EPL 2025/26
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Enzo Maresca and Chelsea have parted company:
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/club-statement-enzo-maresca
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The new owners at Chelsea are a shambles.
All of the tumult and churn at the manager position as under Abramovich but nothing close to the level of onfield success. And in not talking in terms of trophies, 2025 Chelsea is just not a team that can grind out wins, rain or shine like even the most average squads with Abramovich could do. There is no winning mentality.
Same thing applies to the playing staff - too much churn, you can't be successful if every season you are turning over a decent percentage of your players.
Nicholas Jackson might have been rough round the edges but Delap has been no upgrade. They just dont retain enough players to be able to build continuity.
They talk in terms of sustainability and long term but to do that you have to create a core and build around it.
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Next permanent Chelsea manager odds (via Sky Bet)
4/9 - Liam Rosenior
9/1 - Oliver Glasner, Roberto De Zerbi
12/1 - Cesc Fabregas
14/1 - Andoni Iraola, Filipe Luis
16/1 - Unai Emery, Xavi
20/1 bar
Odds correct at 13:30 (01/01/26)I'd be amazed if Unai Emery left Aston Villa, where he has a brilliant relationship with the owners and only answers to them, mid-season to a club 9 points lower in the league and where successive managers seems to have limited control.
Rosenior's coaching pedigree and CV are nothing special. De Zebri and Fabregas have already said they aren't interested.
Glasner and Iraola look the only two realistic candidates but will need to be bought out of their Palace or AFC Bournemouth contracts.
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@sparky said in EPL 2025/26:
Next permanent Chelsea manager odds (via Sky Bet)
4/9 - Liam Rosenior
9/1 - Oliver Glasner, Roberto De Zerbi
12/1 - Cesc Fabregas
14/1 - Andoni Iraola, Filipe Luis
16/1 - Unai Emery, Xavi
20/1 bar
Odds correct at 13:30 (01/01/26)I'd be amazed if Unai Emery left Aston Villa, where he has a brilliant relationship with the owners and only answers to them, mid-season to a club 9 points lower in the league and where successive managers seems to have limited control.
Rosenior's coaching pedigree and CV are nothing special. De Zebri and Fabregas have already said they aren't interested.
Glasner and Iraola look the only two realistic candidates but will need to be bought out of their Palace or AFC Bournemouth contracts.
Agree on Emery and the days when the Chelsea job would have been looked at as definitively more desirable are probably over. He has a good thing going on at Villa - why interrupt that?
Its a harsh reality but the days when Chelsea could attract the absolute cream of the crop managers (world cup and champions league winning type coaches) are probably over.. Again, i put that on the new owners, ever since inheriting Tuchel and firing him weeks into the 22/23 season they have built a reputation as coach killers. Accomplished coaches and even up.and coming coaches are going to view the Chelsea job warily.
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Cherries 1 up v Arsenal. Hopefully they show the same resolve as against Chelsea a few days back.
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This is the clearest indictment of Chelsea's managerial woes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum_McFarlanePast interims/caretakers were Ray Wilkins, Steve Holland, Graham Rix and the like..... This lad has never coached or assisted at senior professional level. A non league/underage coach.
How do you even get to the point where this is the calibre of coach you have in charge for a Premier League match v Man City? They want supplicant yes men, they have gutted the club of everyone with tenure, who knows Chelsea and the game. This is one step above having the kitman in charge.
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@nonpartizan said in EPL 2025/26:
Cherries 1 up v Arsenal.
An entertaining game. Bournemouth are a difficult team to play, and you know there will be goals - at both ends.
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@Bovidae said in EPL 2025/26:
@nonpartizan said in EPL 2025/26:
Cherries 1 up v Arsenal.
An entertaining game. Bournemouth are a difficult team to play, and you know there will be goals - at both ends.
at least we dont play boring football no wins in 11 though which isnt good but Arsenal were too good on the night
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Ruben Amorim has been sacked as Manchester United manager. No surprise after his recent comments to the press.
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An awful appointment who shouldn't have gotten the job in the first place.
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Both Maresca and Amorim's outbursts about the respective clubs have been rather damning.
Maresca will come again I feel, unsure if Amorim will however. Amorim just screams AS Roma as his next club or something before sliding down the ladder.
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Darren Fletcher, an ex Man Utd player, an Alex Ferguson favourite (a teetotal Scot) and their Under 18 Head Coach, has been appointed in charge for the Burnley game on Wednesday.
Then they will appoint an interim Manager until the end of the season. Gareth Southgate's allies seem to be touting him for that position, but I suspect it will be Fletcher.
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Seems like the time is now for high profile clubs sacking their managers with Wilfred Nancy been shown the door at Celtic after 33 days.
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Funny how Jason Wilcox is a main player at man united.
Was most known for being a winger at Blackburn in his playing days, never would have picked him to be someone who went into the coaching/admin side of things.
It's funny how the most random of people (in all sports) end up in positions of power. People you would least suspect based in their playing career.
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@nonpartizan said in EPL 2025/26:
Funny how Jason Wilcox is a main player at man united.
Was most known for being a winger at Blackburn in his playing days, never would have picked him to be someone who went into the coaching/admin side of things.
It's funny how the most random of people (in all sports) end up in positions of power. People you would least suspect based in their playing career.
Great players generally don't make great managers or GMs
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Fuck.
Recognised the name, but bever crossed my mind it was one and the same.
Same thoughts.
