With the information rising that Chelsea are actually near hiring Leicester Metropolis supervisor Enzo Maresca as their subsequent head coach transferring ahead, Chelsea followers should not glad.
They’re not glad basically, I can see that on the market with my very own eyes throughout social media proper now. However they aren’t glad both by myself private Substack neighborhood, Si Phillips Talks Chelsea.
Sure, I’m starting to remorse wanting Mauricio Pochettino gone! The shortlist of latest managers has been underwhelming all week let’s be trustworthy. I’ve been clutching at the truth that possibly they’re smokescreens, and possibly they nonetheless are, I really feel like some nonetheless are and all the time had been. However let’s see what at this time brings on that.
For me, the one candidate that I might actually get behind and fee is Ruben Amorim, however apparently he’s now off the agenda totally. I do hope there’s a VERY good cause that we’re not appointing him, as a result of he was the man.
Not one of the others have impressed or excited me in any respect, not even a bit. I’ll again and help whoever is available in, and I may even search for and draw on the positives of whoever we determine on, even when that’s Roberto De Zerbi. However I can’t disguise my feelings, disappointment, and true underwhelming emotions of our pending subsequent head coach. I’d even reasonably throw Cesc Fabregas in there over the opposite names if we actually need to rent somebody younger and fully inexperienced. And I don’t suppose I’m joking there both!
Truthfully, that is THE largest choice they make. If this subsequent supervisor fails then I would like heads to roll with out ANY excuses. In the event that they rent the SIXTH one who has been named a head coach at this membership inside the final two years and so they fail, then there must be ZERO excuses, heads should roll.
That is SUCH a massively dangerous technique, and one that might backfire massively. Or possibly it doesn’t and possibly they get it spot on. And in the event that they do, we’ll all applaud and reward them for that, after all. I don’t have agendas right here, simply name issues as I see them.
The worrying factor is that judging by our newest set of votes, the 2 candidates that David Ornstein says are the one recognized choices remaining to develop into the brand new Chelsea supervisor, are the 2 least well-liked selections amongst this well-respected Chelsea fan neighborhood on right here.
Out of the 4 alleged shortlisted managers (from yesterday morning’s now out-dated information), this was the outcomes of who you need probably the most:
Roberto De Zerbi – 42%
Kieran McKenna – 36%
Enzo Maresca – 15%
Thomas Frank – 6%
And including in Ruben Amorim to the identical ballot vote:
Ruben Amorim – 73%
Roberto De Zerbi – 18%
Kieran McKenna & Enzo Maresca – 4%
Thomas Frank – 1%
Think about in the event that they now rent Frank!!
That is simply astonishing although. I really hope they know what they’re doing right here, as a result of it is a fan base who can be able to explode if it goes incorrect now, with the bulk being towards the choices we’re apparently about to pick out from.
I’ve no doubts that the neighborhood on right here will get behind whoever is appointed, as I’ll too. However I’d be so fearful about it getting very poisonous once more if we don’t get outcomes subsequent season and see progress.
De Zerbi is like marmite, he fully splits this fanbase who’re both obsessive about him or hate him. This rent would simply create extra Chelsea fan civil wars, whereas Amorim, even when he wouldn’t be everybody’s first alternative, will surely unite a fanbase a bit extra.
I’d be going for expertise and confirmed anyway, however it appears this lot haven’t any worth on expertise in any respect which once more, is a HUGE danger.
I’m massively sceptical and fearful, I can’t lie. I’ll again whoever it’s, and it seems like it could nicely now be Maresca. I don’t even dislike him and I do suppose there are lots of positives about his setup and the way it will go well with the gamers. I see the attraction and I’ll begin to look extra into his positives and analysis him extra now at this time in different articles. I’m prepared to present him an opportunity and I truly suppose he has the makings of a superb supervisor. However none of that has been my concern, my concern is inexperience, making the step as much as Chelsea, by no means managing within the Premier League, and the way a lot of a HUGE danger it will be.
Sigh, once more. So many sighs currently.
