Kslib: Hehehehe! E don happen..When the season starts,it will be obvious that he was winning with luck,and not experience.
If na me be the guy,i no go collect.I go first cool down before taking any coaching job and gather experience...

ndidibabe: You analysis is the best on this thread. Quite explicit. You earn my respect.

yoji: @ pro 1: ur analysis is d best I've seen on this thread. Forget dat pre-maturely born deranged tout called ibime who thinks who expects to go into a mudfight and leave wit his white singlet unstained.
Firstly nobody should argue wit abramovic cos his policy of hire and fire whether u like it or not has won d club 10 trophies in 8yrs and some fools will b talkin crap dat he doesn't know anything football. My friend dat guy knows a lot and dats y chelsea have enjoyed their most succesful period under him so nobody should argue with him.
Secondly a one year contract to prove himself is totally in order afterall some pple dat got longer contracts didn't last the lenght of d contract. Di matteo was a very lucky coach and has been given a chance to prove himself which if he does then its extended shikena. Was it not d same coach dat was about to relegate west brom b4 he was sacked? All of a sudden he is d chosen one and must coach chelsea for life cos he was lucky.
Wen d AVB project failed due to lack of personel to execute his entertainin model demanded by d owner and sabotage on d part of d senior players, di matteo was only drafted in to maintain stability and dats wat he did.
Abramovic wants a team dat will give him d entertainment value and respect accorded d barcelonas and madrid not d defend @ all cost model of di matteo.
Wait till next season wen wind blow and foul nyansh open!

Ibime:



Except to say that Abramovic could not find his ar.se with his hand when it comes to football matters nor could he "critically evaluate" anything to do with football (which he only started watching in 2003) as he has proved time and again.

Just because RA is owner and billionaire does not prevent me from saying he knows nothing about footbal. . . and you my friend are talking absolute rubbish.

RA "critically evaluated" the signing of Torres and Shevchenko without asking the manager whether they fit in with the style of play, "critically evaluated" the sacking of Mourinho, "critically evaluated" the sacking of Ancelotti, then "critically evaluated" that AVB was better to replace him than Guus Hiddink.

My friend, quit talking jargon. My neice knows more about football than Abramovic.


Luck is RDM winning one competition, not TWO.

You might say he used tactics combined with some good fortune to win the UCL, but what do you expect him to win with. . . better players that Chelsea dont have?

A man used Salomon Kalou, Ryan Bertrand and Bosingwa to win Champions League and all nincompoops like yourself know to do is shout "luck, luck, luck".

Perhaps a footballing neophyte like yourself expected him to use these players and outplay Barca and such.

He finished 6th in the league yes, but you forgot he played 20 games in 60 days and used his reserve team for those league matches, besides those matches were not like Bolton or Stoke, more like Man City, Spurs, Arsenal, Newcastle sandwiched in between Barcelona and Napoli and other heavyweight matches and no way he could use the first team for those matches and still stay in Europe.

You think RDM is going to accept "probation" contract when at least 5 clubs would offer him good contract this summer?


Roman Abramovic is a fool when it comes to football matters. . . .and so are you!

chucky234:
Guy you know nothing about football,Kalou has been playing at top level for more than 5 years and have also been a super starter for Ivory Coast for same period of time.
Van Gaal won the UCL with Ajax in 1995 with relatively unknown players who were younger than Bertrand,more than half of that Ajax team also made their CL debute that same year. Players like Kanu,Kluivert,Bogade,Musampa were all 18 years and were integral part of that Ajax team.
Di Matteo despite taking WBA back to the EPL was sacked for same reason,lack of tactical depth.
Modern game needs flare and RDM cannot give Chelsea,satistics shows this year's CL final has been the worst final ever as Mourinho Inter faired better against Bayern in 2010.

pro01: I wonder why most of you are so naive and sentimental about this issue. As a passionate Chelsea fan, I can say that Roman Abramovich made the right decision yet again. If you look at how Di Matteo won the FA cup and the Champions League, it is impossible not to notice that he was extremely lucky on too many occasions. The tactics were particularly woeful and a bad advertisement for the beautiful game of football. How long can you ride your luck? Besides, don't forget that he finished an embarrasing 6th in the league - and before you blame AVB for that, you must also remember that as at the time of AVB's sack, Chelsea were in 5th position. So you can't say Di Matteo improved Chelsea's leasgue form; if anything, he worsened it.

Having said that, and in light of the sheer fact that he managed to win the coveted UCL, the only fair thing to do is to give him at most a year 'probation' contract to see if he is indeed a good manager that can challenge for the league and all the other competitions. Don't forget also that the primary task Abramovich wants the next manager to achieve is to rebuild the team with new players and make the team's style of play more positive and entertaining. Regardless of Di Matteo's unprecedented luck, it is clear that he does not seem to have what it takes to achieve this difficult long-term task - not with the embarrasingly negative and ugly tactics Chelsea used to overcome Barcelona, Liverpool, and Bayern by sheer luck. The best thing is therefore to give him a short contract to see if he can prove himself. That is what our Big Boss Abramovich has done. What in the world is wrong with that?

He certainly didn't become so rich and successful by being foolishly sentimental. He has to take decisions based on empirics and critical evaluation of things.

Ibime:



Except to say that Abramovic could not find his ar.se with his hand when it comes to football matters nor could he "critically evaluate" anything to do with football (which he only started watching in 2003) as he has proved time and again.

Just because RA is owner and billionaire does not prevent me from saying he knows nothing about footbal. . . and you my friend are talking absolute rubbish.

RA "critically evaluated" the signing of Torres and Shevchenko without asking the manager whether they fit in with the style of play, "critically evaluated" the sacking of Mourinho, "critically evaluated" the sacking of Ancelotti, then "critically evaluated" that AVB was better to replace him than Guus Hiddink.

My friend, quit talking jargon. My neice knows more about football than Abramovic.


Luck is RDM winning one competition, not TWO.

You might say he used tactics combined with some good fortune to win the UCL, but what do you expect him to win with. . . better players that Chelsea dont have?

A man used Salomon Kalou, Ryan Bertrand and Bosingwa to win Champions League and all nincompoops like yourself know to do is shout "luck, luck, luck".

Perhaps a footballing neophyte like yourself expected him to use these players and outplay Barca and such.

He finished 6th in the league yes, but you forgot he played 20 games in 60 days and used his reserve team for those league matches, besides those matches were not like Bolton or Stoke, more like Man City, Spurs, Arsenal, Newcastle sandwiched in between Barcelona and Napoli and other heavyweight matches and no way he could use the first team for those matches and still stay in Europe.

You think RDM is going to accept "probation" contract when at least 5 clubs would offer him good contract this summer?


Roman Abramovic is a fool when it comes to football matters. . . .and so are you!

BlueDiva:

You are so unrefined.
Are you a Chelsea fan or a Chelsea tout?

Someone disagrees with you and you have to show how crude you are.
All these gutter bred folks are the ones giving Chelsea fans a bad reputation.

Sagytarius:

guy, u be fool? u blind? u suck ur mama breast at all? y u dey reason like animal? u dey try tell me say u nor see say na ibime first insult am? pro yarn wetin dey him mind, objectively without insulting anyone. na'im ibime from no where begin curse person pikin. if ibime wan counter wetin pro tok, e nor fi do am maturely and objectively without insult? At first, I nor beliv say chelsea fi' get mature ppl like pro; unlike typical tout-fans lyk u and ibime.

Behave o!

BlueDiva:

Another gutter bred.
Little wonder you had to jump to his defence.

I don't expect much from your likes.
A tout will always be uncultured.

iykak47: Those who believe Di matteo won the two trophies by luck should know that luck is part of life,luck or no luck under few months as chelsea boss the man won uefa champions league,what Mourinho couldn't do in three years.
The same luck played a role when John Terry missed a final spot kick against Manu in 2008.
Please lets leave sentiment and acknowledge that the man has done well.
Baba olowo is confuse, he doesnt know what to do with his club, offering Di Matteo only a year contract shows he is an ingrate.

UP GUNNERS.

pro01: I wonder why most of you are so naive and sentimental about this issue. As a passionate Chelsea fan, I can say that Roman Abramovich made the right decision yet again. If you look at how Di Matteo won the FA cup and the Champions League, it is impossible not to notice that he was extremely lucky on too many occasions. The tactics were particularly woeful and a bad advertisement for the beautiful game of football. How long can you ride your luck? Besides, don't forget that he finished an embarrasing 6th in the league - and before you blame AVB for that, you must also remember that as at the time of AVB's sack, Chelsea were in 5th position. So you can't say Di Matteo improved Chelsea's leasgue form; if anything, he worsened it.

Having said that, and in light of the sheer fact that he managed to win the coveted UCL, the only fair thing to do is to give him at most a year 'probation' contract to see if he is indeed a good manager that can challenge for the league and all the other competitions. Don't forget also that the primary task Abramovich wants the next manager to achieve is to rebuild the team with new players and make the team's style of play more positive and entertaining. Regardless of Di Matteo's unprecedented luck, it is clear that he does not seem to have what it takes to achieve this difficult long-term task - not with the embarrasingly negative and ugly tactics Chelsea used to overcome Barcelona, Liverpool, and Bayern by sheer luck. The best thing is therefore to give him a short contract to see if he can prove himself. That is what our Big Boss Abramovich has done. What in the world is wrong with that?

He certainly didn't become so rich and successful by being foolishly sentimental. He has to take decisions based on empirics and critical evaluation of things.

pro01: I wonder why most of you are so naive and sentimental about this issue. As a passionate Chelsea fan, I can say that Roman Abramovich made the right decision yet again. If you look at how Di Matteo won the FA cup and the Champions League, it is impossible not to notice that he was extremely lucky on too many occasions. The tactics were particularly woeful and a bad advertisement for the beautiful game of football. How long can you ride your luck? Besides, don't forget that he finished an embarrasing 6th in the league - and before you blame AVB for that, you must also remember that as at the time of AVB's sack, Chelsea were in 5th position. So you can't say Di Matteo improved Chelsea's leasgue form; if anything, he worsened it.

Having said that, and in light of the sheer fact that he managed to win the coveted UCL, the only fair thing to do is to give him at most a year 'probation' contract to see if he is indeed a good manager that can challenge for the league and all the other competitions. Don't forget also that the primary task Abramovich wants the next manager to achieve is to rebuild the team with new players and make the team's style of play more positive and entertaining. Regardless of Di Matteo's unprecedented luck, it is clear that he does not seem to have what it takes to achieve this difficult long-term task - not with the embarrasingly negative and ugly tactics Chelsea used to overcome Barcelona, Liverpool, and Bayern by sheer luck. The best thing is therefore to give him a short contract to see if he can prove himself. That is what our Big Boss Abramovich has done. What in the world is wrong with that?

He certainly didn't become so rich and successful by being foolishly sentimental. He has to take decisions based on empirics and critical evaluation of things.

Did u just called a tactic dat yielded good results and
won silverwares a woeful tactic?I hope u know d meaning of woeful?

pro01:
Na wa oh. I understand people tend to get carried away by the euphoria of victory and success, and then forget the details of how such victories were achieved. If I may ask, was it part of Di Matteo's "tactics" that Barca would hit the post twice in the first leg at the Stamford Bridge, and then hit the post thrice in the second leg? Was it also part of the tactical script that Messi, of all people, and Robben, would both miss penalties that would have sealed our fate? Was it part of tactics that Barca, Liverpool, and Bayern would lose a plethora of chances, including one that perhaps crossed the goal line (in the FA cup final) but was overlooked?

The tactics were indeed woeful, not necessarily because of it's sheer ugliness, but because it was defective and designed to depend on luck more than efficiency. A more effective form of the same tactic was masterfully used by Mourinho's Inter Milan in their treble winning season last two years. Although Barca outplayed Inter, they didn't create many chances - that is the ultimate aim of a containment tactic - to suffocate the superior attacking team and prevent them from creating chances! Not to allow them create uncountable chances and hope that they fail to convert the chances (and penalties)! How on earth can you call that "tactics"? If Messi had scored that penalty and made it 3-1, we would have been forced to attack, thereby exposing our 'yansh' at the rear. . . and then the game might have ended 5-1 or more.

I believe so much in destiny. Chelsea were destined to excel this year, against all odds. It was written in the stars. Simple. There is no logical or rational way of explaining our miraculous triumphs in spite of so many near-death moments, other than to attribute everything to divine intervention - rather than tactics. Which kind tactics be that?? As such, we can't be sure of Di Matteo's abilities until he spends one full season in charge, without the notoriously promiscuous Lady Luck by his side. Let's not make it look like it is his right to get a longer contract; that is the privilege and prerogative of the owner, Abramovich, who has rewarded Di Matteo enough by giving him a bonus of £1m for the UCL win as well as a one year contract. Is that not fair enough? ? ?

BlueDiva:

Another gutter bred.
Little wonder you had to jump to his defence.

I don't expect much from your likes.
A tout will always be uncultured.

Metalgoong:


The last time i checked, a tout isn't worse than an old hag co-ck sucker like ya. .Based on your comments on this thread, we have seen how refined you are . WTF!!

Reference:

No Sir, the end product determines the efficiency and superiority of team tactics in any sport or confrontation for that matter.

The Italians of which RDM is one are well known for this type of play. They beat brazil famously in 82 and France more recently. Why every team must play like Brazil or Barcelona beats me. The beauty of football that athletics doesn't have is diversity.

And for goodness sake with the exception of Mata who else is a ball jugler and speed passer in that team, none. The team is just not like that. The quality which RDM had was playing to the strengths of his assets which AVB failed to do.

Lampard will never be a Messi, Xavi or Fabregas, neither will Mata, Mikel, or the others.