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Even better than Rodgers. Maybe Rafa could go upstairs to lend AVB a hand.

Are Chelsea just going to rotate their manager between AVB, Mourinho and Ancelotti ad infinitum?

Chelsea 750/1 to get relegated.

Worth a fiver, for the giggles.

Not really - still a lot of hill beneath you

Avb back to Chelsea would be lols. Not going to happen though.

Are Chelsea just going to rotate their manager between AVB, Mourinho
and Ancelotti ad infinitum?

If Mourinho goes he will not come back.

Grant is also in the frame. Probably Hiddinck as well and Ray Wilkins name gets an occasional mention. Could be that the press evisage some form of management by cabal.

Also it looks as though Costa is off along with Hazard. Ramieres is shortly behind them having only extended to 2019. Courtois is clearly long gone and Cahill will be packing up come jJanuary. Fabregas is off back to Spain and no doubt Willian off to Tottenham. Pedro is away. Mikel probably gone too. The youth are disaffected and will leave or go to prison as soon as their loan spells end.

Indeed, come January, looks like JT will be on his tod. We will have more managers than players.

The press is a wonderful instuitution. So reliable on footballing matters that one can have real confidence in them when it comes to important issues.

God help us.

Poor Steve Clarke, barely warrants a mention these days.

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jaw in reply to @cornelius_blackfoot
I can only think of three being employed in England right now. The Rooney rule irks me as you should be employed on merit and merit alone.

Zidane and Viera could well be the next two top managers of African origin to make it in Europe.

Does it IRK you as much as the story behind Tigana not becoming the manager of France?

jaw
There needs to be more diversity in sports, more so in Europe. Not just on a coaching level. What about boardrooms, referees etc.

The Fifa presidential candidates don't give me much hope for change.

Surely it needs to be an external face, someone that has had nothing to do with the organisation??

Manc_Ronnie
Arf, the only people who wanted Liverpool to win it were Liverpool fans. Everyone else I know would rather an ISIS invitational XI won anything ahead of Liverpool FC.

He's always been tedious but can someone ask oilwell® mkII to rest it for a while.

kl
Belfast Telegraph have always had the inside track on Chelsea - the old Combat 18 / Rangers supporters' club links, innit?

Whats Avram Grant up to nowadays when he's not visiting massage parlours?

Arsenal confirm they will finish fourth again this season

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsene-wenger-wont-spend-in-january-unless-absolute-necessary-says-arsenal-scout-brian-mcdermott-a3103316.html

Arsenal have scouts!? Seems like a waste of money to me...

What else would they do once the Cub Scouts get too old?

I read that Richard Williams bit in the Blackfoot this morning. Jesus.
Hey bobbins isn't he? There was a comment about the current midfield not being fit to lace makele's boots and implied it was José's fault for selling him.

I don't think he wanted to did he?

Anyway, as he pointed out, 2.1 points per game from now till the end should see Chelsea in 4th apparently. Which is apparently doable according to the author.

We need a drama don't we?

Sean Dundee was not Liverpool footballer.

The signing I didn't rate was Sander Westerveld.

What about Josemi? He struggled to find a teammate six yards away. Djimi Traoré had the same weakness.

To be blunt Ziege couldn't defend.

The first concern with Diouf is his pace. He didn't have any ...

If Diouf was a disappointment, Diao was a catastrophe.

Bruno Cheyrou ...

He was supposed to be a strong, physical target man who scored goals. He was neither one nor the other.

Fernando Morientes ... he was yard off the pace.