Baldseagull
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Not blackmail, negotiating from a position of strength.
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[Albion] If you were Graham Potter and you were offered the Chelsea job would you take it?
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Not blackmail, negotiating from a position of strength.
Milano
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No he wouldn’t, he’d negotiate because it’s business, he’d improve Potter’s contract but I’d imagine would want something back, probably an extension and larger buy out.
Klaas
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If I were GP then I'd probably want to manage at the very top and wouldn't have become a football manager if I didn't expect to have to test myself, so yes, of course I would take it.
Only thing I hope is that, GP being an intelligent bloke, the new owner of Chelsea comes across as such a dick he decides to wait for something else.
Only thing I hope is that, GP being an intelligent bloke, the new owner of Chelsea comes across as such a dick he decides to wait for something else.
Some good points.
As far as I can see, the Todd is in charge of transfers. He’s essentially playing football manager. When the owner is telling you what players he wants and then signing them, it must be very tough as a manager. I suspect the Todd only wanted Cucu because Citeh were bidding for him.
There is also the question of the MD. The Todd is chairman but only until he gets bored. Who is dictating the ‘football’ strategy? We have Bloom and Barber who prove every year they know exactly what they are doing and their slow sustainable model is reaping rewards. First we were a top championship club, then an established EPL club and now we are a top 10 EPL club. I’d be shocked if there are any ‘football’ people at Chelsea pulling the strings, just that ****ing Todd.
Probably yes - because it's a tilt at the Champions League and if/when it all goes horribly wrong, I'll be a very, very rich man and will still find a club at Brighton's level.
On the flip side, once it has gone tits up and Chelsea pull the trigger (next year? next month?), I'd never get the chance to manage another rich club. This is the one shot - and there couldn't be a worse outfit to take that gamble with.
So, probably no.
I don't know.
On the flip side, once it has gone tits up and Chelsea pull the trigger (next year? next month?), I'd never get the chance to manage another rich club. This is the one shot - and there couldn't be a worse outfit to take that gamble with.
So, probably no.
I don't know.
Press conference cancelled today, he’s gone. Announcement ‘within hours’ according to the radio.
I got the impression that Boehly took that role initially as a stopgap, doesn't really want to be doing it and it was Tuchel's reluctance to get involved in transfer decisions that counted heavily against him. That's the official spin anyway. I suppose by 'reluctance' they might actually mean "not wanting the players Todd does". Let's hope that's now GP feels.
Press conference was never going to happen.
He may still just be making up his mind
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Frankie
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Mrs Potter will have the final say and will have already reminded him of his Brighton and Hove Albion project speech,so basically he won't be moving just yet.
Wellesley
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As much as it hurts, in these troubled times and with an uncertain future, the bigger the nest egg he can build and the more he can protect his children's future the better. Even if he wanted to stay, I'm sure his wife will be telling him to bloody well take it. In reality I don't think it will have taken him more than a minute or two to have made his decision and I don't blame him one bit. I still think it may well end in tears for Chelsea but as a man he has to back himself in a situation like this. You only live once. So unfortunately yes, I'd take it.
Keep clutching at them straws…….
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Was the 'little woman' making his breakfast and ironing his shirt while her man came to this decision to financially save the family single-handedly from the poverty trap? Maybe his kids are capable of forging their own careers and supporting themselves too. You never know.
I doubt his family would struggle to survive for the rest of their lives on his 'nest egg' from Brighton alone.
Potter has a recruitment guy that he’s taking with him , Chelsea also just appointing a new DoF or similar
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Correct. It’s not called generational wealth for nothing! Several ancestors yet born are likely to be set for life too. Just a shame climate change will kill ‘em before they can enjoy.
The elephant in the room is we don't yet know whether the new Chelsea ownership want a long term change in culture with a man like Potter at the helm, or are a hirum firum band of instant gratification-addicted nitwits. Despite the seemingly knee jerk dismissal of Tootle, I get the impression he was removed because he (Tootle) is a hirum firum manager who takes all the credit for success and digs out the players every time they lose.
If the club convinced me they really want to change and employ a manager like me, I'd go. But I'd need a fair amount of convincing. If I felt I'd be sacked at the drop of a hat I'd definitely not go.
If the club convinced me they really want to change and employ a manager like me, I'd go. But I'd need a fair amount of convincing. If I felt I'd be sacked at the drop of a hat I'd definitely not go.
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The Telegraph, which seems to have been leading with this story throughout, paints a different view...
Tuchel made it clear that he did not enjoy the extra responsibility he was given in the transfer window after Boehly and Clearlake handed him more power and a greater say on Chelsea’s business.
Source > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/09/07/thomas-tuchel-sacked-chelsea-owner-todd-boehly/
darkwolf666
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I sort of understand what you are saying, but if, as mentioned here Graham Potter is currently on £2 million a year, equating to over £1 million take home, clearly Chelsea can improve on that, but how much of a "nest egg" does his family need? A good manager's career is less likely to be as short lived as a player's, with no risk of a career ending injury, so there is potential to work in this role for 20 to 30 years. Even at the level that Brighton are paying him, that's a lot of money in a managerial lifetime.
I don't have Potter down as a mercenary, so could only see him moving for football reasons.*
* obviously taking the improved wage as well.