Even when we were in the shitter and went through Emery, Ljungberg and early Arteta and finished fucking 8th it was still not as bad as Chelsea.
I swear to god, they get a free pass from the pundits whenever they have a bad season. There’s literally zero content about them other than Bohley acting like Logan from Succession.
Remember that season where they finished 10th!? Did they win the UCL with DiMatteo that year?
And the FA Cup. As far as caretaker managers go, di Matteo’s stint is exemplary. Got sacked a little too quickly in the next season since Roman Abramovich was probably expecting a title push while City and United were tussling it out. Expectations were unreasonably high, perhaps.
More worried now than I have been in a while. He could actually create coherence there, and he’s alright with young talents I suppose. He could turn them into a rival and a top 4 contender again perhaps.
Stupid ownership will still make them fail. Chelsea & Spurs are clubs that don’t have manager problems imho. Their leadership are just too impatient, and it leads to self-inflicted implosion. Anyone who joins their clubs will fail imo. Big red flags.
Should sort some of the mess out but they are a long way behind this years top 5.
Fifth at best if Newcastle struggle with Europe maybe.
But nah. Nothing much too see here.