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"So Abramovich has ploughed in £1 billion so far. A couple of league titles is not a good return on a billion. "
Anchelotti also won stuff.
"Like him or not, Jose was the right manager for Chelsea, and may well have had sustained success had he stayed."
I don't think Maureen's style is set up for long term winning and stability. He's a manager that takes about a year to mould his expensively assembled team. Then they win a lot of stuff. He flogs the shit out of those players for about three years getting them to run through walls. He gets off, leaving the new guy to clean up the reminance of a shot squad of players. Lest you forget the words uttered by those same smiling assassins when Jose was sacked Chelsea? They were happy to see the back of him.
"They seem impervious to fault. AVBs was to realise this immediately and try to do something about it. They're finished, that lot. Everyone knows it."
I'd have to disagree again. There's a good way and a poor way to go about things and from where I'm standing AVB was the architect of his own down fall. He had a worse persona than Rafa in media interviews with that muffled drone. Conceding superiority to your rivals in public isn't good for moral. Calling your players 'competent' is not the way to get them to run through walls for you. His choice of selections and decisions to drop certain players were baffling. Meireles seemed un-droppable[sp] irrespective of form yet "Lamps" appeared to get it right when he did get his chance, yet was never guaranteed any play time at all. Surely player psychology is as important as tactics?
Take the old heads to one side tell them how awesome they are and their importance to what the club needs but they may not play every game as you need them fit for the whole season etc and you have a happy/(ier) camp where everyone is pulling the same direction. Surely he should have dropped them once he'd got the faces he really really wanted. They could have helped the numerous talented young guns they have; like liverpool if they don't use the rest of this season to blood youngsters they're fucked until deep into next season as a new season brings new pressures not compatible with blooding youths. Scholes and Giggs anyone? Sir Alex showing again how it's should be done.
The mad thing is CFC may not have CL footie, so who'd wanna manage them in the event they failed to get top 4? How will this effect their spending in the FFP era?