Chelsea

We have had some battles with Chelsea, FA Cup and that Di Matteo goal was a killer for me,sat behind the goal,in line of sight, gutted, afternoon was ruined after a few seconds.
One positive side, we beat them over a two legged play off final for promotion, they accused us of over watering the pitch if I remember correctly, they were slipping all over the place.....
 
Wonder when big clubs and owners will stop giving the manager's job to inexperienced players who were a legend for them.

Lampard is out of his depth. The job at Derby he did was ok, given the talent he had available. But you look at some of the managers out there, and Lampard is far below the standard Chelsea should be having when it comes to employing a manager.

Just because you have a warchest of £150m/£200m to spend, doesn't mean it guarantees success.

Similar to Utd with Ole. 4 semi's in a row he's lost. Bombed out the CL when top of the group and hasn't come close to winning a trophy. They don't even play good football. No doubt it won't be long until they're trying to scrape a CL place in the league.

As for Brendan Rogers. He's a brilliant manager. He has Leicester punching well above their weight. Even last season they were brilliant, only just losing out on a CL place on the very last day. It's going to be interesting how he replaces Vardy mind. Iheanacho is nowhere near good enough to fill those shoes.

They thoroughly deserved the 3 points last night. They were better than Chelsea all over the pitch from the 1st minute, to the last. They're actually a very good team to watch too. They have some excellent players.
 
Marvanelli said:
Wonder when big clubs and owners will stop giving the manager's job to inexperienced players who were a legend for them.

Lampard is out of his depth. The job at Derby he did was ok, given the talent he had available. But you look at some of the managers out there, and Lampard is far below the standard Chelsea should be having when it comes to employing a manager.

Just because you have a warchest of £150m/£200m to spend, doesn't mean it guarantees success.

Similar to Utd with Ole. 4 semi's in a row he's lost. Bombed out the CL when top of the group and hasn't come close to winning a trophy. They don't even play good football. No doubt it won't be long until they're trying to scrape a CL place in the league.

As for Brendan Rogers. He's a brilliant manager. He has Leicester punching well above their weight. Even last season they were brilliant, only just losing out on a CL place on the very last day. It's going to be interesting how he replaces Vardy mind. Iheanacho is nowhere near good enough to fill those shoes.

They thoroughly deserved the 3 points last night. They were better than Chelsea all over the pitch from the 1st minute, to the last. They're actually a very good team to watch too. They have some excellent players.
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They seem to be a very well ran club. Given the transfers they've received and the fact that they should make Champions League football, they should be able to get a decent striker in the summer. I think their main problem might be keeping hold of the likes of Maddison. As metioned, money talks and Utd/Chelsea offer more money.
 
Marvanelli said:
Wonder when big clubs and owners will stop giving the manager's job to inexperienced players who were a legend for them.

Lampard is out of his depth. The job at Derby he did was ok, given the talent he had available. But you look at some of the managers out there, and Lampard is far below the standard Chelsea should be having when it comes to employing a manager.

Just because you have a warchest of £150m/£200m to spend, doesn't mean it guarantees success.

Similar to Utd with Ole. 4 semi's in a row he's lost. Bombed out the CL when top of the group and hasn't come close to winning a trophy. They don't even play good football. No doubt it won't be long until they're trying to scrape a CL place in the league.

As for Brendan Rogers. He's a brilliant manager. He has Leicester punching well above their weight. Even last season they were brilliant, only just losing out on a CL place on the very last day. It's going to be interesting how he replaces Vardy mind. Iheanacho is nowhere near good enough to fill those shoes.

They thoroughly deserved the 3 points last night. They were better than Chelsea all over the pitch from the 1st minute, to the last. They're actually a very good team to watch too. They have some excellent players.
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To be honest.

[We could be like a "Leicester"]

Leicester are more than capable of holding their own.

I think the quality of their players is well above the majority of the Prem in reguards to consistency, energy, flexibility, etc.
They are not "punching above their weight" [because the media and their chums dont consider them a "big" boy].
No different saying the "big" clubs are "under-performing" because they are not where Sky and the money makers think they should be - on a podium.

They are a very young squad - take out casper / Albrighton and Vardy.
Brendan is clearly doing an excellent job in managing young men [and some old buggas!] - hes revitalised Vardy and given him a new lease of life.

It makes me cringe when former players - with no man-management expereince - are given jobs - [with the misplaced expectation they can replicate in management [using their brain], what they did with their feet on the pitch.
Most footballers are not very bright.

Just because you have a few bits of tin on a ribband doesnt give blokes ability to manage.

Neil Warnock had very few medals as a player - but I wouldnt swap his man-management skills with his honesty for all the China Tea in Hintons(y)
 
Leicester one of my favourite teams to watch at the moment, their passing and movement in the final third is exceptional.

Not Chelsea's biggest fan by a long stretch but I think Lampard should get more time. It's a young squad he's assembling with some serious pedigree (watched Havertz for Leverkusen just before lockdown and he was incredible). I expect the manager and squad will improve with time and it's likely that bringing in a more experienced manager would lead to a "reset" with the playing staff.

If I were a Chelsea fan their lack of identity would concern me, there doesn't really seem to be any obvious style of play and clear instruction for players at present.
 
Lampard only got the job because of their transfer embargo and no "big" manager wanted it at that time. He has come undone now that he is expected to spend and build a side capable of winning the PL and CL and he has fallen a long way short.
 
Marvanelli said:
Wonder when big clubs and owners will stop giving the manager's job to inexperienced players who were a legend for them.

Lampard is out of his depth. The job at Derby he did was ok, given the talent he had available. But you look at some of the managers out there, and Lampard is far below the standard Chelsea should be having when it comes to employing a manager.

Just because you have a warchest of £150m/£200m to spend, doesn't mean it guarantees success.

Similar to Utd with Ole. 4 semi's in a row he's lost. Bombed out the CL when top of the group and hasn't come close to winning a trophy. They don't even play good football. No doubt it won't be long until they're trying to scrape a CL place in the league.

As for Brendan Rogers. He's a brilliant manager. He has Leicester punching well above their weight. Even last season they were brilliant, only just losing out on a CL place on the very last day. It's going to be interesting how he replaces Vardy mind. Iheanacho is nowhere near good enough to fill those shoes.

They thoroughly deserved the 3 points last night. They were better than Chelsea all over the pitch from the 1st minute, to the last. They're actually a very good team to watch too. They have some excellent players.
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Rodgers is outstanding. Bit unlucky not to win the league with Liverpool, did a great job with Swansea, did as expected with Celtic (essentially a career break though that one, can't take that league seriously). Has that rare ability to play attractive and successful football. Doesn't seem to need to spend big, but can get the best out of big name players.

Still only 47 too.
 
festa5 said:
Rodgers is outstanding. Bit unlucky not to win the league with Liverpool, did a great job with Swansea, did as expected with Celtic (essentially a career break though that one, can't take that league seriously). Has that rare ability to play attractive and successful football. Doesn't seem to need to spend big, but can get the best out of big name players.

Still only 47 too.
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to be fair though whilst he should of achieved what he did with Celtic he did it playing great football and they haven’t been the same since he left. He’s an utterly brilliant football manager and currently the best British manager in the game.
 
festa5 said:
Rodgers is outstanding. Bit unlucky not to win the league with Liverpool, did a great job with Swansea, did as expected with Celtic (essentially a career break though that one, can't take that league seriously). Has that rare ability to play attractive and successful football. Doesn't seem to need to spend big, but can get the best out of big name players.

Still only 47 too.
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I still don't understand why a bigger club don't come sniffing.

The likes of Spurs/Arsenal/Chelsea/Utd have all signed managers who play worse football than him and (barring Jose) all have a worse CV.

I'm sure it would be very difficult for Rodgers to turn them down if one of them (especially Chelsea) keep calling.
 
Marvanelli said:
I still don't understand why a bigger club don't come sniffing.

The likes of Spurs/Arsenal/Chelsea/Utd have all signed managers who play worse football than him and (barring Jose) all have a worse CV.

I'm sure it would be very difficult for Rodgers to turn them down if one of them (especially Chelsea) keep calling.
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It wouldn’t surprise me to see him back at Liverpool once Klopp decided he’s had enough, he’s that good. I know all the talk will be about Gerrard returning but i don’t know if that’s the way to go for them.
 
Marvanelli said:
I still don't understand why a bigger club don't come sniffing.

The likes of Spurs/Arsenal/Chelsea/Utd have all signed managers who play worse football than him and (barring Jose) all have a worse CV.

I'm sure it would be very difficult for Rodgers to turn them down if one of them (especially Chelsea) keep calling.
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Why would a manager of a team top of the Premiership - highly likely to finish in the top four - if not Champions [again] want to join a vegetable cart like Arsenal, Chelsea or Spuds?
"Big" club syndrome?
(n)
 
S7DiscoDown said:
I simply don't think Leicester get enough credit. They are bright and pacy / youthful. They have spent feck all in relation to the clubs around them. All this despite losing top players every summer.

I think many 'bigger' clubs would have Rodgers in a flash. I'm sure spurs/arsenal and UTD fans would rather have him.

The recruitment team at Leicester has to be one of the best in the prem. They have 5-6 players they could sell for multiple amounts of what they paid.

Imagine Rodgers with 250mil👍
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Rodgers is 'coming of age' as a manager and credit to him. Money doesn't necessarily bring results(see Chelsea), it's that combination of a good manager , getting the players to improve and push on buying players for the right reasons.
I wouldn't agree with you on those 'bigger clubs' wanting Rodgers, the three you mentioned are all work in progress.
 
r00fie1 said:
Why would a manager of a team top of the Premiership - highly likely to finish in the top four - if not Champions [again] want to join a vegetable cart like Arsenal, Chelsea or Spuds?
"Big" club syndrome?
(n)
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I understand what you're saying.

But the potential at those clubs is a lot higher than Leicester City you would say?

Plus I'm guessing the pay would be substantially more too? (Not that money is everything of course...but money tends to talk).

It would be refreshing if those clubs did come knocking (assuming they haven't already!) and for Rodgers to reject them (y)
 
I'm sure I read that Abramovich wouldn't have him at Chelsea because of comments he has made when he was leaving his youth team role there a number of years back. Potential next United manager? Difficult with his Liverpool link. Arsenal would be a step in the wrong direction. So only Spurs left, assuming Pep is going to be around for a good few years yet.
 
Agree, hope he stays with Leicester and wins something before moving on.

I know it's highly unlikely but why not a move abroad? His approach would suit Barca you'd think. Maybe he should start taking Spanish lessons just in case 😏
 
Was always going to end this way for Lampard. Was appointed to appease fans when they couldn’t sign players because of the transfer ban. He did alright last season bringing some players through, as soon as he’s given options he can’t pick a balanced team.
The goals have dried up and they can’t defend.
 
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