debosky:
not just some knockout competition fluke playing 9-0-1 formations - yet he got sacked after coming second in the league. So who the heck is RDM that he won't get fired?

nateevs: Jeez! City have paid £15m for Zaha.

debosky:

So Torres caused Chelski to concede 3 unreplied goals against Juve? Torres is responsible for schoolboy mistakes leading to two goals conceded against West Brom? Ok!



Ancelotti won the league breaking all sorts of records, winning Chelski's first domestic league adn cup double not just some knockout competition fluke playing 9-0-1 formations - yet he got sacked after coming second in the league. So who the heck is RDM that he won't get fired?



He is, but his madness produces results.

Ibime:

Is that good or bad news? They should take him.

Until he learns to pass the ball, I would not be scared of him going to our rivals.

debosky:

So Torres caused Chelski to concede 3 unreplied goals against Juve? Torres is responsible for schoolboy mistakes leading to two goals conceded against West Brom? Ok!

debosky:
Ancelotti won the league breaking all sorts of records, winning Chelski's first domestic league adn cup double not just some knockout competition fluke playing 9-0-1 formations - yet he got sacked after coming second in the league. So who the heck is RDM that he won't get fired?

FBS:
Really, I don't know what you are on here? Fluke? You can get pregnant by mistake but certainly cannot give birth by mistake (fluke). There is a certain process you go through and you are a confirmed WINNER if you go through it successfully!
Besides, does it matter what formation he used? let it be 11-0-0 sef!
The man won the BIGGEST prize in Club football (the one trophy RA was craving for) and you are saying who the heck is he? Something even JM couldn't do and I wonder why wenguy couldn't perform the same magic (fluke).
damn, I don't even want to go into how he rescued the season and won over the dressing room.
You will say he is lucky, oh I rather be lucky than good. Better still LUCKY and GOOD!
True, the results and performance in the last 4 games were more than pathetic but I guess we all know some of the reasons.
So please, stop yarning RUBBISH!!!

nateevs:


Under the right management, he can be anything he wants to be.
I just cannot believe that a little kid like that has ego the size of the world.
Did you hear him 2 weeks ago saying he sees only Messi and Ronaldo as better players than he is?

I almost fell off my chair.

A-40:

And I also ask what difference would Torres have made? Last time I checked he's featured in all of Chelsea's losses this season. Even contrived to get himself sent off in one of them

The league?? Come off it if it was about winning the league Mourinho would still be manager. He didn't deliver in Europe. 2nd round and Quarter final exits
Embarrassing ones if I might add

dayokanu:
How has Wengers recird signings like Arshavin, And Antonio Reyes performed

Ferguson failed to get the best out of Veron, One of United record signings, No coach in Madrid has been able to get the best of of Kaka one of Madrids and world football record signings, Jose Mourinho failed to get the best out of Sheva Chelseas record signings

debosky:

Pay attention - this is about RDM, not Torres. RDM was responsible for those abysmal defensive performances, not Torres.

debosky:
No one said it was only about winning the league - the fact is that winning the CL is not carte blanche for poor performances, not after the owner spent c. £80m in one summer to strengthen your squad.

A-40:

What poor performance? They had a bad stretch but are still only 4 points off the top. Could narrow it to 1 if they beat Man City or at worst 3 should Utd win. Technically they are still in the UCl and would qualify if Shakhtar beat Juve (sic) still in the CC so what poor performance?

A-40:

So why are Fergie,Mancini and Wenger not on the chopping block? Has Utd or Arsenal's defence been better than Chelsea's?

What poor performance? They had a bad stretch but are still only 4 points off the top. Could narrow it to 1 if they beat Man City or at worst 3 should Utd win. Technically they are still in the UCl and would qualify if Shakhtar beat Juve (sic) still in the CC so what poor performance?

The team's recent performances and results have not been good enough and the owner and the Board felt that a change was necessary now to keep the club moving in the right direction

FBS: Benitez promises to bring the best out of Torres! Good.
Are we playing for Fernando or playing to win?

A Chelsea fan tweeted the Other day ''We're not Fernando Torres FC''

coogar:

you are talking bollocks - arshavin performed in his first season @ arsenal! he even scored 4 goals in a match against liverpool - he was the dog's bollocks when he joined arsenal - same as antonio reyes until the neville brothers smashed his ankles!

the same seba veron that copped 5 goals and 14 assists in 26 league games for man utd as an attacking midfielder in his first season? failed to get the best out of him? how many league goals did torres score in his first season @ chelsea?

kaka as a midfielder is still maintaining his performance levels @ madrid - he scored 7 goals in 14 league games only last season(most strikers don't have goal/game ratio of 0.5) let alone an attacking midfielder......even shevchenko wasn't as bad as torres in his time @ chelsea -

di matteo is a disgrace to football tactics.....any manager that cannot get torres to play is a tool! villas boas was hindered by senior players so he can be excused but robbie was given a free rein and yet he failed!

coogar: marcotti is an idïot......
what effort did di matteo make to correct the situation he found himself? 2 strikers in the squad and di matteo still sent lukaku on loan or was it someone at the top that made the lukaku move?

i have heard of mancini's moans when the people at the top are acting too slow! i never heard of di matteo moaning about the shortage of personnel in certain areas of his squad. he was comfortable with the situation - when chelsea were playing great, he lapped up the accolades(no one credited the people at the top) - now that things are ugly, marcotti wants us to blame the people at the top?

some people were born foolish!

debosky:
It is very easy and convenient for RDM apologists to claim that Emenalo messed everything up - thank goodness we have over a month of footie before January to see what Rafa can do with the existing playing squad. When all is good, congratulate RDM, when it goes bad, blame Emenalo.

debosky:

How much has Fergie or Wenger spent on their defence in the past 2-3 seasons? Calculate how much Chelski has spent recently on Luiz, Cahill, Azpilicueta, and others recently and compare to AFC/MUFC. Mancini is top of the EPL, still unbeaten. He has been in the toughest UCL group for two seasons running with a team that has no CL pedigree.

debosky:

Listen to the piper:

A-40:

Fergie has spent as much if not more than Di Matteo over the past 2 seasons. Luiz = Phil Jones, Smalling = Azpilicueta,Cahill give Wenger Cafu,Maldini,Baresi and Matthias Sammer we all know he would still screw it up
Stop making nonsense excuses for Mancini! He has coached the competition before he aint no rookie Tevez,Yaya Toure,Balotelli,Maicon all UCL winners so don't tell me he has no UCL pedigree. All 3 managers would have been fired if they where at Chelsea. FACT!!


RA = George Steinbrenner

A-40:

Fergie has spent as much if not more than Di Matteo over the past 2 seasons. Luiz = Phil Jones, Smalling = Azpilicueta,Cahill

Give Wenger Cafu,Maldini,Baresi and Matthias Sammer we all know he would still screw it up

Stop making nonsense excuses for Mancini! He has coached the competition before he aint no rookie Tevez,Yaya Toure,Balotelli,Maicon all UCL winners so don't tell me he has no UCL pedigree. All 3 managers would have been fired if they where at Chelsea. FACT!!

debosky:

Smalling and Jones have been injured all season, so again what is the basis for comparison?

debosky:
Talk is cheap - Wenger took an unfancied back 4 to the CL finals in 2006 with excellent defensive performances!

debosky:
Rubbish - give Fergie or Wenger £80m of talent in one summer and they'll be leading the league by a country mile. The Man City team do not have CL pedigree, like it or not!

debosky:

Smalling and Jones have been injured all season, so again what is the basis for comparison?

debosky:
Talk is cheap - Wenger took an unfancied back 4 to the CL finals in 2006 with excellent defensive performances!

debosky:
Rubbish - give Fergie or Wenger £80m of talent in one summer and they'll be leading the league by a country mile. The Man City team do not have CL pedigree, like it or not!

A-40:

Where they missing last season when Man U went trophyless? Or where they not there when they got knocked out in a group with Otelul Galati,Fc Basel and Benfica?

Its one thing to have money its another thing to manage it judiciously. I can also say give Di Matteo a free rein like Wenger and Fergie enjoys and he would also be ahead by a country mile. No manager can work under such ridiculous conditions

Nansense! What pedigree did Napoli have? Dortmund nko? When I talk say Elegushi runs girls sabi ball pass u I know wetin make me talk am

debosky:

Are we talking about last season or this season? Stop jumping around like a cat on a hot tin roof.

debosky:
RDM hasn't built up the pedigree to be given such free rein,

debosky:
and secondly a bad man always complains about his tools - especially Chelski managers. They always want something new/different, only to be sacked and the new manager steps in and uses the same tools to achieve success.

debosky:
Dortmund were eliminated from the group stage last season in an even weaker group, Napoli finished only a point above Citeh so it's neither here nor there. Where is Napoli this year?

debosky:
Dortmund has improved this season and Citeh have struggled, but even if we compare the two clubs, Dortmund has far greater pedigree as a club than Citeh as previous winners.