roberto de matteo sacked

[MCFC BOB]

I think I actually said that Di Matteo would be tested on his ability to sign players that could replace Drogba, Lampard, Terry, Essien and Cech. So far he's signed Hazard who has done the job of replacing Lampard and actually provided an alternative: giving more natural creativity than Lampard.

Essien hasn't been replaced.
Drogba will be when Lukaku comes back.
Terry's replacement should be Cahill who still doesn't look as good as Terry was.
Cech will be replaced by Courtois.

 

[LoveCity]

Chelsea are an absolute joke with managers, Di Matteo did a great job until this bad patch and boom, he's gone. If our owners were the same, Mancini would have been sacked once or twice by now for having the audacity to have some bad patches (and the wonky Euro record) but luckily they have some patience and common sense.

As for Chelsea's replacement, he will probably end up sacked too, but Benitez would not be a bad choice if Pep is unavailable.

I wonder how this will affect our game this weekend?

 

[johnny on the spot]

Re: sacked

They must have Guardiola lined up.

-- Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:18 am --

They must have Guardiola lined up.

They knew they needed to move now before United or City tapped him up in the summer.

Absolutely this. They never wanted Di Matteo full time.

 

[Joehannes]

I think I actually said that Di Matteo would be tested on his ability to sign players that could replace Drogba, Lampard, Terry, Essien and Cech. So far he's signed Hazard who has done the job of replacing Lampard and actually provided an alternative: giving more natural creativity than Lampard.

Essien hasn't been replaced.
Drogba will be when Lukaku comes back.
Terry's replacement should be Cahill who still doesn't look as good as Terry was.
Cech will be replaced by Courtois.

Essien has been replaced somewhat in Ramires imo, Essien hasn't been his old self for over three years now. I disagree on Lukaku, I actually think the kid is very average, I don't think he'll ever be good enough for Chelsea never mind be considered a suitable replacement for a player recently voted as the greatest in their history by the fans. Agree on Cahill though. Oscar a very, very fine buy though.

 

[JoeMercer'sWay]

Roman was always going to look for the first excuse to sack Di Matteo as he was a stop gap and he got everything he could have possibly dreamed of getting out of him(the CL).

Di Matteo was never going to survive unless he topped everything.

 

[leighton]

Chelsea are an absolute joke with managers, Di Matteo did a great job until this bad patch and boom, he's gone. If our owners were the same, Mancini would have been sacked once or twice by now for having the audacity to have some bad patches (and the wonky Euro record) but luckily they have some patience and common sense.

As for Chelsea's replacement, he will probably end up sacked too, but Benitez would not be a bad choice if Pep is unavailable.

I wonder how this will affect our game this weekend?

What top class manager would want anything to do with Chelsea. Look at the managers they had that they sacked after winning stuff madness.

As for Mancini well twice failing in the Champions League fails again next season then there will be big question marks over his head as he simplely cant get us to the next level in the Champions league and with the squad we have we should be looking to get out of the groups. To be honest. I would rather we come bottom in this group and avoid the Europa League and just go for the FA Cup and League this season again.

 

[Matt the Giant]

Obviously Roman would prefer Pep to anbyone else, but do your eally think Guardioal would be interested in thaking that job? Such a complete contrast to what he was used to in Barcelona. Would Pep really function under Roman's way of doing things?

I think Pep will choose top go to a club where he feels it's HIS way which matters, where he will be guaranteed time and financial back-up if required. He will look for a well structured club, from youth level up to senior.

Can Roman and Chelsea really offer him that?

The fact that they will appoint their new manager already later today suggests it will be either Harry or Raffa.

Would anyone of them accept taking the position on a short contract, as a temporary solution until Pep potentially takes their place?

Whoever it is who gets the job, will be yet another puppet under Roman's hands.

And further more, I think Pep is man of principles, honour and self respect, which would probably make him very hard to get for Roman.

 

[bobmcfc]

Rafa ? More shortsightedness !

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

In the league, RDM's points per game was slightly less than AVB's.(1.64 v 1.7).

RDM made his reputation on 3 games; the home game v Napoli and the 2 v Barcelona. Bayern could and should have murdered them in the final but their finishing was poor.

 

[taconinja]

But i'm saying there isn't a problem in the first place. Other than the pay offs these managers get off Roman, he's still winning trophies. Surely that's all that matters when all is said and done. Of course we can speculate they could've won more but any top club could argue that irrespective of whether they have a revolving door policy at managerial level.

I'm speculating--and I grant it is speculation--that they would be a completely dominant force in the Premier League if the owner had better self-control. I also think that their squad isn't at the moment well constructed and you can't pin that on the managers as it's common knowledge who decides who is to be brought in.

On the one hand I agree with you. They are very successful. I also think though that they've not only made it harder for themselves but the haphazard construction of this year's squad could cost them for the next few years.

They've been living off the fruits of Mourinho's (& Ranieri's) labours for a while, with the Cech, Terry, Essien, Lampard, Drogba spine. Anyone could manage that, even Avram Grant, so the lack of stability isn't that much of a problem.

The problem starts when those players need to be replaced and that's when you need the right manager and stability, so he can buy the players and bed them in to suit his style. That started to go wrong last season and they've done what Liverpool did and won the CL as the decline started.

Completely agreed and that's where I think the owner has really let the club down. Well that and the youth program.