Chelsea's owners are SPLIT on Mauricio Pochettino's future - James Olley | ESPN FC 

Palmer-Jackson-Nkunku-Madueke could score 15+ goals each next season.

Poch took Southampton to a level where not long after moving to Spurs, the Saints could attract the likes of van Dijk and Mane. People lazily associate him with Spurs lack of trophies yet he did more in his 5 years at Spurs than Arteta has at Arsenal except winning one early trophy with the previous manager's team. If Poch's 'process' hadn't been sabotaged by Levy there's no telling the progress he could have made. A final in his first season, title challenge in his second and the closest challengers to Conte's relentless Chelsea in his third in 2017 and two finals losing only to Mourinho's Chelsea and Klopp's Liverpool. He won 3 trophies at PSG in one and a half seasons as well as a CL semi. Ancelotti at PSG 2011-13 won one trophy in the same time span. Time people understood Poch is a very good manager and had his major project sabotaged by a chairman notorious for it and has had to endure a false perception of his ability based not on his work but his association with the club overseen by that chairman.

The guy took them from 12th to 6th and can even make it to 5th and they wanna sack him??? Tf?

These guys laughed at chelsea. Now they're trying to figure out how to agree or not.

Always with the “billion dollar spend” as a frame for looking at this year’s results. It’s such a lazy take because much of that billion dollar spend was not present or fit or actually played this campaign. It’s a valid criticism if focused on the owners and to a lesser extent the directors, but not at Poch or the players.

Give the man time. He walked into a club in shambles and squad of 34 players simply bought on a whim by Bohey and his real-life attempt at playing Football Manager. Chelsea have been hard to watch for most of the season but the last five or so games you can see Poch and the team making progress. Poch should be given the opportunity to trim the squad of players he sees do not fit his philosophy and let him strengthen the team in the areas he feels he needs to. For the first time in a long time there is a glimpse of hope Chelsea will become the team they once were.

Pundits love running these turmoil stories, true or not, for clicks and something juicy to talk about. Poch is staying.

After hearing them all season all i can say to the panel is keep the same energy next year

I’ve said it all season keep Poch.. Loads of people saying he don’t win trophies but he won 2 trophies at PSG and obviously none at Tottenham but that’s not his fault that’s bcus spurs can’t win trophies. Conte won trophies at Juventus, Inter and Chelsea but couldn’t win nothing at spurs.. Same goes for Mourinho wins trophies at Porto, Chelsea, Inter, Real Madrid, Man United but couldn’t win at spurs.. So don’t judge the man for not winning trophies at a club that simply just cannot win trophies

The only people who are talking about whether or not Poch stay are the media. There's no reason why he won't be back given the positive direction the club has been heading in the last few weeks.

Chelsea supporter since the mid 80s. I truly beleive the sky is the limit with this squad. If they stay fit, and we get just a little bit of luck... Champions League next season and challenge for the title following 5 or 6 seasons.

You all described Chelsea’s transfer strategy as scattergon and so were you expecting Poch to come in immediately get it organized and make the team play his style of football all that soon? The injuries, inexperience, lack of leadership, players not even knowing themselves better, getting the mangers players he may not even want etc were all factors that played against Poch coupled with his own mistakes of in game management, using players in the wrong positions, not trusting the academy players, over use and reliance on Jackson even when he was playing so badly and always over protection of the players that they were young.

6:15 Long time with a bunch of youngster newbies? Klopp took 4 years and you expect Poch do it in a few months? What is this guy smoking 😂

Whats funny is this Chelsea team could either be built around Palmer or Enzo, yes i said Enzo, people forget how good he is cos of this season where he was basically playing with an injury. But in his first season the guy was making passes that reminded me of Fabregas. Anyway we could also very easily build it around Noni (not as convincing imo). We could also build a team around Caicedo if we wanted to lol. i think in the short term, the splurging of money was insane, but in the long term, its looking scary imo

One Cup Final, Another semi-final and top 6, maybe 5 so give Ponch his due. To go in another direction would be idiotic so chances are it'll happen by Thursday....

If they get rid of him, then it’s official that this board is a bunch of idiots.

Says it all. They are consistently getting better what did they expect ? Top 4 with a bunch of 20yr olds who were average ?

Clop took 4 seasons to get it right leave poch alone give him the time her needs to get us back to winning 🏆

I think Poch has done a decent job, finishing above united, and might even qualify for Europe comparing it with where they were in the table 2-3 months ago. He should stay for at least 2 years more. Because this Chelsea team is a project, with a lot of players with huge upside potential. Consistency is the key for him.

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As much as there were annoying matches lost, the objective of this season was to head back to Europe during the rebuild phase. Chelsea have technically done that with an inconsistent starting 11 which under normal circumstances are 2nd and 3rd 11 players with the majority of the senior players in the sickbay. If that's not a flex, i dont know what is. Let the guy manage one more season. With the objective of winning at least 1 trophy and finish in the top 4 to build momentum

HOW. WE LITERALLY CAN GET 5TH PLACE AND EUROPE. WHAT IN THE WORLD. DELUSIONAL MUCH. WHAT MORE DO THEY WANT. THEY BOUGHT THIS TEAM. KEEP POCH OH MY DAYS

All we need now are Olise and Osimhen

It must be difficult for these Chelsea haters agreeing that the team is improving

Poch is building something right now. Owners need to keep him!

Tbf Noni has the ability , the talent too. What i think he needs in his game is that lethan finish that Robben had. Robben would cut in and it would result in a lethal final pass or a finish . Noni can work on that , he has time. im more than happy with his development

Why is everyone forgetting that most players needed adaptation to the EPL and that really took time? Why are these bafoons playing pretending like they don't know what was happening??

If u survive Levy, you will survive anything 😂😂 How mighty have fallen - Conte, Mourinho, now Ange 😅

Where do they get these experts! We’ve improved massively from the last couple of seasons. We were a young fragile team and potch has us playing with confidence. The board is a different matter

I believe that’s so hard for these pundits to praise Chelsea! 😮

How anyone thinks Potch should go is beyond me. He’s not been there 5 mins. It’s time that’s needed this isn’t a quick fix. Klopp. 9 yrs. Pep 4 yrs Potch … everyone wants it now calm down!😂😂

Madueke should in no way be likened to the great players mentioned.... He first needs to learn to do the basics better, and his place in the team before thinking about being an entertainer.

Southampton and Tottenham had more or less established teams when Poch took over. Chelsea had 20 plus players who had never played together before. The lack of intelligence among these pundits is startling.

Stick to their project? I’m sorry - the alternative is what??

Anyone else tired of these mediocre, irrelevant pundits throwing insults and slandering players and managers who are literally elite in their jobs.

1:40 But Craig you know the new kids don’t compare themselves to people they work with because it overshadows them

Madueke must improve off the ball to become a top player. Tracking back and contributing to defense is an important aspect of a modern day winger.

This team players is the first season playing together 😮, come on give them some credit..

If owners sack pochetinno , the circus will continue the next year with unstability and chelsea will struggle. To have results , they must be patient and working on long time. Stability = always success.

Long time? Do you jokers know this is youngsters being groomed for the future? Pep inherited a world class squad at City and still bought more but still couldn’t win the league. Success is built with time and planning. On a regular day with fit players don’t y’all think Chelsea will be hard to beat?

Ffs they just love to fucking speculate

Poch is a good manager for sure Many youngsters shines under him He still got to improve in tactical adjustment and finishing games.

A thing I would like to see with Madueke is rhythm in a game which he has had the past few games despite not being at his best and other games he hasn’t had rhythm but had moments of brilliance. This can only come with game time

There is a tangible potential there and slowly and surely Pochettino is getting results. It has been a torturous difficult season at many moments, but the finish has been composed. Impressive considering the psychological damage that we assumed would hinder them after the 0-5 mauling by Arsenal

Why aren’t these idiots discussing the fact that Chelsea have a huge amount of injuries this season?

Looks like the tunes have changed now

I Love how ESPN hates Chelsea but are now trying to spin a positive tone on the club when they were absolutely lambasting them the whole season.

You also need to view it through the prism of the fact that most of the squad was injured, or too young and learning on the job…

Hard to stamp a style of play when players keep getting injured and you have to make changes to the starting XI basically every game

All I can say is I freakin hope Chelsea make top 4 next year cause it's bad enough that I'll have to wait another entire season to watch *CP11 the Rossonero* undress Chelsea. Hear that, Scraps Burley?

We are getting sick of how you just inject Palmer into any conversation. You run the risk of splitting the players

Chealsea sucked inexcusably for much of this season and part of the responsibility for that belongs to the manager. I don’t know what people are yapping about on the comment section. We should have won the Caraboa cup if not for Poch’s mentality. The criticisms were legitimate and probably contributed to our rise. We can also say we are doing well now thanks to Poch.

You all eating you'll words i love it, Pochettino will make that chelsea team scary to play against come next season

To say Madueke did not want to take responsibility is nonsense. Look at his goals and you will see him get goals from nothing. I've been saying all season he should have been playing and if he did Chelsea would have had a better season because he not only understand how to attack, but understands how to defend and is willing to fight for his team defensively, not just attack as a pose to Palmer who only knows how to attack and not only does understand defense, is not interested in it and refuses to fight defensively and so disrupts Chelsea's defensive operations while getting them goals. This is why Chelsea have conceded so many goals and drawn and lost games they should have won. This has happened all season and should have been sorted out earlier and Pochettino is to blame for that as either he could not see it, or he did not have the guts to bench Palmer in fear of the media with their agenda driving the fans into hysteria against him or move him to midfield as putting him striker was a failed operation. Any great manager would have seen what had to be done and either benched Palmer or moved him to midfield. Pep decided it was best to sell him as he knows what is needed from the players to be a top team and Klopp and Alex Ferguson too would have done the same if a player did not do what was needed for the team to succeed irrelevant of what the media and pundits said who no nothing about managing a successful team. But Pochettino only moved Palmer to midfield because he was forced to by Enzo getting injured. Next season he will have to make his mind up and choose between Caicedo, Enzo, Palmer and Gallagher with one of them benched. If he chooses instead to run from reality and put Palmer back on the wing, Chelsea will go back to the season of Palmer scoring goals, but then messing up Chelsea's defense resulting in Chelsea losing and drawing games they should have won. Chelsea can forget being a top four team and settle for being mid table team fighting for scraps of European football. The media will be delighted as long as Palmer gets some goals as that is their agenda, not Chelsea winning. Pochettino's agenda should be to ensure Chelsea win and win consistently. The Chelsea team should have always had Madueke on one wing and Sterling the highest scoring winger in Premier League history if you exclude penalties on the other all season. It is this topic that makes not have confidence in Pochettino's ability to take Chelsea to the top. The proof of what I am saying is right there in Chelsea last few games with Enzo injured where it has not been about Palmer, it has been about the team Madueke on the right wing and Mudryk, another defensive liability, but not as bad as Palmer and better with Gallagher near by watching him, or Sterling and all his experience and achievements on the left. Peace and love

Cole+noni can actually try to emulate Ribery-Robben

CAP. I don't trust ESPN when it comes to Chelsea.

If Poch stays at Chelsea, given there end of season form. Then, if key players stay and some quality, intelligent signings they will be challenging top three.

The current Chelsea ownership group is the worst thing that happened to the club in recent memory.

How is this even a discussion? Chelsea were so poor last season. We are starting to see a huge improvement and see patterns of play and chemistry starting to form

We need continuity for our kids. So they can grow their confidence.

Fortress are not built in days 💙

Tbf to poch it’s hard to build the team he wants with the injuries he’s had

Exactly, I agree with Robot I don’t what style we are playing, the players are playing their own style not any formation, just that the good players are back , jason is still don’t know what he is doing palmer is naturally good, mudrky don’t know what he doing with the ball

Let's be honest he played without his full squad and when players came back it made the difference so give him a chance

Unless he’s replaced by pep or tuchel give him next season (expect top four)

They should keep. They need stability

Guess we have an answer now

If the owners are split on whether to keep Poch they are clueless fools. They handed him a mess. Who out there would do better?

Hopefully they listen to the fans and keep Poch. Where is the better alternative?… He has a good relationship with the players, the players know each other more, now it’s up to the club to keep the group together, sell the loaned out players (Lukaku, Kepa, etc…) and focus on the medical staff/fitness instead of buying more players.

Blue is the color football is the game

Well they have messed up so much so far . No doubt they will carry on

I am not convinced with Poch. He will do good and might finish at 2nd or 3rd place. But he will never win the league.

Fire him! Poch belongs back here at Spurs! We will be dominating with Poch this time when Levy back him

And now he has "parted ways".

Madueke has to problem on taking on defenders. his technique is the same and easily been found out. In last two matches it was evident. He can be a very good player, but i doubt about the world class.

Maduake is good but he isn't the best. He fails against strong physical defenders like Cash, luke shaw... If he goes to CL defenders like rudiger , Alphonso davies, mendy will screw him... He shines against weak defenders... He doesn't use his right foot at all.

Bring the Special one back. Third time lucky.

Bring Olise in please. He's way better than Noni!!!

Garnacho at 19 has been better than Madueke who is 22, yet he never gets segments praising him. Only Overhyping him because he is an English talent

and heres the issue to many chiefs not enough indians overhaul the whole team. looked shaky at time but have been alright since xmas apart from the arsenal loss poch needs time taken it to the big six bar arsenal away and done well the team is gelling and showing progress keep the faith

ESPN Hypocrites. Team they lambasted as 'scattergun' top 4 taking results since Christmas, now they got that wrong they turn on the Coach. Just make themselves sillier. As for James Olley ( whoever he is) saying the team weren't prepared to take responsibility early in the season, it's obvious they were young, raw, new to the PL and strangers. Shouldn't he know that?

what do they think this is, poch is staying because the team wasnt a team to begin with

He wins today They should keep him

Wicked people around this team just want this team to fall just don't want the team progress

As a Chelseasupporter i hope he gets the boot. I know, he has done well bla bla bla but he is Spurs in my eyes, he will never be accepted.. So if he goes, i couldn't care less.

No

Pouch need to kickout bring back potter..

Great Chelsea and palmer 💙💙💙

Injuries guys injuries 😢

Poch is a mid table coach

Every good manager need resources nd time , klopp finished outside top 4 in his first season pep didn't win pl first two seasons but city nd Liverpool backed both with resources.. same for arteta.... So clearly poch needs time n resources.. but main roll is media ,media backed klopp,pep nd arteta nd their signings where in Chelsea case they just want criticise everything.. like they destroy nico Jackson but praising nunez nd havertz despite poor states . Where nunez nd havertz had more experience in pl, more signing amount better team around them still Jackson is bad both are good

How the fck does this fella have that info 😂

Still dont think he is the right coach. Still he is welcome to prove me wrong.

He must be given time...

They have like 40 players, they need two managers.

Just back Poch

Noni doesn’t track back. 😂 He’s mid.

At soton he was good, at tothenum he was nd you don't know why it took him so long at Chelsea? Are you sure? Don't you know that those players were not a team in any sought nd he is not a magician to just do that nd be level with the top five teams. Please be realistic with your analysis. That way you will gain more respect

Olise is way way better than Madueke

Why not is clear he doing pretty unless one is blind to see that