Pros and cons of sacking Potter before and after UCL tie

Managerial change Chelsea in the summer/after UCL last 16 exit

Pros:

1. If a change is still absolutely necessary, the blues hierarchy wouldn’t have much difficulties contacting another manager’s availability at the end of the season as opposed to mid-campaign. No top, employed manager would leave their post in the dying end of the season, especially for a stressful job like Chelsea. With majority of top leagues entering pre-season, this is the perfect time for a new manager to come in and to have their players adapt to their system.

2. There’s also a chance that Potter can have a strong end to the season. If this is the case, the board wouldn’t have to worry about FFP knocking on their door after paying for Potter’s compensation packet. Anything’s possible in the world of football and miracles are endless. Again, unlikely, but never right-off a possibility.

Cons:

1. Despite Chelsea Football Club being one of the biggest club in country, and in the world, nobody’s too big to go down. CFC are currently only 10 points above the drop-zone. Yes you read that right,10 POINTS! And when you take the club’s form into consideration, it should come to no surprise-relegation run as it gets.

2. The players don’t know what they’re doing. This comes down to the manager. Confidence is low, communication is breaking down. Further damage is being made and waiting could only make it worse. No progress is being made on the pitch and it’s like watching the same match, but against a different opposition. There’s absolutely no game plan being shown. Like what a wise, smart man once said-Insanity is the process of doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. This definition from Albert Einstein perfectly summarizes this whole ‘trust the process’ belief.