There is no better time than now to do the right thing. Roman could have done this lot earlier too. Scolari’s continuance would only have worsened the situation beyond repair. We truly run the risk of not making the champions league next season. I’m all for stability and continuity, but a wrong manager does not deserve that. Am I being very harsh on Scolari? No. He has no defence. The results have been poor. We’re playing horrible football. There are no signs of improvement. The best thing is to sack him and bring about a much needed change.
For all those rival fans, press journalists and experts expressing their shock and disappointment, please fcuk off. This is our club. We’ll do we need to do. We’ll do what’s appropriate for us. I’m tired of rival fans talking about ‘class’ when we change managers. Most of these guys don’t follow Chelsea as much as we do. As score-checking neutrals, they simply have no understanding of the real situation here. You stick with managers when they show promise and potential. If you still do it otherwise, it is plain stupidity. Clubs like Man Utd were lucky to get a top class manager like Fergie. Don’t tell me that he was given time and he took four seasons for his first title. Football was different back then. The pressure was different. The pressure and investment of modern football is much more demanding now. Trophyless seasons are fine as long as we show some promise. Under Scolari, we have lost all we’re known for, we’ve got into all the bad habits that we’re never known for. No one fears Chelsea anymore. Teams love coming to Stamford Bridge. We struggle to beat any team. We surrender to top teams. Players are becoming indifferent. In my books, these are good enough reasons not to show any patience towards Scolari. Rival fans are disappointed because Scolari is gone. They all sensed that under Scolari Chelsea will hit new depths under Roman. That was not to be. So they are upset and they are talking about how football has been ruined, how sad the state is, how unfortunate the managers are, how there so little patience and all that. As I said, fcuk off.
In this whole sacking episode, the one thing I’m particularly pleased is the timing. What Roman did was very smart. Imagine you bought a share at 10p and the value is going down consistently and now it’s falling every hour and there is no hope of the rate going up. What you’d do is sell in the first possible opportunity to cut the losses. You just stop the losses. That’s what he’s done too. He realised that Scolari at Chelsea is shite. Then what’s the point to hanging on to him only to realise that we more shite than we thought. By sacking Scolari in February, he can bring in an interim manager who can resurrect this season for Chelsea as much as he can. Also, this would give Roman an opportunity to see if this interim manager can be entrusted with the full time job. While what Roman did was smart, it was also very honest. He didn’t mind accepting that he’s gone wrong again with the selection of manager. This was the second manager to be sacked in a space of 9 months. He’s just went and did what he felt was right.
By all probabilities, the new interim manager seems to be Guus Hiddink. I neither too excited nor too worried. I have a strong belief that he cannot be worse than Scolari. I’m also a bit sceptical about Guus. He has managed both national and club teams. Now that we’ve learnt not to care about the international records, let’s look at his club record. He won a lot of silverware with PSV in Holland. Winning in Holland, with PSV? I’m not jumping for joy. He’s had some failed stints and faced the sack in Valencia, Real Madrid and Real Betis. In other words, outside of Holland, he has struggled with club football. Jumping straight onto a pressure cooker like Chelsea FC in the month of February does not look like a success formula for Guus. By the way, if this was a well planned move, we could have got Guus alongwith Arshavin and remove Deco from the list.
There are also rumours that Carlo Ancelotti would become the Chelsea manager in the summer. AC Milan have had enough with Carlo. They want to get Rijkaard for next season. So you hear all these Milan blacksuits saying that Carlo is available, Carlo is interested, Carlo loves London and all that nonsense. Milan is just trying to take Chelsea for a ride. They want to offload Ancelotti and they’ve started their baiting. We know how Shevchenko was sold to Chelsea. We know about the Kaka transfer drama. Milan are cunning bastards. I have nothing against Ancelotti. He is a good coach. But whatever Ancelotti has achieved is all in Italy. His playing career, his coaching career have all been in Italy. That doesn’t impress me much. As far as I know, his English is no better than Scolari’s. Anyway, I’ll wait. It’s just a rumour as of now.
By the way, the poll results show that you want Jose Mourinho back. He is always the No.1 choice and the fans’ favourite. I’d love to see him here too. But that’s not gonna happen. We’ve missed our chance. Jose will win the Serie A and then he would take over Real Madrid in the summer and he would stay there for some seasons and probably manage Man Utd. I don’t think he’ll come back to Chelsea. He’s gone. Roman made a mistake there. I’m sure he’s realised that by now.
In other options, the top choices are Frank Rijkaard, Guus Hiddink, Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke. Some have voted for Grant.
The opinion poll is still open. Keep voting.
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When I found out the hull results, I thought to myself, thats it, he’s gone
funnily enough, log into bluechampions.com and bc is saying the same thing, 2 days later it happens
i myself am very uneasy about hiddink for the reason he has not truly succeeded outside the eredivise, he doesn’t have any world revered acomplishments, Roman obviously knows something we don’t, he knows hiddink will not stay past the 3 months but I think he would be only too happy to get his chequebook out should we do well out of this
“For all those rival fans, press journalists and experts expressing their shock and disappointment, please fcuk off. This is our club. We’ll do we need to do. We’ll do what’s appropriate for us. I’m tired of rival fans talking about ‘class’ when we change managers.”
with all repsect we dont do what we need to do, roman does what he wants. and i bet allot of the team players was chocked to. im all for sacking scolari even though i feel sorry for him cause i belived in him but roman might be sending bad signals by saking allot of coaches. do you think ferguson or wenger or the best managers in the world just started winning from day one, NO. a coach need time. its not easy to adapt to a diffrent country with diffrent language, fotball and lifestyle. maybe next year if scolari bought players and addapted he would be the best. i was mad at his tactical changes but that comes with time after studying other teams and your players better. i was chocked that he got sacked specially when they havnt found any one better. roman wants ancelotti, u think he is better. i rather chelsea suck this year but be the greatest next instead of being second best every year. that is what will happen if we keep changing managers. new chelsea fans dont get allot of things with this team. chelsea has a history to u know. u just want every thing to happen at ones. like arshavin comes with hiddink and he will bring kaka and then he will bring zlatan and maybe pele and maradona will come. its not like that. u need to come down if u are a chelsea fan. before mourinho some had to wait for 50 years for chelsea to win the pl but they still waited and supported. not started hating when chelsea played bad or anything. chelsea need supporters not haiters. our pitch is full of lions with a heart pumping blue blood, dont forget that.
I wish scolari and every one that ever had put their feet at the bridge wairing a blue shirt good luck in their future. and so should every one else.
Replying to bluefan #1:
now this guy is still dreaming……wake up buddy, i have a tip for you,
scolari –>no good
change —> yess good
and my tip for BC,
he nearly won CL with PSV in 2004-2005, and the next year he lost in f´group stages because Manure, Barcelona, spurs, aston Villa and Ac Milan stole his top 5 players (thats a player each). So he is a older man in Jose´s disguise, a master tactician.
and what more, we can no more win the league. So all we gotta do is hang on to 2nd or 3rd place. That means our remaining competions are FA cup and CL, and he is the only one who can deliver that to us by staying for just 3 months. there is no other better choice right now!!!
Evening BC
I did the review for Chelseablog after the Hull game and I can truly say the performance fucked my weekend up. My golf the following day was shocking! I couldnt watch MOTD or read the sports pages. In that review I finally ‘came out’ with my verdict on Sclari and that was he deserved to be sacked, albeit in the summer. I agree with you on the idiots rambling on about lack of class etc. Blimey on 5Live even Spuds fans were texting in and saying what a shambolic way to treat a manager and that stability was the key. Oh, the irony! I say this much, if I was asked to lead a team where I work that was high performing and over 7 months the morale was lost and results started to dive. so much so that future lucrative income was jeopardised as was the Compnay’s name…what would you expect to happen to me? If it was your business and I reported directly to you and after 7 months of decline I said i needed more staff, despite not getting the best from the current ones what would you say to me. I think I can guess
This was a move that was needed and I do believe Hiddink will be a stopgap until the summer when we can expect Ancelotti or Rijkaard. Personally I would look very hard at David Moyes who has done a great job with no money at Everton. Arteta and Cahill are superb players, Lescott is much improved and the upturn in Jagielka is nothing short of miraculous. Plus look at the extended career he gave a journeyman like Phil Neville. He’s young, ambitious, has a healthy disregard for referees and has an aura of a young Alex Ferguson about him.
Always a good read over here, and its good to see another well written and thought out blog on Chelsea thriving. Keep up the good work BC.
Regards, Tony from Chelseablog
*Reposting my previous post*
Carlo Ancelotti is a very good choice for next year (Especially if he can bring with him his best players). I’m not talking about the relics – young guys like Pato who on current form is bound to be the next best striker in the world. That dude is making an old geezer like Beckam look good. Of course Kaka will stay of course but (and I’m dreaming here) how funny would it be if he left w/ CA in the summer to come to the Bridge.
Oooooh those City Boys would truly be hopping ass mad.
Anyways back to reality – This is good news all around that GH is taking over as temp coach. He is known for not taking any Sh!t. If anyone can throw the hairdryers in the dressing room and get our pampered players back in the right mind set it is GH.
I mean come on… just LOOK at the man. Does he cry out to you.. “Hey I just want to be your friend”???
I think this guy is coming to the Bridge with a bottle of lube and a cattle prod.
and that is EXACTLY what our player’s need right now.
Replying to GamingTheSystem:
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its the first time you got anything right in this blog
I feel sad for SCOLARI,I think he was too soft on players and took too long to make a change in a game.Most times he made the wrong change (Like substituting a performing Quaresma in hullcity’s game that made the fans crazy)and he so emphasised on passing the ball around instead of going for goals.His continous reliance on an underperforming DECO contributed as well as using key players in games like the FA cup when he could have rested most of them for key matches.He his the architect of his down fall,He was even told to be a little hard on players but he didn’t.I think he his not the right coach for ChelseaFC.I hope we contract Rafa Benitez in the summer if he his available…cheers Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Replying to shawn:
you feel sad for lfs????? well dont be..he will cry all the way to the bank!!! Rafa benitez WTF, no no no no no no
I personally want Rijkaard. I love what he did at the club level and I think his style would be good here, if he’s given the chance to overhaul. Our side is getting too old and perhaps even too melodramatic about their talent; when they pout they pout hard. I think Frank’s the answer, as well as a better youth system. In the mean time I’m fine with GH, cos CL is the only thing we got going for us at the moment. P.S. BC, nice masochism joke.
its certified and crested….GH would be our interim coach till summer while he would still remaing the coach of Russia…i wonder how he would manage that and considering the fact that Roman pays his bills now….would he be receiving double checks nowadays?
I am relishing the thought of a solid game come soon !
Replying to Tony Glover: Hey Tony! Nice to see you here! I completely agree with you that there is no need for any sympathy for Scolari. He messed it up and he got the boot. For all that he messed up, he got a nice fat compensation in the region of 3m pounds. Who gets that kind of money for this kind of performance? (I hear you saying Deco, Drogba, Ballack etc)
I would feel more comfortable with an English speaking manager or a manager with the experience in English league. David Moyes would be a great choice. Moyes might still feel that he has unfinished business with Everton. Elsewhere, Martin O Neill has taken Aston Villa as far as he can. To follow up next season with a similar performance would be a tough task after the mad rush for the Villa players this summer. That way, I think MON is more likely to take up a new job than DM.
BC
nice article…i agree with you that we need to stop the loss after a particular point….cant help but need to make a tough decision which Roman made…..otherwise even the Mourinho players will be demoralised….
One thing i would like to make…..Scolari reign started with a bang. but 2 things turned it sround …they are :
1. Essien was the powerhouse in midfield until his injury in Nov….this is when Ballack came into the picture along with Lamps and Deco….coudnt fit in since they is nobody to do the dirty work and Mikel is still learning the trade…so the beautiful football was due to the presence of Essien and a new concept of fullbacks providing the width.
2. Liverpool found out the secret and started pressing hard. the famed JM instincts deserted the players once we lost the home record. Added to the mix we lost Steve Clarke as well. so the link with JM was gone.it was too much for the JM players like Lamps , Terry and Drogs. They simply couldnt fire them since every other part was failing…they played theie hearts out but the team spirit took a massive hit.
And coming to the appointment of Guus….i think Roman will not make any friends if he makes Guus as the manager since he has a negative reputation of not supporting Russian club football as much as Chelsea. i think Rijkaard is a better coach because :
1. He can start afresh and he ghost of Scolari wont haunt him since Scolari is not a succesful manager.
2. He was sacked by Barca only because he couldnt get the team playing football with Henry….remember Henry was thrusted into the mix like Sheva was thrusted onto JM. So he is not a bad coach wither
3. Both Guus and Rijkaard play with the Dutch philosophy. Possession game with 70% and a 4-3-3 formation which suits chelsea … we are not used to playing 4-4-2 espwcially since we dont have wide players and we didnt try Deco in a diamond formation.
so my vote goes to rijkaard. sorry for the long post….
Can You Remember Scolari Celebration When Franky Scored In 94th Min Against Stock !! ????
Yes I can – That kind of celebration (in fact) wasnt for our last min win ! 80% was for this reason : Now i have got 3 points and now my job is Safe. and they wont sack me Tonight !!!!!!!!! SIMPLE !
when Avram Grant left Chelsea as Manager , i was shocked ! i was so sad. YOU KNOW WHY ? because for many times i remembered His Face in the in CHAMPIONS LEAGUE – FINAL . he and terry were Crying ….
Grant was Wise…
Scolari wasnt …
Now i cannot CRY for Scolari…there is noway for me to CRY for this man.
Scolaris tactics Damaged CHELSEA FC so much. We lost our Records / we Lost to Liverpool Twice in League after 89/90 Season (i think)
To all people who want JOSE BACK !!! i am agree with BC.. He is right. Jose Mourinho will not Back to Stamford bridge . Forget Mourinho.
And Never talk about him.
To all those Peter Kenyon Haters out there…. there is a sense of momentum building in pushing him out the exit door… led by RA himself. I am neither happy or sad as I’m still hoping we sort out our new manager hopefully by this week. I hate long dragging drama with lousy ending. ;p
No!! Hiddink, I want Frank Rijkaard oR JOSE MOURINHO..!:$
Replying to IwasMissingJose:
if you could read my post better it say that im not a fan of scolari and wanted him sacked. but not in the middle of the season when still a lot of players are behind him specially our captain. u are the one who is fvckin dreaming and should wake the fvck up to fvckin read my post better.
mayhar @ 15
We always want Jose Mourinho back even if he aint coming back (soon or never ) cos :
1. He’s a winner
2. He’s a great coach
3. He is a part of Chelsea and our HISTORY
4. we like him personally
5. and we wanna drive a stake(again and again ) into Roman’s cold heart and remind him of his mistake
Therefore, bear with us …. or don’t read the parts of the blog where Jm’s name appears !
@BC
I’m from Holland, big Chelsea fan, I know Hiddink, believe me: at this stage he is the best thing that could happen for this club.
I’m not an overly optimistic fan, not even when Scolari came, because I didn’t really knew him, but I honestly think Hiddink is one of the best managers in the world right now, and I know his capabilities very well.
And you can say what you want about PSV just being dutch eredivisie. Firstly he won the treble(!!) in ‘88 with PSV and after that he made PSV an European topclub again, with semi-final champions league knockout in injury time and quarter finals the next year. And just look where they are at the moment without Hiddink. Since he left PSV is slowly drowning. At the moment they are 4th in eredivisie, out of the dutch cup, first round elimination in CL…This to me also proves that he has addapted to modern football.
Hiddink is maybe the best Dutch manager ever. And Holland has deliverd some pretty fine managers over the space of time..
we see so soon after the sacking of scolari how players are behaving and pointing fingers are each other..in my opinion some are to be blamed for individual errors in games but overall the team is what matters..the team is what calebrates winning a game and the team should be risponsible when things turn sour…the list of players is growing everyday, this what some of the team members have to say:
1. Cech: Petr Cech: Don’t blame me for Luiz Felipe Scolari sacking.
2. Ballack: blame the players
3. Terry: same as ballack, dont blame phil, blame the team
4. Bosingwa: During the last few weeks I noticed a difference in Scolari. He’s been under more pressure and without the usual smile on his face on the training ground. It was a surprise to me but it’s normal when the results are bad that the coach’s reputation is damaged. It’s just the same here as in any country with managers being sacked. I didn’t think it was like this in England before I came.
5. Mikel:We were on a bad run but you cannot really say it was the fault of one person or another person. “It is the fault of everybody but now unfortunately he has gone and the club feel that is the best thing. “I am disappointed. He was a great manager, a nice person and a father figure at the club.
6. deco: Scolari is a good coach and he should have been given more time to get the project right,” said Deco, who arrived in London from Barcelona over last summer, but after a bright start has found life difficult in the Premiership of late. “I was shocked when I heard the news; I almost could not believe it. The reason I came to Chelsea was to play for Scolari. He explained the ambitious project they had here and I decided to sign and rejected a lot of other offers
Perosnally i dont see this being a positive sign when players start pointing fingers in the dressing room, at such a delicate stage of the season. I dont think RA took this in hindsight (how the players would react) when he made the decision.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1711/chelsea/2009/02/11/1103848/report-peter-kenyons-chelsea-future-in-doubt-as-hiddink-takes-ov
Isn’t this good news – Scolari Sacked ,Peter Kenyon may be to follow and Roman clearing all doubts that he is still interested in the club.
Replying to JoseHoliday: Spot on JH
I dont like carlo ancelotti too much.If i was roman i would pay 20 milions to jose to get him back at chelsea.Until somer we have hiddink definatly.
Ancelotti is a looser .I prefer rijkard to him.
WE CAN HOPE FOR JOSE BACKING IN SUMMER.THE BRAND OF OUR TEAM IS :IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!
It’s now official,
quote from CFC web site
“Chelsea Football Club is delighted to confirm Guus Hiddink will become temporary coach until the end of the season.
He is due to meet the players later this week.”
http://tribalfootball.com/three-senior-chelsea-players-influenced-scolari-sacking-226770
Looks like Cech, Ballack and Drogs were responsible for Scolari’s demise. I can’t believe that Terry would still defend Scolari. And to think that he was one of the few players (with Sheva) who didn’t flinch at Mourinho’s departure.
Let’s hope Inter gets eliminated by United and loses the Serie A title to Juventus or Milan, so that Mourinho may consider returning.
OFFICIAL : GUUS HIDDINK as CFC Manager until the summer.
Let’s get our support back on the team and see what we can achieve… No matter what the results are in all competition, I do expect a few clearance sales at the Bridge… finger crossed.
He deserved to go and he went. Be happy fellas!
Replying to BC: I personally don’t think Marton O’Neill’s job @ Villa is complete. I believe he has high ambitions and he has done it all before at Celtic. He isnt an everton or a Bolton who just want the money from qualifying out of Europe. He would want to transform Villa into one of Europe’s good clubs by making them play well in Europe. He has the pedigree and calibre. And I don’t think he would be easily tempted away by an offer from Chelsea.
David Moyes is an entirely different story. He has hit the peak at Everton long back by finishing fourth. And they have been finishing there or there-about for the past 4 or 5 seasons. He probably can’t do anything more at Everton with their finances. he would definitely enjoy it at Chelsea and would jump at the chance. Personally, i would bite your hand off if you offered MON to Chelsea!!
Guus Hiddink till the end of the season looks like a decent decision. We have to admit that Scolari had to go. All these stupid journalist, ManUTD/Arsenal fans doesn’t know the current situation with Chelsea. They are giving credit to Scolari based on his previous achievment, which is mostly at internation level. Scolari made some horrible horrible decisions in his Chelsea career. He had to go before our current season (& next season for that matter) gets destroyed completely. With the temporary arrangement, Chelsea board gets enough time to decide who takes over in summer & I’m praying to god that they will make a good decision this time around.
All this talk about Chelsea’s bad decision of sacking 4 managers in 5 years in total BS. The only bad sacking decision they’ve ever made is to let Mourinho go & that’s the mistake they’re gonna pay for years to come. Sacking Cludio tinkerman was a strightforward decision. Grant had no authority on team & even if he would have won Champions League, he had to be sacked. Scolari seemed good choice but the way he managed the team justifies his sacking.
So I say sack Kenyon for making stupid decision of appointing managers (& Robinho transfer stupidity). sack Arsenan for pathetic youth development. Get a good guy with keen eye on youth to run the academy. Get get a young dynamic manager to run the team. Michael Laudrup anyone??
Replying to bluefanforever:
Of course the players say that and that they publicly support him. But do you think JT really liked the zone defense? Deco is feeling the heat cause now he knows he will be judged by his performance on the pitch and that will only mean he will get nuked back to his native country=)
Plus am sure the players got to the good sides of lfs, and he may be a great person but this not a social activities! If you don’t deliver the “W” you better know the name of the game.
@Tedros, nebsi, I got to agree wit you about GH being a very good coach. I actually thing this set up is smart. The way I look at it, if GH does well, make it very well, he might get an extension. If not he will get a one way ticket to east=). This way I hope they club/board are preparing for the future. They want to make the best possible choice while maintaining our top 4 place in the table (CL). Some say GH is doing it for the money but from what I understand he haven’t signed any contract.
Am not feeling All this fuzz about Milan’s current coach, I really hope we get someone else. I would rather prefer Everton’s or villa coaches’ over him. Like BC said its really important wit someone that doesn’t have communication problem or else we are about to build up an Italian team the way LFS was on his way of building a Portuguese team.
i hope rijkaard comes after hiddink
he is tactically gd and has great attacking tactics.
he also employs youth!
gd luck hiddink.
UP BLUES
Replying to bluefan #1:
If you read clearly what terry said, you would not me arguing me at the first place. FOr for you i´ll repeat what he said, “He had my full support. I’m sure TWO or THREE of the other players would say the same”
now if you tell me these 2 or 3 players makes the whole chelsea team (to name them Anelka, Deco and Bosingwa most probably), you may go and fcuk yourself. What terry said was a simply a formality you idiot.
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Let me start first by congratulating roman on his ruthlesness….He did ABSLOUTELY THE RIGHT thing by getting rid of scolari…….he is a nice man…..warm fellow……but as club(and i stress club) manager he has lost mine and everyones respect……
Now all i hope is with guss hiddink we can win the champions league….AND no one dare consider him avergage…..This man is a master tactician…!…….his style of football is sleek and smooth….!…..he is a mix of mourinho and rijkaard..one can say………….so there seems to be a silver lining to the dark clud tht has engulfed chelsea over the past few months….
As for our permanent manager next summer…….I ope he i young ….smart……and most of all……know wht it tkaes to be of the european elite….
My personal wish is mourinho…..bc says he will go to manu………I say no chance……with their fierce tradition and passion…..they would never settle for negative football…..and a ex rival employment….mourinho has always said………..chelsea has a specail place in his his heart…….he loves london……his family loves it….
but theres only two people on earth who can convince him to take the job again….
WE the BLUE FANS!!!!>………….
And Roman the so called arch nemeises himself/……………………………..
GOD BLESS CHELSEA FC….
Now i have a great hope for CHAMPIONS LEAGUE AND FA CUP GLORY,FUCK EPL.
HIDDINK is officially in…temporary it seems until the end of the season……………………………………………..Let this short but great era..begin……..Roman would have pulled magic ….and hiddink credintials as footballs einsten…..will be reinstated if he can guide us to cl…fa cup ….and if possible THE EPL>>>.
GH is a great manager -not only a name!!!
He was not my first pick and I strongly feel AG should have been the right man for this year , but never the less GH his with no doubt one of the best managers around and he totally as what LFS was missing ,that is to get almost 100% out of his players .
With so much talent in this team it’s only a matter of being able to get this talent to explode out on the pitch, and I think GH as this abilities.
Only fools would think he can win the EPL and this fools will judge him and kick his Ass if he doesn’t.
The EPL is closed door this year!!
What’s left open is the CL and there with the raise of new spirit everything is possible.
FRANCK RIBERY said he recieved a offer from us… we need him this summer, and replace malouda, also Guss needs to to tell Yrui Zhirkov to come to us!!, I would love to see Ben Arfa playing for us, deco should leave, Ivanovic should get more playing time, we should see better squad rotaiton. lets sign Quaresma full time, and get a new fron man!!!, Etoo, Benzema, Podolski (always ratte the boy!!!) then get Bastian. maybe thats too much attacking front men, but we need a revamp!!
ins: Ben arfa( left attack), Zhirkov(left back/attack), Ribery(left attack/ second striker), Bastian(right attack), podolski.(striker) I think our back line is pretty good, we will need a third keeper.quaresma (left/right attack)
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1711/chelsea/2009/02/11/1104806/iaquinta-chelsea-will-be-a-more-formidable-outfit-under-hiddink
please read link (juve player says he now fears chelsea)… he did not fear scolari’s chelsea
i think we should giive the youth the cc cup next season!!! and use mostly youth with a dash of experience in the fa cup, epl, full squad (with rotation) cl full squad.!!!!
i totaly forgat
peter kenyon must gooooooooooooooooooooooooo
sack the ruthless loser
for Compensation
ask JM AG & LFS to give him 1% of there Compensation and he is set for life
then make GH pay him 1% of his 2.500.000 for 4 month of working.
Peter you have a great deal.
i totaly forgat 2
It’s time to get ready the pool of who’s the next manager after GH get sacked
or a pool “when will GH get sacked ” ?
forgat 2
It’s time to get ready the pool of who’s the next manager after GH get sacked
or a pool “when will GH get sacked ” ?
@israeli,
sorry for asking this stupid question, although i fully understand. Are you gone mad?
scolari never called jose for advise…..foolish man… hiddink says he plans to call scolari…. but i think he should really call jose for advise!! what do you thing guys??
take a read guys!!!
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~1553532,00.html
i think he should better call Steve.
ramji i agree with you, i like watching managers like o’neil and moyes, seeing them build a team over time without money, so for that reason, I don’t want to see them leave
im very much against carlo ancellotti, he cannot attract young talent, the milan team he has is older than ours, much more so. I don’t actually rate his tactics, his star studded team couldn’t even finish second best last season. The milan team is going to go through a rebuild, and it always starts with the manager, so I wouldn’t be surprised that ancellotti says he is available, becuase he knows one way or another, he will be gone.
I’m not comforted by the arrival of hiddink, I don’t think his spanish adventures went too well but with all the hype around him, results will change my opinion quickly and the way he does it also
i see little point in the appointment of hiddink, roman must have a plan already in place
good news, essien could be back as soon as next month
problems that need addressing;
1) anelka. The scolari system saw us utilise anelka’s speed, more throughballing and less crossing, I’m certain we will continue 4-3-3, that is a chelsea legacy (that and the diamond) so hiddink needs to get the passing but back how it was to get drogba firing
2)ballack. Number 13 was a significant driving force when he hit form, we need to do it again to solidify our midfield, ballack has not been building play consistently, he needs sorting
3)ashley cole. Now as the only left back, we need to sort the plan b and soon because ferreira there will end in tears
4)rotation. They obviously don’t teach the importance of this in brazillian coaching schools
5) youth. We have players trying to break through, with malouda as he is and joey out, we should be giving sinclair and stoch more opportunity
the problem was never the coaches that we have run through in the past four and a half years…
there has been nothing wrong with Ranieri, certainly nothing wrong with Mourinho, nothing to brag about yet still doing the business with Grant and for me there wasn’t too much wrong with Scolari. It is the players that should take more responsibility for the actions on the pitch.
But even more so… the overlying problem to the instability behind the scenes at Chelsea is Roman and his stubborness in keeping his nose out of managerial affairs and letting the manager run the show.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1141483/MARTIN-SAMUEL-No-puppets-Roman-need-monster.html
Key article for those who feel up to the reading and it makes perfect sense! Enjoy
hi5 BC….u totally said it…i too am sick n tired at ppl saying that scolari shouldve been given more time and that his sacking was a wrong thing to do….mind you…many chelsea fans have said this…and now whats even worse …stupid scolari has started blaming the chelsea squad…he has blamed ballack, drogba and cech for his dismissal and has said that they betrayed him….!! sheesh! he should’ve left the team with some dignity at least…tht too …his was allowed to leave when he wanted to..twice(after bad results against big teams)…but he was somehow convinced to stay there….i really hope Hiddink will do some good to chelsea…!
http://www.goal.com/en/news/592/bayern-munich/2009/02/12/1105422/franck-ribery-barcelona-real-madrid-chelsea–manchester-city-all
Franck Ribery Come in to chelsea,Buy Now Hiddink:P
Replying to israeli:
can u please not write your name as ‘israeli’ as many arabs take offence.
Please write your name and not where your from because there is a huge political debate going on about palestine and israel.
Many different nationalities use this site please respect them by writing your real name.
BC what the heck is that scenario abou JM ” he is gonna go here & there ??!!!” where is that come from?! is he marco polo ? don’t be such pessimistic! he definitely will come if we want it & why the hell are you ppl say JM can’t come?!!! is it any evidance he can not? oow i see . ok then he will not come but why on earth we can’t go & bring him back?!!! everyone of us knows the root of our problems and this disharmony & when they started. so let’s try at least. i bet our happiness will be short again if we don’t bring the right one!! and about ancelotti, could you depend on him for long term (remember that his team is in europa cup right now with all thier stars). Could you talerate such a situations again ?! the answer is we are not the proof is Scholari. OK , you know what?! all this managers are great but the question is which one of them is the relief ? which one can do magic (who JM did) who’s a real winner ? till this moment i didn’t see anything from them which impress me! & again as i said they are great but not for chelsea because chelsea had a person called TSO. with some unreachable Records like 04/05 EPL Total point. for me he is THE ONE.
Belletti and co feeling like the world is coming to an end, LFS been axed have a big shock. They can’t really understand how that is possible to axe a world-cup winner. Shut the *bip* up! Deco as much as he have been irritating me all season long, he can be a different maker late in games if things don’t go well. Deco for the super sub=) and if it doesn’t suit him, he knows were the exit door is.
Am really excited to se us play now.
Of topic, did you guys se the game in sevila yesterday??? That’s football at it best. Am not a barca fan but u cant other then like xavi and iniesta.
Replying to Stable Blue:
Let’s not live in the past but the present. Why speculate about something like this. Of course there is always a risk/chance that JM can coach Chelsea again. It’s possible but not likely. There are a few things that make it impossible for him to come back. He got axed! If that’s not enough, well he won’t be able to surpass what he did in his first season. Knowing that what ever he does again he wont be as good as back then, cause he wont have the same amount of cash to spend the same platform of players to work wit etc etc.
As super as he is its not all about him. We had superb squad. If he takes Inter-Milan to the CL-title this year I might consider him the best ever. If not I wont be impressed. What ever Inter-Milan does this season wont be something special because they did it last year also. He added quality players to the squad plus ibra been healthy all year.
With all this being said, I am always going to love JM for what he did for CFC
Bluechampions
“Blue Champion” linked with the Chelsea. lol
I never ever took any interest of Luis Philpi Scolari and it was obvious before he signed his contract that he would not bring in any cash at Chelsea.
At the Poursmouth match at the begining of the season, the only reason the players played like that was because they did not want to be sold or they wanted to be in the starting line-up.
I agree with Blue Champion, Guus Hiddink should not be the the interim/permanent or have any association with “Chelsea”.
Chelsea’s sponsor is Samsung Mobile and Madrid’s sponsor is Siemans Mobile.
Chelsea away kit is black and Madrid’s away kit is blue.
Oh and did you hear that Madrid was just confirmed as the club who earned the most income for the fourth season in a row.
Cheers
Bluechampions
“Blue Champion” linked with the Chelsea. lol
I never ever took any interest of Luis Philpi Scolari and it was obvious before he signed his contract that he would not bring in any cash at Chelsea.
At the Poursmouth match at the begining of the season, the only reason the players played like that was because they did not want to be sold or they wanted to be in the starting line-up.
I agree with Blue Champion, Guus Hiddink should not be the the interim/permanent or have any association with “Chelsea”.
Chelsea’s sponsor is Samsung Mobile and Madrid’s sponsor is Siemans Mobile.
Chelsea away kit is black and Madrid’s away kit is blue.
Oh and did you hear that Madrid was just confirmed as the club who earned the most income for the fourth straight season.
Cheers
I did’nt vote for any of the managers given.
TruePlatinum
problems that need addressing;
1.Chelsea needs world-class forwards (full stop). I dislike the diamond formation. I prefer 4-2-2.
2.Lampard needs a decent player alongside him.
3.Gareth Bale is a decent player (Chelsea should consider investing in him).
4.I believe in resting players in order to win the main prize.
5. Youth: I can’t believe how a club (stature) cannot raise brilliant players.
Quoting kuhulai
what’s that supposed to mean “he got axed”!!! is it that he don’t want to come back? or we won’t bring him back again? the answer for the 1st question is that he love to be back.fans say it and him said it in an interview after Manu match that his home is Bridge & he will come back one day. but about the 2nd Question i already said in my post that according to his services,records,Fans will and ETC we should go and at least try to do so. you say he succeeded because of RA money & his Squad ?! if so, i should say with respect it’s Nonsense.
porto Championship is not inter nor chelsea. (it’s hilarious if Someone Says it’s Luck or blah blah)
his record in 04/05 as i said as well is not a fiction.
any how believe it or not He is the TSO. Enough Said.
I fully agree with Mr Roman Abromavich concerning the dismissal of Luis Philipe Scolari. I don’t think Mr Roman Abromavich obtained spot on information (concerning Avram Grant’s successor). The sacking of Luis Philipe Scolari actually saved his reputation ( also take this into consideration imagine if Chelsea ended the season in fifth postion).
Luis Philipe Scolari is a bit of a nutter if you ask me? (but I think he has some sound wisdom concerning the technicalities of a football match). Luis Philipe Scolari turned Chelsea into a little malteese poodle? I don’t think major (Man Utd, Barcelona and Madrid etc.) clubs fear Chelsea anymore. Chelsea lost the “fear factor” that it had under the “special one” and our players will either become unsatisfied, want more money or even turn on each other.
Mr Roman Abromavich did the right thing by releasing Luis Philipe Scolari. If Mr Roman Abromavich can appoint a respectable manager we can still turn this trial around. We need a manager who has the respect of the players (not the youth manager etc.) he must be football literate (up to date), also he must be capable of handling key players and most importantly the new manager must be a winner with a capital W.
Unfortunately the managers given to us by our BC does not fit the above criteria…
Cheers
AND one more thing. that 53 comment was pointed to that bitter Lines BC told about JM. not for proving anything about JM (not needed actually) we already voted for him & poll talks for itself! The mean point was Just Keep hope Alive & keep the Blue flag flying high.LOL.
Replying to Mike Ayad:
Mike
this nick goes with me since september 2007 when AG became this club manager only to show my link to him.
this place is for sport and talking about sport , please dont mix it with political debates.
I think im alone in here, but here it goes:
Stability builds clubs, not money. Stability wins cups, not money.Most of you guys seem like spoiled little brads who keep complaining someone broke your toy.No new Coach is gonna get the job done as miracles dont happen twice, when JM came he wasnt even expecting that results in his first year, its a shame but now every manager here on after will be judged by those results.You need at least 1 or 2 years to shape a team maybe even more if its about changing the playing style with the players you already have.Two managers sacked mid-seasson and a total of 4 coaches in less tahn 2 years is not the proper way to be a “dominant force”.
And also:any good manager can get in the hole and have a series of bad results but you only know you have a good manager when it turns that series around.But for that you need a little patience,something most Chelsea fans have to learn, mostly because they got spoiled by JM.
Whatever the choice is for the new manager next year, I do hope Hiddink considers staying,regardless of the results this year, the club most of all needs stability.
Replying to israeli:
Avram Grant is a loser, he can thank Steve Clarke for him getting any undeserved credit.
Folks, lets get into the Watford game – one of the better chances for silverware this season.
John Terry is out . Jose Bosingwa and Ashley on 4 yellow cards , so one booking from missing the third place clash with Villa.. Will Ray wilkins play both of them ??
How about John Obi Mikel. Will he be kept fresh for Villa and Juventus clash or will he be played ?
I think Guus needs to play full strength Chelsea against Watford despite any fatigue players may be feeling. Just so he knows how we perform in games first hand and what he needs to adjust. I really don’t care about the result here but I do hope he can breathe some life back into the squad before the two big games.
Scolari gave an interview to France football magazine where he stated that Chelsea had no special players. He goes on to say that Robben was a special player at Chelsea who could change matches. And that we needed Robinho to succeed?!!! He says our team is too bureaucratic and he wants a “Brazilian” styled team. Fact is, he was given a good Chelsea squad minus any messi or robinho type players. Big deal. Any decent manager would’ve been relishing at the chance to use a team that we have and probably would’ve done better.
for the watford game i would seriously think about some rotation
————————cech
ivanovic—-mancienne—-alex—–ferriera
———————belletti
————-deco——–lampard——-
quaresma——————————-kalou
———————drogba
SUBS: Hilario, stoch, di santo, terry, ballack, malouda, a.cole
Thats a pretty full strength side, if we start doing ok b4 1/2 time take off quaresma and drogba and throw in di santo and stoch in second half, ballack for lampard in 70-80th minute.
what about
————————cech
ivanovic—-mancienne—-alex—–ferriera
———————belletti
————-deco——–——-
quaresma——————————-kalou
———Di Santo————drogba
I agree with you, MiguelC, on the fact that we need stability in the side. We can’t throw coaches and managers away routinely. But the fact is, we removed Scolari because he was bad AND did not show any sign of improving. His style was the same, one-dimensional, ‘beautiful’ football to be played on the grass at all times. It was so predictable. C’mon, how many times have we seen the ”Mikel–>Lampard–>Bosingwa–> (weak cross into the box)” move ?
Managers like Alex Ferguson only stayed at Man United because he gave them reason to believe hes good. Had Scolari mixed the team around, admitted fault and Actually changed formations, rotated players, tried new stuff, we wouldve probably kept him much longer irrespective of any wins.
I certainly hope Guus Hiddink can bring in the aforementioned changes to our team, as he says ‘we have brilliant individuals, he just needs to gel them into a team’
About the Watford clash, Im hoping for this formation:
———————————Hilario———————————
—Ferreira——–Alex———-Mancienne———–Ivanovic——
————————Belletti—————————————–
–Quaresma——————Ballack———————Kalou——
———————-Drogba——-Di Santo————————–
Subs: Rhys Taylor, Mikel, Deco, Stoch, Kakuta [Lampard Needs some rest ]
Hmm, my bad, just found out through The Chelsea Blog that Kakuta has been injured, breaking his leg and stuff. Sadly, hes out for a year, So I guess Lamps will have to play…Heres wishing Gael a speedy recovery
Quoting MiguelC
i fully understand that stability is absolutely necessary, but only if its under a decent leadership. Scolari´s reign in chelsea was like Robert Mugabe ruling Zimbabwae and we were heading nowhere. Thats why everyone in this blog admit that sacking JM was the worst thing to do, but not the sacking of AG and LFS. We are still in search of a suitable replacement.
Quoting Michael
Guss won´t be managing this game against Watford. It would be Ray.
I fully agree with Mr Roman Abromavich concerning the dismissal of Luis Philipe Scolari. I don’t think Mr Roman Abromavich obtained accurate information (concerning Avram Grant’s successor). The sacking of Luis Philipe Scolari actually saved his reputation ( also take this into consideration imagine if Chelsea ended the season in fifth postion).
Luis Philipe Scolari is a bit of a nutter if you ask me? (but I think he has some sound wisdom concerning the technicalities of a football match). Luis Philipe Scolari turned Chelsea into a little malteese poodle? I don’t think major (Man Utd, Barcelona and Madrid etc.) clubs fear Chelsea anymore. Chelsea lost the “fear factor” that it had under the “special one” and our players will either become unsatisfied, want more money or even turn on each other.
Mr Roman Abromavich did the right thing by releasing Luis Philipe Scolari. If Mr Roman Abromavich can appoint a respectable manager we can still turn this trial around. We need a manager who has the respect of the players (not the youth manager etc.) he must be football literate (up to date), also he must be capable of handling key players and most importantly the new manager must be a winner with a capital W.
The majority of Chelsea supporters would prefer an innate manager.
Unfortunately the managers given to us by our BC does not fit the above criteria… same old boring faces.
Cheers
Reply to MIke Ayad:
I an not “Israeli”, but I am from israel also, if I said I was from egypt or UAE would that have been OK? What’s the difference, we are all Chelsea ans and that’s what’s important.
I think sacking LFS was the right thing to do, however I’m a little bit concerned about GH’s abillity to distribute his time between the Russian national team and CFC.