Chelsea's identity crisis: Can Graham Potter hold on?

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🗓️ 11 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Chelsea writers Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey to analyse the chaos at Chelsea as Graham Potter struggles to convince the fans four months on from replacing Thomas Tuchel. 10 points off the top four pace, and after defeat to Man City in the FA Cup Third Round the panel consider the change in process at Stamford Bridge following the summer takeover of Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital. Plus, David Ornstein explains the deal set to take Atletico Madrid's Joao Felix to Chelsea on loan for the remainder of the season, before the rest of Chelsea's transfer needs are evaulated. Produced by Guy Clarke Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Athletic.
0:05.0	10 points off the top four pace in the Premier League and out in the FA Cup third round for the first time in a long while led to calls for Thomas
0:12.3	Tewkel and Romana Brahmaevich in the away end.
0:15.4	So what's going on at Chelsea and is the mess too big for Graham Potter to fix?
0:19.7	I'm Mark Chapman, this is the Athletic Football Podcast.
0:23.0	You have a lot of fans pining for the best elements of what the old Chelsea were in their minds. And you have a club that is yet to find its new identity in this new era.
0:50.8	The owners are a billionaire so they're quite smart.
0:54.6	Smarter than me, that's for sure.
0:56.4	They understand the challenges that we have.
0:59.0	Walker, fall back, Odin. Three-0.
1:04.0	Sidia running away with this.
1:06.6	I think Pat was there a year before they won anything, was it the year?
1:09.8	And then obviously, Michael and Jurgen took a bit of time but obviously it's maybe different for me for some reason
1:16.8	but I don't put a time scale on it I know the responsibility we have here but also I know that I'm capable.
1:24.3	Chelsea didn't have a real structure before it sort of felt very kind of
1:29.2	sort of living for the moment and it worked bizarrely despite you know sort of all logic.
1:34.4	The full-time Russell Chelsea have won the Champions League nine years after the first one the famous all trophy is heading back to West London.
1:47.0	Blue is the colour in Porto tonight.
1:50.0	Chelsea's old regime worked, but I still think that this is the right thing to do.
1:55.8	The Chelsea coaches that have burned brightest didn't burn for very long.
2:00.4	The whole idea of this is that Chelsea want Graham Potter to be the architect of a long-term project.
2:07.0	Silent Johnson and Liam Tumier here with us on the athletic football
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