Welcome to the big thing on total soccer show, the show where we sink our teeth into one of the biggest new stories in the beautiful game.

Today, we return to a popular big thing subject because they have a habit of doing big things.

It's Chelsea. This week, the soccer world was surprised to learn that Marizio Pochitino has been relieved of his managerial duties, despite what must be viewed as a positive end to the first and only season that he took in charge at Stamford Bridge.

Today, we're asking what happened between Potch and the club, why they parted ways, and what happens next.

My name's Ryan Bailey, Powittrio with you today, leading with Taylor Rockwell. Hello, Taylor. Hello, it's going to be an interesting one. I'm very excited to be here. As am I, Taylor. Graham Rutherman's also here excited to be with us. Hello, Brian. Yes, I am excited to talk about yet more Chelsea nonsense. It's a weekly appointment at this stage. Did you notice how I led you

with excited to be with this as if I was impugning you to be excited on this topic, Greg? Be excited. Be excited.

I am excited. What's not to be excited, Graham, about Tobolie and Clear Lake Capital. Five managers

in two years under the helm of Todd Bowley and Clear Lake Capital.

That's what we call turnover, is it not?

Indeed, yeah, extreme turnover.

I like how Todd Bowley and Clear Lake Capital came into Chelsea preaching that they were going to be different to Roman McBrich.

It wasn't going to be as volatile.

They were going to give more patience to managers. And that has not panned out at all. It's been exactly the same,

minus the trophies and the success. Yeah. Taylor, is it, it's kind of amazing that Chelsea

still have the capacity to surprise us at this stage with the kind of decisions they're making,

is it not?

Yeah. It's like, just when I thought you couldn't disappoint me anymore, you go and lower my expectations further. Because yeah, this is a wild one. I was very surprised when this news came

through. We talked about on the weekend review. I've talked about it since then, that I felt like

some of the reporting was maybe Chelsea trying to position themselves to make sure that

Pocitino was onside, on board for the summer to come. In researching this episode, I sort of

feel kind of silly because there are just so many different quotes from the preceding three

or four months with Pocitino, like almost sort of turning to camera and being like, I might be available this summer, wink, wink. Like, it was not subtle. Yeah, there were so many hints. And it didn't come completely out of the blue because we spoke about it on Monday's weekend review and I said Chelsea would be out of their mind to sack Maricio Pochitino. Skip forward Skip forward? Yes, they are out of their mind. But it didn't come completely out of the blue. But I'm with you, Taylor. I was very surprised when the news came through and then doing my research. And there was one quote from Poch a couple weeks ago where he said, it is not only the, yeah, I think so. It is not only if the owners are happy or the sporting director's happy, you need to ask us also, I presume, like the coaching staff, him as the manager as well.

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