The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[Tony Baloney]

Someone on Twitter says the next manager will be offered a 12 hour rolling contract   

If Abramovich is serious about making a go of Chelsea he needs to let the next manager break up the current squad and start again. If he doesnt they'll continue their downward spiral, he'll ditch them and they'll go the way of Rangers. Then who will Loyalists support?

[EC Unique]

Predictable that AVB would not make it. A 34 year old could not have enough experience to manage a top club.

[ballinaman]

To save time and money, Chelsea have sacked their next manager too.

[From the Bunker]

Predictable that AVB would not make it. A 34 year old could not have enough experience to manage a top club.

Kenny Dalgish was 34 when he took over Liverpool.

[EC Unique]

And what?

[From the Bunker]

If You are good enough, you're old enough!

[AQMP]

Any chance AVB could take half the players with him.

TBH I feared for AVB the moment Chelsea were 3-0 up at home to Utd with 30 mins left and still couldn't win.

Di Matteo was a great player for Chelsea but his record with WBA was worse than AVB!

[Captain Obvious]

Villas Boas unlikely to be around for the return leg and English football has gone tits up in the champions league this season.

Shows how much i know.

[ziggysego]

Torres is averaging 1.6 goals per manager at Chelsea.

[nrico2006]

So who is going to be the next manager?  Would he see Moyes as an option or would his profile not be glamourous enough?  Mourinho would turn Chelsea around without a doubt.

[AQMP]

So who is going to be the next manager?  Would he see Moyes as an option or would his profile not be glamourous enough?  Mourinho would turn Chelsea around without a doubt.

Paper talk about Mourinho or Guardiola.  I think it's likely Abramovich had sounded out a successor before Saturday but for the life of me I can't see Pep Guardiola working for someone with the "short termism" of Abramovich.  The Special One is more likely but he'd be taking a big risk going back.  I'd like to see Hiddink get the job but that's unlikely.

But there's a bullet to be bitten with some of the players and Abramovich has to realise that.  In my opinion there's at least a two season re-building process to be gone through at Chelsea before they are challenging City and Utd for titles again.

[ziggy90]

I was at the WBA match on saturday and to be honest Chelsea seemed to be second best for most of the game. I was hoping they would wait until after the Birmingham to sack AVB (selfish reasons). A lot of those Chelsea players would need to take a serious look at themselves, for whatever reasons they don't seem to be performing at a level you would expect for top PL players. Essien is not the player he was, Sturridge is starting to believe the hype & Cole seems to have lost his pace. They are not on their own, Drogba, Lampard, Ramires & Ivanovic all seemed to be struggling. In saying that I hope they don't suddenly find their form & give us a tanking. On another note Steven Reid was having a cracking game until he got injured (hope it's not serious as a fit Reid would be a great addition to the ROI squad).

[ross4life]

So who is going to be the next manager?  Would he see Moyes as an option or would his profile not be glamourous enough?  Mourinho would turn Chelsea around without a doubt.

Paper talk about Mourinho or Guardiola.  I think it's likely Abramovich had sounded out a successor before Saturday but for the life of me I can't see Pep Guardiola working for someone with the "short termism" of Abramovich.  The Special One is more likely but he'd be taking a big risk going back.  I'd like to see Hiddink get the job but that's unlikely.

But there's a bullet to be bitten with some of the players and Abramovich has to realise that.  In my opinion there's at least a two season re-building process to be gone through at Chelsea before they are challenging City and Utd for titles again.

Clearly all is not well behind the scenes only two years ago Chelsea were champions since then they haven't recovered from that bad form before xmas last season. Too many voices in the dressing room by the sounds of it pulling in different directions it seems. They need a manager than can control those personalities Jose could Rafa certainly won't.

[Norf Tyrone]

It's been a wee while since I last posted on here. Need to do better.

Firstly. The AVB sacking was wrong. Any manager, especially a manager overseeing a transition needs more than 7-8 months in the job. At some point Roman and his entourage of never has beens, needs to stand back and show some patience.

However the problem in essence was that AVB made an awful lot of mistakes that led to hs downfall.

He came out in week one and said that he was giving everyone a chance to play for their place etc etc.
He should've got rid of a few 'names' at that point and made his mark that he was the boss, he decided their fate.

He tried to change the style that Chelsea and these players had played with for years.
That's all well and good bringing your own style. However it will fail if the players aren't capable of playing that particular style. For example you don't become manager of Messi, Xavi etc and play the long ball game. It won't work. He should've stuck to the blue print, brought in the players he wanted and then evolved the style.

He should a lack of man management skills.
A lot of these has become more apparent since his sacking. However the way Alex and Anelka were treated prior to them being sold was an indicator. To me this was him trying to make a mark. However he picked easy targets and treated them like children. Stories of him timing cars coming into the car park in training being another. Speculation obviously, but there is a lot of it.



Anyhow. The king is dead, long live the king. Looking forward to the night. Chelsea's champions league obituary has been written and delivered already, so tonight is one of them nights were a win, and going through, is a bonus. I've been impressed with Di Matteo so far. Maybe not so much on the pitch, but off the pitch he has been much more assertive and in control while under the spotlight at press conferances than I expected. A cool head there, augers well for during games, in the dressing room etc.

COYB!

[Captain Obvious]

Chelsea 1 up game on.