Summer transfer joy and happiness

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Arsenal prepare to hijack rivals Chelsea as they join race for former Barcelona manager Luis Enrique https://t.co/UOICgzIsxH https://t.co/sYbsR3OPus

Is he any good?

Best winner of the treble in La Liga history I reckon.

[Cripps]

Remember when Roberto Martinez won the Champions League with Chelsea?

No. When was that?

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Lol.

We should be trying to sign Alderweireld. Even if it goes nowhere at least rock the Spurs boat off the steady waters...

Heard we are in for Max Meyer. Hope he isn't Xhaka/Mustafi like...

[Power n Glory]

No. When was that?

Wrong Roberto!

I meant Di Matteo. When he won the CL with Chelsea. Point being, I don't really rate the managers that step in at Barca or Real for their first job and start sweeping up trophies.

[Cripps]

I kinda agree. That's why I like their management model.

Have a team of specialists around the head coach then when shit hits the fan you can get rid of the head coach and bring someone new in, and it pretty much seamlessly carries on.

It certainly seems to be the structure Ivan is taking us towards.

Having said that what Zidane/Enqrique achieved is still impressive. To coordinate things and get the best out of players etc isn't easy.

[Cripps]

Arsenal planning exit for Arsene Wenger THIS summer if they don't qualify for Champions League https://t.co/1WbdQVR2r3

Ivan

[HCZ]

I kinda agree. That's why I like their management model.

Have a team of specialists around the head coach then when shit hits the fan you can get rid of the head coach and bring someone new in, and it pretty much seamlessly carries on.

It certainly seems to be the structure Ivan is taking us towards.

Having said that what Zidane/Enqrique achieved is still impressive. To coordinate things and get the best out of players etc isn't easy.

You like Chelsea’s management structure?

You’re even more of a dimwit than I took you for

[Marc Overmars]

Hasn't really done them much harm, give or a take the odd season which is a small price to pay for winning pretty much everything in the same period. The bar is never lowered for Chelsea, it stays the same and rightly so. If the manager is falling below expectation he's gone and that's the way it is at most top clubs.

[HCZ]

Hasn't really done them much harm, give or a take the odd season which is a small price to pay for winning pretty much everything in the same period. The bar is never lowered for Chelsea, it stays the same and rightly so. If the manager is falling below expectation he's gone and that's the way it is at most top clubs.

The only reason it doesn’t destabilise them even more than it already does is because they can spend the money to offset it

The days of managers being at clubs ten years or more is over and rightly so

But the hire and fire policy of Chelsea is too much the other way. For me a manager barring a really awful run of results should be given three seasons to establish themselves

[Marc Overmars]

The only reason it doesn’t destabilise them even more than it already does is because they can spend the money to offset it

The days of managers being at clubs ten years or more is over and rightly so

But the hire and fire policy of Chelsea is too much the other way. For me a manager barring a really awful run of results should be given three seasons to establish themselves

I suppose ethically that should be the way but with so much money at stake it's not easy to be so forgiving.

Abramovich is a lot of things but he's clearly a football man and frankly if I'd ploughed a billion into a club I'd want to ensure it remains competitive every season.