![]() ![]() It may be hard to admit that they’re wrong. And it’s hard to see what they’re seeing in Potter, hard to see what makes them still believe that he is the guy, to be our guy. The right Ferguson, the right Wenger, the right Guardiola, the right Klopp, the right Hayes. But that requires the right person as well. Stability at the managerial position is something we had often pined for in the last twenty years. It’s admirable what the new ownership have set out to do. Clearly, they’re thick as thieves with ol’ G-Money. ![]() It is perhaps instructive to remember that they sacked Thomas Tuchel not because of results, but because they couldn’t get along with him. They are still backing him.- Matt Law February 18, 2023įor now however, even as fan-pressure continues to rise, almost as a unified voice now, the owners remain fully behind their man. Told no change in Chelsea board’s position on Graham Potter. Todd Boehly & Co may want to do (some) things differently, but there isn’t much to gain and possibly a fair bit to lose from letting that standard drop so precipitously. And after Roman Abramovich raised the stakes, the acceptable standard was around 60% - a win-ratio that reflected not only expectations on the pitch, but the club’s ambitions as a whole. Since Hoddle left us for the England job in 1996, only two full-time Chelsea managers finished their tenures with a winning percentage under 50 (Ruud Gullit at 49% and André Villas-Boas at 48%). Potter loves to talk about circumstances and context, but the circumstances and context of 2023 are very different from 1993, both in terms of Chelsea as a club and the Premier League as an institution of the global game. Chesley is excited to contribute to the mission of the Supportive Services and Survivorship work group.Following last night’s 1-0 defeat, Graham Potter’s winning percentage stands at 36 per cent, the lowest for a Chelsea manager in three decades, since Ian Porterfield and Glenn Hoddle roamed the touchline in the early 90s. She lives with her husband and two amazing boys, Connor, who was only 3 at the time of her diagnosis and is now applying to college, and Alec, her co-survivor, who recently turned 16. Chesley received her BA from Dartmouth College and MA in history from the College of William and Mary. Today, as an oncology social worker, Chesley has the honor of providing counseling, support and advocacy for patients and families at the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta, Maine. Her personal journey as a cancer patient, survivor, volunteer and advocate led her to return to school to earn her degree in clinical social work. The owner of a yarn shop at the time, Chesley founded the Knitted Knockers Program to provide free, comfortable prostheses to women who have had mastectomies, an effort that has served hundreds of women and sparked the growth of Knitted Knockers groups across the country. ![]() The tremendous relief of talking and sharing with others who instinctively understood how cancer invades every aspect of life inspired her to serve as a peer mentor for her local breast cancer center. Realizing she needed the support of other young women living this experience, she joined YSC. After learning of her BRCA2 positive status, she became determined to learn all she could about her treatment options, growing into a strong self-advocate along the way. In 2002, at the age of 28 and newly pregnant with her second child, Chesley was diagnosed with Stage I breast cancer. ![]()
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