The Official Thread of Chelsea FC

[Gabriel_Hurl]

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Chelsea's Eden Hazard charged by FA following incident with ball boy in League Cup semi-final against Swansea.

[Norf Tyrone]

What about, what about, what about?

Not arguing he was wrong to get involved. However you question the consistency. Not sure what's wrong with that.

[Gabriel_Hurl]

Hazard ban won't be increased

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21282917

[Declan]

Good to see Subbuteo  is still relevant in the digital age

[ballinaman]

Conor Clifford released typical anti Irish Chelsea

[From the Bunker]

Hazard ban won't be increased

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21282917

Good decision, he's already got a red and three match ban. Everybody has got their piece of meat.

[Norf Tyrone]

Conor Clifford released typical anti Irish Chelsea

Seen that earlier, and was waiting for that comment! 

Feel sorry for the lad. Was very, very good in the youth team, but just didn't seem to develop physically. I knew the writing was on the wall when he didn't get games at the Clubs he was on loan for which was Portsmouth, and Colchester I think.

Chelsea did him a favour releasing him now and not the summer coming when his contract expired. Hopefully he works out for him.

[EC Unique]

In Rafa we trust

[Norf Tyrone]

Howard Webb doing a pretty good job too!

[EC Unique]

I see Rafa is at his ranting again. He just can't stop himself. 

[Jonah]

Benitez was 100% correct to have a go at Chelsea's Neanderthal fans.
It has to have an effect on the team the way they carry on.
To not even give the man a chance speaks volumes about the mentality of these yobs. It's there sugar daddy owner they should be pissed with for appointing Rafa in the first place, he was never going to be the right man for the job.
When Benitez goes that will be 4 out of the last 7 Champions Leage winning managers they will have let go. Chelsea are a joke club IMO.
At the end of the day there is only one winner in all this sorry saga and that's Benitez.
He will have earned a couple of million from this and will move onto another club none the worse for wear.
Chelsea's revolving door of managers will continue as long as the Russian is in charge.

[ballinaman]

In fairness to Rafa, I thought he was right. Had to stand up for himself and show a bit of dignity.

[NAG1]

Benitez was 100% correct to have a go at Chelsea's Neanderthal fans.
It has to have an effect on the team the way they carry on.
To not even give the man a chance speaks volumes about the mentality of these yobs. It's there sugar daddy owner they should be pissed with for appointing Rafa in the first place, he was never going to be the right man for the job.
When Benitez goes that will be 4 out of the last 7 Champions Leage winning managers they will have let go. Chelsea are a joke club IMO.
At the end of the day there is only one winner in all this sorry saga and that's Benitez.
He will have earned a couple of million from this and will move onto another club none the worse for wear.
Chelsea's revolving door of managers will continue as long as the Russian is in charge.

Dont know if anyone caught a debate on the whole DiCanio situation with Swindon. The argument had gone that he was extremely well paid for the division he was in, on 450k per year. The lads on the panel couldnt believe this and stated that there were several Premier league managers last year who were on less money than this a year. Just found it interesting compared to the players wages and the bit highlighted above.

[Canalman]

May have posted this already . Imo anyway Chelsea FC are just adopting the continental way of hiring and firing managers. There was always chortling in England in the past  about the way Italian and Spanish clubs (for example) hired and fired managers at will.

Expect to see more of this in England in the future.

Btw, with the amount of trophies won by Chelsea in the last 10 years or so is there not an argument to say that the high turnover  of managers has worked ?

Would they have won the CL last year if AVB had been given a whole season there?

[seafoid]

It sounds like the atmosphere at Chelsea is rancid.Abramovich is a thug and his way of looking at the world probably became the norm over time.

Mourinho at Real Madrid is another thug.