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Now let's put this topic to rest. This is the last article I'll be doing on Potterchinno.

For those who have been following FireSide for a while, they know I highly advocated for Poch signing. Majorly because he had the history of player development and working with young players which suited the new Chelsea Project.

I was against sacking Tuchel, but greatly and vocally advocated for Potter sacking. Am I advocating for Poch sacking? No. Am not there yet. Why? For three reasons I said before

1. Am not seeing how the guys being mentioned as his replacement are any upgrade to him and the ones I see as favourable Wouldn't perhaps touch this job

2. The club needs to have stability and work out the new project successfully

3. For advocating for him earlier, I was hoping and still hope he succeeds.

But.....

We must be allowed to air our frustrations. Especially when it emanates from things that are basic and seemingly avoidable.

Things Like somebody having his tactics wrong in 95% of matches, or somebody just changing line ups the way he changes his pants every morning just for the sake of it, or losing matches and just being insensitive and blubbering out gibberish with total disregard to the fans, Or somebody , or just being rigid in changing his ways even when things haven't worked for him with same style over the years, or just protecting stupid players performance with stupid excuses

When It's rumoured that "some players will prefer Poch because of stability" as a fan you should be worried especially when the same lot is virtually not performing. It shows you they are in a comfort zone and this is not just a tactical issue, but also a psychological one. It basically means their weak mentality and propensity to capsize in matches comes from the coach who they wish to see stay and serve their interests.


What we need Poch to do is just basic stuff. Consistent tactics, right fielding and set up the right culture and mentality to these players And by the way this nonsense of referring to the squad as young needs to stop. Basic human psychology states that when people hear something for long, they believe it and live it. He needs to make them know they can be what they are not.

Terry, Lampard, Didier and all the players under Mourinho first tenure all say one thing about him. He made them lions in the heart and would even walk through fire because Jose had said it was right. This was when Chelsea was a zero club in terms of fighting for titles or being a big club.

Right fielding, right tactics, consistency and culture. Just basics. And we shall all walk naked on the streets in solidarity with Pochettino.

I've seen enough ! DE ZERBI ball it is ...

I know they lost this match but the way Brighton play overall is exciting to watch and you could easily see their playstyle. If they managed to keep their key assets they would have succeeded this season.

Injuries have also hit them massively but De Zerbi keeps on integrating youngsters into the XI and they perform but show inconsistency..

De Zerbi will not fail to win with the likes of Caicedo, Colwill, Enzo, Gusto and Nkunku. I don't see it at all !

They all know where their next pass is before they get the ball. This current team if Badiashile gets the ball there’s no passing options so he has to hoof if long to Nico and we lose the ball and have to defend transitions. So sick of Pochettino

Guys...incase Pochettino doesn't turn it around ..which Manager would you want?

We're rejecting every available manager out there 😂

Gallagher🤣🤣

First time we absolutely take control of games they don’t know what to do when they get it in the final third. This is all coaching, We’re so used to transition and counter attack football so when teams block passing lanes we struggle.

Gallagher and Mudryk aren’t Chelsea standard. Mudryk is so brain dead Jesus. Our captain on the other hand can’t give a 10 yard pass

What do you have to say about the first half ?

What Chelsea does to you 🫣🤣🤣🤣

If these guys play with this type of passion every single game we would be one of the best teams in the epl. I just love the way Madueke didn’t celebrate after the goal. The kids are Learning. Everyone wants to win the ball.

VAR are checking for a possible foul.

The goal has been ruled out.

Lesson learnt: We aren’t the only clubs that can bottle two nil leads. I actually prefer this to winning and then losing the leads. 😭

To me these remaining games are just for fancy. Yes i want us to get to Europe but whags the point if we are still shit next season. Above all i want us to be happy at least one season as Chelsea fans.The boys are building character. Thats a W. Hopefully we get to a point where we are so good that we wont need these pointless whistle blowing whistle blowers orchestrating our downfall.

"We were hard done by"

Conor Gallagher reflects on 2-2 draw with Aston Villa after thinking they'd won the game late on

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Second half was so good i didn’t want the game to ever end. We were so robbed

I don’t think Mudryk would succeed here. Let’s cut our losses and try and sell him. He was the worst on the pitch today. Gallagher and Cucurella picked up in the second half

Hutchinson with a brace today

Both screamers 💥

Morgan Rodgers on Cole Palmer's standard goal celebration: "He definitely copied me. It's my celebration. Check the timeline, I did it first. He's one of my closest friends in life. I couldn't be more proud of him. He's showing everyone what I knew he could do two or three years ago."