With the news emerging that Chelsea are now close to hiring Leicester City manager Enzo Maresca as their next head coach moving forward, Chelsea fans are not happy.
They’re not happy in general, I can see that out there with my own eyes across social media right now. But they are not happy either on my own personal Substack community, Si Phillips Talks Chelsea.
Yes, I’m beginning to regret wanting Mauricio Pochettino gone! The shortlist of new managers has been underwhelming all week let’s be honest. I’ve been clutching at the fact that maybe they are smokescreens, and maybe they still are, I feel like some still are and always were. But let’s see what today brings on that.
For me, the only candidate that I could truly get behind and rate is Ruben Amorim, but apparently he’s now off the agenda entirely. I do hope there’s a VERY good reason that we are not appointing him, because he was the guy.
None of the others have inspired or excited me at all, not even a bit. I will back and support whoever comes in, and I will also look for and draw on the positives of whoever we decide on, even if that’s Roberto De Zerbi. But I can’t hide my emotions, disappointment, and true underwhelming feelings of our pending next head coach. I’d even rather throw Cesc Fabregas in there over the other names if we truly want to hire someone young and completely inexperienced. And I don’t think I’m joking there either!
Honestly, this is THE biggest decision they make. If this next manager fails then I want heads to roll without ANY excuses. If they hire the SIXTH person who has been named a head coach at this club within the last two years and they fail, then there should be ZERO excuses, heads have to roll.
This is SUCH a hugely risky strategy, and one that could backfire massively. Or maybe it doesn’t and maybe they get it spot on. And if they do, we will all applaud and praise them for that, of course. I don’t have agendas here, just call things as I…
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Author : Simon Phillips
Publish date : 2024-05-27 11:54:55
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