Essentially he's only doing what Poch or Potter were doing. Chelsea might as well have saved themselves a shed-load (no pun intended) of money and stayed with poch or Potter - with either they'd be pretty much where they are now, and, if with Potter, probably more cohesive with more of an identity; as was showed at Brighton, given time Potter's projects can come good.
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that you never interrupt someone when they are in the middle of making a mistake.
Why would an apparent top level coach need loads of time? I’ve read this crock of shit so many times. Our own FH took some flak and half a season to get us firing he didn’t need three seasons.
The crock of shit was that many of the most successful managers of all time to time - and needed it - to build their projects. Busby, Shankly, Ferguson, Wenger, Pep - all crocks of shit rather than top level coaches were they?
Most good coaches need time to assemble or at least supplement and develop a squad of players capable of playing the way he wants them to. Some are lucky in inheriting a very strong group eg Slot at Liverpool and arguably Fabian Hürzeler too. All recent Chelsea coaches have been hamstrung by having their most capable players sold without their agreement, and a large bunch of dubious kids brought in. I don’t want to sound too sympathetic to them as it’s an enjoyable spectacle to outsiders. But it’s hard to see any coach turn that bunch of misfits into a cohesive unit in the short term. If Maresca clings on for another year or two I’m sure he’ll achieve something but that’s unlikely to happen. Chelsea and their fans don’t do patience.
I think my point has been missed let me rephrase how does anyone know Potter will be successful at PL level given time? It seems to be a myth of peddled by some Brighton fans. This isn’t an anti Potter agenda it just something that has never been proven.
Unless they can play in goal, as a 10 or wingers. We want all the wingers.
We were relegation candidates when he arrived and poised for a European spot (in 5th IIRC) when he left. Of course the squad improved over that time so the real genius behind any of our improvement was Bloom & co. But that genius gave Potter time even when the first two seasons were not great.
