So it’s Big Phil then. Luiz Felipe Scolari would take charge at Chelsea from 1st July. Allright it’s a great news but was he the best choice available to take Chelsea forward? See I’m absolutely delighted with Scolari’s appointment (after Grant I’d be delighted with anyone’s appointment) but don’t have answers for all my questions!
Is Roman just being ruthless on trophyless performance or he has realised his mistakes? Roman has just disposed off Grant and Ten Cate in the space of a week. Didn't Roman have a plan when he brought Grant and Ten Cate? Weren't they supposed to bring something new to Chelsea? What do these dismissals tell me? I think Roman is slowly but surely getting to know the people around him.
Still no news yet. I’m tired of refreshing the websites every few minutes. We need something to chew until the announcement is made, right? So, here it is. After a post on ‘who do you want’ now let’s talk about ‘what do you want?’. What are your expectations on the new Chelsea manager. What are those things that he should possess?
This is all very surreal. Reports say that Jose Mourinho is one of the managers shortlisted by the Chelsea board. JM now has too many friends at Chelsea including Kenyon and heck, Roman Abramovich! It appears that Roman and Jose are friends again and that could only be a great news for Chelsea!
The official Chelsea website has confirmed that Avram Grant’s contract as manager has been terminated today. Not really a surprise. Very good move by Roman. Hats off to him for sacking his underperforming friend.
I did not think Chelsea would be in with a chance for the title with just two matches to go. I thought Man Utd would win it in April. I never thought Avram Grant would manage to pull Chelsea this far. I never thought Grant himself would survive this far. Whether it is because of the players or the squad or bucket loads of good fortune or Grant's genius or whatever, the team managed by Avram Grant is on level points with the leader with two matches to go.
We have talked about players confidence, trust and respect on Avram Grant. This outburst by Tal Ben Haim on Avram Grant could just be the tip of the iceberg.
Now here is an online petition if you want to see Avram Grant sacked. The objective of the petition is to gather the feelings of the Chelsea fans who want to see Avram sacked and replaced with a world class manager.
After a week of intense criticisms from all quarters, Avram Grant has hit back the media with his side of the arguments. While Grant cries foul, let’s look at this season’s statistics to see if Chelsea has really progressed under the leadership of Avram Grant.
First of all thanks to BC for inviting me to contribute the occasional article over here. It’ll be nice to get a different audience’s perspective on my sometimes brutally honest views on what’s happening with my beloved Chelsea.
Yes it is an AG interview, but he is neither giving the answers nor asking the questions. He is just the subject of the interview. I thought of interviewing myself about about Avram Grant and this is what I got. I’m willing to ask you all the same questions and publish the interesting ones. Ok, [...]
Under Avram Grant we started playing ‘positive football’ and proceeded to ‘attacking football’ and now are playing ‘great football’. Yes, he said so himself. If you haven’t heard him say that, wait for the next post match conference. I’ll give my verdict right away: I don’t think we are playing any different than how we [...]
Thursday, June 12, 2008
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