Chelsea FC: Not Too Xabi

MikelHadADream

The defence and Rice won us the league.

Country: England

Player:Gyökeres
Wasn’t that impressed with them tbh.

Don’t really see any top players in defence or midfield.

You’re going to get goals from that front 3 (and Estevao) though.
 

Vinci

The Sultan of Unai

Country: Netherlands

Player:Tzolis
Probably Xabi will be forced to use him as CM because they have no good midfielder apart from Caicedo
Premier League No GIF by Liverpool FC
 

Rex Caudillo

Viva la Starmer-ball
World Cup 2026 Predictor Champion 🏆

Country: Wales

Player:Nwaneri
Xabi Alonsi is officially on fraud watch

He has been ever since he got sacked in January last season.

Real Madrid are usually one of the more patient clubs. Incredibly rare they actually sack someone mid season. Think the last example was Lopetegui who was a generational clown.

You look at that Leverkusen side and it was pretty good like the Ajax team in 2019.
 

Notorious Big

Drunka In Friend Zone
He has been ever since he got sacked in January last season.

Real Madrid are usually one of the more patient clubs. Incredibly rare they actually sack someone mid season. Think the last example was Lopetegui who was a generational clown.

You look at that Leverkusen side and it was pretty good like the Ajax team in 2019.
Don't think Madrid is that patient, they got results in CL under Carlo and Zidane so they had to back them up, think even Ancelotti had to stay after 24/25 season and he left.

Count also that squad was better in that time when Zidane and Carlo were there than it was under Xabi, Madrid is more ruthless that Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of sacking managers, Xabi just could not handle players's egos there and he came to early there imo.
 

Rex Caudillo

Viva la Starmer-ball
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Country: Wales

Player:Nwaneri
Don't think Madrid is that patient, they got results in CL under Carlo and Zidane so they had to back them up, think even Ancelotti had to stay after 24/25 season and he left.

Count also that squad was better in that time when Zidane and Carlo were there than it was under Xabi, Madrid is more ruthless that Liverpool and Arsenal in terms of sacking managers, Xabi just could not handle players's egos there and he came to early there imo.

They didn’t sack Pellegrini after he flopped and Mourinho burnt the dressing room down but he was given until the end of the season.

There were times when Carlo was a dead duck but got to finish the year.

I guess Rafa but compare them to other super clubs they’re a lot more patient.
 

Notorious Big

Drunka In Friend Zone
They didn’t sack Pellegrini after he flopped and Mourinho burnt the dressing room down but he was given until the end of the season.

There were times when Carlo was a dead duck but got to finish the year.

I guess Rafa but compare them to other super clubs they’re a lot more patient.
That was long time ago 😄 , Pellegrini had Pep's Barcelona in league and got 96 points, but ok in CL was flop, Mou never stayed somewhere more that 5 years.

The whole point is that is not always about manager, just the club has some unreal expetations and don't give managers enough time to build something.
 

Rex Caudillo

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World Cup 2026 Predictor Champion 🏆

Country: Wales

Player:Nwaneri
That was long time ago 😄 , Pellegrini had Pep's Barcelona in league and got 96 points, but ok in CL was flop, Mou never stayed somewhere more that 5 years.

The whole point is that is not always about manager, just the club has some unreal expetations and don't give managers enough time to build something.

He was an absolute car crash though.

They’d been pursuing him for a year and he was so bad with that dressing room they binned almost immediately.
 

A_G

Aura Demon
Moderator

Country: England
10% hit rate at this point you reckon?

Klopp, Tuchel (Covid CL) and a bunch of absolute bumms.

They were still digging up Jupp Heynckes fossil to manage Bayern somewhat recently ffs.
Remember Felix Magath? Won a bunch of Bundesliga titles but was an absolute car crash at Fulham.
 

Thrice

Spoon Master #2
I think Alonso needs a specific environment and Real Madrid needs a very specific manager and the two didn't align at all.
 

Rex Caudillo

Viva la Starmer-ball
World Cup 2026 Predictor Champion 🏆

Country: Wales

Player:Nwaneri
He made his players run from Wimbledon Common to Richmond Park during pre-season, this is the kind of stuff they did in the 80’s fml.

Can you imagine telling guys like Berbatov and Karagounks they’re running to Richmond lmao.

Like an episode of Ted Lasso
 
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