posted May 30, 2008

JJC1970 - As a Chelsea fan i hate to say you have a point. The club have been too arrogant for their own good and now that this is happening it gives all the other funs ammo to laugh at as. Everyone has wanted to see Chelsea fall from grace as soon as Mourinho took over. So if we appoint someone and it goes wrong - we'll be a laughing stock. The New Newcastle if you like!
Ancelotti is a decent coach. He's won everything! Bad season this season but i think it's just a case of going stale with an ageing team. He's been there a long time. Rijkaard - hmmm not so sure about. Good age and good CV but his antics against us in europe - could he be hated more than Jose? Scolari - Great at international level, but has he ever managed a club team? Mancini - surely he's going to bring dull Italian tactics with him? Sven - I'd rather support Spurs! Hiddink is the man for me. Proven at club and international level, wouldn't stand for the big ego's and has a good relationship with the owner. I'd also take Deschamps with Zola as assistant!

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posted May 30, 2008

Also, i'd rather get whoever in before the Euro's. Or at least get him to sign the contract before hand so he can look for players. The last thing we need is Kenyon/Arnesen and co buying players for the manager otherwise he won't have his own team and the whole Mourinho issues will repeat all over!

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posted May 30, 2008

HTC has done a lot of good work as an assistant at a number of clubs and is probably one of the best no 2s in the world but I can't see how you can tell an assistant his job is safe when they don't even know who the next manager is going to be.

Not sure if it is a good decision but it was definitely an unevitable one.

The big worry is to be letting Steve Clarke go, no one in the modern era knows the club better than he does. He'll be a massive loss but wish him well if he decides to become a manager

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posted May 30, 2008

BecksIsGod23 (U10899781) ...
For me Mourinho was your man and wherever he ends up is Chelsea's loss and Inter's gain if that's where he goes. Although it took time, I liked Mourinho. I liked his confidence and I liked his arrogance and I liked his unpredictable nature. The Prem is a duller place without him! Maybe you should take a leaf out of Arsenal and Man United's book (along with Liverpool England's most successful clubs). Both have spent money, one more than the other maybe ... both however have strong, solid foundations and succes has appeared over a sustained period of time. The Russian needs to realise that spending countless millions on this player and that player, this manager and that manager not forgetting the compensation that Mourinho, Grant, Ten Cate etc. must've been paid doesn't buy you instant success to the level that you seems to want overnight and in the process as I said before is making Chelsea a laughing stock!

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posted May 30, 2008

Chelsea Deserve to get nothing they had possibley one of the best managers in the history of the premier league but Abramovich did'nt like mourinho's no i wont play your mates attitude. He is the real Loser i feel sorry for chelsea fans great club before he came but a shambles now!. Gianfranco Zola Player of this lifetime!!!

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posted May 30, 2008

finally Roman decided to sack the REAL manager of CFC last season. Actually, CFC was playing some good football and I believe Cate was the man responsible for it.

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posted May 30, 2008

If someone told me 8-9 months ago that we would do a straight swap with Mourinho for Mancini, I would have thrown-up in my lap. This quite possibly could be a reality though. Mourinho is still the best manager of the lot. None of the other availble managers excite me in the least. Scorali, Hiddink? No Thanks.

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posted Jun 1, 2008

No-one will ever be good enough for Chelsea fans after Mourinho, so whoever is appointed will be a disappointment. Mancini, Rijkaard, Ancelotti et al are all top European coaches and would be expected to bring success to Chelsea within two seasons. Chelsea fans should be grateful for what they've got, and compare their situation now to their situation five years ago - quite an improvement.

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posted Jun 1, 2008

All recent news point to one thing: it looks like JM will be back at SB next season!!!

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posted Jun 2, 2008

Doesn't look good but he was the one I wanted

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