Until CEO and principal owner Todd Boehly accepts that he knows nothing about how to implement the changes required to improve the on-field performance of a multi-billion pound enterprise he considers to be a business and appoints staff such as a technical director/director of football etc etc to aid the running of the club at player rec…
Until CEO and principal owner Todd Boehly accepts that he knows nothing about how to implement the changes required to improve the on-field performance of a multi-billion pound enterprise he considers to be a business and appoints staff such as a technical director/director of football etc etc to aid the running of the club at player recruitment level etc - most of whom were summarily dismissed following the takeover leaving Tuchel effectively to multi-task or to bring on temporary interim advisors during the summer - there will little improvement whoever coaches the Blues. Graham Potter now has little time with which to assimilate himself with the squad, staff and the club due to a heavily congested fixture line-up in the run up to the World Cup. There is no question of Potter's competency as a manager: at the age of just 25 he took the brave step of managing 4th tier Swedish side, Östersund, at a time when breaks in management were few and far between for Potter and success over consecutive seasons led to Potter being recommended for, and taking over newly-relegated Championship side, Swansea City. BHA were already a Premier League side, having been won automatic promotion by Chris Hughton in the 2017/18 season before his untimely sacking the following season.
Whilst I'm in no way denigrating his achievements, at Brighton and Hove Albion Potter already had the necessary ingredients to help achieve the success for which he has become renowned: he had a technical director in Dan Ashworth with a wealth of experience and a supportive ownership - both of whom allowed Potter to concentrate on doing what he felt was right to bolster and improve the club. Towards the end of his tenure, I can't help but feel that Tuchel received little to none of that. Will the appointment of Potter bring excitement back to the football style at Stamford Bridge, or will Chelsea become the new 'draw specialists'? The new dawn for Chelsea will be intriguing that is for sure.
Until CEO and principal owner Todd Boehly accepts that he knows nothing about how to implement the changes required to improve the on-field performance of a multi-billion pound enterprise he considers to be a business and appoints staff such as a technical director/director of football etc etc to aid the running of the club at player recruitment level etc - most of whom were summarily dismissed following the takeover leaving Tuchel effectively to multi-task or to bring on temporary interim advisors during the summer - there will little improvement whoever coaches the Blues. Graham Potter now has little time with which to assimilate himself with the squad, staff and the club due to a heavily congested fixture line-up in the run up to the World Cup. There is no question of Potter's competency as a manager: at the age of just 25 he took the brave step of managing 4th tier Swedish side, Östersund, at a time when breaks in management were few and far between for Potter and success over consecutive seasons led to Potter being recommended for, and taking over newly-relegated Championship side, Swansea City. BHA were already a Premier League side, having been won automatic promotion by Chris Hughton in the 2017/18 season before his untimely sacking the following season.
Whilst I'm in no way denigrating his achievements, at Brighton and Hove Albion Potter already had the necessary ingredients to help achieve the success for which he has become renowned: he had a technical director in Dan Ashworth with a wealth of experience and a supportive ownership - both of whom allowed Potter to concentrate on doing what he felt was right to bolster and improve the club. Towards the end of his tenure, I can't help but feel that Tuchel received little to none of that. Will the appointment of Potter bring excitement back to the football style at Stamford Bridge, or will Chelsea become the new 'draw specialists'? The new dawn for Chelsea will be intriguing that is for sure.