I agree winning the league is the only true test of great team and it isn’t about how much you spend it’s how you spend it. Under the Abramovich tenure the club initially could spend as much as it wanted but as soon as some controls came the structure if there was any didn’t work except for being a cup team. The teams that win leagues don’t (except Real Madrid) have a high turnover of any part of the club. Our owners underestimated big time how tough the premiership is. The owners at City are very quiet and put the right people in and trust them and do their job to the highest level. I’m sorry to say that our owners are not like that so there is no guarantee of success and they will want their money back so if Palmer or Caicedo have to go they will. The owners at City just wanted to build a world class team and club. I love Stamford Bridge as I holds so many memories but it’s becoming not fit for purpose and I think City’s owners would have sorted it out or at least be much further on and we still have no front of shirt sponsor. It’s pathetic. We could be saying the same things in another four years. My faith in anything that comes out of the USA is at a very low ebb at the moment and I don’t trust them to look after the club and game I love.
You’re preaching to the converted as far as I’m concerned, Score. A well argued and brutally fact-based case for managerial stability. As I wrote in a recent comment on here somewhere: during the Roman era I used to dream of two things: keeping a manager longer than three years and building a team based on (but not solely on) youth. Why youth for me? The fearlessness (sounds a bit daft after the Leeds match, I’ll give you) and the speed on transition. Who doesn’t love a goal made on the break? Glorious! Jumpers for goal posts. Oops! I’ll get my coat. 🧥
At last, clarity that this club and the team has been deteriorating for longer than people are willing to accept and acknowledge. Your article completely sets this out and with football being what it is today we need stability starting from and with the coach/manager.
Perhaps Nick. However, since 1974 we have had over 30 managers of which only one has reached nearly 4 years in that role. CFC sacking managers is nothing new. The reality is both before and since Roman the club has been known for instability in respect of managers. I do believe the new ownership does have a vision and whilst we don’t all agree with all aspects of it you have to believe that in a perfect scenario, and based upon the impression they have given at times, they want stability in respect of their chosen coach, why else would they give it them a 5+1 contract? I guess time will tell for all of us.
Yes only time will tell but clearly there isn’t stability in the ownership as the two main protagonists don’t get on. In my experience in the workplace if the ownership have serious issues something will have to give. Sacking managers is the main reason we have only ever really been a cup team. Sad to say that contracts in football are rather meaningless because if Maresca or a player are tapped up by another club they will go. It’s too many managers and I can’t even remember them all and I’m sitting here trying to.
I cannot disagree with anything you say. The only saving grace is whilst the ownership may not be 100% aligned the one thing they will neither want to do is damage their investment.
All I want is the best for Chelsea football club who have been in my life from the start because of my dad and it will never change. Owners, managers and players change but real fans are a constant.
biggest issue the squad quality and balance... unless we get that right we wont be anywhere near the PL title. Clearlake have got it wrong window after window and have actually weakened us in some key positions (left wing, striker). Or midfield balance is off despite probably having one of the most expensive midfields in PL.
Under Roman we fell off from the PL as we never brought in the right profiles after we lost the likes of Costa, Hazard, Matic, Cesc.
We became a cup team after Conte left.
Another important issue is the winning mentality that the coach brings. We need that to be instilled back in the club now...
100% agree. One thing I'd add is that establishing and developing an elite mentality starts at the very top, and it's very hard to see or argue that our SDs are doing anything like that. We need footballing stability, but if the final idea of the team/manager is badly designed then sticking with it is just self-sabotage.
I agree winning the league is the only true test of great team and it isn’t about how much you spend it’s how you spend it. Under the Abramovich tenure the club initially could spend as much as it wanted but as soon as some controls came the structure if there was any didn’t work except for being a cup team. The teams that win leagues don’t (except Real Madrid) have a high turnover of any part of the club. Our owners underestimated big time how tough the premiership is. The owners at City are very quiet and put the right people in and trust them and do their job to the highest level. I’m sorry to say that our owners are not like that so there is no guarantee of success and they will want their money back so if Palmer or Caicedo have to go they will. The owners at City just wanted to build a world class team and club. I love Stamford Bridge as I holds so many memories but it’s becoming not fit for purpose and I think City’s owners would have sorted it out or at least be much further on and we still have no front of shirt sponsor. It’s pathetic. We could be saying the same things in another four years. My faith in anything that comes out of the USA is at a very low ebb at the moment and I don’t trust them to look after the club and game I love.
You’re preaching to the converted as far as I’m concerned, Score. A well argued and brutally fact-based case for managerial stability. As I wrote in a recent comment on here somewhere: during the Roman era I used to dream of two things: keeping a manager longer than three years and building a team based on (but not solely on) youth. Why youth for me? The fearlessness (sounds a bit daft after the Leeds match, I’ll give you) and the speed on transition. Who doesn’t love a goal made on the break? Glorious! Jumpers for goal posts. Oops! I’ll get my coat. 🧥
At last, clarity that this club and the team has been deteriorating for longer than people are willing to accept and acknowledge. Your article completely sets this out and with football being what it is today we need stability starting from and with the coach/manager.
I agree but I don’t think the ownership are capable of creating stability and the evidence so far shows that.
Perhaps Nick. However, since 1974 we have had over 30 managers of which only one has reached nearly 4 years in that role. CFC sacking managers is nothing new. The reality is both before and since Roman the club has been known for instability in respect of managers. I do believe the new ownership does have a vision and whilst we don’t all agree with all aspects of it you have to believe that in a perfect scenario, and based upon the impression they have given at times, they want stability in respect of their chosen coach, why else would they give it them a 5+1 contract? I guess time will tell for all of us.
Yes only time will tell but clearly there isn’t stability in the ownership as the two main protagonists don’t get on. In my experience in the workplace if the ownership have serious issues something will have to give. Sacking managers is the main reason we have only ever really been a cup team. Sad to say that contracts in football are rather meaningless because if Maresca or a player are tapped up by another club they will go. It’s too many managers and I can’t even remember them all and I’m sitting here trying to.
I cannot disagree with anything you say. The only saving grace is whilst the ownership may not be 100% aligned the one thing they will neither want to do is damage their investment.
All I want is the best for Chelsea football club who have been in my life from the start because of my dad and it will never change. Owners, managers and players change but real fans are a constant.
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biggest issue the squad quality and balance... unless we get that right we wont be anywhere near the PL title. Clearlake have got it wrong window after window and have actually weakened us in some key positions (left wing, striker). Or midfield balance is off despite probably having one of the most expensive midfields in PL.
Under Roman we fell off from the PL as we never brought in the right profiles after we lost the likes of Costa, Hazard, Matic, Cesc.
We became a cup team after Conte left.
Another important issue is the winning mentality that the coach brings. We need that to be instilled back in the club now...
100% agree. One thing I'd add is that establishing and developing an elite mentality starts at the very top, and it's very hard to see or argue that our SDs are doing anything like that. We need footballing stability, but if the final idea of the team/manager is badly designed then sticking with it is just self-sabotage.
So let's look at the Managers who were in charge when we won the league:
Mourinho
Conte
Ancelotti
As Jose said, these coaches are "...not one out of the bottle."