Chelsea Banter Archive May 20 2018

20 May 2018 22:31:43
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has confirmed contract talks with Maurizio Sarri have broken down, saying that Sarri 'has not responded to their contract offer and has now ran out of time"

Sarri has also spoken to press practically confirming his Napoli departure stating that 'he won't be managing another Italian side'. 

Could he be our next manager.

20 May 2018 23:27:27
Hurraaaahhhhhhh.

20 May 2018 23:52:54
It would a fantastic appointment.

21 May 2018 13:52:05
Hasn’t Sarri been accused of homophobia and racism in the past? I’d rather not open that can of worms.

21 May 2018 14:00:03
JD you forgot Sexism.
Supposedly he has a lot of baggage!

21 May 2018 15:21:34
Yeah I had a look into it. He doesn’t seem to be the modern of men with his outlook on certain people! Personally, if Conte were to leave, I’d fancy Lucien Favre.

21 May 2018 15:29:16
Hahaha. pro-Conte/ anti-Sarri campaign.

21 May 2018 17:34:55
Haha Obinna, not a campaign! Just giving my opinion. I don’t have a clue where I stand with Conte to be honest, he has made some major mistakes but has brought some pretty important success to the club. In regards to Sarri, I’m sure he is a very good coach but I don’t want to be terrified every time he opens his mouth!

If we can’t get Favre I wouldn’t be adverse to appointing Gasperini. He’s done an amazing job with Atalanta and has promoted a fair few youth players during his time.

21 May 2018 19:37:23
looks like he's going to Russia.

21 May 2018 20:33:53
I remember one of the Ed’s commenting about him saying what a good job he’s done.

21 May 2018 22:22:01
Sarri 'considering' offer from Zenith St Petersburg. Considering highlighted.

22 May 2018 12:10:16
I still hope Conte stick around for next season, at least see out his contract. Tbh I'm yet to see a better and assuring option than Conte in all these names been thrown around for us.
If nobody complained last season about Conte when we were setting longest winning streak record then whatever issues with him can be resolved. Its no rocket science to understand what went wrong in our season. We sold important members of our squad without adquate replacement and no other quality re-enforcement. (Both wanted the move) Other problems were consequent on this fact. Though Conte cannot be absolved in all the problems, I feel he's made a scapegoat.
Caution because not all the acclaimed good coaches are winners and not even his critics can take such fact from Conte. I know how fickle fans all over can be. When we play sexy football and not win trophies as usual (Arsenal) then we will be calling for the head of the coach.
In essence I believe that if Conte is backed in the transfer, he would deliver. Afterall he's not as defensive and boring as his critics make it out if his team is on song. Mourinho still has a job today even as he is renowned for negative and pragmatic style of football.

22 May 2018 12:48:10
Luis Enrique - no no no no no.

20 May 2018 16:35:12
I'm just wondering how many more of these posts perhaps even "comments" on how everyone is going on about Conte leaving; from players and fans a like.

Where do I start, firstly, I would like to make it clear that I am not in any way saying Conte is blame free as far as I'm concerned the only person that is blame free associated with the club this year is Kante, everyone else should be ashamed jumping on the bandwagon of how we don't have enough quality in the team, don't get me wrong once again, cause I agree but to actually hear our players suggest that's the reason why "they" were poor this season is embarasing,

So it's pratically everyone's fault but theirs, come on now, and though we fans can point our fingers at Conte, or the board or one or two or three of the players ( Obviously more ) but for one of the players who actually get to kick the ball to suggest that they are not at fault is embarrasing. For any fan to accept that as a reason is shameful perhaps more than ever it says one thing that we should get used to this, one season we play well and the next we struggle because the manager this, the manager that, it's a joke and unprofessional from our players.

I was glad last night that we won the FA cup, our season wasn't great putting it lightly, little positives, I respect fans who always look for one and understand thse who take it hard, I always like to think of myself as a realist in most things especially for things I'm passionate about, I didn't think wewould win the league, top four yeah why not, I mean more than half that squad just won the league 12 months ago so why is it that only one of the turned up in most important games this season and he's the one not making demands and running his mouth, I understand that the players aren't happy about the season without doubt we all want to see some sort of ambition from the board, but do you know what I would love to see aswell, I would sure as hell love to see our players put in a shift like Didier used to do, like Lamps, JT, Ashley, Essien like Petr used to. I want them to come out and raise their hands up and say" WE WEREN'T GOOD ENOUGH", not making damn demands like pre madonnas, we get to complain, not them at least not in the open like they're doing cause I don't know how most of you see it I for one I'm embarrassed.

Excuse any faults made, had to say my piece.
Rant over.

20 May 2018 19:08:49
That’s a really good post, you lot are effectively blaming the Manager whilst our lot seem to be balaming our players.

I think your players have too much influence and Roman listens to them too much. They downed tools for Jose before he was sacked and there is clearly unrest against Conte now. He doesn’t always he, p himself but I think his treatment has been pretty shabby.

20 May 2018 19:58:11
That’s basically our issue. The players will play well for a new manager, but as soon as they’re bored of him they’ll down tools and get the guy sacked. The board have to make a decision whether they let this continue or they back the manager. Problem is whether Conte is the man to back or not.

20 May 2018 21:07:01
SPOT ON JD.

20 May 2018 13:19:53
Good afternoon Ed, How's life? Hope you are enjoying your Sunday.

What do you think Jetro Willems and Ante Rebic- both of Entrancht Frankfurt?

{Ed001's Note - I try not to think of them....}

20 May 2018 13:56:30
Come no Ed, how good do you think they are?

{Ed001's Note - not seen much of Rebic and not seen Willems since he moved to Frankfurt, but in the Eredivisie he was technically sound but awful defensively. No positional sense at all.}

20 May 2018 14:17:48
I saw Ante Rebic yesterday night during DFB pokal final (Bayern Munich vs Entrancht Frankfurt) . He's quite a handfull.

20 May 2018 11:39:14
I think the most interesting thing about yesterday were the immediate post-match comments by Cahill, Fab and Hazard. Hazard moaned about the defensive tactics; Fab moaned that the defensive tactics made it difficult for the midfielders; and Cahill, when asked if the players wanted Conte to stay, refused to confirm that they did.

This all points to Conte definitely being on his way and, on the basis of that drab, defensive, negative display yesterday, I have to say 'Good Riddance'.

20 May 2018 12:00:48
Yeah, really good way to treat the man who’s won us 2 major trophies in 2 years and had he guts to take on some of the player power 👍.

20 May 2018 15:28:40
Oh, fiddledy-di - do you really want to watch the defensive dross we've been fed by Conte?! Guardiola and Man City have upped the anti - to compete, we have to adjust our whole approach and bring in some exciting attacking players and a creative midfielder. The alternative is to get used to vying for 5th place with Arsenal season after season.

And I personally do not consider the FA Cup a major trophy anymore - even Conte has said that he would have preferred a CL place. I would rather we had attacked yesterday and lost rather than be sent to sleep by the Conte Boredom Show!

20 May 2018 20:59:13
MDW, we have had a bad season in the Premiership, it happens.
We picked up a pot this year and the league last year.
On reflection we didn’t do a good job this season in the transfer market but this happens sometimes.
Rudiger looks a snip, Bakayoko improved albeit at the end of season and Emerson looks like a good investment, also, Giroud gave us something different.
Drinkwater at the moment looks like a lost cause, Zappacosta looks hopeless and Barkley has been carrying a long term injury. All clubs make mistakes!

20 May 2018 10:11:07
Just seen that Lucien Favre has left his position at Nice. As far as I can understand, he would quite possibly be a good choice as manager, as he seems to handle big personalities really well. He's very strongly rumoured to Dortmund, however, so I suppose he's heading there, which I think is a shame for us if that's the case.

20 May 2018 01:59:16
How would you lot feel about van Ginkel coming into the squad.

20 May 2018 07:46:29
Why not he certainly deserves a chance to prove himself as do many of the loan contingent rather than buying more average players utilise what we have.

20 May 2018 10:44:37
As a squad player- Yes.

20 May 2018 13:32:54
Well he’s at a good age, playing very well, to be fair otsnonly the Dutch league but he may have what it takes to play along side Kante. he's very tall and Europe strong and is the captain of psv, even though he’s on Loan which shows his leadership.

20 May 2018 21:04:08
I would be very happy with Van Ginkel being given a chance!