.
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Tuchel is a horrible cunt of a manager, the spat with conte didn’t help either.
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Some rumours Villa lining up Pochetino to replace Gerrard.
im surprised that Villa and Leicester haven’t used this fortnight to change managers.
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Suggests to me both boards struggling to put aside their emotional feelings.
Less so in Villa’s case as they brought Stevie in as a long term successor less than a a year ago…not to mention their last 2 games 4 point from 6.
Yeah Villa picked up points before the break. Gerrard deserves to see how it goes up to the World Cup in my view.
I just think Leicester are skint, they simply can’t defend, then what’s need with that and Rodgers.
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Edwards of Watford Sacked. Replaced by Billic, their 5th manager in under a year.
Pochettino is a proven manager, and if he is interested in the Villa job, Stevie is vulnerable, even if results are picking up.
To my mind, if you are going to hire a young manager - who could potentially go on to be one of the best in the business, but in the meantime, you are giving him some space to work, grow, overcome setbacks and so on… then you stick with him through thick and thin.
Obviously to a point, but if you are going with a younger manager, back him and support him, stand strong behind him, and see what he can do.
At that point I want to give some credit to the Arsenal board. They hired Arteta and they resisted the temptation to sack him, even though he didn’t finish top four. Instead, they appear to have taken the longer term view - back him to come good, to clean out some older ineffective players, and to build his side.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an Arsenal fan and they have won nothing, but nowadays under Arteta, they look like something good is starting to emerge, and they can look forward with hope.
Stevie needs that sort of patience and backing at Villa, who of course are a couple of steps below Arsenal’s level, but the point is, be patient!
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Poch’s availability is the big boogeyman for every manager in the Prem…it creates a temptation for any Prem club to pull the trigger on change earlier than they might otherwise in fear they might miss out on landing Poch.
The downside for a club like Villa is that if it goes well he will be off again to a bigger club, and so at best Villa would find themselves in 2-3 years looking for another long term manager having already cut loose one of the candidates who could have been that guy. Is the benefits of a couple of years of hitting above their weight worth starting back at square one after that’s all over?
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Hard to see why Pochettino would be interested in Villa. He has to be in the frame for every CL tier club in Europe, and Villa is a long way from that right now - and would by definition have been showing limited patience.
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Nice is having a shambles of a season, but is a club that is trying to compete. They are supposedly very interested. I think it depends on what his remaining career goals are.
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Pochettino won 3 trophies in France…with oil money funding. Its like managing the big two in Scotland, you get to win something regularly.
He won nothing else, and yet he is revered as one of the most sought after in Europe?
Villas Boas isn’t sought after and yet he was as good as Pochettino in the PL? Ranieri has a better PL record than him.
He is a one trick pony, and in truth there is no path beaten to his door by the bigger clubs. Utd for all their nonsense wanted Ten Haag, not Pochettino. They got a better manager.
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Apparently Watford have had more managers in the last 10 years than West Ham have had in their history.
I didn’t check it but it’s 18 in 10 and we are only on 21 I think for our entire history.
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Until recently(ish) West Ham were still single in single digits. John Lyall, who was their manager when I was a kid, was there about 25 years leaving just before the Premier League started and he was only their 5th or 6th ever manager. They’ve had more new managers since the turn of the millennium than they had in their first 100 years.
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