Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Tue Nov 20, 2012 10:13 pm  

mystic eddie wrote:

Bye Bye Di Matteo, arrogant lover.

Great defence of the trophy lads. A victory for football.

Let's be honest, Roman doesn't want him there anyway - Last season's Champions League win was the worst thing that could happen for Abramovich, who wanted a nice big name managing his mercenaries, and not some two-bob assistant coach.

It will be interesting how quickly Roman swings the axe....Will he do it quickly enough to save their domestic season and also to scramble their way into the next stages of the Champions League?

Its a shame for DiMatteo, but the fluke could only last for so long. It was inevitable he'd be shown up for what he is, once he had to actually coach a side to play football and not just park the bus and defend your way to trophies.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Tue Nov 20, 2012 11:59 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Playing for Oldham last I heard.

And doing bloody well there by all accounts

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:01 am  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Its a shame for DiMatteo, but the fluke could only last for so long. It was inevitable he'd be shown up for what he is, once he had to actually coach a side to play football and not just park the bus and defend your way to trophies.

It depends on whether the decision to go into the season with Torres and Sturridge was Di Matteo's or one made for him. If Di Matteo made the decision to back Torres then he pretty much deserves to lose his job over it. If the decision wasn't his, then whoever made that decisions needs to stop making any football decisions.

Personally I think as long as we are strong in the PL then Di Matteo's job should be safe. We've been awful in the CL this season and deserve to go out, but that is nothing compared to last season's achievement of winning it.

We are a team in transition. Mata, Hazard and Oscar are awesome football players and will grow into a great attacking unit, but not with the Invisible 9 that Torres has been giving. If we are in for Falcao that will transform the side. It is the same with Terry. No matter how many people say that Terry isn't that good, the fact is that we are an infinitely better side when he's leading the defence.

Having said that, if Sturridge wasn't really injured for tonight then Di Matteo should really be packing his bags. I do think Sturridge was injured though. And it's just killed us that the moment that Torres has played himself away from the Bridge that Sturridge is injured and not able to step in when we need him.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:11 am  

looks like RDM to replace AVB at WHL soon then ?

anything has to be better than that portugese plonker...

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:26 am  

fat Rafa in?

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:26 am  

Unmanageable club. Like Palermo, only moreso.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:04 am  

If Guardiola is the man Abromovich wants, will he be interested?

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:14 am  

carl_spackler wrote:

If Guardiola is the man Abromovich wants, will he be interested?

If you believe everything you read... Abramovich failed to convince Guardiola last summer. I can't see how anything has changed for the better now.

Rumour is that it's Benitez, at least until the end of the current season, presumably on the theory that he's the only one who knows how to operate Torres. Interestingly, my employers have 'next permanent Chelsea manager' at 28/1 in the next Prem manager to leave market. Eighth-favourite.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:27 pm  

John_D wrote:

If you believe everything you read... Abramovich failed to convince Guardiola last summer. I can't see how anything has changed for the better now.

He left Barca saying he needed a break. Barca would be rightfully annoyed if the break disappeared and he went and took a job straight away

Rumour is that it's Benitez, at least until the end of the current season, presumably on the theory that he's the only one who knows how to operate Torres. Interestingly, my employers have 'next permanent Chelsea manager' at 28/1 in the next Prem manager to leave market. Eighth-favourite.

The only operating Torres needs is pointing towards the door. If Abramovich brings in Benitez solely to try and make Torres work then he needs a slap.

Torres was always a difficult fit for Chelsea, but even considering the problems no one would really have expected him to be as abject as he has been. Benitez will probably be a managerial version of Torres. Benitez will be as popular with Chelsea fans as Roy Hodgson was at Liverpool. In fact I think we'll make the Liverpool-Hodgson relationship look like bliss.

I said that I didn't want Di Matteo to be given the job because I didn't think he would be given enough time if we did go through a difficult time. I didn't figure we'd be this ridiculous.

My only hope is that Roman is recognising his huge mistake, that Jose really doesn't like it at Real and Roman is bringing him home.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:30 pm  

Chelsea manager's Premier League stats.

Chelsea manager's Premier League stats.