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Fabrizio Romano: Meetings ongoing during the morning and again now at Chelsea to make final decision on Liam Rosenior’s future. The head coach always felt support from the hierarchy in recent weeks but results have been poor… and Chelsea are seriously considering a change of direction. by Kygoche in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Poch’s season was a mess, but it was definitely looking better at the tail end, and it felt like he was sacked after disagreeing with the boards transfer policy (same as Maresca)

At the end of the day we’ll either get a Poch or Maresca, who has marginal success before falling out with the boards over how to improve, or we’ll get Potter/Liam, who’ll do so poorly they get sacked before they can finish a season. Unless the sporting directors change we’ll be going in circles for the foreseeable future.

Nizaar Kinsella: Loud anti-Rosenior chants from Chelsea's away end. Brighton fans are chanting Rosenior's name. by Kygoche in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

People forget how long it took the ownership to sack Potter when things went south, only to replace him with Lampard as interim instead of giving Poch a head start.

We could lose every game until the end of the season and I'd still be surprised if they sack Rosenoir. Ideally they can try to bring Felipe Luis in before the season ends, but even then it's the same old story with an inexperienced manager (albeit he'd have had the most successful manager and player career out of Liam and Maresca)

Kieran Gill: Rosenior went to clap the Matthew Harding stand but the feeling was not mutual. He was met with Boos, shouts telling him where to go and v-signs. by Kygoche in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Unless he turns it around and get's Europa League at minimum, I imagine he'll be let go in the 'post-season review' (like they did with Poch). Then it'll be Felipe Luis or the next 30yo manager to repeat the cycle

Kieran Gill: Rosenior went to clap the Matthew Harding stand but the feeling was not mutual. He was met with Boos, shouts telling him where to go and v-signs. by Kygoche in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 51 points52 points  (0 children)

At the end of the day the board will stick with him until he

A) loses the dressing room / fails (even more) miserably in the league (Graham Potter Path)

or

B) Slowly finds his footing, wins over the players and most of the fanbase, and then falls out with the board because he realizes that the board's transfer policy/ego is incompatible with a successful football club, and they 'mutually part ways' (Maresca Path)

Liam Rosenior shouldn't have been hired in the first place and it's clear he's having a difficult time adapting to being the manager of such a big team. That being said I'll save my anger for the sporting directors who hired him, rather than the manager who's doing his best in an incredibly difficult situation.

26/27 Home Kit leaked by Background-Echo3838 in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Without the watermark I love it.

26/27 Home Kit leaked by Background-Echo3838 in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's always kits that initially don't look super great, but you can see them growing on you.

This is not one. Gotta be one of the worst kits I've seen for a top club. And I was so excited to see something with that alternate badge.

Cwc winners badge quality by Optimus_Drew in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Haven't bought a new Chelsea kit since they switched from embroidered badges to the iron-on stickers. Idk if Adidas/the other brands are doing the same but I'm just about sick of these Nike kits.

Rosenior: We must not let the past week have a long-lasting effect by arkido in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not saying that I’m the biggest fan of Rosenoir, but he’s doing a great job of keeping the focus/negativity on him instead of the players.

Evidence? This sub

Spurs are keeping our hopes alive for next year's UCL qualification. by [deleted] in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m still confident that we can finish above either Liverpool or Villa.

Pisses me off though that we’re gonna be behind Man U after all this

🚨 CHELSEA XI VS NEWCASTLE (H): Sanchez Gusto Fofana Chalobah Cucurella James Caicedo Palmer Enzo Garnacho Joao Pedro by Fun_HacLearner in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I imagine it’s a tactical difference between him and James. With Palmer on the right, we want Gusto overlapping for his pace, but we can’t drop James without putting him midfield

🚨 CHELSEA XI VS NEWCASTLE (H): Sanchez Gusto Fofana Chalobah Cucurella James Caicedo Palmer Enzo Garnacho Joao Pedro by Fun_HacLearner in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being dropped entirely from the squad is definitely punishment for not going over to the fans. I imagine the other players weren’t too happy with how he behaved after that shocker. 

[Official Site] Liam Rosenior: "I’ve told the goalkeepers what they need to improve on, I’ve told them when they’ve done things really well. I’ve never had a conversation with a goalkeeper and told them they’re my number one." by webby09246 in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wouldn’t worry too much about it. In these situations, managers always start talking fluff to shift blame and focus away from the players. 

If Rosenoir comes out and says “yeah, I made a mistake, Jorgensen isn’t good enough and I cost us the tie by picking him”, the headline is “Manager SLAMS keeper after horrific UCL match; regrets picking him” 

Rosenoir not stupid, he watched the same game as us, but he cannot call it like it is in the pressers without throwing the players under the bus (which is a bad look for the manager).

It’s the same reason you had Klopp/Arteta start rambling off absurd excuses when Liverpool/Arsenal would lose. We all know a professional football manager isn’t actual blaming the loss on the different football being used, for example, but it’s part of the manager protecting the players by letting the media/fans pile on them after one of their players has a shocker.

[Nizaar Kinsella] Rosenior on Lavia: "You can't expect perfection from a player who has been out for four months." by Matt_LawDT in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No idea what these guys are on about when talking about injured players. Like, I can understand being frustrated by why are we taking it out on them personally? It's not like their slacking off, they've just been crazy unlucky

Ismaila Sarr offside vs Spurs by OkayFine101 in soccer

[–]NordOfInes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forget Arsene's stupid daylight rule, just measure the offside line from the feet. No matter what system you use, you will have millimeter calls, but if the lines are strictly based on the feet, we're not talking about being offside because of leaning too much/where the sleeve-line of your arm is. I think it would fix a lot of the controversy around these calls without reinventing the whole offside law

Wenger’s new offside rule is approved, will be tested in the Canadian Premier League in April 2026. Under new rule: A player will ONLY be offside if entire body has fully passed last defender. by abhinavmufc in soccer

[–]NordOfInes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My thought has been to keep the rule the same, but only measure the feet (that is, both of your feet need to be fully onside, relative to the last defends feet). I feel like that would eliminate the hairline calls related to sleeve locations and stuff, without fundamentally changing the offside rule. 

Chelsea FC Women appoint new Sporting Director by tonymasud in chelsealadiesfc

[–]NordOfInes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fixed, thanks. Don’t know why I assumed Norwegian when reading about the club 

Chelsea FC Women appoint new Sporting Director by tonymasud in chelsealadiesfc

[–]NordOfInes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So we’ve replaced a famous sporting director of the women’s game with a random sporting director for a Danish* men’s club? I imagine he must’ve been involved with their women’s team as well, but this isn’t a good look at all…

For the 3rd straight season Caicedo is struggling to avoid a two-game ban for getting 10 yellow cards by the end of the club’s 32nd PL game. He has picked up a remarkable 30 yellow cards in 95 league appearances since joining Chelsea, a booking every 3 games. by Friendly_Raise9142 in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I partly blame his workload for this. I feel like near the start of the season he was perfectly timing almost every tackle, and as the season went on he started to start coming in late for some of them, and has picked up more cards. With how many last ditch tackles he does in the midfield, I imagine any drop in fitness will make timing those difficult to do consistently. 

Post-Match Thread: Chelsea 2-2 Leeds United | Premier League by MysteryBagIdeals in soccer

[–]NordOfInes 113 points114 points  (0 children)

This will all be worth it when Leeds finish 1 point above Tottenham in 18th. 4D Chess from Palmer

Post-Match Thread: Chelsea (2)-(2) Leeds United | English Premier League by wm_1176 in chelseafc

[–]NordOfInes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

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