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Commitment works both ways - perhaps enzo feels let down We don’t know who is responsible for leaking information to the media on this. It could be from the chelsea end. coaches in demand are sounded out about jobs all the time - we just don’t hear about it. And there are a few jobs in English football that will attract a coach - especially a young ambitious one. Turning them down just isn’t realistic - you may not get another opportunity to push yourself onto that level for another five years at least. If we got someone who isn’t raw and inexperienced at top league level then I’d agree about your committed statement. anyone who isn’t exposed and on the up is likely to be considered for bigger jobs if they do well with us.

If we do need someone then I think our impending points deduction will put off a few that would be acceptable to many on here. The club will be fishing in a oool that may not be as receptive as they expect them to be.

Bit of chat that pep will end his contract next summer I wonder if he’s been tipped off that some of the charges are likely to stick ??

Compared to Southampton they are it’s a financial disaster for them to stay down - gonna need some substantial lateral thinking from their accountants to manage this

Someone post that !

I don’t want leeds to win BUT I wonder if it’s better for our legals if we fail psr this year that the third placed team goes up. There’s then no obvious legal case against us and we maybe decide to go big on our breach rather than try and mitigate by selling in June.

Can imagine brighton not the best team to face with a man down for pretty much the whole game

Interesting thought those who are able to vote are not affected by this do eighteen year olds care if their younger peers have to take on a year of pseudo military / social responsibility ?? The tories don’t have much support whatsoever in the 18/24 age group. I doubt this policy will affect anything down there. in the older age groups it might though. Look at the reform percentage. If sunak can get his hands on that then he’s got a chance of a hung parliament.

Nah - he’s the right nationality and has a beard but not bald ………..

to be fair to Carlson, putin seems fairly bereft of personality so a ‘cult of personality’ absence seems reasonable. plenty of other kinds of ‘cults’ though …..

He’s on talkSPORT reporting on games haven’t heard him getting any closer than that to any programmes. Maybe talkSPORT 2 will see him receive some exposure next season.

Private eye were on this for more than a decade hislop will know what he can and can’t say

More likely that xi has told him it’s time to see if he can do a deal. what he’s asking for now seems pretty similar to what he’s indicated he’d settle for in the past. I think he probably feels he’s shown that he can rebuff an6 attempts by ukraine to regain ground. However, I assume that new weapons now coming in from the west may move things back a little. I’m sure he’d settle for some adjustment east of the existing front line - not too much though.

Some chat that vlad will agree to a ceasefire around current positions ………that’s a shock ! so how long are the west prepared to continue this ?

You could have edited your post before I replied to it and it’s mr cockwomble

I’d like to hear how ? maybe you can contact de Marco rather than tip off the PL with our strategy

Surely he goes to forest ?

I know nothing but I reckon that enzo woud have asked to speak to Chelsea and been granted permission to have an initial meeting. I also think that given his experience here with the finances, he would have wanted a face to face meeting to ask some searching questions ref finances, other outstanding issues with governance and rumours ref board interference with day to day squad issues. I think he would return back to filbert way and tell our board that he wishes to sign a year’s extension to his current deal (on improved terms - inc increase to compensation clause). (Unless the Chelsea hierarchy are the best poker players in the world).

The internet really is a scary place

You’d be surprised allegri poch conte Low flick Rudi garcia sarri Kovac these are all coaches who have led successful big clubs. Plenty of younger ones out there too.

If maresca wants the job and we stand in his way then we risk losing any compensation because he could simply resign. Coaches are not like players. Their contracts are not protected in the same way via a registration document that the club owns. Based on his reported ‘ release clause’ (which it isn’t in its truest sense), I’m guessing that we have paid him around 40/50k per week and that has increased significantly on promotion. If his deal automatically extends to 2027 then I’d say that wage is up to 60/70k and if it remains 2026 then it could be as high as 90k. chelsea will not willingly stump up the compensation because they simply don’t need to. It’s close season and a delay of a few weeks makes little difference. I’d expect them to try and negotiate that comp down 50%. If we resist too hard and refuse to meet at 75% then I could see enzo resigning and taking up the appointment in a couple weeks time. We lose out. Of course his agent will not want to upset his relationship with the club but enzo will be driven by a desire not to miss out on what is a fantastic opportunity for him. A risk of course but one he can easily mitigate because it’s Chelsea.

We couldn’t offer him the same wages as Chelsea so thankfully I doubt we’d get into Rodgers territory on this one HOWEVER, if the noises from Stamford bridge are correct about directors being a little too involved in the dressing room then I suspect enzo won’t take the job there. But his agent would be sure to use the situation to get him a way better deal here.

Please can we avoid this tin foil hat stuff nonsense ? (Or at least stick it in the tin foil hat conspiracy theory thread ?)

Very predictable At least the weather should be better for the vile disgusting abuse that will be thrown back and forth couldn’t cope with that and cold grey damp November skies ……..